Express Talks | Smart urban logistics – the future for cities

Express Talks är ett samarbete mellan Hannoverimpuls, Göteborg Stad/Business Region Göteborg, Hannover Messe och Svenska Mässan. Stadslogistik är en av de stora utmaningarna som alla växande städer måste möta om de vill bli framgångsrika och hållbara i framtiden. På Logistik & Transport samlades representanter och nyckelpersoner från Hannover stad, Göteborg Stad, Volkswagen, Volvo, framstående forskare och start-ups som tillsammans diskuterade klimatsmart logistik: Smart urban logistics – the future for cities.

Organized by: Urban Rural Gothenburg – A European Regional Fund project led by Gothenburg city and Businessregion Gothenburg, Swedish Exhibition Centre and Hannoverimpuls GmbH.

Supported by: Deutche Messe, Hannover city, Hannover region, HannoverImpuls GmbH, Sweden’s national center for municipal coordinated distribution of goods, Gothenburg University, Chalmers University of Technology.

Participating companies: Volvo Group, Volkswagen Commercial Cars, Pakadoo GmbH, Graphmasters GmbH, Velove, Pling transport, TailorMade Arcitects.

Participating other research institut: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, University of Applied Sciences Hannover.

Moderation:
Dan Melander – Project Manager Urban Rural Gothenburg, Business Region Gothenburg
Gernot Hagemann – Project Manager Industry Development, Hannoverimpuls GmbH
John Wedel Ph.D. –Infrastructure and Logistics Business Region Göteborg

9:10 – 09:25
Opening Ceremony

• Welcoming Words from Business Region Göteborg and Hannoverimpuls
  Ulrike Firniss, Direcor for European affairs, Business Region Göteborg & Cornelia Körberg, Project Director Industry Development, Hannoverimpuls

09:30 – 10:00
Scenarios from smart urban logistics in Sweden and Germany

• Mobility in Urban Agglomorations 2040 – Results of the latest Scenario-Analysis in Germany
  Gernot Hagemann, Project Director Energy & Mobility, Hannoverimpuls GmbH

• The future of coordinated goods distribution in our cities
  Olof Moen, Research Director, National Center for Municipal Coordinated Goods

10:10 – 11:00
The city’s traffic offices presents:

• Project Urban Logistics:
  Insights into the Initiative Urbane Logistics Hannover – From an idea to realization: living lab, Linden-Nord
  Gerrit Fehn, Urbane Logistik City of Hanover
• What is best for me? A simple method to compare urban logistic improvements
  Prof. Dr. Lars-Oliver Gusig, University of Applied Sciences
• Initiatives and success factors in Gothenburg
  Christoffer Widengren, Project manager, sustainable city logistics, Transport Administration, Gothenburg City

11:10 – 11:40
Research and development

• Achieving smart urban logistics
  Michael Browne, Professor of logistics and urban goods transport, Department of Business Administration, University of Gothenburg.
• Urban consolidation centers: potential and challenges – lessons from the Nordstan Shopping Center
  PhD Dr. Sönke Behrends, Project Manager Logistics, IVL Swedish Environment Research Institute

12:15 – 13:30
Company Cases

• Future parcel delivery concepts – the Volkswagen in-house pilot with pakadoo GmbH
  Jessica Horsmans, Volkswagen Commercial Cars & Markus Ziegler, pakadoo GmbH
• Customer Success Smart Mobility
  Alexander Meister, Graphmasters GmbH
• Volvo trucks pioneering move towards sustainable transportation and climate-smart city logistics
  Christina Stenman Jörgensen, Product Planning Manager, Volvo Group & Cecilia Haraldsson, Senior innovation Manager, Volvo Group
• Velove / Pling How City Hubs enable productive, energy efficient and city friendly last mile delivery?
  Johan Erlandsson, CEO Velove & Annika Hagberg, Pling transport

14:00 – 14:30
Business development and innovation

• The business development opportunities for the climate-smart city logistics
  John Wedel, Ph.D. Infrastructure and Logistics Business Region Gothenburg
• Business development for smart Logistics, Hannover city and region
  Gernot Hagemann, Project Director Energy & Mobility, Hannoverimpuls Gmb
  

14:40 – 15:00
The case of block based green city terminals

• Development of neighbourhood / block-based city terminals linked to commercial greenhouses and land-based fish production centers.
  Fredrik Olson, Arkitekt SAR/MSA & Martin Berg, Project Manager, Real Estate’s property management of Gothenburg

15:10 – 15:30
Summary

• Challenges for a sustainable future within logistics and mobility.
  Panel Discussion – With challenges and represents for each sector.
  

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