Many of you will have already made a note of the date in your calendar: On August 30, 2019, our JTL Connect trade fair will start a new round. This day is also a special one for us, as our event is celebrating its fifth birthday. We have taken this as an opportunity to expand the exhibition space in the Mitsubishi Electric Hall in Düsseldorf once again. For both experienced online business professionals and eCommerce newcomers, this means even more space to try things out for themselves and network.
Better orientation - our new exhibition space
Perhaps some of you will remember how JTL Connect 2015 started with just a few hundred visitors. In the meantime, the trade fair has become a permanent fixture among German eCommerce events: every year we are pleased to welcome more visitors, more exhibitors and more speakers. Our anniversary this year therefore marks a milestone for us, which we want to celebrate with you.
We have therefore extended the exhibition space in the Mitsubishi Electric Hall in Düsseldorf once again and redesigned some of it. This time we are presenting central JTL products, such as JTL-Wawi, JTL-eazyAuction or JTL-Shop, as special theme worlds. The respective product towers offer you as a visitor direct contact points to get in touch with the corresponding experts. Related services and products from the other 80 or so exhibitors are also placed around the respective towers for better orientation.
Try it out and get active yourself - our product demo areas
Of course, visitors will once again be able to actively test and try things out in our anniversary year. You can put all our software solutions through their paces on site. Our WMS demo warehouse, which has already proved to be a crowd favorite in previous years, certainly deserves special mention here. For the anniversary edition of JTL Connect, we have therefore doubled its size. The bulging shelves of merchandise items are once again waiting to be packed into packages and shipped to your home. All of this is done using JTL-WMS, with which we are happy to demonstrate the increased efficiency it can offer the more than 1,500 expected visitors in everyday warehouse operations.
Another highlight of 2019 is the demo stand for our new POS software JTL-POS, which we will soon be making available to you as an open beta version. With its ability to connect to our ERP system JTL-Wawi, it offers both stationary retailers and multi-channel retailers an interesting perspective for expanding their own business in a future-proof way. In addition to JTL-POS, our partners’ connectable hardware solutions can also be put through their paces at the demo stand itself.
Concentrated expert knowledge and new impulses - our lecture program
Our varied lecture program with more than 30 speakers has something for everyone: Both “old hands” and new sellers will get a comprehensive overview of the industry in the presentations by JTL employees and selected partners. We will show you the many opportunities available to e-commerce professionals in core areas such as ERP, payment, logistics and marketing.
As always, JTL founder Thomas Lisson will kick things off with his keynote speech, in which he will provide an outlook on new JTL projects and products. This year, the focus will be on the new POS solution JTL-POS and the business intelligence solution JTL-BI, which will be presented to the plenum for the first time. However, many innovations from the development of core products such as JTL-Shop 5 and the in-house fulfillment network JTL-FFN are also part of the diverse presentations.
In addition, eCommerce heavyweights such as our main sponsor PayPal will be presenting credit options for online retailers. Amazon Pay will talk about checkout optimization, while Parcel.One, for example, will address the exciting topic of cross-border trade.
Exchange and get to know each other - our networking areas
We have once again placed a special focus on networking in this year’s trade fair concept. Specially set up areas such as our café area with barista service invite you to get into conversation with industry professionals and retail experts. At JTL Speed Dating, you as a visitor also have the opportunity to meet leading JTL developers, exchange ideas about the latest products or report on your own user experiences.
Hot beats and cool drinks - our after-show party
The crowning glory of a packed day at the trade fair will once again be our legendary after-show party this year. With a cool cocktail in your hand, you can reminisce about the day with old and new acquaintances to the sounds of our live band. Incidentally, plenty of food and drink will be provided both at the evening event and during the lunch break. What exactly you can look forward to will not be revealed at this point. Just this much: it will definitely be delicious!
Have you whetted your appetite to take part in JTL Connect 2019? You can now purchase your tickets online here. Experience shows that they sell out quickly, so it’s worth being quick:
