We experienced a truly special evening that gave us a lot of inspiration and fresh perspectives on the logistics sector. On 10 March, Tuesday, the Łódź University of Technology hosted the grand final gala of the fourth edition of the ‘My Vision of Logistics’ competition organised for students from universities in Łódź. It is another year that we have engaged in this interesting initiative, which is organised by the LODZistics Cluster, to sponsor one of the prizes.

Synergy between academia and business

Organised by the LODZistics Cluster or the Logistics Business Network of Central Poland, the event is more than just a student competition. It crucially spans academia and today’s real-life business. At Commercecon, we believe that this kind of collaboration forms the basis for innovation. It provides students with a space where they can confront their theoretical knowledge and ideas for the sector’s development with market requirements, while giving us, professionals, a unique opportunity to explore unconventional ideas that may soon shape the face of logistics centres of the future.

Focus on people?

This year, the industry’s current challenges the students have been asked to address included urban logistics, the green transition and automation. However, the students also had to employ the human-centred approach we embrace and which balances modern technology with staff wellbeing. One of the winners in the thematic categories was Robert Pietrzak, a student at the University of Łódź who wrote an essay Man at the centre of modern logistics – how to reconcile automation with employee needs? We were delighted to give our prize to Robert, and the Marketing Manager Michał Brzeziński had the pleasure of presenting it on our behalf during the awards ceremony.

In keeping with our tradition, the award is not only prestigious, but it has an integrative aspect. This means that we invited the laureate to the VIP stand for a match of his choice to see the ŁKS Commercecon Łódź women’s volleyball team and share the excitement of the game.

We would like to thank all the students who took on this challenging task and presented their vision of the future of logistics, as well as the LODZistics Cluster for successfully organising the competition and the final gala.

See you during the next event!