A unique event for logistics professionals

Why has automation become ‘so easy’?

This session will cover the simplification of automation and the ways different automated solutions can be integrated. How to work with robotics and to use digital twinning techniques to facilitate fast analysis and modelling.

How to use connectivity to unlock the full capacity of your operation?

This session will inspire you to take advantage of simple plug-and-play devices to track consignments. Take the possibility to listen to leading-edge thinking from Microsoft and a focus on data security.

How has lean-thinking supported Toyota’s operations for over 75 years?

Learn about ’cognitive command centres’ as a possibility to streamline decision-making. The session also features a wide array of start-up concepts offering new innovative ideas.

What are the sustainability expectations in tomorrow’s supply chain?

This session will cover how Toyota expects mobility to evolve. What can we expect from solar energy and hydrogen - and how can technology be employed to cut emissions and energy costs?

Ernesto Domínguez

President & CEO
Toyota Material Handling Europe

Responding to now :
planning for next

Ernesto Domínguez has been operating successfully as MD at Toyota Material Handling for over 20 years, both in Spain and France, before being appointed CEO & President TMHE in 2020. Ernesto entered the business areas of Logistics solutions, Automated systems & AGV’s as Financial Director, and later MD, for German-owned Eisenmann Española SA.

Guy Verhofstadt

Renew Europe,
Member of the European Parliament

Guest speaker

Guy Verhofstadt is an MEP and Co-Chair of the Conference on the Future of Europe. He served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 until 2008. After he left office, he was elected to the European Parliament as leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals & Democrats for Europe. He also made a name for himself as Brexit coordinator.

Nell Watson

Tech ethicist, futurist & AI speaker

Artificial Intelligence :
Real ethics

Eleanor ‘Nell’ Watson is an interdisciplinary researcher in emerging technologies such as machine vision and A.I. ethics. Her work primarily focuses on protecting human rights and putting ethics, safety, and the values of the human spirit into technologies such as Artificial Intelligence.

Erwin Verstraelen

Chief Digital and Innovation Officer
Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Innovation in action

Erwin Verstraelen is proud to take part in creating the digital future of 'his' port and to develop valuable business cases for innovative tech in the port: IoT, drones, intelligent cameras, LORA, blockchain, AI, where projects such as autonomous and remote-controlled shipping are taking advantage of that.

Robert Lokner

Director Automotive
Microsoft

A tale of two cities

Presenting the results of a unique digital twinning exercise to predict the consequence of a shift from IC engines to renewable energy sources - using the city of Paris as a focus case.

Sven Kruizenga

Head of Connectivity
Toyota Material Handling Europe

Working to the max

Shortage of resources – both equipment and personnel – are challenges for many companies.

Sven will reveal some surprising facts about resource utilisation levels, and give guidance on how to unlock hidden potential, as well as looking at future benefits of connectivity.

Stefan Mueller

Senior Global Project Manager
Bosch

Plug and play tracing

With supply chain disruption a major factor today, maintaining tight control of consignments is essential.

Stefan will explain how shipments can be easily traced to increase security and to provide reliable scheduling information.

Gudrun Fedorowich

Senior Cloud Solution Architect – Identity and Security
Microsoft

How safe are your operations? 

We are all increasingly dependent on digital technology both at work and in our private lives - but are we sufficiently careful with our data?

Victoria will give a unique insight into data security – from simple disciplines to advanced technical solutions.

Lieven Vaes

Marketing Director B2B
Orange

Secure by design

5G communications are opening new opportunities for digital operations, with greater speed, capacity and reliability.

Lieven will present examples of how 5G technology is being deployed and the important associated security aspects.

Felix Hanspach

Account Strategist - Manufacturing
Microsoft 

Joining the digital dots

Digital solutions are available – and widely employed – across the industry, but are often independent ‘islands of information.

Mike explores the benefits of joining these digital processes to create powerful integrated ecosystems.

