UKWA - the United Kingdom Warehousing Association - has announced that the fifth in the Warehousing Futures series of networking conferences and exhibitions will take place at the St John's Hotel, Solihull, on 29-30 October 2012.

The theme chosen for Warehousing Futures 2012 is Success in Challenging Times and the conference speaker programme will include leading supply chain practitioners as well as senior personnel from the 3PL industry and suppliers to the sector.

“Warehousing Futures 2012 will showcase winning warehousing strategies, best practice and innovation. The event is an opportunity to relay positive news against a background of difficult UK, Continental European and Global marketplaces,” says Roger Williams, chief executive officer of UKWA.

He adds: “Despite the economic situation, there are a large number of successes to report on and Warehousing Futures will give a platform  for the MD's and CEO's of major logistics service specialists, retailers and manufacturers to present their successes to an audience of logistics professionals.”
  
The event will follow a similar format to previous years with a networking dinner on the evening of 29th October, followed by a one day conference. A small exhibition featuring some of the leading suppliers of products and services to the warehousing sector will run alongside the conference to ensure that delegates are able to derive  maximum benefit from their time at the event.
 
The cost of attending Warehousing Futures 2012 as a full delegate – which includes a place at the networking dinner, overnight accommodation at the St John’s Swallow Hotel and attendance to the full conference including lunch, coffees and delegate information pack - is £240.00 plus VAT.  However, a day delegate package priced at £140.00 plus VAT is available to those wishing to visit the conference and exhibition only.

Special rates are available to UKWA members  and these are available on request.
 
Warehousing Futures 2012 is aimed at warehouse owners and their managers, as well as logistics  and operations directors of companies that operate their own warehouse or distribution centre facilities.

With over 600 member companies, the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) is the UK’s only trade association dedicated to serving the vitally important warehousing and logistics sector. Established in 1944, the Association’s members control nearly 100 million square feet of warehousing space from nearly 1300 locations across the UK. Although originally established as a trade body for the third party warehousing sector, the Association now embraces all companies that operate a warehousing or distribution facility. Membership is not restricted to those companies based within the borders  of the United Kingdom.