The 12th Women in Logistics Forum – International Conference
from June 3rd to June 4th, 2024,
at the Regent Warsaw Hotel (ul. Belwederska 23, Warsaw).
What does include the program of 12th Women in Logistics Forum?
This year’s Women in Logistics Forum will be organized as an international conference (simultaneous translation Polish / English) under the slogan “IMPROVISUS” – welcome to the unpredictable, unexpected and sudden world!”
The first day of the Forum (June 3rd, 2024) will feature a plenary session – presentations of invited Experts and Partners.
The second day (June 4th, 2024) will be organized as Open Space Technology – participants will gather at one space and create the meeting agenda themselves with the opportunity to discuss topics which they are most interested in. After the OST, we invite attendees for participation in workshops or scientific session.
For the first time in the history of the Women in Logistics Forum, a scientific session will be held at this conference (from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM) – papers and scientific projects in the area of women’s leadership in logistics.
Women in Logistics Forum also includes awards – Woman of the Year in Logistics and the ESG Master in Logistics. The award ceremony will take place during the gala dinner during the first day of the Forum.
Please note that the following program will be gradually updated until the topics are finalized with all invited Experts.
June 3, 2024 – First Day of the Forum:
Time |
Topic | First Name and Last Name of the expert |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 – 10.00 | Welcome Coffee | |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Introduction | Beata Trochymiak, Women in Logistics Forum |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Welcome to the unpredictable, unexpected, and sudden world – Improvisus! | Prof. Danuta Kisperska-Moroń, University of Economics in Katowice |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Seize every day – also in business! | Marta Tęsiorowska, Vice President, Head of Marketing Prologis Europe |
| 11.00 – 11:30 | “We are doomed”! Is there a pilot flying with us? | Katarzyna Ostojska, Marketing Manager, Raben Group |
| 11.30 – 11.50 | coffee break | |
| session I | AI in the logistics world | |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | The logistics revolution: How AI technology shapes the future of logistics? | Katarzyna Marczuk, the Founder and CEO of Aleet Company |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | Innovative scaling: How AI gives a human face to customer service | Beata Krawczyk, Vice President, COO, Trans.eu; Bogdan Kosturek, Vice President, CTO, Trans.eu |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | AI in the BANI world! | Anna Ossowska, Division Operations PC&L Manager FORVIA Automotive |
| 12.50 – 13.05 | Generative AI: everything that we don’t know! | Oskar Korszeń, co-founder of Horyzont.ai |
| 13:05- 13:45 | discussion panel – Welcome to the AI world | the moderator – Beata Trochymiak |
| 13.45 – 14:30 | lunch | |
| session II | The sustainable business in times of uncertainty | |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | From chaos to harmony: how standardization of pallet labeling can contribute in achieving interoperability in the supply chain | Agata Horzela GS1 Standards Manager TSL / T&L Manager GS1 Poland |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Women Leadership in Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain | dr Pietro Evangelista, Research Director of Logistics & Supply Chain, Italian NRC, Institute for Studies on the Mediterranen (ISMed) |
| 15:10- 15:30 | Relationships and business in times of uncertainty | Katerina Hajkova, CEVA Logistics Control Tower Director for DECH&EE Cluster FVL (Finished Vehicle Logistics) in Prague |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | coffee break | |
| session III | Leadership and business relationships in the era of Improvisus | |
| 15:50 – 16:10 | speech | Markus Mau, the President of European Logistics Association |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Building competitiveness and business relations in times of digitalisation | Renata Kozłowska, partner and manager, QuestCM |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | About reflecting, letting go, emerging and the flow | with Katarzyna Hylińska NeuroLanguage & NeuroHeart Education Coach, Trainer, Mentor, Pathwork Facilitater the Special Guest of the Forum |
| 17.00 – 17.45 | discussion panel – Leadership of Women in the Improvisus world!? | with: Erika Kallionpää, Tampere University; Dr. Kamalavelu Velayutham, UCLan (UK), Beata Trochymiak (WLF), in |
| 17:45 – 20:00 | Mentoring walks in the Royal Łazienki Garden | meetings with mentors |
| 20.00 – 23:59 | The Gala Award Ceremony – Woman in Logistics 2024 and ESG Master in Logistics 2024 | the Gala Dinner, live music with Florentina Fanuele, a renowned Argentine actress and singer who has taken her music and art to different places around the world as a musical performer, sharing with others her beautiful voice and a very personal and passionate way of singing. |
June 4, 2024 – Second Day of the Forum: OPEN SPACE TECHNOLOGY, Scientific Session and workshops
OPEN SPACE TECHNOLOGY – talk about whatever you want with whoever you want! We invite you to participate in the largest brainstorming session in logistics, led by Kinga Bujalska and Wojciech Zawisz! |
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|---|---|
| The Rules OST | → We start with just a main topic in subgroups and designated time slots on the board.
