Program

18:30

Welcome Networking Reception

Kursaal Casino, Erehal (Hall of Honour), Ostend

09:00

Welcome remarks

Conference chairman:

Steven Polmans, Air Cargo Experts

09:20

Current State of the Air Logistics Industry

09:35

The Big Picture – Executive  Panel

10:40

Networking break – coffee

11:10

Global Air Freight Outlook 2025

11:45

Focus Global Trade

• The future of globalization and global trade
• How will changing trade policies affect global supply chains?
• Trade disruptions – The new normal?

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Forwarders and the Future of Air Freight Supply Chain

14:15

The Role of Regional/Secondary Airports

• How can regional/secondary airports step-up cargo operations?
• The role of intra-modality
• Needed infrastructure improvements

15:30

Which Trends will Influence our World in the next years?

Peter Hinssen
Entrepreneur, Key Note speaker & Author

Biography:
Peter is a world class thought leader on technological evolution, innovation strategy and adaptive leadership. He is a top ranked keynote speaker, bestselling author, business school lecturer, LinkedIn Top Voice, serial entrepreneur, trusted board member and passionate startup investor. He has collaborated with leading brands like Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Accenture, LVMH, Hermes, HP, Microsoft, Bloomberg, Gartner, Danone, Chanel, LinkedIn, HSBC, Airbus, Sanofi, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Honeywell, SAS and many more. He also lectures at renowned business schools like the London Business School and the MIT Sloan School of Management. Peter likes to describe himself as a pathological optimist.

16:15

Freighter Availability & Future Demand

• Update next-generation widebody freighters
• Future demand for cargo aircraft

16:45

Life Science/Pharma

17:30

End conference day 1

17:45

Departure by bus to Bruges

Air Cargo Executive Networking Party-
World Heritage Site Edition

Location: One of the medieval buildings in the historic center of Bruges

09:00

Regional Airports Compared with Major Hubs – How to Create Excellence in their Competitive Edge?

• Latest developments on how regional airports can gain market share from major cargo hubs
• How to understand the needs and requirements of cargo air carriers?

09:45

AI – Opportunities for the Air Logistics Industry

• Assessing the real benefits for various parties in the air logistics industry
• Future outlook AI
• What to expect from digitalization in general

11:00

Networking break – coffee

11:30

The Future of Air Cargo – Executive Panel

• Review of challenges and opportunities
• Industry collaboration – buzz word or reality?
• Adapting business models to disruption
• Serving the customer – future perspectives

12:30

Intramodal Supply Chains

• The real benefits of linking air-sea-rail coming years
• Who will take the lead?

13:15

Lunch