About the Conference The organizers of the last conferences in Lucerne and Venice are happy and even a bit surprised by the outcome of the events regarding the response and acceptance received from industry users in the logistics sector and the high awareness of the importance of ICT to them, which could be increasingly recognized in the last events. We knew ICT for Transport Logistics is a key subject for researchers and engineers, but we were also aware of taking a risk in trying to bring them and real users from the logistics industry together in the same event. The professional participation and the stimulating debates we had the last times, involving the audience and the speakers, proved that the risk was worth taking. Alongside the community of ICT researchers and EU projects consortium members there is a high-valuable community of stakeholders in logistics who have requirements and ideas to help us pursuing real and valuable innovations in this field. |
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Background Logistics is one of the main supporting columns for continued sustainable development of the European economy and retaining global competition. The global economic growth shows the first indicators of recovery causing again increased activities in the logistics sector taking into account today's rules of competition with additional focus on environmental sustainability, caused by the diminishing reservoirs of fossil fuels and the trend for global warming, and optimized global intermodal goods transport, summarized by the term "Green Logistics", emphasizing a change towards environmental consciousness in the implementation of new logistics paradigms. The increased internationalization and globalization of today's business operations require a special emphasis on the overall performance of distribution and supply networks, where green logistics concepts in combination with intelligent ICT systems can lead to optimized resource utilization and reduced burdens for the environment, e.g. reduction of CO2 emissions. Scope The increased importance of ICT systems for the implementation of new holistic green logistics concepts has been recognized by stakeholders and researchers in the logistics sector. Therefore this year's conference has a special focus on the adoption of green logistics concepts supported by modern intelligent ICT systems. The conference will take a look into different subjects related to these topics, e.g. the lack of available information in transport logistics, and it will be explained how ICT can support information and process integration to overcome current economic and environmental challenges. Topics at the conference will include green logistics concepts and interoperable platforms for close cooperation in supply networks and logistics operations, additionally addressing different aspects, e.g. security, visibility, intelligent cargo and vehicles, from both business and technical points of view, including academic research. |
Organization / Audience / Networking The sessions will be in part parallel, some of them interactive. Interactive sessions are aimed at discussion and audience participation to gather direct feedback from the sector to sharpen the view on the issues, including challenges and requirements, exchange of experiences and possible directions for future improvement. Speakers will come from the addressed audience, e.g. logistics operators and service providers, industry, researchers, authorities and infrastructure providers, and the supporting projects. The audience will encompass the research and industry community, therefore stimulating participants' networking and information exchange also after the event, to further work on challenging issues and possible solutions met by the industry and to stay in close contact with researchers for fulfilling the vision of energy efficient and sustainable logistics. |
