The freight industry currently relies on carrier-by-carrier contracting and load assignment, leading to significant “empty miles” when trucks travel between destinations without a load. This inefficiency increases greenhouse gas emissions, prolongs travel time, and raises overall vehicle miles traveled. A new platform could enable decentralized reporting of available loads and facilitate cross-carrier coordination to help optimize load allocation and significantly reduce empty trips. Major barriers to building a cross-carrier load-sharing platform include the lack of standardized data formats, challenges integrating with carriers’ diverse systems, and concerns around data privacy, security, and competitive sensitivity. The panel will bring together stakeholders from logistics companies, department of transportation and computer science researchers to map out a design and execution plan to realize the envisioned platform.