Agenda. You tell us that you are concerned about market conditions & competitiveness and want to focus on a peer group learning, benchmarking & driving forward company KPI priorities.
This is a discussion agenda for senior business leaders & their teams.
Why? When the market is in turmoil, the one thing you want to do is sit down with your peer group, gain clarity and test your ideas.
This meeting is in proud collaboration with Nike.
Leaders across logistics and the supply chain face challenging market conditions, everyone is under pressure to innovate & demonstrate results, and F&L Members say ideas that worked a few years ago may not be relevant anymore. For Members’ benefit, the F&L global network of freight logistics practitioners has created unique new data on KPI current business priorities across industrial sectors, across transport modes, geographies & roles. Utilising this data backdrop, we focus on:
Conclusions & next steps will be agreed while we are together.
F&L competition law and antitrust compliance policies here.
08:00 Private transport to Nike European Logistics Campus, Laakdal from hotels in Hasselt (see ‘venues’ tab)
09:30 Welcome & introduction from Nike VP EMEA Logistics & F&L
09:45 Panel. The market has changed – but has the sector? Keeping up and getting ahead [Led by a mix of senior industry leaders with independent moderation].
In 2024, F&L members identified global supply chain, European land & sector priorities.
In 2025, shipper members asked F&L for KPIs & priorities benchmarking to learn how peers are tackling the many challenges of today.
A better understanding of company focus vis-à-vis peer group. 12 key priorities ranked by the F&L community – do we have a common view, and how will that measure up to future requirements?
11:00, KPIs & peer-to-peer comparative priorities benchmarking review
Changing priorities? Working together to gain clarity on why, what this means for each business & for sector freight logistics operations; and critically, planning for what comes next.
12:30, 
Workshops – rotating through each of 4 workshops on highest ranked priorities
Priority rankings will be announced 1 October.
[Led by shipper & LSP leaders with independent moderation].
13:30, lunch
14:45, Continued discussion
16:15, Clarity: workshop conclusions & the Monday morning action plan
16:45, Priority community topics including:
17:45, Private transport to back to Hasselt & dinner – see ‘venues’ tab.
08:00 Private transport to Nike European Logistics Campus, Laakdal from hotels in Hasselt (see ‘venues’ tab)
09:00, Arrival, coffee, jackets & boots – behind the scenes facility tour Nike European Logistics Campus
11:30, Transfer for lunch & final session. F&L bus 1 of 2 departs for Brussels Zaventem (BRU) & Brussels trains (approx 1 hr)
12:00, Lunch
13:00, Special presentation: Innovation & sustainability – European logistics campus contribution to Nike’s Move to Zero ambition for a circular logistics future with zero carbon and waste
14:00, Close & departure of F&L bus 2 of 2 for Brussels Zaventem (BRU) & Brussels trains (approx 1 hr)
Please note: if you would still like to see if you can attend this meeting, please definitely do get in touch.
This meeting is for senior business leaders & their teams; people who are actively leading industry today.
All those attending have a detailed participation list. Participants include
Ambrogio Intermodal
Arcese Trasporti
AVR
Baltic Rail
BAT British American Tobacco
BDP International
Billiet & Co
BLS International
Borealis
Breeze
Cargill
Catts
CFL multimodal
CLdN
Climeworks
Codognotto
Cosco Shipping Lines (Belgium)
Cosco Shipping Lines (Germany)
Cranfield School of Management
DCSA (Digital Container Shipping Association)
DP World Logistics Europe
duisport – Duisburger Hafen
E2Open
Elite Paloumé
Eraneos
EY
Flemish Waterways
Freightos
Greenlog Intermodal Logistics
Greenrouter
H. Essers
HHLA TK Estonia
Julius & Clark
LKW Walter
Loadar
Logivity – Volvo Group
Maverick Partners
Milence
Move Intermodal
NIC Place a FourKites company
Nike
O-I Europe
P&G
Plymouth University
Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Port of Calais
PSA International
Rhenus
Russell Group
Samskip
SBB Cargo International
Shell Aviation
SKF Group
Smart Freight Centre
SSI Schäfer
Stora Enso
Tesa
The Quality Group
Transfesa Logistics
UIRR
Unit 45
Valvoline Global
Vega International
Ventura
ViiA
Vinturas
Volvo
VOS Logistics
Various independent
In the meantime, participants from recent meetings below – click on the ‘attendee’ tabs.
