SpeedCHAIN Slovakia 2017 brought a wide range of new ideas

At the very beginning of June, the second year of the logistics conference SpeedCHAIN Slovakia was held in Modra near Bratislava. In the beautiful surroundings of Zochova chata, the leading personalities of Slovak and Central European logistics and transport, as well as experts from production sector and business companies, met to discuss the current trends in logistics.

A two-day conference under the motto “Logistics, People and Processes” offered a number of interesting topics. The rich program included, for example, an address by Jan Haluška, Head of Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecasting, Econometric Modeling, INFOSTAT, Institute of Informatics and Statistics of the Slovak Republic, who discussed the results of Slovakia’s economic development in 2016 and the forecast for 2017.

The expected development of real estate market and development projects was presented by Branislav Jendek, Managing Partner, 108 AGENCY. And Milan Ludvik, Country Manager ZETES, explained modern trends in logistics. František Komora, Prezident of Logistics and Freight Forwarding Association stressed the importance of Slovakia involvement in the China’s initiative “Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road”.

The great gala evening ended the first conference day. This social event became a unique opportunity for an informal meeting of entrepreneurs and professionals.

The second day of the conference was held in a joint section “Trends and Processes in Automotive”. In a lecture “Employee – the key component of success”, Petr Ungerman, Strategy and Innovation Coordinator at ŠKODA Auto, talked about this current topic.

New trends in logistics of finished vehicles revealed Miloš Mrázek, FVL Manager GEFCO SK and Milan Ludvik, Country Manager ZETES, offered a thorough overview of returnable packaging, the flow of goods and materials.

The marathon of the two-day professional programme was closed by the address of Miroslav Babka, Product Manager, LINDE SK, who spoke on LINDE Robotic Forklifts.

All participants were excited with this year’s SpeedCHAIN Slovakia, and words of praise sounded when they were leaving. The organizers are already preparing the next year of this unique logistics event.

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