Running from November 7-14, 2019, the week will be devoted to imagining the future of air freight.
The world of air transport is obviously part and parcel of the digital revolution. Whether it is digitalisation of information systems, flow management thanks to big data analysis, drones or autonomous vehicles and connected objects, new technologies are moving faster than ever.
The partnership between Liège airport and LeanSquare to create an innovation laboratory (www.wecargo.be) will bring aviation logistics leaders, innovators and investment funds together at the airport to take stock of business needs and work on solutions. Luc Partoune, CEO of the airport, explained the reasons for an event devoted to innovation.
“The arrival of the e-commerce giant Alibaba, with its first European air hub in Liège, is an opportunity to capitalise on the know-how of the airport. If we want to stay at the forefront and continue to grow as an airport entirely dedicated to cargo, we must stimulate our ecosystem. This is the main goal of WeCargo: to stimulate and inspire the international cargo community. Secondly, start-ups will have the opportunity to move to Liège because they will benefit from a complete, dynamic environment at the heart of the action. The presence of Alibaba, Qatar Airways and Orange at our side will enable us to get directly to the core of the profession and give WeCargo an international dimension from the very outset."