LOGISTICS CONFERENCE
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WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR FREIGHT? The freight landscape is changing and you need to be on top of the issues facing your business. Happily a free high-level conference on 11-12 May will help your decision making The last two years has placed much stress and shock on to global and national supply chains. What do we need to learn in the postCovid/post-Brexit world? How do we do all of this while pressure is on the industry to de-carbonise – and what does that look like? Finally, how do we make our people, processes, technology and finances more resilient? This is no blue-sky thinking, but the stark reality facing everyone in the freight and export business. Whatever your opinion of the issues, and how they will continue to affect your business, if you’re going to stay in the sector you’re faced with tough decisions. Informing your decisions means you need to harness the power of knowledge, which is why this year’s Future Logistics Conference at Innovation and Technology in Transport Hub (ITT Hub) is the place to be. And, you can get all this knowledge, from the leading practitioners in the field, for free. It will enable you to return to your businesses fully conversant with the latest developments and an eye to what to consider for the future.
STELLAR LINE UP Over two days, the conference on 11-12 May will focus on the following subjects: • The future for gas-powered HGVs • The future for battery-electric trucks • Future-proofing the supply chain • Vans - when is the right time to switch to electric?
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• Buyers’ guide: new fuels, pitfalls in the real world • The future for autonomous deliveries and last-mile Addressing the key challenges facing our industry today and tomorrow, presentations and panel discussions will be delivered by thought leaders, innovators and experts.
Indeed, it’s a stellar line up of some of the 20 most influential and knowledgeable professionals in the transport sector, giving you real insight into what you need to do to plan your future business. If this isn’t enough, opening the conference, is world-renowned space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, whose keynote address covers her experience of developing truly