Yesterday at 10:00 AM, at the Congress Center of the Poznań International Fair, Dr. Eng. Grzegorz Szyszka – Director of the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing, officially opened the Polish Logistics Congress LOGISTICS 2006. The meeting of logisticians is accompanied by the leading theme – “Best practices in logistics”. Congresses under the “LOGISTICS” banner have been organized by the ILiM every two years since 1991. This is, therefore, its eighth edition.
The importance of and interest in the Congress is evidenced by the fact that over five hundred participants from Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, France, the USA, Great Britain, and Italy arrived in Poznań, and its proceedings were graced by the presence of, among others: Graham Ewer, President of the European Logistics Association (ELA), Prof. Bogusław Liberadzki – Member of the European Parliament, a guru of European logistics, Hans-Christian Pfohl – professor at the Darmstadt University of Technology, and Christopher Adcock, President of the global organization EPCglobal.
During the morning session, papers were presented by: Dr. S. Krzyżaniak from the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing, G. Ewer from ELA, MEP Prof. B. Liberadzki, Prof. H.-Ch. Pfohl, and Ch. Adcock from EPCglobal. Twelve logisticians received certificates as part of the European Logistics Certification System. The meeting is accompanied by the “Logistics Market” trade fair, where over 40 exhibitors are presenting.
Congress participants discussed, in several thematic groups, topics including new technologies, improvements in transport logistics, e-business, e-logistics, distribution, modern warehouses and logistics centers, as well as innovations in the field of logistics.
The Congress will conclude its proceedings on May 11th, and the following day, logistics workshops related to broadly understood management in logistics will be held for those interested.
The co-organizers of the Congress are: the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau (Germany), the Polish Logistics Association, and the College of Logistics; the main partner is the company Prologis, and the event is under the patronage of the European Logistics Association.