Hypermotion 2017: Logistics and Mobility of Tomorrow

At a press conference, Messe Frankfurt GmbH provided further details about Hypermotion 2017 (November 20-22, Frankfurt). The event aims to bring visitors closer to the future of mobility and logistics, featuring a mix of exhibitions, conferences, pitches, talks, and a hackathon. "The current industry development shows that boundaries between logistics, mobility, infrastructure, traffic, and transport must be overcome," said Detlef Braun, CEO of Messe Frankfurt. New, connected, integrated, and multimodal systems are emerging, which Hypermotion aims to showcase.

Exhibitors at Hypermotion are expected to include companies from the transport and logistics sectors as well as start-ups and mobility pioneers. According to Messe Frankfurt, exhibitors who have already registered include Brose, Contact2Car, DB Netze, Drivee, Framo, Hamburger Hochbahn, PTV Group, Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, SICK, Signon Deutschland, SSI Schäfer, and Teradata. Bosch Service Solutions, Loadfox, RWTH Aachen, UPS, and TÜV Rheinland have also confirmed their participation. In cooperation with Hessen Trade and Invest GmbH and MoWi.net, House of Logistics and Mobility GmbH (HOLM) is also organizing a Hessian joint stand on digitization. Hackathon, pitches, talks Under the motto "Next Generation Mobility," Hypermotion aims to bring together software and hardware specialists who want to conquer the market with their concepts. In the hackathon, they will work on real tasks and compete live. Start-up pitches will give young entrepreneurs and visionaries a stage to present their disruptive ideas to a jury.

In addition, entertaining talks will provide further impulses and information. Young German companies will also be able to present themselves in a start-up area at particularly favorable conditions. For example, Munich-based technology newcomer Loadfox, a kind of carpooling service for freight, will be present. To meet the increased customer demands in logistics, such as on-demand and same-day delivery, Mesaic Technology GmbH has developed a communication platform. Berlin start-up M2MGo is dedicated to the topic of "simpler and faster networking" to process raw data in real time and has developed an enterprise content management system for this purpose. Hypermotion is under the patronage of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) and the state of Hesse, represented by the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport, and Regional Development.

Smart networking is not only the focus of the Hypermotion exhibition area: More than 150 renowned speakers and partners will take part in the accompanying conference series on digitization, ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems), and intermodality to exchange knowledge and network. It will kick off on November 20 with the "5th ZEIT Conference on Logistics & Mobility" under the title "Digitization, Disruption, Decarbonization," featuring speakers such as Prof. Dr. Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), Dr. Frank Appel, CEO of Deutsche Post AG, and Dr. Sigrid Evelyn Nikutta, CEO and COO of Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG). Parallel to this, several discussion rounds will be held at the "VISION mobility Think Tank" on November 20 on the topics of "Connected Cars: Autonomous Driving," "Mobility on Demand: Mobility Services," and "Urban Mobility: Smart City." On November 21 and 22, experts from the fields of logistics and digitization will meet at the "Logistics Digital Conference LDC!" For instance, on November 22 at 11:30 a.m., LOGISTRA and LOGISTIK HEUTE will host a session titled "Monitoring & Transparency: Logistics Infrastructure in the Digital World Order." The focus will be on the question: Can we remain logistics world champions despite digitization? Topics will include logistics IT, modes of transport, and logistics centers. Disruptive ideas from logistics start-ups will also be discussed. The VISION mobility Think Tank can be visited with a regular trade fair ticket. The conferences on November 21 and 22, 2017, can be booked in modules. One module (half-day) costs 175 euros, two modules (full-day) 339 euros, three modules (one and a half days) 499 euros, and four modules (two days) 639 euros. The congress ticket also includes access to the exhibition on all three event days. A day ticket costs 38 euros at the box office (28 euros online). More information is available at www.logistics-digital-conference.de/programm

What does it mean?

With the new trade fair format, Messe Frankfurt is taking the holistic approach of logistics, mobility, infrastructure, traffic, and transport into account.