Quiet Cities is the first global summit focused on enabling quieter deliveries of freight in urban environments.
The two-day summit, a joint imitative between Motor Transport, TfL, DHL and Route Monkey, and it will take place on 25 and 26 November at Twickenham Stadium.
It will bring together key stakeholders interested in seeing out-of-hours deliveries become a normal part of the supply chain.
The summit includes a full conference programme, a networking dinner, exhibition, and live demonstration of the latest quiet logistics equipment.
Transport for London will share London’s best practice on retiming deliveries and showcase its work on facilitating out-of-hours deliveries, while other cities from Europe and the US will discuss the work they have implemented to conquer the freight challenge and allow off-peak deliveries.
Out-of-hours deliveries is the logistics revolution that’s happening right now. Cleaner air, safer roads, less congestion: out-of-hours deliveries will achieve all of these benefits.
Learn from the leading exponents in the UK – DHL will showcase its safe urban truck and discuss how cities need to become fit for the future; while from abroad, the head of freight at New York’s Department of Transportation will be sharing the city’s work on off-peak deliveries.
Outside, a range of quiet equipment manufacturers will be demonstrating the latest advancements in low noise technology while problem-solving breakout groups will tackle the key issues to enable out-out-of-hours deliveries.
The two-day global summit will not only give you case studies, but also details on Transport for London’s out-of-hours guidance.
Delegate booking is now open. Visit QuietCities.com to book at our early bird rate.
Speaker Spotlight
Confirmed speakers include:
Ian Wainwright,
Head of Freight and Fleet Programmes,
Transport for London
Stacey Hodge, Director, Office of Freight Mobility,
New York City of Transportation
Tim Slater,
MD Transport, Energy & Chemicals Engineering & Manufacturing,
DHL Supply Chain, UK & Ireland
Gloria Elliot,
Chief Executive,
Noise Abatement Society
Per-Uno Sturk,
Research & Development,
Volvo Trucks
Exhibitor Focus
Enabling the logistics sector to schedule flexibly acceptable delivery times within urban areas is also key to successful out of hours deliveries, and Route Monkey is well-placed to help.
At Quiet Cities, Route Monkey will demonstrate how technology can work well to achieve quieter deliveries. It will showcase a web-based scheduling platform which is UK government-backed and can be accessed by fleets across both public and private sectors. This platform solves a real problem as it is a pay-as-you-go model that instantly delivers a return on investment. It’s accessible and easy to use and will host all the fleet’s data in one place, saving on administration and time.
They are just one of a range of manufacturers, including Brigade, Paneltex, Cargotech, Carrier Transicold and Michelin, that will be demonstrating the latest in low noise technology
