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Digital Air Cargo Forum 2020

The 2020 Air Cargo Forum went digital: The digital event held December 1st – December 10th was made up of six webinars, People4Cargo, Sustainability4Cargo, Airports4Cargo, Cargo4Vaccines, Drones4Cargo and UnitingAirCargo and drew 1200+ participants to discuss these topics.

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Session Recordings

People4Cargo

Sustainability4Cargo

Airports4Cargo

Cargo4Vaccines

Drones4Cargo

Uniting Air Cargo

Session Presentations

Sustainability Awards Winners

We celebrate the creative solutions presented by  the 2020 Sustainability Awards participants. We would like to congratulate the winners, Pelican BioThermal and Nepal Flying Labs.

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Corporate Category

Start-up Category

Corporate Finalists

Start-up Runner-ups

Hall of Fame 2020

Larry Coyne was announced as the 2020 Hall of Fame Recipient.

Larry Coyne is known for a strong reputation for providing reliable and secure scheduled cargo services to some of the world’s most difficult to reach destinations, pioneering routes into the Caucases (Central Asia), as well as Afghanistan, Iraq as well as the oil-and-gas rich Sakhalin Island (Russia). Today’s services have expanded to include Africa, the Gulf and the Caspain regions.  He is a passionate advocate of security, liberalization of cargo traffic rights and the removal of obstacles to the growth of the industry.

We congratulate him for his induction into the Hall of Fame and thank him for the contributions he has made to our industry. 

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Read the Digital ACF Special Editions of the Cargo Pulse

The Challenges to Overcome to Unlock AI’s Value for Air Cargo

There’s often a misconception that AI in itself will be able to solve some of the industry’s biggest challenges. Over time, it has become evident that AI doesn’t address a foundational issue: airlines must still strategize on how data can optimize commercial decision-making. AI doesn’t replace the need for commercial teams to devise innovative use cases that drive value through better decision-making. AI should be viewed as an enabler rather than an end goal.

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The Future of AI and Digitalisation in Air Cargo

Only a few years ago excitement over the burgeoning potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the air cargo sector might have been met with stifled laughter, but today generative AI is already capable of automating everything from warehouse operations to cargo routing, capacity optimisation, and dynamic rates distribution.

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Anti-Counterfeiting, Blockchain Ledger, Agentic AI and IoT

In Air Cargo we move shipments from A to B, a simple job, right?! Think again: in today’s ever-changing geo-political context, trade and transport is the proverbial ball being kicked around in the power-play game around the world. It is overwhelming work when we look at the risk and liability topics that the Transport Service Providers (TSP) have to assess before moving cargo.

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AI and Digitalization within Air Cargo

How will AI impact air cargo and the progress towards digitalization?

AI and digitalization have the potential to meaningfully impact air cargo processes and operations, as well as rules and regulations that will be needed to monitor the use of these tools.

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The Future of AI in Air Cargo

From predicting weather patterns and storm severity to virtual shopping assistants and autonomous driving aids, from facial recognition systems to disease detection the applications of Artificial Intelligence in 2024 are impacting almost every aspect of day to day life. But what about applications within the air cargo industry?

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