THE fifth annual IATA World Cargo Symposium to be held Wednesday to Thursday March 8-10 in the Istanbul Hilton hotel will focus on the value of air freight developing the theme, "Air Cargo Connecting the World".

More than 700 delegates, top executives from the air cargo supply chain, airlines, forwarders, GHA, GSA, customs, airports, shippers and vendors are expected to attend the International Air Transport Association (IATA) event.

The World Cargo Symposium comprises a half-day plenary session focused on the needs of the customer, a cargo executive summit of heads of cargo from the supply chain, 18 cargo industry meetings and 12 cargo forums taking place over three days.