NavigatorVilag Expo – conference and exhibition

Date: November 19-20, 2019 (Tuesday and Wednesday)

Location: Aquaworld Resort Hotel, Budapest, Hungary

The conference language is Hungarian and English

– simultaneous interpretation on both days of the conference.

Participation fee: HUF 69,900 + VAT

Early bird fee until October 31: HUF 59,900 + VAT

MSZSZ member discount: HUF 55,900 + VAT

One-day ticket: HUF 38,900 + VAT

Quantitative discount: 55,900 HUF / person + VAT for at least three applications from one company.

You can apply for the conference by clicking this link!

Planned program, invited speakers:

First day

Impact of global and European economic trends on domestic transportation and logistics

Chairman of the morning program: Márton Lányi, President of Association of Hungarian Forwarders

9.00–9.20 Welcome and opening speach
Speaker: Márton Lányi, President of the Hungarian Transporters’ Association

9.20–9.40 Hungarian Government’s role in the development of the Port of Trieste
Speaker: dr. Garai Péter Head of Governmental Consultant for Frontier Economic Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

9.40–10.20 Roundtable discussion: Where is the Hungarian economy heading in the light of global challenges?

Moderator: Dr. Simon András, University Lecturer, Communicational Expert

Participants:

Botond Feledy, head of the Institute for Social Reflection
Gergely Salát, associate professor of China department at Pázmány Péter Catholic University
Márton Ugrósdy, Director of the Institute of Foreign and Economic Affairs

10.20–10.55 Roundtable discussion: Hungarian connections of Port of Constanta
Starting presentation/Moderator: Alexandru Madalin Craciun, Commercial Director, Port of Constanta

Participants:

Amedeo Constantin Neculcea, GFR
Iryna Burka, Grampet
Raluca Daraban, Commercial Director, DP World

10.55–11.15 Coffee break

11.15–11.25 Latest developments of Port of Rijeka
Speaker: Emmanuel Papagiannakis, CEO of Adriatic Gate Container Terminal

11.25-11.35 Trieste Marine Terminal: results, developments and additional possibilities
Speaker: Carolina Semino, Sales Representative, Trieste Marine Terminal

11.35-11.45 Highlights from Koper Container Terminal
Speaker: Borut Šemrl, representative of Luka Koper in Hungary

11.45–12.25 Round Table Discussion: Sea Ports Forum

Moderator: Ernő Pető, President, ChinaCham Hungary

Participants:

Emmanuel Papagiannakis, CEO of Adriatic Gate Container Terminal
Gordan Ban, Head of Container Terminal at Harbour of Koper
Philip Sweens, Managing Director of HHLA International GmbH
Vittorio Torbianelli, Representative of International Relations of the Port of Trieste

12.25–12.40 Faktoring = improving liquidity, cutting costs
Speaker: Zsolt Major-Maróthy, CEO of MagNet Factor

12.40–13.20 Roundtable discussion: Measures in order to increase the volume of intermodal traffic
Moderator: Gergely Andó, Chief Editor of NavigatorVilág

Participants:

Zoltán Fábián, Managing Director, Mahart Container Center
Tamás Gebhardt, Head of Business at Cosco
Ágnes Hernád, Managing Director of Rail Cargo Operator – Hungaria
Viktor Lippai, board member of Rail Cargo Terminal – BILK
Gergely Ódor, Managing Director of OGL
Attila Zahalka, Sales Manager, METRANS Danubia

13.20-13.35 Software for supporting road and rail transport
Speaker: Timea Pőcze, Sales Manager of Oltis Hungária

13.35-14.30 Lunch

Chairman of the afternoon program: Zsolt Bándy, publishing director of Cargo Transportation Ltd.

14.30–14.45 CMA CGM – CEVA fusion, the strategic step
Speaker: Ivan Loizeau, Director Intermodal and Logistics Services Central and South East Europe, CMA CGM

14.45–15.15 Roundtable discussion: Changes in VAT regulation
Moderator: Zoltán Tancsa, Partner at Deloitte Zrt.

Participants:

dr. Funtek Zsolt, Deputy Head of NTCA Central Customer Service and Information Department
financial managers of MSZSZ member companies

15.15–15.30 Changes in the transport of dangerous goods in 2020
Speaker: György Sárosi, Managing Director of HVESZ

15:30–15:45 Digital flow in transport and forwarding
Speaker: Ildikó Hock-Ritter, Head of TIMOCOM Representation in Hungary

15.45–16.00 News about General Terms and Conditions of Carriage
Speaker: Gyöngyi Grafl Fülöp, law specialist

16.00–16.40 Roundtable discussion: BUD Cargo City with the eye of a forwarder
Moderator: József Kossuth, Head of Air Freight Work Team

Participants:

Imre Berecz, Managing Director of Kombi-Express
Bálint Lovász, Manager Air Cargo Import, cargo-partner
Ákos Kovács, Managing Director of Ekol Logistics
László Szabó, Air Freight Manager at Kühne + Nagel
Brigitta Biró, Business Development Manager, Yusen Logistics
Zita Várkonyi, Marketing and Sales Director, Celebi Ground Handling

The second day

Current Challenges and Breakthroughs in Rail and Road Transport

Chairman of the morning program: János Pekár, Secretary General of Association of Hungarian Forwarders

9.00–10.00 Roundtable discussion: Road Panorama
Moderator: János Pekár, Purchasing Manager at Kuhne + Nagel

Participants:

Árpád Darvasi, Manager of Food Logistics, Liegl & Dachser
Zsolt Fülöp, Managing Director of Trans-Sped Kft
Attila Gonda, Managing Director of Truck Force One Ltd.
Gábor Kiss, Commercial Director of Inter-Épfu
Ferenc Lajkó, Managing Director of DigiLog Kft
Zsolt Székely, CEO of the Révész Group

10.00–10.20 Digitization in the operation of rail freight wagons
Speaker: Günther J. Ferk, CEO, VTG Rail Logistics Europe

10.20–10.40 Coffee break

10.40–11.30 Roundtable discussion: Challenges of rail freight
Participants:

Péter Juhász, Sales Manager, VTG Rail Logistics Hungaria
Kotiers Roman, CFO of Rail Cargo Hungaria
Skierniewski Bogoslav, CEO of AWT Rail Hu
Botond Varga, Managing Director of LTE Hungária
Andras Végh, Deputy CEO of GYSEV Cargo

11.30–12.20 Roundtable: Solutions to Manage Shortage of Labour
Participants:

Zoltán Ádám, Head of Deputy State Secretary for Educaation of Ministry for Innovatiton and Technology
Szilvia Bereczki, HR Director, DHL Global Forwarding Hungary
Mária Kelsánszky, HR Director, Trans-Sped
Ágnes Kemény, HR Director at DHL Freight
Dr. Katalin Várdi, Medical Director, InspiroMed
Teodóra Vincze , HR Director, Rail Cargo Hungaria