Pank Hertsenberg & Patric Hed

Senior management team
TMH Logistics Solutions 

Why automation is so easy today

Automation offers many advantages - resolving labour shortages, eliminating errors and reducing energy consumption.

Pank and Patric will explain why automated solutions have today become the obvious and simple choice in many typical applications.

Stefano Francavilla

Head of solutions & technology
Toyota Material Handling Europe

A smorgasbord of technologies

Developing the optimum automated solution requires evaluation of a spectrum of potential solutions, from a wide range of suppliers.

Stefano will be taking a look at some of the leading technologies that can be employed today in logistics operations.

Lotte Willems

Director product management Warehousing
Vanderlande

Working with robots

Order picking is a core requirement in many logistics applications, and is recognised as a labour-intensive operation.

A viable alternative for many applications is the use of picking robots. Lotte will explain where and when this technology can deliver optimum returns.

Philipp Hahn-Woernle

CEO
Viastore GROUP

Optimisation by design

How much waste is hidden within your operations? Excess or obsolete stocks, production delays, and inefficient workflows?

Philipp will share his experience in how to streamline logistics operations to eliminate waste and continuously improve the bottom line.

Jurgen De Wever

Strategy Manager
Siemens

Safe planning with your twin

Planning for automated operations? Will your plan be able to meet the future demands of your business?

Jurgen will explain how digital twinning can test the impact of changing business demands on your planned automated solution.

Lazar Armianov

Regional Sales Director - Northern Europe, Middle East & Africa
EcoVadis

Sustainability in the supply chain

Over 7% of total world CO2 emissions can be directly attributed to the logistics industry.

Lazar will give an insight from the world’s largest provider of business sustainability ratings: what expectations are coming next for the logistics industry?

Pascale Olin

Alight

Solar: a bright future

Renewable energy is increasingly in focus as a solution to the world’s energy crisis.

As a leading supplier of solar solutions, Pascale will explain the potential of this energy source if fully exploited with the latest storage technologies.

Cedric Borremans

Head of Olympics and Paralympics Division
Toyota Motor Europe

Clean mobility for all

The Toyota Motor Corporation has been a pioneer for innovative use of energy in transportation, with a clear focus on electrification in various formats.

Cedric will share Toyota Motors’ current thinking, with an insight to the company’s developments with hydrogen.

Suzy Valgaeren

Business Development Manager – Hydrogen For Mobility and Export
Air Products 

H2 energised

It is often presented as the future for energy – but how real is the hydrogen option?

Suzy will look at the situation today and the expectations for tomorrow - sources of hydrogen, storage, and distribution networks.

Alex Lorette

Director Enterprise Solutions
Proximus

Buildings can be very smart

The cost of energy in transportation systems is a key issue – both in financial and environmental terms.

But what about our static infrastructure? Alex looks at how smart buildings can be created to minimise cost and emissions.

Michael Lambert

Toyota Lean Academy Director
Toyota Material Handling Europe

75 years of lean thinking

The Toyota Production System has become a standard for the industry since its inception in the 1940s. It formed the foundation for ‘lean-thinking’.

Michael will look at how this innovative approach has continued to support Toyota’s operations since that time, including during the past 2 years.

Gustaf Gabrielsson

Director R&D Warehouse trucks
TMH Manufacturing Sweden

Handling innovation

Material handling equipment has developed dramatically in recent decades, in terms of performance, safety and energy efficiency. But what comes next?

Gustaf will open the doors to Toyota’s R&D laboratory and give an insight into some of the ideas currently in the pipeline.

Kevin Overdulve

Partner Supply Chain & Network Operations
Deloitte

Cognitive command centres

Right goods, right time, right place. That is the measure of an effective supply chain. But what happens when things go wrong?

Kevin looks at an innovative approach that uses AI to instantly assess the available options when confronting supply chain challenges.

Patrick Aertsen

CEO
Logiville

Welcome to Logiville

Patrik will present an overview of Logiville, in advance of your visit to the facility.

He will explain the thinking behind the concept, and introduce the ideas and exhibits that will be available for you to explore.