Towards Logistics Day 2026

The morning’s programme will get underway at 10.10 am with the keynote speech “Italia’s future in the development of global logistics”, delivered by Leopoldo Destro, Confindustria’s Vice-President for Transport, Logistics and the Tourism Industry. This will be followed by a discussion on the same topic between Paolo Guidi, President of Assologistica, and Alessandro Pitto, President of Fedespedi, in conversation with Maria Carla De Cesari, Editor-in-Chief of the ‘Norme & Tributi’ section of *Il Sole 24 Ore*.

At 10.40, this will be followed by the presentation ‘Logistics at a turning point: the forces reshaping the sector’, by Luca Milani, Partner at McKinsey & Company.

At 10.50, the focus will then shift to the relationship between international developments and supply chains with the keynote speech “Geopolitics and logistics: how conflicts are reshaping trade routes”, delivered by Angela Stefania Bergantino, Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Bari and ISPI Senior Associate Research Fellow.

At 11.00, it will then be the turn of the round-table discussion ‘Strategic infrastructure and intermodality as a driver of competitiveness’, introduced by Donato Liguori, Director-General for Ports, Logistics and Intermodality at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT), and moderated by Matteo Prioschi, a journalist with Il Sole 24 Ore. Taking part in the discussion will be Nazzarena Franco, Chair and CEO of DHL Express Italy; Massimo Marciani, Secretary-General of the TCR – Transport Compliance Rating Observatory; Costanza Musso, Chair of Wista Italy and Managing Director of M.A. Grendi dal 1828, and Andrea Ruzzi, Head of Consumer & Manufacturing Industries at Accenture Italia.

At 11.50, this will be followed by the round-table discussion ‘Increasing operational efficiency through the integration of AI, automation and human skills’, moderated by Matteo Prioschi, a journalist with *Il Sole 24 Ore*, with contributions from Jessica Monti, Managing Director of One Service Logistica e Trasporti, Andrea Peressi, Chief Executive of Modulblok, and Matteo Salani, Researcher at SUPSI’s Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Studies (IDSIA USI-SUPSI).

At 12.20, there will be a presentation entitled ‘Sustainability as a driver of competitiveness for customers’, delivered by Virginie Delcroix, Director of Sustainable Development at Geodis Group.

At 12.30 pm, the discussion will focus on “European transport policy: new regulations and technical and organisational changes” with Ruggero Rudoni, Solicitor at Studio Onida Randazzo and Partner at 24 Ore Network, in conversation with Maria Carla De Cesari, Editor-in-Chief of Norme & Taxation at *Il Sole 24 Ore*.

At 12.40, the focus will shift to “The National Collective Labour Agreement as a lever for driving change in the sector”, a topic to be discussed by Giada Benincasa, Director of ADAPT Servizi, who will once again be in conversation with Maria Carla De Cesari, Editor-in-Chief of the ‘Norme & Tributi’ section of *Il Sole 24 Ore*.

The proceedings are scheduled to end at 12.50.

Attendance at the event, either in person or via live stream, is free of charge, subject to registration at: 24oreventi.com/logisticsday2026.

You can also view the detailed programme for the event at the same address.

Logistics Day 2026 is organised by Il Sole 24 Ore, under the patronage of Assologistica and with the support of Partner 24Ore Network. The event’s MAIN SPONSORS are Accenture and McKinsey & Company; the event’s OFFICIAL PARTNERS are DHL Express, Fedespedi,

Geodis, Modulblok, One Service Logistics and Transport, Terna.