Innovation Labs Agenda

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Smart Logistics Hub
  1. Smart Logistics Hub
    Beyond Route Optimization: Building an Intelligent Operational Layer with Agentic AI
    The future of logistics will not be defined by better route optimization alone. This session explores why the next generation of AI is no longer about optimizing individual tasks, but about creating a ...
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    E-Sort, as far as I understand
    From labor shortages and rising costs to network volatility and growing service expectations, logistics leaders face a range of operational challenges. This session explores innovative approaches bein ...
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    The AI-Powered Logistics Workforce: How Digital Assistants and Smart Automation Are Reshaping Last-Mile Delivery
    As logistics networks grow in scale and complexity, critical operational knowledge is often locked within individuals, disconnected systems and geographically distributed teams. This creates delays, i ...
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    Postal and parcel operators are facing unprecedented structural change. Declining mail volumes, rising parcel expectations, labour pressures, automation investment, out-of-home delivery growth, and ra ...
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    From Parcels to Promises: Customer Experience in the AI-First Postal Era
    E-commerce has rewritten what customers expect from their post: real-time answers, proactive updates, and delivery on their own terms. This panel brings together postal and industry leaders to explore ...
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    The true cost of cross-border commerce: From global sales to seamless delivery
    International selling is no longer the barrier it once was, with global commerce expanding faster than ever. Businesses are growing across borders quicker than their compliance infrastructure can keep ...
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    Postal Services at a Turning Point: Exploring New Frontiers
    Postal operators must move beyond declining mail and low-margin parcel delivery. Their future depends on choosing a clear role in eCommerce logistics, and executing it fast. This transformation requir ...
Disrupt & Deliver Theatre
  1. Disrupt & Deliver Theatre
    Some innovations are changing logistics today. Others will redefine it tomorrow. This session explores three horizons of transformation: emerging insights into consumer behavior and the post-purchase ...
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    On 21 October, Parcel+Post Expo will be dedicated to game changing technologies and solutions for the postal and parcel sector. These technologies and solutions will be presented by startups at the PI ...
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    The finalists of the annual c2p & PIP Startup Innovation Award Competition in the category "First & Last Mile" will pitch and try to convince the panel of judges of their solution. Watch the competiti ...
  4. Disrupt & Deliver Theatre
    The finalists of the annual c2p & PIP Startup Innovation Award Competition in the category "The Autonomous Last Mile" will pitch and try to convince the panel of judges of their solution.Watch the com ...
  5. Disrupt & Deliver Theatre
    The finalists of the annual c2p & PIP Startup Innovation Award Competition in the category "Processes, Digital & Data" will pitch and try to convince the panel of judges of their solution.Watch the co ...
  6. Disrupt & Deliver Theatre
    The finalists of the annual c2p & PIP Startup Innovation Award Competition in the category "eCommerce, Retail & Cross Border" will pitch and try to convince the panel of judges of their solution.Watch ...
Last Mile Hub
  1. Last Mile Hub
    From 20 Lockers to 2,000: The hidden complexity of scaling automated networks
    Why network management, not hardware deployment, determines your true last-mile margin. Deploying your first 20 Smart Lockers is an operational pilot; scaling to 500 across multiple regions is an enti ...
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    From Early Adopters to Everyone. You have won the early adopters. Now it is time to win the majority.
    Parcel lockers do not become the default delivery option simply because the technology works. The real breakthrough happens when operators move beyond early enthusiasts and create a proposition that m ...
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    2030 vision on Last-Mile Delivery: Open Networks, Hub of Services and Autonomous Delivery as a Complementary Mode
    As cities evolve, environmental regulations, urban constraints and changing consumer expectations are reshaping the future of last-mile delivery. Carriers and retailers need solutions that are flexibl ...
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    Beyond the noise: proof before promise
    The market for delivery services outside the home is growing rapidly, as are the promises associated with it. In this session, kernTerminal provides clarity by focusing on what has already been tested ...
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    Your Route Is Optimized. So Why Do Couriers Keep Ignoring It?
    How AI Is Reshaping the Last Mile – from Route Adoption to Operational Value and Memorable Deliveries AI is reshaping the last mile, but not in the way the hype suggests. The real shift isn't better o ...
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    From ETA to Experience: The Royal Mail Case
    We explore how consumer expectations are reshaping parcel delivery. Drawing on Bettermile’s latest UK consumer research and the Royal Mail case study, he looks at how real-time data and last-mile inte ...
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    There are too many parcels on the ground and each one of them is often a different stop for delivery drivers. Door-2-door is no longer sufficient and efficient enough for modern shippers and customers ...
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    Shifting from Home to Locker delivery is not only a matter of showing points at Checkout, there’s much more behind the scene. Building a wide and efficient Locker Network requires investments, connect ...
Smart Logistics Hub
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    This session examines how cross-border tariffs and non-tariff constraints—such as customs procedures, regulatory differences, and border delays—impact global logistics operations. It will highlight re ...
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    Getting more women into logistics is only part of the challenge. This panel looks at what it takes to ensure women can stay, progress, influence key decisions and build long-term careers across the in ...
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    Before the session, join us from 12:30 for the Women in Logistics Drinks Reception. Following a conversation about creating the conditions for more women to progress and lead, this panel turns to the ...
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    Building in logistics is not for the faint of heart—complex operations, thin margins, and high customer expectations define the landscape. In this honest conversation, founders share what actually wor ...
Disrupt & Deliver Theatre
  1. Disrupt & Deliver Theatre
    Free to Attend : A highly interactive session designed for audience participation, discussion, and practical insights. Many postal organizations have data and pilot projects—but struggle to translate ...
  2. Disrupt & Deliver Theatre
    Free to Attend : A highly interactive session designed for audience participation, discussion, and practical insights. This masterclass is a focused deep dive into the five strategic actions marked as ...
Last Mile Hub
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    Technology in last-mile delivery is moving faster than most operators can absorb. Humanoid robots are stepping out of demo videos and into warehouses. AI agents are starting to buy on behalf of consum ...
  3. Last Mile Hub
    A locker that only holds parcels is a cost centre with a paint job. Everyone in out-of-home agrees the box should earn more than delivery fees, and almost nobody has cracked the second revenue layer a ...
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    The industry loves rollout numbers and quietly avoids utilisation numbers. Around a third of installed lockers worldwide run below 40 percent capacity, which means the growth story and the profit stor ...
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    Every carrier thinks they are buying a box. They are actually signing a ten-year commitment to a software stack, a maintenance model, and a spare-parts supply chain, and most of the regret is baked in ...