TOP LOGISTICS EUROPE 2024: a rich program around innovation, CSR and the agri-food industry

The meeting of supply chain decision-makers TOP LOGISTICS EUROPE will once again open its doors at the Palais du Grand Large and Quai Saint-Malo on June 19 and 20. For its second edition in Brittany, the BtoB event presents a lively program around three key themes in the logistics sector: innovation, CSR and the agri-food industry. Details of the two days, hour by hour.

Tuesday June 18 in the evening: inauguration of the La Petite Boucle micro-hub

The 2024 edition of TOP LOGISTICS EUROPE will kick off on Tuesday June 18 at 7:30 p.m. with a first “off-site” operation carried out as part of the inauguration of the Saint-Malo company’s cyclo-logistics micro-hub. The Little Loop. This last mile delivery startup, created in 2021 by Alexandre Euzenat, collects and recycles biowaste for around sixty professionals in the coastal city. It also ensures the pooling of parcels on behalf of major national and international carriers and logistics providers which it delivers in particular within Saint-Malo intramuros. To do this, the young company delivers packages using two-carrier electric bicycles or equipped with a trailer. During this evening, it will present its new micro-hub based on Chaussée des Corsaires, opposite the Palais du Grand Large and Quai Saint-Malo where TOP LOGISTICS EUROPE will take place. Participants in business meetings will be invited to the inauguration, alongside institutions and the city's port authorities. Partner of TOP LOGISTICS EUROPE, La Petite Boucle will also organize the collection of food waste which will be generated during the two days of the event.

Wednesday June 19: room for innovation and CSR

On Wednesday June 19 at 8:00 a.m., the BtoB event will officially open its doors to welcome all participants: on one side more than 90 exhibitors and startups, providers of logistics solutions who represent the entire value chain of the sector, and the other 150 project leaders from multi-sector companies looking for solutions covering all supply chain activities. The morning will begin with an opening conference at 9:00 a.m. on the place of generative AI in Supply Chain professions. Moderated by François Deprey, Partner of SprintProject, she will welcome on stage Mélanie MUSSO, Director of Innovation and AI of CEVA Logistics, with Sébastien GARCIN, CEO of YZR, at her side. At 10:00 a.m., the first business meetings of the 1,500 scheduled by DG Consultants will begin. They will be punctuated over the two days by 6 exhibitor workshops offered by the companies: SOTECAN INTERNATIONAL, GREENYELLOW, HYLIKO, OPTIDOCK INETUM, CTI SYSTEMS as well as the ALPES SUPPLY CHAIN association which will intervene alongside the companies COLIBRI S&OP, DFYA, NOMADIA and EASYSHIPPING4U.

Among the other highlights of the 2024 edition, TOP LOGISTICS EUROPE will also host a village dedicated to the most innovative startups in the supply chain in a space called “Place des innovations”. Co-organized in partnership with SprintProject, it will welcome at the heart of the event 8 selected companies who will present their innovation. In addition, a pitch session will take place on Wednesday June 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The startups are: ALKI, ATOPTIMA, BUMP, CHARGEPOLY, CIND, SHIPPINGBO, SHIPTIFY and STREAMLINER.

The afternoon will give way to 2 inspiring conferences. A premiere at 2:00 p.m. on the theme “AI, GenIA, Blockchain... Impact on the HR strategies of companies in the sector”. A second will take place at 6:00 p.m. on the following subject “CSR, a powerful lever for performance and growth at the heart of logistics”.

For the second year in a row, the first day will end with the presentation of the CSR Awards co-organized by SprintProject and the professional media Supply Chain Village. This year, the list has been extended to 5 categories of winners with a new feature: “The real estate and logistics infrastructure prize”. To deliberate on the competing files, DG Consultants called on a jury of supply chain experts composed of Iwen Layec, Deputy General Delegate of Bretagne Supply Chain; Julien Darthout, General Delegate of the Déméter Club; Yann de Feraudy, President of France Supply Chain by Aslog; Jean-Baptiste Fleck, President of Alpes Supply Chain; François-Michel Lambert, Founder of the National Institute of the Circular Economy; Yann Viguié, Sustainable Development Delegate of AUTF/FRET21 and Xavier HUA, Director General of the Institut du Commerce. The awards ceremony will be followed by a networking evening at 8:00 p.m. allowing participants to continue their discussions in a festive and friendly setting.

Thursday June 20: focus on agri-food logistics

The morning of Thursday June 20 will be devoted to the agri-food industry, a leading sector in Brittany, the region hosting business meetings. This day will begin at 9:00 a.m. with a workshop on the theme "Energy costs in cold storage warehouses" led by Jean-Paul MEYRONNEINC, logistics advisor for the professional organization PACT'ALIM, one of the main associations of the agri-food industry in France. The workshop will be followed by a final round table at 11:00 a.m., hosted by the professional media Process Alimentaire on the theme “Agrifood: imagine the warehouse of tomorrow”. After lunch and the last business meetings, the 2024 edition of TOP LOGISTICS EUROPE will close its doors at 5:00 p.m.

“I am particularly proud of the programming of this edition of TOP LOGISTICS EUROPE which responds to major issues faced by supply chain players, whether around Artificial Intelligence, the positive impacts of CSR, or even decarbonization. My entire team has redoubled its efforts to offer all of our participants a “different” event that focuses on experience, exchanges and meetings. I also add that TOP LOGISTICS would not be the same without this “magic” which takes place within the privateer city which welcomes us and allows us to bring together all the conditions for a moment that is both friendly, inspiring and conducive to business. We look forward to seeing all our guests and exhibiting partners. See you in a month, in Saint-Malo! » testifies Jérôme Letu-Montois, Director of TOP LOGISTICS EUROPE.

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