Workshop program
Registration & coffee
Arrival, badges, informal networking
10:30
— 10:45
Welcome & opening
Theme introduction, set context… Framing the workshop around resilience/success narratives despite challenging conditions in the sector.
10:45
— 11:30
EU-Regulatory update: The time is now to secure intermodal supply chain.
EU regulatory update including Combined Transport Directive revision, plus the practical shift to intermodal it is driving - road-side cost pressure (ETS2, toll systems, driver shortage) and the risk of waiting.
11:30
— 11:45
Practical case study: resilience lessons from the Rhine low-water disruption
BASF's experience overcoming the Rhine low-water disruption, and guidance for the years to come
11:45
— 12:00
Central-Eastern Europe – penetrating intermodal solutions in road-based regions
12:00
— 13:30
Lunch break
Participants are invited to a standing lunch in the foyer, located just outside the meeting room.
13:30
— 14:30
New entrants to intermodal operations: what are the differentiating factors to succeed?
14:30
— 15:00
Supply Chain Digitalization research
15:00
— 15:30
Coffee break
15:30
— 17:00
The potential of AI in intermodality
Open, facilitated round-table on what AI could mean for intermodal supply chains
17:00
Closing