2007-08: First annual international conference on the 31th October 2007

The Freightwise project invites you to it's first annual international conference at the Life Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne on the 31st October 2007. The conference will be preceded by a dinner at the Life Centre on the evening of the 30th October. This will be an opportunity to hear how the project has started, progressed and is developing in many of the key areas of work, focusing on the industrial cases where the Freightwise Framework will be utilised. This is an opportunity to hear how the new Logistics Action Plan incorporating co-modality from the EC DGTREN is developing. This is an opportunity to network with both the 55 research, commercial and industrial partners within Freightwise and the wider ICT and intermodal research community that will attend. The event will be chaired by Tom Zunder, an experienced line manager and intermodal researcher, and will include John Berry from DG TREN as a keynote speaker. This event is open to all and it is free of charge. Please read the full invitation (PDF) and you can register using our form at www.freightwise.info/conference-registration.