A real meeting place, the SITL addresses the various challenges of the profession such as the need for multimodality, the regulations linked to the energy transition and its current and future solutions, the arrival in force of artificial intelligence, the management of data and digital, performance optimization through robotization and automation, improvement and qualification of delivery services including last mile management.
So many topics addressed to serve the transport and logistics sectors. CSR, the key subject of the 2022 edition, and which will continue in future editions, has been a great success. The environmental and social impact: reduction of distances traveled in road mode, alternative solutions to thermal vehicles -soft mobility-, reflection on containers/setpoints, precise quantification of environmental gains… have been at the heart of the debates on many our highlights.
Some key figures of this edition:
● 7 sectors,
● 1 360 showroom,
● 150 conferences and workshops
● 4 innovation prizes
● 1 start-up prize
It’s time to take stock, detailed feedback on the highlights of 2022!
An inaugural conference amid political debate as the presidential elections approach
To start this Transport Innovation Week, the Director of the SITL, Laurence Gaborieau, officially launched the 39th edition on Tuesday April 5 alongside Anne-Marie Idrac, President of France Logistique and many institutional players.
Laurence Gaborieau said: “ More than 500 exhibitors were present to take part in this new vintage. The supply chain is the armed wing of reindustrialisation. Without a strong and agile Transport and Logistics sector, there is no economic development. “. A few days before the presidential elections, the representatives of the candidates were invited to share their proposals for the transport of goods and logistics in the service of a high-performance France.
Innovation Awards and Start-Up Contest Ceremony
The winners of the Innovation Awards for the 2022 Edition are:
Best Innovation in Transport & Logistics Services : OPEN GIE winner
Best Intralogistics, Robotics & Automation Innovation : GEEK+ winner
Best Innovation Technologies, IoT & Information Systems – Winner BARY (SI MILES 88)
Best Packaging, Conditioning & Pallet Innovation – CMC SPA winner
The jury’s favorite was awarded to RCR Industrial Flooring
The Start-up Contest of which Sprintproject is the Innovation Partner
In the presence of the members of the jury, the prize is awarded to the start-up Customs Bridges.
A special mention was awarded to the Société Fluviale de Logistique.
Showroom 360, another place of innovation
In order to meet the expectations of SITL visitors, the organization has multiplied the demonstration areas. An immersive experience in the 360 Showroom, built in partnership with TIMCOD Solutions and MLG Consulting, was offered to participants who could discover the intralogistics of tomorrow through the Warehouse of the Future, the Drone Valley and the Circuit Test. Were present DDS LOGISTICS, IPCUBE, JUNGHEINRICH, MECALUX or NOMADIA.
A few conferences to note
Rail Freight
On the occasion of the conference on “the evolving contexts of rail freight: the national strategy, the geopolitical situation, decarbonization” on Wednesday 6 April. Denis Choumert, President of the AUTF specified ” Rail freight is most relevant over distances over 500 km. Solutions for electric or hydrogen heavy goods vehicles are beginning to be put in place, we have 15 years to develop freight “.
Launch of the call for expression of interest (AMI) “river urban logistics of the Seine axis”
Several communities and intermunicipalities (the metropolises of Greater Paris and Rouen-Normandy, the urban community of Le Havre-Seine Métropole, the City of Paris) working in partnership with Haropa Port and Voies navigables de France (VNF) launched this AMI this Thursday, April 7 on the SITL.
Our next meetings:
SITL Golf Cup – June 14, 2022 – Racing Club de la Boulie
Supply Chain Event – November 15 and 16, 2022 for its 10th edition at Paris Porte de Versailles.
SITL – from March 28 to 30, 2023 for its 40th edition at Paris Porte de Versailles.
SITL press release.
