ITT Hub focuses of future for freight

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? • 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

innovative solutions, helping our industry to re-evaluate the opportunities presented by decarbonisation. The full conference programme and speaker list is online at www.itthub.co.uk

A WIDER EVENT

Free to attend, the Future Logistics Conference 2022 is part of the second ITT Hub event at Farnborough International Conference and Exhibition Centre, near London. With an indoor and outdoor exhibition, Ride and Drive test routes; new for 2022 is a an area focusing on the chilled and refrigerated sector, Cold Chain Hub. Launched in 2021, ITT Hub set the format for a new truly-interactive event with more than 4,000 people finding out about the latest developments in their sector. Building on the success of ITT Hub’s debut, a long list of exhibitors spanning the sector is expected this year. Already confirming their presence across vehicles, warehouse, software, safety and compliance are a host of exhibitors with well-known names, from DAF Trucks, Renault Trucks, Volvo Group and Volta Trucks to TRAILAR, Schmitz Cargobull, Tachosys, TruTac, TyreWatch to Disc-Lock, Air Products and Argent Energy.

COOL AND COLDER…

Making the 2022 event an even more compelling ‘must visit’ is the addition of the new Cold Chain Hub by TCS&D, now at Farnborough in its ultra-modern purpose-built exhibition hall. The rapidly-growing list of exhibitors already includes: Coolkit, Petit Forestier, Smart Graphics, SPAL Automotive and Thermo King. Says Carrier Transicold: “We look forward to meeting our cold chain colleagues at this exciting, dedicated industry event where we will be showcasing the latest innovations in sustainable refrigeration technology.

BUSY AND LIVE

ITT Hub uses the best aspects of Farnborough’s all-new main event building. The outside exhibition area enables a wide range of vehicles and products to be displayed and examined in daylight. An integral part of the event, rather than a tacked-on afterthought, this area includes a unique Ride & Drive experience. This enables licence-holders to get behind the wheel of the latest products on a bespoke test route both on and off-site (using public roads). The highly-popular experience really brings the event to life and is unique in Ireland and the UK. From conventional powertrains, all the way through to electric, you can put vehicles through their paces in real-life conditions.

TALENT SPOTTING AND MORE

Feature areas bring the show even more to life with an extra buzz of activity, from Q&A to live discussions and opportunities to find out everything you need to know from a raft of experts. A Talent Hub brings together skills and training, with opportunities to find the best new talent for your business, while the Energy Hub Theatre will explore the transition to net-zero and answer all your questions ahead of the move away from diesel. The lively EV Café – a pan-industry group of leading practitioners across the van and truck sector – stages a series of ‘Top Gear’style conversations in their relaxed manner, where the really tough questions get some answers you might not always expect.

REGISTER NOW!

Registration is now open for the conference and exhibition, both of which are free to attend www.itthub.co.uk Innovation and Technology in Transport Hub (ITT Hub), is staged at Farnborough International, Hampshire, just west of London on 11-12 May 2022. The venue is easily accessible by road, rail and air.