10 – 12 March 2020Istanbul, Turkey

PROGRAME-Commerce & Logistics

14:00 –14:10 Chairman’s Opening RemarksWelcome addressSteven Verhasselt – VP Commercial – Liege Airport

14:10 – 14:35 Market and ForecastsThis session will provide a year on year economical update of online sales, its impact on air cargo and forecasts for 2020.Serge Hanssens – Partner – PwCAlexandre Amard – Senior Manager Consulting - PwC

14:35 – 15:00 The e-Shopper centric businessThe e-Commerce business is driven by consumers and failing to understand them is failing to deliver. It is therefore important to adapt to their wishes and even more to anticipate to be ahead of the curve.Jorgen van Mook - Head of Network Management & Innovation - IPC

15:00 – 15:30 What you need to know to start e-Commerce OperationsHow does an e-Tailer choose his logistics strategy? What will be his business model and how will he choose partners?Thomas Yu - Senior Director, Global Hub Operations and Product Development –Alibaba/Cainiao

15:30 – 16:15 Networking Break – WCS Exhibition Hall

16:15 – 16:35 Airlines opportunitiesAirlines are driving their own individual initiatives to capture e-Tailers. In this session you will hear how an Airline initiative ended as a stand-alone partner to capitalize on e-Commerce.Timo Schamber – Managing Director – HeyworldSebastian Blümmert – Head of Operations and IT - Heyworld

16:35 – 16:55 Automation & e-CommerceAs speed is Air Cargo’s number one advantage, and as e-Commerce delivers tsunamis of parcels at Cargo Facilities, automation and robotics seem to be essential for this businessLars Mehrtens – Project Manager / Technical Officer – Fraunhofer IML

16:55 – 17:25 Liege Airport: From Cargo Airport to Multimodal Line Haul Hub driven by e-commerceLiege Airport has become the largest European entry point for e-Commerce.How has this airport transformed to get the confidence of e-Commerce players?Steven Verhasselt – VP Commercial – Liege AirportThomas Yu - Senior Director, Global Hub Operations and Product Development –Alibaba/Cainiao

17:25 – 17:30 Chairman’s Closing RemarksRecap and closing of the e-Commerce TrackSteven Verhasselt – VP Commercial – Liege Airport

19:00 – 22:00 WCS Gala Dinner – location to be confirmed

E-Commerce & Logistics

Wednesday PM

11 March 2020Track Owner: Andre Majeres (majeresa@iata.org)