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Awards 2019
will feature 13
including the
Environmental Award,
Technology Transformation
Award and – new for 2019 –
a Wellbeing Initiative prize.
“The Logistics Awards
recognise intralogistics and
supply chain excellence and
will be an important part of
IMHX,” says IMHX 2019 event
director, Rob Fisher.
Future Skills Theatre
The IMHX 2019 Future Skills
Theatre agenda features a lineup
of notable logistics leaders
who will share their thoughts
on how school leavers and
graduates can be encouraged
to pursue a career in supply
chain management.
In addition to a series
of presentations and panel
discussions, delegates will hear
from two rising stars of the
logistics sector, Tienne Oates
and Harry Underwood, who will
describe their journeys from
entry level to the senior roles
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they now hold
Apprenticeships, talent
retention, up-skilling and
employee engagement within
logistics are among the
interesting range of topics up
for discussion, with expert
speakers confi rmed from
leading companies including
Bis Henderson, Abbey
Logistics, Career Ready and
Talent In Logistics.
One of the speakers, Bethany
Fovargue, operations manager
at NOVUS, comments: “The
logistics market has become
increasingly concerned about
attracting suitably skilled
workers to cater for the future
of the profession. By 2020,
as much as 50% of the global
workforce will be millennials,
so it is essential that employers
in the industry understand
what attracts and retains this
key demographic.
“The Future Skills Theatre
is where employers will fi nd
information on how to attract
On the agenda...
An inspiring line up of speakers will address the critical
developments driving change across the supply chain sector
during a series of free-to-attend seminars taking place across the
four days of IMHX 2019.
“The spotlight will fall on the technologies transforming
logistics - including AI, robotics and automation and cover many
of the themes a ecting supply chain professionals today,” says
conference producer, David Tran. “With over 100 expert speakers
and facilitators giving fresh insights into the ways supply chain
strategies are shifting and changing focus, the IMHX 2019 seminar
programme will deliver relevant content that ensures logistics
professionals make the most of their time at IMHX 2019.
“Speakers include a number of top-level logisticians such as:
Alex Harvey, general manager OSP warehouse automation, Ocado
Technology; Barry Morgan, solution specialist – logistics, The Coop:
and David Hix, supply chain director, Nestle UK&I.”
As well as a Keynote Arena and The Big Bang @ IMHX Skills
Zone, visitors can attend informative sessions within the
Technology Solutions Forum where they can learn how new
cost-saving logistics technology is being implemented within
operations from real life case studies.
Leading industry bodies and associations including Women in
Logistics (WiL) and the United Kingdom Warehousing Association
(UKWA) will also be holding conference sessions at the event.
The full conference programme can be viewed online
at www.imhx.net
award categories
within Wincanton
and Dachser
respectively.
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