From Freight to AI: What to Watch at LogiChain Expo 2026 in Warsaw

LogiChain Expo will return to Warsaw on 22–24 September 2026 for its second edition. The programme covers transport and freight forwarding alongside warehouse automation, AI, supply-chain software and Poland’s growing role in European logistics.

The fair will take place at Ptak Warsaw Expo in Nadarzyn, in Hall A, from 10:00 to 17:00 on all three days, according to the official LogiChain Expo website. It follows the first edition in September 2025, with 2,382 visitors and 63 exhibitors across 15,000 m².

LogiChain's scope includes warehousing, intralogistics, WMS and TMS systems, automation, supply-chain management, e-commerce logistics and sustainable transport. According to the official post-show report, 60.56% of visitor interests back in 2025 were connected to transport and freight forwarding. Warehousing and warehouse automation followed with 23.94%. Rail was also represented at the first edition.

AI and Digital Twins Move Into the LogiChain Programme

The first major conference starts on 22 September. DATURE is organising Smart Supply Chain Digital Transformation 2026 in Hall A. The programme begins with AI, automation, data standardisation and the Digital Product Passport before moving into practical supply-chain applications. The conference programme includes AI-based demand forecasting, inventory planning and discussions about the financial results of digitalisation.

Other sessions will cover Digital Twins, WMS, operational data and technology implementation. The focus is less on presenting AI as a future technology and more on how companies are already using it to reduce stock, improve planning and control logistics costs.

For freight and rail companies, that part of the programme is relevant even without a locomotive or wagon on display. Terminals, depots and logistics operators increasingly depend on the same forecasting, warehouse-management and real-time data systems being discussed at the fair.

Poland Wants to Be More Than a Transit Country

The second major theme is Poland itself. On 23 September, the Polish-Asian Chamber of Commerce will organise the LogiChain Expo Business Forum: "Gateway to Europe – Poland at the Heart of European Supply Chains." 

The forum will cover Poland’s position as an EU logistics hub, digitalisation, supply-chain security, energy and fuels, warehouses and infrastructure. Janusz Piechociński, President of the Polish-Asian Chamber and former Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister, is involved in the programme.

Considering Poland already handles important freight flows between Asian markets, eastern Europe, Baltic ports and the rest of the EU, the railways question is naturally a part of the discussion. RAILTARGET saw that directly at the Intermodal Poland Congress earlier this year. At Małaszewicze, broad-gauge and standard-gauge railways meet at one of the main Eurasian freight gateways into the EU. RAILTARGET reported from the terminal in June, where discussions focused on investment, capacity and the future of Asia–Europe rail traffic.

Rail Will Be Compared Directly With Sea, Air and Road

Emilia Rogalska, Director of Road and Multimodal Transport at BGT Group, and Marta Suchodoła, Manager of the Multimodal Forwarding Department, will discuss transport from Asia. BGT Group confirms both roles in its current management information.

Their session compares sea, air, rail and road transport, including delivery time, cost, consolidation, customs, Incoterms and the role of freight forwarders. The same speakers have previously presented this format with a focus on how companies choose between the four modes when importing from Asia.

LogiChain will not be a rail-only event, and as rail is no longer competing only with another railway company, this may be exactly what makes the second edition useful for the rail sector.