Participant list for Zurich (June 2025)
Participant list for Poland (Apr 2025)
Participant list for Zaragoza Spain (Oct 2024)
Participant list for Duisburg (June 2024)
Participant list for Italy (Apr 2024)
Sports wear (any brand!) and / or businesswear.
We will stay in nearby Hasselt, Belgian capital of taste. Preferential rates at the “Two towers” – this is the Radisson Blu Hotel & Park Inn. The two hotels are connected to each other internally and have recently renovated rooms. Please see your registration confirmation email for how to access the preferential rates. “HasHotel” next door is also recommended.
Please note:
F&L is neutral, independent and does not seek commercial gain. We are a members’ organisation of international senior business leaders & their teams from 20+ countries including members who utilise F&L to learn, inform, challenge and collaborate for mutual benefit within the competition laws.
Our focus is ALL key issues for senior logistics leaders today (it’s in the name: F&L is the European Freight & Logistics Leaders’ Forum).
Welcome; please get in touch.
Life is becoming more complex for supply chain and logistics practitioners. What is the cost of not being aware of what is going on? More than ever, leaders & their teams require a trusted window into others’ businesses and need the help of customers, suppliers, partners and competitors to sustain business.
F&L senior business leaders & their teams believe they perform better by looking outside what they already know, that generating real solutions requires collaborating across industry sectors as well as in their own companies, and that they must sharpen their focus to be able to continuously demonstrate own value to their stakeholders.
Why is F&L meeting at Nike? Nike is a member of this international community.
Who is this meeting for? A broad community of senior management responsible for supply chain and logistics for shippers and brand owners, retail, supply, LPSs (all modes), ports, technology companies, entrepreneurs, innovators – those who are actively working in, or with, the international supply chain and logistics. Those who want to move their own strategies forward through collaborative discussion with practitioners, sector experts and industry leaders across the supply chain.
Why should I attend? Innovation never comes from one mind; it is a process. Discussing strategy in a trusted environment with peers who lead different industry sectors but face similar challenges is finding new solutions. The F&L community sets the agenda. A main agenda topic – peer group learning, benchmarking & driving forward your own KPI priorities – will assist the identification of change and best practice. IF a simple transactional procurement model is sub optimal for today’s global marketplace, we need to develop better understanding, resilience and trust to build our supply chains of the future.
Can I trust F&L? Established in 1994, F&L remains a unique international organisation balancing approximately 40-50% cargo owners and shippers with 50-60% others. F&L does not seek commercial gain and is professional, welcoming and neutral with a not-for-profit and non lobby constitution. Dialogue is in confidence with no recording, press or media present and operates under the Chatham House Rule which means that companies and individuals cannot be quoted.
What can I expect? Industry practitioners and experts sharing meaningful examples and the learning from their own journeys, peers and experts asking (and answering) questions. You will leave knowing more than when you arrived, and with new peer contacts who may be helpful in your own strategies. Many of the take-home points will be unique to you so we will not try to agree what these are upfront.
Is there anyone who may not attend? Journalists and press are not permitted because discussions are open throughout the meeting. Non-members may attend once or twice if they follow the spirit of the meeting. They can then decide if they may wish to be part of the community going forward.
In recent times, the F&L network has been discussing key issues critical to the freight logistics sector including geopolitics, sustainability (profitable as well as environmental), technology driving structural change and the shifting regulatory environment. On top of these multiplying priorities we need to understand how business continuity and sustainability in all its forms requires planning and collaboration.