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 (8.00–17.45)
8.00–9.00 Registration
9.00–9.05 Welcome speeches
Speakers:
Dott. Massimo Belligotti, Commercial Attache of the Italian Embassy
Bernardino Pusceddu, President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Hungary
9.05–9.20 Opening speech
Speaker: Márton Lányi, President of the Association of Hungarian Forwarders
9.20–9.35 Ports of Trieste – Monfalcone & regional dry port hubs, an integrated logistics network
Speaker: Walter Gregori, Secretary General of Freight Forwarding & Logistics Association Port of Trieste & Friuli Venezia Giulia
9.35–10.10 Italian-Hungarian economic relations with logistics focus
Moderator of the round table discussion: Gergely Andó, Editor of NavigatorWorld
Participants:
Walter Gregori, Secretary General of Freight Forwarding & Logistics Association Port of Trieste & Friuli Venezia Giulia
Stefano Pedone, CEO of Euromar Shipping Agency
Giorgio Gallo, Sales Manager of B.F.B Casa di Spedizioni
Matija Vidoni, CEO of Autamarocchi Austria
Fabio Predonzani, Chief Sales Officer of Interporto di Trieste
10.10–10.25 Optimising road transport management with Eurowag’s integrated digital platform
Speaker: László Kálmán, Director of Eurowag
10.25–10.40 Getting ready for NIS2: managing cyber risks
Előadó: Manuel Coelho Dias, Manager of Marsh Advisory
10.40–11.00 Coffee break
11.00–11.50 Port terminal landscape – round table discussion
Moderator: Zoltán Fábián, Managing Director of Mahart Container Center
Participants:
Peter Garai, CEO of Adria Port
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
11.50–12.05 Increasing efficiency by operating KALMAR machines
Speaker: József Csathó, department leader of Kalmar
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:
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: Van Baaren-Horváth Éva, CEO of R-Bag Group
Participants:
Péter Árki, Head of Air Export, AIRMAX CARGO
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 of iO Partners
Participants:
Tamás Beck, Head of Industrial at Colliers
András Bodahelyi, Senior Business Developer at HelloParks
Csiernik Ibolya, Leasing Director at Biggeorge Property
Szűcs Anikó, Senior Associate at DLA Piper
16.40–16.55 Tomorrow’s solution to yesterday’s logistics challenges – an automated solution from Extrico
Előadó: Tamás Pásztor, CEO of Extrico Systems Hungary
16.55–17.45 Forwarding 2024 – round table discussion
Moderator: Bálint Varga, Managing Director of Gebrüder Weiss
Participants:
Gábor Kovács, Regional Director of Scan Global Logistics
Marcell Kovács, Managing Director of MASPED Logistics
Judit Palicska, Managing Director of Waberer’s Network
Dávid Reményik, Head of Corporate Governance, BI-KA
Csaba Tóth, Transport Director of Trans-Sped
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 at Raiffeisen Bank Hungary
9.30–9.45 The Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area
Speaker: Chris Lo, Regional Director, Europe, Central Asia and Israel at Hong Kong Trade Development Council
9.45–10.30 Round table discussion about the customs
Moderator: Sándor Rozgonyi, President of the Hungarian Customs Association
Participants:
Gábor Tóth, Deputy Head of the 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
10.30–10.45 driveMybox: container transport goes digital
Speaker: György Ambruzs, CEO of I.C.E. Transport
10.45–11.00 The potential of Asian labour in the logistics sector
Speaker: Dávid Maier, Asian Workforce Specialist at Terendo
11.00–11.20 Coffee break
11.20–12.10 Round table discussion about the ESG and the green logistics
Moderator: Király Gábor, Environmental Management Expert
Participants:
Dr András Balásfalvi-Kiss, Head of ESG and Sustainability at Grant Thornton Consulting
Márta Fogarasi, Director of Quality Management at Trans-Sped
Gábor Márta, Managing Director of Rail Cargo Logistics
Edit Szilágyi, Sustainability programme expert at DPD Hungary
Vanda Tresztián, Sustainability and Project Manager at MSC
12.10–12.25 ADR changes and what’s new in battery transport
Speaker: György Sárosi, expert
12.25–13.15 Round table discussion about the road freight transport
Moderator: Ferenc Lajkó, Managing Director of DigiLog Consulting
Participants:
Tamás Endrődi, Commercial Director of Renault Trucks Hungary
Gergely Fáczán, Commercial Director of Volvo Hungária
Zoltán Pap, Business Development Director of BHS Trans
Tamás Suhajda, Managing Director of Ferro-Sped 2000
Péter Szemerey, CEO of Szemerey-Plus
Bálint Varga, Managing Director of K & V Logistic Solutions
László Varga, Sales and Marketing Director of DPD Hungary
13.15–14.30 Lunch