Developing Innovative Logistics Solutions for Chicago
Logistics is the art of moving stuff efficiently-- from the groceries on local store shelves to the packages arriving from internet orders to your doorstep. Logistics impacts everything from how long you sit in traffic to whether fresh fruit is in stock at your neighborhood store all summer long. Its companies are some of the fastest growing in Chicago, and they rely heavily on data and software to get the job done. This first-ever Chicago Logistics Hackathon focuses on issues which affect quality of life for all citizens of the region and uses the data and tools that fuel our local logistics industry to develop innovative solutions.
Hear from innovative leaders in transportation and logistics, as well as learn about the fast-growing sector of technology and software development
Network and socialize with like-minded people, as well as expand your professional network with representatives from great transportation and logistics companies
Bring original ideas into one of Chicago’s greatest challenges, congestion; an issue that impacts everyone
Showcase your skill set in front of a distinguished panel of judges and win great prizes
Opportunity to present to executive leadership at Coyote Logistics and Nokia Here
Opportunity to present to executive leadership at Coyote Logistics and Nokia Here
Opportunity to present to executive leadership at Coyote Logistics and Nokia Here
Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) Commissioner Gabe Klein was appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel in May 2011. He has focused on bringing innovation and sustainable design to Chicago's transportation network.
Bill Driegert is the Chief Innovation Officer for Coyote Logistics, one of the fastest growing logistics companies in North America. Driegert has a serious crush on big ideas. He has the freedom to continually improve and re-imagine Coyote’s technology platform and set his team of developers loose on insanely challenging problems. When he’s not plotting data points and Coyote’s next move, he can be found playing monster with his four-year-old daughter and young son. Or racing mountain bikes. Or playing drums. Or rebuilding motorcycles. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business from SMU, a Masters of Engineering in Logistics from MIT, and an MBA from the Chicago Booth School of Business.
Coyote Logistics is one of the fastest growing logistics companies in North America
Gabe Klein was appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel in May 2011. He has focused on bringing innovation and sustainable design to Chicago's transportation network.
Eric is the Deputy Director of Implementation for the Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs at World Business Chicago. Prior to joining World Business Chicago, Olson was a management consultant, venture capitalist and an entrepreneur (FeedBurner, TECH cocktail).
Sameer is Co-founder and CEO of Unbranded Designs, a web-based interactive furniture marketplace headquartered in Chicago. He previously worked with AT Kearney.
A recognized industry leader known for his passion for innovation, CEO Robert Nathan co-founded Load Delivered Logistics, a technology-enabled third-party logistics provider, at age 25 to improve efficiencies in the logistics sector. Fueled by innovation, Nathan and his team of millennials achieved 975% revenue growth within five years, and service an impressive portfolio of clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small distribution networks.
Develop an algorithm to predict real-time travel times, congestion and other road conditions (may use historical and real-time traffic, incidents, weather, maps, and other data)
Find interesting ways to measure and depict congestion (bottlenecks, system reliability, causes, comparisons to other cities, comparisons over time, etc.)
The city is planning new building (or road) construction. Find the best way to configure traffic to optimize flow during construction projects.
Develop a way to moderate the use of crowd-sourced incident data. What goes in and what gets exposed? How and when…
Use other tools such as toll prices and public transportation to dynamically improve road congestion.
Optimize freight movement patterns (may use origin-destination, truck attributes)
9:00am - 6:30pm
Chicago Traffic Tracker - Contains the estimated speed for approximately 1250 segments of downtown Chicago covering 300 miles of arterial roads generated from GPS on CTA buses.
Explanations of Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's modeling data are available here.
Real-time traffic and incidents feed for Saturday, May 18th
Data Coming Soon
