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The 7th edition of the Colombo International Maritime & Logistics Conference will be held in Colombo from 27 to 29 November at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel. Whether you are a seasoned professional or a budding entrepreneur, the upcoming conference is your gateway to a world of knowledge acquisition and understanding along with exploring fresh prospects in the South Asian shipping and logistics markets, in comparison to the global trends. The organisers invite the industry to immerse themselves in an atmosphere where they can connect and network with industry leaders from around the world. Top international and local professionals will discuss innovation and collaboration at the conference and the future of shipping, ports, air and logistics industry developments and the competition trends in the region along with technology, will be the highlights among many other topics.
The conference will be attended by more than 25 international speakers and more than 25 local speakers, who are veterans in the industry.
The conference highlights and topics are listed below which include two high level fireside chats:
- The global and regional emerging trends – Ports/Terminals and Shipping
- India Container/Port report and transshipment developments – winners and losers
- The feeder networks – the regional dynamics
- Global and Indian subcontinent outlook by APM terminals
- Indian maritime vision and the role in South Asia, India growth story, and opportunities therein for Sri Lanka
- Macro economy of South Asia, importance of connectivity for national economies
- Shipping and global freight markets – What do experts say?
- The experiences – Mitigating supply chain disruptions
- Getting it right – Ingredients for building a maritime economy, role of free zones in modernising strategic locations, and digital networks for ports
- 5G, cybercrime, port technologies, IOT and payment technologies
- NVOCC and tanker markets – Expanding containerisation through feeder networks
- The future fuels, planet and shipping – Clean energy efficient integrations, green robotics in ports
- The logistics macro picture – The business of consolidating, backward integration, and new logistics requirements
- Africa/Asia connectivity – Supply chain agility and forecasting for logistics operations
- Air freight and logistics-Sea/air, air/air – Regional market outlook
- Evolving e-commerce trends
- Live stream and online shopping and last mile delivery and technology
- The building blocks – Talent/skills development
- Human resources for future crew management with technological advancements
- The big picture – Targeting 5% from logistics to GDP in Sri Lanka by 2030
- What can Sri Lanka do to compete in the transshipment and logistics business?
- Can we sustain manufacturing?
- How can we be a part of the global supply chains through value addition?
- More listed logistics companies, is it a good answer for capital attraction?
