Robin Haycock, UPS & Fernhay Partners, UK (Session Moderator)

Robin is co-founder of Fernhay, a successful product development and project management company developing a suite of products and software services for last mile deliveries.  With a background in transport, energy, manufacturing and mechanical design, Robin has worked with government, the business sector and not for profit organisations in the UK and internationally.  In his last Non-Executive Director role, Robin was part of the team that took fleet scheduling software company Route Monkey to successful trade sale.

Johan Erlandsson, Velove Bikes, Gothenburg, Sweden (F1)

Johan is a dedicated Formula 1 fan, tech lover and lives in the city of Volvo Cars: Gothenburg, Sweden. But he also has a solid background in sustainability, and knows that a widespread use of cars and vans do not only fit badly into cities, but is also totally unsustainable, no matter how much electricity, hydrogen and self-driving you put into the mix. Mass car and van use is just too resource and energy demanding to be a real answer to the acute climate crisis we have on our hands. The cargo cycle is however the perfect answer to Johan's background. Limitless possibilities to include beautiful tech, and so energy and resource efficient that every person on the planet can have one (or even two), without crossing planetary boundaries. Johan has for the last five years been going all out on cargo cycles, starting up both a cycle logistics company (Pling Transport) and developing a new groundbreaking cargo cycle, the Armadillo.

Tom Assmann, Dept for Logistics Systems, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany (F2)

Tom is working as research assistant at the Institute of Logistics and Material Handling Systems of the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany. The institute has profound knowledge on planning, modelling and simulating logistic systems. He is therein engaged in research on the topics of cycle-logistics, city logistics and greening transportation.

Stephan Renner, familienrad.at, Vienna (Session Moderator)

Stephan Renner has been working for the Intelligent Energy Europe programme of the European Commission (IEE) which cofunded the Cyclelogistics projects. He is currently on parental leave and based in Vienna.

Ian Brocklebank, Last Mile Leeds, UK (G1)

Ian worked in medical sales before moving to Indonesia for 7 years to work in community development. On returning to the UK he worked in the voluntary sector, and as a Cycle Instructor, before his latest role as a ‘reluctant entrepreneur’ growing and developing a cyclelogistics business.

Sander Vanderberghe, Cargo Vélo, Gent, Belgium (A3)

Sander Vandenberghe is a bio-engineer , and the founded of Cargo Vélo, an all-round bike messenger service in 2012. Cargo Vélo strongly believes in the future and potential of bicycle couriers and in the move to more local and small-scale sustainable urban transport. Click here to find out more about Cargo Vélo.