→ Everyone has the right to propose a topic for discussion.
→ While discussing in groups, you create notes and reports on the course of the discussion. → One of the main principles is the law of two feet, which means that everyone can move to another group at any time. → By inviting you to Open Space, we aim for diversity – we want to have the most diverse group possible, with as many different perspectives as possible. → We give you a unique opportunity to discuss topics that concern you or for which you seek answers. |
| part I | 09.00 – 12.30 (coffee break is available throughout the entire time) |
| lunch | 12.30 – 13.15 |
| part II | 13.15 – 15.30 (coffee break is available throughout the entire time) |
Workshop with ALEET |
15.30 – 17.30 Practical application of Aleet’s AI solutions in the logistics industry |
15.00- 19.20 |
Scientific Session Presentations of international papers in the area of research on women’s leadership in logistics |
| 15.00 – 15.10 | Welcome speech Prof. Danuta Kisperska-Moroń, University of Economics in Katowice (PL) |
| 15.10 – 15.30 | Keynote speech Prof. Nathalie Fabbe-Costes, Aix-Marseille University (FR) (online) |
| 15.30 – 15.55 | The role of women in logistics: A Comparative study of traditional and modern supply chain management in Nigeria. Dr Kamalavelu Velayutham, University of Central Lancashire (UK), Abdullahi Mohammed, University of Central Lancashire (UK) |
| 15.55 – 16.20 | Gender Disparities in the UAE Logistics and Aviation Sector: An exploratory study (online) Prof. Shereen Nassar, Shiteej Rout, Heriot-Watt University, Dubai (UAE) |
| 16.20 – 16.45 | Exception vs Expectation: Woman Leadership in Logistics Dominika Ranis-Pawlak, Shell (PL) (online) |
| 16.45 – 17.00 | coffee break |
| 17.00 – 17.25 | Women’s Empowerment in Supply Chain and Logistics Roles: A review of the Opportunities and Barriers Manvi Kalia, Aston University, Aston (UK), Dimitra Kalaitzi, Aston University, Aston (UK) (online) |
| 17.25 – 17.50 | A perspective on women’s leadership in the logistics industry in the face of the challenges of economy 5.0 Katarzyna Kolasińska-Morawska, Marta Brzozowska, Łukasz Sułkowski, Paweł Morawski, University of Economics in Kraków (PL), (online) |
| 17.50 – 18.15 | Logistics emissions reporting as a tool for decarbonizing logistics – Shippers’ and logistics service providers’ perspective Erika Kallionpää, Tampere University (FI) |
| 18.15 – 18.40 | The use of modern technology, including blockchain in managing the supply chain of conflict minerals on the example of East Africa, Aleksandra Cholewa (online) |
| 18.40 – 19.05 | Sustainable transport: a state-of-the-art literature review Monika Roman, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (PL) |
| 19.05 – 19.20 | Summary and the end of the scientific session dr Pietro Evangelista, Logistics & Supply Chain, Italian NRC, Institute for Studies on the Mediterranen (ISMed) (IT) Beata Trochymiak, the Women in Logistics Forum (PL) |
