The ALICE Logistics Innovation Summit will feature engaging sessions led by industry experts, providing valuable insights into the future of logistics and its role in the twin green and digital transitions.
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Opening by Francois-Régis Le Tourneau, Vice President Corporate Responsibility – L’Oréal For the Future. L’ORÉAL & ALICE Chair
The twin green & digital transition in logistics for a competitive Europe
Logistics is key for the European economy, well-being and competitiveness in the global context. Europe plays a key role in the global logistics landscape and aims to lead the twin transition towards an affordable decarbonization of freight transport. Enabled by key technologies and innovations and through the implementation of advanced concepts such as the Physical Internet, achieving higher levels of efficiency is key to reduce the burden of vehicles, assets and energy transition. In this opening session, key stakeholders will share their views and approaches to competitiveness and the twin transition, reflecting on current situation and projecting the challenges and opportunities to be addressed by the end of this decade and beyond.
Enjoy lunch, visit the exhibition area to explore innovative solutions, and engage with fellow participants and speakers
This session will explore how regional and national clusters and innovation ecosystems are driving the transformation of logistics, contributing to competitiveness, resilience, sustainability, and digitalization. The session will address the role of clusters and networks in embracing, adopting, and pioneering the implementation of European Strategies in their regional and national ecosystems. Discussion will focus on the hot topics in these regions in contrast with EU policies and innovation landscape.
Moderated by Elvina Nowak. ALICE Logistics Clusters Group Manager
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Digital technologies and connectivity are key levers for facilitating supply chain collaboration to realise efficiencies and opportunities at marginal additional cost. The ability to retrieve data and transform it into meaningful information, as well as to exchange information within the supply network stakeholders to run supply chains, logistics and transportation, is not only key to efficiency, but also a lever for decarbonizing the supply network. Collaborative tools and spaces are growing in importance and will drive logistics and supply chain innovation.
Moderated by Marion Cottet. ALICE Project & Innovation Manager.
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Gala Dinner starts at 19:00 in the Royal III meeting room, next to the main conference room.
Invitation or ticket required; dress code Business Casual
Exhibition visit and networking
European Research & Innovation Programmes such as Horizon Europe are key to accelerate systemic change and innovation towards decarbonization and competitiveness. Research and industry work together with the European Commission to address societal, environmental and economic competitiveness challenges and opportunities. European Technology Platforms foster knowledge and innovation through a long-term strategy, creating pan-European partnerships and ecosystems to boost European innovation leadership. In this session, the speakers will share their experiences and the main expected benefits of such a collaboration in their specific fields linked to the twin transition for freight transport and logistics.
Session introduction by Paola Cossu. ALICE Board of Directors and CEO FIT Consulting
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Moderated by Giuseppe Luppino. ALICE Programmes Manager. Corridors, hubs and Synchromodality & Systems and Technologies for Interconnected Logistics
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Moderated by Michael Archer. Customer Collaboration Director, Zero Waste World, CHEP and ALICE Supply Network Coordination and Collaboration Chair.
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Key global leaders will reflect on the state of play in the decarbonization of freight and logistics, addressing key levers and needs on issues such as electrification of transport, increased use of intermodality, with a particular focus on innovation and collaboration requirements. Speakers will provide concrete examples of projects and initiatives underway and call for specific areas of research and innovation to be supported in the future.
Moderated by Fernando Liesa. ALICE Secretary General
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Enjoy lunch, visit the exhibition area to explore innovative solutions, and engage with fellow participants and speakers
The Urban Mobility Framework, published in December 2021 by EC DG MOVE, sets the direction for sustainable and efficient urban transport in the EU. Innovative solutions in urban logistics can play a key role in implementing the policy framework. The session invites policy maker, representatives from city network and logistics to discuss roles of innovative solutions in urban logistics and how to boost impacts of innovation to make urban logistics more sustainable and efficient.
Moderated by Yanying Li, ALICE
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This session will focus on the rapidly evolving landscape of e-commerce and its impact on urban logistics. As the demand for fast and reliable delivery services grows, so does the negative impacts on environment and transport networks. This session will explore how sustainable e-commerce practices, circular economy principles, and innovative business models can transform urban logistics to be both economically viable and environmentally sustainable. It will bring together industry leaders and practitioners to share their experiences and strategies for making e-commerce more sustainable.
Moderated by Hans Schurmans, Logistics Director at PROXIMUS/ALICE Urban Logistics Co-chair
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A reflection on the key insights from the summit and a look ahead to the future of logistics innovation in Europe.