Forwarding 2024 Professional Conference and Exhibition – for the 25th time!
27–28 November 2024 (Wednesday-Thursday)
Aquaworld Resort Budapest (1044 Budapest, Íves út 16.)
Participation fee per person:
– for two days 139 000 HUF + VAT (Early Bird until 25 October: 109.000 HUF + VAT),
– for the first day HUF 99 000 + VAT (Early Bird until 25 October: 79 000 + VAT),
– for the second day HUF 59 000 + VAT (Early Bird until 25 October: 39 000 + VAT)
(Conference languages are English and Hungarian, with simultaneous interpretation.)
Click HERE to register for the conference!
Program
27 November 2024 (8.00–17.30)
8.00–9.00 Registration
9.00–9.15 Opening speech
Speaker: Márton Lányi, President of the Association of Hungarian Forwarders
9.15–9.30 The title of the presentation is under negotiation
Speaker: Stefano Visintin, president of ASPT-Astra
9.30–10.05 Italian-Hungarian economic relations with logistics focus
Moderator of the round table discussion:
Participants:
Stefano Visintin, President of AFPT-Astra
Representative of CATONE
Representative of Automarocchi
10.05–10.20 Optimising road transport management with Eurowag’s integrated digital platform
Speaker: László Kálmán, Director of Eurowag
10.20–10.35 driveMybox: container transport goes digital
Speaker: György Ambruzs, CEO of I.C.E. Transport
10.35–11.00 Coffee break
11.00–11.15 Increasing efficiency by operating KALMAR machines
Speaker: József Csathó, department leader of Kalmar
11.15–12.05 Port terminal landscape – round table discussion
Moderator: Zoltán Fábián, Managing Director of Mahart Container Center
Participants:
Adela Kureckova, Business Development Manager, BalticHub
Marco Zollia, Sales and Marketing Manager, Trieste Marine Terminal
Emmanuel Papagiannakis, CEO of Adriatic Gate Container Terminal
Sebastjan Sik, representative of the Port of Koper
Walter Holzhammer, Head of the Port of Antwerp-Brugge for Austria and Hungary
Representative of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG
12.05–12.20 Innovative and sustainable rail logistics
Speaker: Zoltán Potvorszki, Managing Director of VTG Rail Logistics
12.20–13.00 Round table discussion about the rail transport market
Moderator: Gergely Andó, Editor of NavigatorWorld
Participants:
László Katona, CEO of MMV
Imre Kovács, CEO of Rail Cargo Hungaria
Péter Schöberl, Managing Director of RTB CARGO HUNGARIA
Imre Seprenyi, CEO of Retrack Hungaria
Botond Varga, Managing Director of LTE Hungária
András Végh, Country Manager of EP CARGO
13.00–14.00 Lunch break
14.00–14.15 On the road to efficiency – three stories, countless lessons
Speaker: Károly Poór, Sales Executive, Delaware Consulting Hungary
14.15–14.30 Intermodal innovations at the Port of Constanta and the recovery of the Central Transport Corridor between China and Constanta
Speaker: Daniel Jarnea, Marketing Director of Port of Constanta
14.30–15.30 Round table discussion about the air freight market
Moderator: Kornél Heckenast, Commercial Director, R-BAG Group
Participants:
Péter Árki, Head of Air Export, AIRMAX CARGO
László Bóta, Managing Director of Emirates GSA
József Kossuth, Head of Cargo at Budapest Airport (BUD)
László Szabó, Head of Air Freight at Kühne + Nagel Hungary
László Trifán, cargo manager of Çelebi Ground Handling Hungary
Gábor Varga, Managing Director of Universal Translink Airline Hungary
15.30–15.50 Coffee break
15.50–16.40 Round table discussion about the logistics real estate
Moderator: Péter Würsching, Leasing Manager, iO Partners
Participants:
Rita Lippai, Development Director, BIGGEORGE Property
Anikó Szűcs, senior lawyer at DLA Piper
Representative of Hello Parks
Representative of CTPark
16.45–17.30 Forwarding 2024 – round table discussion
Moderator: Bálint Varga, Managing Director of Gebrüder Weiss
Participants:
Zoltán Gáldi, Managing Director of DHL Freight Hungary
Gábor Kovács, Regional Director of Scan Global Logistics
Judit Palicska, Managing Director of Waberer’s Network
Tamás Péchy, Managing Director of DSV Hungária
Gabriella Szécsi, Managing Director of BI-KA
28 November 2024 (8.00–14.30)
8.00–9.00 Registration
9.00–9.30 Outlook on the World Economic
Speaker: Zoltán Török, Senior Analyst, Raiffeisen Bank Hungary
9.30–10.20 Round table discussion about the customs
Moderator: Sándor Rozgonyi, President of the Hungarian Customs Association
Participants:
Kristóf Péter Bakai, Deputy Chairman of the Customs and International Department of the National Tax and Customs Administration
Ágota Balogh, CEO of Royal Sped
Erika Holczer, Director of the Advanced Business Software and Digital Services Division of Régens
László Vágó, CEO of Vámunió
10.20–10.35 ADR changes and what’s new in battery transport
Speaker: György Sárosi, expert
10.35–11.00 Coffee break
11.00–11.45 Round table discussion about the road freight transport
Moderator: Ferenc Lajkó, Managing Director of Digilog Consulting
Participants:
Zoltán Pap, Business Development Director, BHS Trans
Sismanoglu Melih, Managing Director of Transemex
Tamás Suhajda, Managing Director of Ferro-Sped 2000
Viktor Timler, Head of Road Division, Kühne + Nagel
11.45–12.30 Round table discussion about the ESG and the green logistics
Moderator: Király Gábor, Environmental Management Expert
Participants:
Gábor Márta, Managing Director of Rail Cargo Logistics
Vanda Tresztián, Sustainability and Project Manager, MSC
Representative of DHL Global
Representative of BUD Airport
12.30–13.30 International forwarders’ round table
Moderator:
Participants:
Representative of Scan Global Logistics
Representative of DSV
Representative of Liegl & Dachser
Representative of C.H. Robinson
Representative of LX Pantos
Representative of Expeditors
13.30–14.30 Lunch