Georgia World Congress Center 9 – 12 April Created in 2009 as an event to bring together all aspects of the logistics industry for lunch , the Georgia Logistics Summit has grown over the last eight years from 400 attendees in its first year to nearly 1,500 in 2017 . Each year , the summit brings together nearly 50 speakers from prominent shippers in the industry , leaders in the state ’ s infrastructure and economic development community , and a keynote speaker from large corporations like Caterpillar , The Home Depot , and Walmart . www . georgia . org