Tomorrows Warehouse Coventry
Seminar Programme
Headline Sponsor
The seminar agenda
If you’d like to speak at Tomorrow's Warehouse Live please contact our conference chair Simon Duddy at [email protected]
Times & sessions are preliminary and subject to change.
Seminar Programme :
Operations Theatre
08:30 - 09:20
Registration, teas & coffees, table-top exhibition opens
09:20 - 09:30
Introduction
Simon Duddy (Editor, Logistics Matters)
Session 1
09:30 - 09:50
Session TBC
Speaker TBC
09:50 - 10:10
Continuous improvement
Adrian Ancliff (Head of Operations, Bilstein Group UK)
With a strong background in lean, Adrian places great emphasis on continuous improvement. In this presentation, he outlines how rapid and constant small changes are more effective than a ‘big change, dwell, big change, dwell’ pat-tern when it comes to keeping warehouse automation operating at a high level of ef-fectiveness and ready to meet the demands of a rapidly growing company.
10:10 - 10:30
Insights and Advice on Achieving ROI in Automated Warehousing
Obinna Njoku (Head of Automation, HellermannTyton)
Automation promises speed and scale, but ROI remains the true finish line. This seminar explores how automated warehousing can move from prom-ise to measurable profit. Participants will gain practical insights into aligning automa-tion strategy with business objectives, selecting technologies that scale, and avoid-ing pitfalls. Obinna has held a number of prestigious roles in UK warehousing, in-cluding Warehouse Transformation Manager at PepsiCo.
10:30 - 11:00
Discussion Panel Q & A
Adrian Ancliff (Head of Operations, Bilstein Group UK)
Obinna Njoku (Head of Automation, HellermannTyton)
11:00 - 11:30
Break
Session 2
11:30 - 11:50
Wake up call on digital twins
Simon Ratcliffe (Retail Logistics Leader)
The implications of the digital twin on logistics and warehousing will be radical and the industry has not yet woken up to this. Simon Ratcliffe has worked for The White Company, Debenhams, Fat Face and more as a supply chain and warehousing leader and he will present on how logistics professionals need to get to grips with digital twins now and how this shift in technology will change the emphasis of their roles in the coming years.
11:50 - 12:10
Session TBC
Speaker TBC (Organisation TBC)
12:10 - 12:30
Session TBC
Speaker TBC (Organisation TBC)
12:30 - 13:00
Discussion Panel Q & A
Panelists TBC
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
Session 3
14:00 - 14:20
Session TBC
Speaker TBC (Organisation TBC)
14:20 - 14:40
Speaker TBC (Organisation TBC)
14:40 - 15:00
Discussion Panel Q & A
Panelists TBC
15:00 - 15:15
Break
Session 4
15:15 - 16:15
WAREHOUSE TRANSFORMATION AWARDS - THE WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED
The Warehouse Transformation Awards are dedicated to honouring the people and teams who are at the cutting edge of achieving results in the warehouse and logistics sector, as we go through a period of unprecedented transformation.
Join us at the end of a productive day of learning for a drinks reception to honour our winners!
You can browse categories and enter free here
Deadline to enter is 15 March 2026
16:15 - 16:20
Closing comments
Simon Duddy (Editor, Logistics Matters)
16:20
Close
Seminar Programme :
Property Theatre
08:30 - 09:20
Registration, teas & coffees, table-top exhibition opens
09:20 - 09:30
Introduction
Our host will introduce the day's proceedings.
Session 1
09:30 - 09:50
Session TBC
Will Arnold (Director UK Logistics, JLL)
09:50 - 10:10
Getting what you want as an occupier
Mike Teague (Head of Industrial & Logistics, Corstorphine & Wright Architects)
Are the warehouses being brought to market by developers providing the best fit for occupiers? Mike Teague, Head of Industrial & Logistics, Corstorphine & Wright Architects, explores.
10:10 - 10:30
Session TBC
Speaker TBC (Organisation TBC)
10:30 - 11:00
Discussion Panel Q&A
Will Arnold (Director UK Logistics, JLL)
Mike Teague (Head of Industrial & Logistics, Corstorphine & Wright Architects)
11:00 - 11:30
Break
Session 2
11:30 - 11:50
Rising Defence Spending and its Impact on Warehouse property
Andrew Blennerhassett (Associate Director, Savills)
Rising geopolitical risk and Europe’s shift toward higher defence spend-ing are set to reshape the warehouse property market. Increased defence budgets will ac-celerate demand for specialised assets such as advanced manufacturing facilities and lo-gistics hubs. Savills estimates NATO commitments could drive 37 million sq m of new in-dustrial and logistics demand in Europe over seven years. Here, Andrew Blennerhasset discusses demand shifts, evolving investor attitudes and broader impact on the warehouse property market.
11:50 - 12:10
Session TBC
Speaker TBC (Organisation TBC)
12:10 - 12:30
Session TBC
Speaker TBC (Organisation TBC)
12:30 - 13:00
Discussion Panel Q&A
Andrew Blennerhassett (Associate Director, Savills)
13:00 - 14:00