The introductory lecture, titled “Logistical support for the city of Poznań – urban goods distribution,” was delivered by Marcin Foltyński, an employee of the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing. Subsequently, Adam Palatas, a student at the Poznan School of Logistics, introduced the audience to the issue of “High-speed rail,” while Aleksandra Łuczak from the Logistics Scientific Circle of the Poznan University of Technology presented the problem of artificial intelligence and proposed that logistics companies implement computers that think similarly to the human mind. Joanna Górniak and Diana Ozimek from the Login Student Scientific Circle at the University of Łódź spoke about transfer hubs as an innovative solution in urban transport.
– The girls not only explained to the audience what transfer hubs are, but also highlighted the advantages and disadvantages of such a solution. As a positive, they mentioned, among other things, convenience and shorter travel time, while they included high costs and long implementation time among the negative aspects – lists Emil Szymański, Secretary of the CorLog Student Scientific Logistics Circle. – They presented their thoughts using the example of three cities: Łódź, Warsaw, and Wrocław.
The city of Wrocław appeared several more times during the conference. Bogusław Wielgoszewski from the Logistics Scientific Circle of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology presented innovative methods of payment for public transport in Wrocław. Among them, he mentioned, among others: the city card, which can also be used at the ZOO, municipal swimming pools, parking lots, and cinemas. This system works perfectly, for example, in Lisbon or London, but unfortunately, it causes minor problems in Wrocław.
– First of all, the city introduced a cheaper substitute, plus the cards can only be purchased at one point of sale, there is a lack of machines that read these cards, there is also a lack of an information website on the Internet, and ticket inspectors do not have the appropriate terminals – lists Bogusław Wielgoszewski. – The city, in order to somehow make amends after this clumsy introduction of the city card, proposed to passengers rather inefficient systems for buying tickets by phone and via the Internet.
The program also included presentations: “RFID in reverse logistics” by Maciej Porębski and Paulina Skórska from the Feniks Student Logistics Circle at the Silesian University of Technology; “Determining vehicle speed using mobile devices” by Karol Fijałkowski from the Logistics and Transport Scientific Circle at the Maritime University of Szczecin; “Two-wheelers in urban logistics” by Wiktor Bach from the Optimum Scientific Circle at the WSB University in Poznań (Chorzów branch); “Unusual transport solutions in Pomerania” by Pamela Dulska and Małgorzata Rosłanek from the Translog Scientific Circle of Transport and Logistics at the Gdynia Maritime University; “The transport problem of Łódź during rush hours” by Adam Król and Piotr Pierzak from the Opteam Scientific Circle at the University of Łódź; “Chaos in public transport in Upper Silesia and reorganization in the Wodzisław district” by Łukasz Wał from the Logis Scientific Circle at the Wrocław University of Economics; and “The city as a flow integrator” by Łukasz Bielecki and Dawid Neumann from the Just In Time Scientific Circle at the Angelus Silesius University of Applied Sciences in Wałbrzych.