AI in Trade, Retail and Logistics - uniqness, trends and futures

In the Helsingborg region, more than half of total turnover is connected to these branches, making the region a central player in both local, national and international contexts. Welcome to a AI Lund hybrid fika to fika day of talks with researchers, organisations and companies on the current state and the future of AI in trade, retail and logistics!

Where and when: 21 October

• 9.30 to 15.30: Onsite at Radisson Blu Metropol Hotel Helsingborg, Carl Krooks Gata 16, Helsingborg
• 10.10 to 12.00 and 13.10 to 15.00: Online on the zoom platfrom

Spoken language: English

Registration: To participate is free of charge. Welcome to sign up at ai.lu.se.
Please register by Friday 16 October at the latest if you wish to attend on-site in Helsingborg. 

In the programme

 Moderator: Sylvia Heuvelman, Head of Incubator, E-Commerce Park of Scandinavia

Confirmed presentations

• When AI becomes a colleague – opportunities and challenges in research
  Daniel Hellström, REAL Lund University
  Diogo Figueirinhas, REAL Lund University
  Abstract: TBD
   
• Ports of Power - From Transformers to Data Trafficking to Digital Supply Chain
  Aynne Kokas, Visiting Professor at Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University (online)
  Abstract: Globally, China has developed key oversight over ports and supply chains. Logink, the Chinese-owned dominant global supply chain logistics provider, has become the dominant global logistics platform. COSCO, China’s state-owned shipping and port management firm, has become a leader in ownership of key ports globally. The United States Congress has found China’s ZPMC cranes to share undisclosed media and communications. The development of AI systems in port and supply chain management shapes the potential for Chinese government oversight over global shipping, which accounts for over 90% of international trade. For my new project,Ports of Power, I argue that China’s oversight of AI-driven shipping and supply chain infrastructure is crucial to understand in an era of “contested logistics” where dual-use commercial technologies shape global trade and access to key commodities for media, communication, and beyond.
   
• AI-Powered Robotics: The Next Step in Warehouse Automation
  Johan Lindborg, Cognibotics AB
  Abstract: Warehouse automation has come a long way over the past decades, but some of the most challenging tasks still require human flexibility and decision-making. AI is now opening up new possibilities for robots to handle these tasks.
  In this talk, Johan Lindberg and Olle Hedbrant will examine at how AI-powered robotics can take warehouse automation to the next level, what is possible today, and what the future might look like.

Other confirmed speakers 

• Klas Hjort, REAL, Lund University
• Yulia Vakulenko, REAL, Lund University
• Nowaste Logistics

Registration 

To participate is free of charge. Welcome to sign up at ai.lu.se. If you sign up for online participation we will send you an access link for the zoom platform a couple of days before the event.

Organisation & contact

Contact

• Magnus Adenskog, Project manager, , Lund University, Campus Helsingborg
• Julia Luttrup, Communications manager, Lund University, Campus Helsingborg
• Jonas Wisbrant, AI Lund

This event is organised together with

• AI Lund, a network for research, education and innovation in the area of AI at Lund University. 
• as a part of Tech Week 2026, by Helsingborg Innovation District
• and in collaboration with E-Commerce Park