SPEAKER: Dr. Ing. Markus Witthaut, Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML)

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 16:00 (CEST: Central European Summer Time = UTC + 2 hours)

DURATION: 60 Minutes

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the top topics in a variety of forums, newspaper articles, expert panels and in the business community in recent years. The importance of this technology is also growing rapidly in the logistics industry. This talk will present application cases for AI in logistics and will give inspiration for implementation topics. Furthermore, Markus will give a short overview on the application of AI for Logistics within Africa. Finally, the audience will have time to ask questions and engage in a conversation.

The tech talk format is a series of online webinars about different topics within the area of smart logistics. The aim of the tech talks is to provide people in Africa with insights into the latest technological trends within the logistics industry thereby giving African entrepreneurs inspiration for new business models and the digital transformation of their businesses.