This October, CeBIT Asia will once again join forces with CeMAT ASIA - the International Exhibition for Materials Handling, Automation Technology, Transport Systems and Logistics. As one of leading events in ICT sector, CeBIT Asia 2008 will be celebrated with a high level international conference: Logistics & ICT 2008! Focusing on the theme of the ICT application in the logistics industry, the event will run from 28-29 October at Renaissance Shanghai Pudong Hotel. Some 250 decision-makers and market leaders from all around the world are expected to attend the meeting, where they can upgrade knowledge, strengthen established business relations and look for new trade partner in the Asian and even the global market. Logistics & ICT 2008 will undoubtedly provide an ideal platform for attendees to gain valuable insight into new frontiers of Asian-Pacific logistics and the ICT industry as well as great business opportunities.

These past few years of the Chinese market, with volume of goods transported rising year by year and rocket-high imports and sales, is witnessing an unprecedented flourishing in the logistics area. As an integral part of industry flow, logistics contributes a lot to the efficiency of company operation by helping to optimize the supply chain. This therefore calls for a higher level of obstacle-free information exchange and utilizing systems which rely to a great extent on modern information and communication technology. According to experts, information technology is the heart of modern logistics, and the development of logistics is nothing but a dream in the air without the pre-development of information technology. To better link the two sectors and drive them up, Logistics & ICT 2008 is specially designed to enhance communication between the two industries and among all successful companies. It will, on the two-day conference, discuss main topics 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 et al.

As VIP speakers on the above topics, a bunch of world famous giants in both logistics and the ICT industry area, organized by Hannover Fairs Shanghai, are invited to deliver speeches alternately at the meeting, sharing their understandings and solutions on hot issues and problems in the two industries. Those companies include IBM, Maersk Logistics, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, COSCO Logistics, Schenker, Nippon Express Co. Ltd, DHL, Shanghai International Port (Group) Co. Ltd, China Merchants Logistics Co., Kerry EAS Logistics, China Railway Express Co. Ltd, Air China Cargo Co., Ltd, MGI METRO Group Information Technology GmbH, Shanghai Modern Logistics Development and Investment Co. Ltd, Bailian Group, Gome Group, B&Q China, Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M), FedEx, SAP, China Mobile Group, Guangdong, Dalian Port Corporation Limited and Haier Group.

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 as China Federation of logistics & Purchasing (CFLP), BITKOM (German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media) and European Information Technology Observatory (EITO), indicating the wide spread influence of the event.