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Logistics Strategy & Operations Theatre

Industry leaders will share valuable insights, practical strategies, and case studies to help you enhance your operational efficiency and stay ahead of the curve in an evolving logistics landscape.

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10:00
  1. GCC logistics visions in practice: free zones, corridors and digital trade rails
    • UAE/KSA/Qatar priorities and timelines
    • Free zones, corridors, single-window progress
    • Digital trade rails and data sharing
10:20
  1. Cold chain under Gulf conditions: pharma & F&B performance in extreme heat
    • Pharma/F&B quality in extreme heat
    • IoT monitoring, excursion prevention
    • Cross-border compliance
10:40
  1. Technology for sustainability: energy cost per pallet and CO₂e per shipment
    •  Energy cost per pallet/day
    • CO₂e per shipment baseline
    • Packaging/waste reduction
11:00
  1. Potential of Digital Twins in Logistics
    • Session from Middlesex University Dubai, details to followMiddlesex University Dubai
11:20
  1. Panel discussion: Supply chain resilience in MEA — customs/free zones, FMCG and pharma
    • Diversify sources and near-shore
    • AI/visibility for risk sensing
    • Public–private coordination
12:00
  1. Prayer and networking break
12:40
  1. Tariffs, sanctions and rerouting: playbooks for MEA lanes
    • Tariff/sanction impacts
    • Reroute/rerate playbooks
    • Digital customs, trade deals
13:00
  1. Workforce and localisation: designing safe, high-productivity operations in heat
    • Emiratisation/Saudisation in ops
    • Heat-safe shift design
    • Skills for AI/automation
13:20
  1. Friend-shoring in practice: GCC–India and GCC–East Africa routes
    • Corridor selection and risks
    • Free-zone/PTA advantages
    • Cost vs speed vs resilience
13:40
  1. Ship faster: single windows, AEO and digital certificates
    • Cut clearance times
    • AEO benefits in practice
    • Trusted digital documents
14:00
  1. Cross-border returns made easy: duty drawback and hub consolidation
    • Recover cash (drawback/VAT)
    • Consolidation hub design
    • Fashion vs electronics: duty/handling differences
14:20
  1. Networking break
14:40
  1. Optimising air logistics: integrating efficiency across the skies
    • Real-time tracking and automation
    • Air–sea network synchronisation
    • Capacity and lanes
15:00
  1. Resilience that stuck: operator playbooks after disruption
    • Predictive/control towers
    • Playbooks that scaled
    • Partner/procurement shifts
15:20
  1. Decarbonising fleets & facilities: practical adoption in the Gulf
    • Low-carbon fleet options that pencil
    • Facility energy and route optimisation
    • Procurement models that de-risk adoption
15:40
  1. Contracting for performance: 3PL SLAs, incentives and risk-sharing in the GCC
    • Outcome-based SLAs and before/after KPIs
    • Gainshare/penalties that drive behaviour
    • Free-zone/customs clauses and compliance guardrails
10:00
  1. GCC–Africa–Levant cross-border: bonded corridors, duties and paperless trade
    • Bonded flows, duty relief
    • Single-window status
    • Corridor pitfalls
10:20
  1. Fleet energy strategy for MEA: diesel optimisation, LNG, HVO and where EVs fit
    • Diesel plus telematics
    • LNG/HVO: when viable
    • EV pilots/duty cycles
10:40
  1. Marine resilience: port productivity, berth windows and disruption playbooks
    • Berth windows, slot reliability
    • Vessel tracking, ETAs
    • Productivity levers
11:00
  1. Reverse logistics and returns management
    • Network design choices
    • Data-led transparency
    • Turn returns into value
11:20
  1. Yard automation and gate flow orchestration
    • Appointment compliance
    • Gate OCR and events
    • Dock/yard KPIs
11:40
  1. Navigating regulation changes in specialised chains
    • Serialisation readiness
    • Food traceability mandates
    • Export controls
12:00
  1. Prayer and networking break
12:40
  1. Panel discussion: Optimising the supply chain — case-study showcase
    • Before/after KPIs only
    • Three sectors, three wins
    • Replicable playbooks
13:20
  1. Inland logistics parks: utilities, power and permitting essentials
    • Grid/power availability & SLAs
    • Cooling/water needs
    • Permits/timeline risks
13:40
  1. Saudi logistics opportunities: Vision 2030 in practice
    • Priority sectors/sites
    • Incentives/licensing
    • Partnering timelines
14:00
  1. Networking break
14:20
  1. Sustainable packaging and waste-stream logistics
    • Food-grade recycling
    • GCC packaging rules
    • Closed-loop examples
14:40
  1. Urban logistics for mega-cities
    • Micro-fulfilment, consolidation
    • Curb/zone policies
    • Rapid delivery models
15:00
  1. Resilience through regional strength: GCC as a predictable logistics hub
    • Safe-haven drivers
    • Infrastructure/policy/energy edge
    • Long-term reliability
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