Urbanization leads to increasing movements of people, vehicles and goods in an ever demanding urban environment, with increasing pressure on cities as a result. Smart, efficient and innovative solutions are needed to optimize these movements and flows.
What distribution and infrastructure technologies have vast potential in providing integrated logistics solutions for the city of Amsterdam? What role could our waterway networks play with regard to transportation of people and goods?
These questions shed light on a world of opportunities – and challenges – for future sustainable logistics and e-commerce. At this first Cumulus Park Explore Event, we will dive into the topic of logistic solutions and the role of waterways by illustrating the Roboat research program.
Optimizing Flows Program
15.30 - 16.00 - Registration
16.00 - 16.05 - Welcome & what are you getting into?
16.05 - 16.30 - Keynotes by Wouter Moll (Director at Amsterdam Logistic Cityhub) & Stephan van Dijk (Director of Innovation at AMS Institute)
16.30 - 16.45 - Break
16.45 - 18.00 - Guided round table discussion
18.00 - 18.30 - Synthesis & vote of confidence
18.30 - 19.00 - Drinks
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There is limited space available. Please register here.
Roboats: Autonomous floating vessels in metropolitan areas
While the first prototypes of self-driving cars are taking to the road, Amsterdam ushers in a new chapter in the international push for autonomous vehicles. Roboat is the world’s first major research program on autonomous floating vessels in metropolitan areas.
This project allows for creating dynamic infrastructure, transportation of goods and people, and environmental sensing on Amsterdam’s canals. To illustrate, Roboats could clear the canals from waste. The floating dumpsters can play a key role in source separation when other types of waste are added to the equation.
Roboat is a joint research program of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute). The City of Amsterdam, Amsterdam’s water company Waternet and the City of Boston are supportive of the 5-year program.
“We aim to make cities better, bring together the strengths and brightest minds from our founding partners Delft University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the city of Amsterdam and its business partners to design solutions for today’s and tomorrow’s urban challenges.”
Stephan van Dijk
Director of Innovation
Amsterdam Logistic Cityhub
The people behind the Amsterdam Logistic Cityhub (ALC) believe in a future in which transport across ‘the last mile’ and in areas with high urban density can take place much more efficiently and without emissions. Cities are looking to eliminate CO2 emissions and are seeking methods to improve safety and the living environment within their limits.
That's why ALC is building a unique, versatile logistics hub with 125,000 m2 of ultra energy-efficient warehousing and office space near the centre of Amsterdam. With the port and ring roads within arm's reach, the canal network and the city centre of Amsterdam will become accessible with zero emissions from 2021.
“The Amsterdam Logistic Cityhub is not just about a new building, it is the introduction of an integrated logistics concept for the city of Amsterdam, in which all available traffic flows and methods of transport are bundled and coordinated. The waterside location offers great potential for the supply and distribution of goods via the waterway network in Amsterdam, relieving pressure on the road network in and around the city.”
Wouter Moll | Director | Amsterdam Logistic Cityhub
About Cumulus Park
Great things happen when we work together. Going at it alone is not enough if we are to address the challenges we face in our future urban and digital lives. This is why ING joined forces with the Municipality of Amsterdam, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the ROC van Amsterdam, Plug and Play, Teeming, Delft University, AMS Institute and others to develop Cumulus Park. A collaborative innovation district in Amsterdam Zuidoost where people and organizations come together in a unique community where different disciplines, sectors and backgrounds work on issues of today and of the future.