BIFA Regional Members Meeting – Heathrow

Join us and our external guest speakers for updates on the key local and national issues that are impacting your business. This meeting is a great opportunity for you to share your views on these topics with fellow members, local industry stakeholders, and the BIFA team.

External Speaker Topics

Andy Cooke, BIFA’s external affairs consultant and Mark Bellis, BT’s head of strategy and product development, will be updating us on the Air Cargo Community Advisory Body.

Andy and Mark will share the next steps and implications for our members, with regards to the new version of the Advanced Information System (AIS). They will also share the outcomes from the recent workshop.

Richard Steeples from Border Force will update on Safety and Security – members are encouraged to ask any questions they may have.

Steve Freeman from RailX will present the new features of the RailX app, the digital booking platform which enables end to end route visibility

Additional BIFA Topics

We will also be discussing:

• BIFA’s new AI Working Group: how BIFA is planning to advise members on the impact and adoption of AI across their business.
• Customs, Air, Road, Rail, Maritime and Sustainability updates: key insights from the latest BIFA policy group meetings impacting our members
• BIFA government lobbying: the key issues that BIFA is raising with government departments
• Training & Development: the latest modules available to members via BIFA Bitesize e-Learning and access to the online portal
• BIFA Member Engagement: Forthcoming member events
• Reinvigorating the Heathrow Young Forwarder Network community: In line with our Patronage scheme, we will be urging our members to increase their support of the YFN and encouraging their teams to join our community and attend our events
• BIFA Member PR Database: Join our PR segment within our existing mailing list and be among the first to receive media enquiries/publicity opportunities on the industry’s most pressing issues

To attend this meeting, register HERE

For further information contact your BIFA Regional Representative, Paul Cunningham (p.cunningham@bifa.org)

***Regional events are open to all full and associate members only***