SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- On the morning of Dec. 28th, the Logistics & ICT Asia 2008 grandly opened at Renaissance Shanghai Pudong Hotel. At the opening ceremony, Doc. Sven M. PRUESER, Senior Vice President of Deutsche Messe AG gave a welcome speech on behalf of the organization committee. Guests presented include Zhang Baotai, Deputy Counsel of Department of Informationization, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of PR China, Cui Zhongfu, Vice-president and Deputy Secretary-general of China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing, Heinz Paul BONN, Vice-president of BITKOM, German's information technology, telecommunications and new media association and Peter Guenther, General Director Manager of VDMA Material Transit & Logistic Technology Committee.
Aiming to enhance communication between logistics and ICT application and among all successful companies, Logistics & ICT 2008 is one of the most influential industrial events of this kind in China. The two-day summit will convene around 250 decision-makers and market leaders from all around the world, offering an ideal platform for them to share experience and to gain valuable insight into new frontiers of Asia-Pacific logistics and ICT industry. Topics of high market concern will be discussed on the summit, such as ICT and Modern Logistics Development, Development and Application of ICT in Large Logistics Enterprises, Retail Markets Requirements on ICT Application in Logistics, New Ideas and Innovations for Logistics ICT, Better ICT Development to Lower Cost and Raise Profits, etc.
Logistics & ICT Asia 2008 attracts a bunch of world famous giants in logistics, freight, system and solution services. VIP representatives from companies including Maersk Logistics, IBM, DHL will deliver theme lectures at the summit. Experts from Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML), Supply Chain Management Institute (SMI) and Tianjing University will also show up and give relative speeches. Their presences are sure to propel logistics and ICT industry development throughout Asia.
The event will run from 28-29 October at Renaissance Shanghai Pudong Hotel. Organized by Hannover Fairs Shanghai and Shenzhen-Tsinghua Logistics Research Center, Logistics & ICT 2008 also gets firm support from such wide array of professional societies and organizations: China Federation of logistics & Purchasing (CFLP), BITKOM (German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media) and European Information Technology Observatory (EITO).
