ACU NOV-18 Final Draft

FEATURE
world trade is likely to grow 4.2
percent during the period.
Hulst said e-Commerce is the game
changer in today's world. To illustrate
his point, he said in 24 hours about
1.1 million smart mobile phones are
shipped worldwide and about 20
million parcels are transported.
Airbus's global market outlook
forecast is also rosy albeit more
conservative than Boeing at 3.7
percent in air freight and 3.4 percent
for world trade in the next few years.
Increasing enthusiasm
Vladimir Zubkov, secretary general
of TIACA, said about 90 speakers
participated at this year's ACF, which
he described “as a sign of an
increasing interest of our members
and even non-members to sharing
t h e i r k n o w l e d g e , v i e w s , a n d
achievements and to be on the
agenda with a presentation or
remarks during a panel.”
“The range of subjects was very
w i d e : t h e l a t e s t r e g u l a t o r y
challenges, collaboration with the
legislators, the booming market of
distribution warehouses in the
context of e-commerce, the power of
Blockchain, which was so much in
demand that it required two sessions
and several others which managed to
keep the attention of the participants
from the first minute until the last
one,” the official noted.
Zubkov said the exhibitors had
shown optimism and satisfaction in
participating in the event which the
body sees as a good indication to
“steer the ACF 2020 in Miami in the
right direction.”
At the forum, TIACA and the
Germany-based Messe München
signed an MoU agreeing to combine
their strengths in organizing
conferences and networking to make
the next ACF a success.
Under the MoU, Messe Muenchen
will organize the next ACF while
TIACA will retain control of the
c o n t e n t o f t h e c o n f e r e n c e .
Conversely, TIACA will be a strategic
p a r t n e r a t M e s s e M u e n c h e n
transport logistic events in Munich,
S h a n g h a i a n d I s t a n b u l . B o t h
companies agreed to jointly promote
the events.