Middle East Business: Transport, logistics and mobility sectors enter Expo 2020 hyperdrive tomorrow – Gulf Digital News

Middle East Business: Transport, logistics and mobility sectors enter Expo 2020 hyperdrive tomorrow – Gulf Digital News

The wide-scale disruption, decarbonisation and digital transformation impacting four of the Middle East’s crucial economic sectors will be laid bare at Expo 2020 tomorrow (November 2) when the curtain rises on the inaugural three-day Hypermotion Dubai exhibition and conference series. 

 

An essential gathering for all in the region’s transport, logistics, mobility, and materials handling industries, Hypermotion Dubai, and its co-located Materials Handling Middle East 2021 trade show, will reveal the biggest transformation in the sectors’ histories with advanced technology driving automation and sustainability to evolve the way people travel, transport, and deliver goods.

 

“This is a magnifying glass view of the here and now and very near future of industries that will be forever changed and will permanently impact global lifestyles,” explained Simon Mellor, CEO of Messe Frankfurt Middle East, which is organizing the events as key Expo 2020 features.

 

Hypermotion Dubai will feature three conferences pivotal for the region's mobility and logistics sectors with a combined multi-national line-up of over 150 industry pioneers speaking.  

 

These include Anthony Foxx, Chief Policy Officer at Lyft, and a former US Secretary of Transportation; Harj Dhaliwal, Managing Director, Middle East & India, Virgin Hyperloop; Mohammed Al Muallem, Executive Vice President, DP World; Suliman Almazroua, CEO, National Industrial