#IamTheFuture: Meet the next generation shaping logistics and transport

Global WiLAT has launched its first campaign through AGLOW, a new initiative created to engage, connect and empower young and emerging logistics and transport professionals.

Women in Logistics and Transport, known across the CILT community as WiLAT, has introduced a new initiative focused on strengthening youth and next generation engagement across the profession.

AGLOW stands for Ascend, Growth, Learning, Opportunities and Wisdom. These five values underpin its work to help young people develop their knowledge, build professional connections and discover opportunities across logistics, transport and supply chain.

The initiative is designed to support young people aged 15 to 25 and next generation professionals under the age of 35. It aims to bring students and emerging talent into closer contact with established industry professionals and create a stronger, future focused global community.

AGLOW’s first storytelling campaign, #IamTheFuture, will introduce six young professionals from around the world over three weeks.

Each participant has followed a different path into the profession. Their stories will explore the work they do, the experiences that have shaped them and the impact they hope to make across logistics, transport and supply chain.

Together, the six profiles will highlight the breadth of opportunities available within the profession and show how emerging professionals are already contributing through technology, sustainability, innovation, leadership and community impact.

CILT International is pleased to support Global WiLAT and AGLOW by sharing these stories with our wider global community.

Boscco Leung

Social Responsibility Lead, MTR Corporation, Hong Kong

For Boscco Leung, working within the railway sector is about more than connecting places. It is also about connecting people, communities and purpose.

As Social Responsibility Lead at MTR Corporation in Hong Kong, Boscco works to bridge corporate objectives with the needs of local communities. His role brings together social responsibility, public engagement and lasting community impact.

“A railway connects a city. My work connects purpose with people,” he explains.

Boscco describes his work as connecting the dots between corporate purpose and community needs, much like a railway connects different parts of a city.

Through his #IamTheFuture story, he highlights how transport organisations can play a wider role in the communities they serve, creating positive change one station at a time.

Ayşe Aslı Başak

Deep Sea Captain and Founder and CEO, Shipsider Maritime Technologies, Türkiye

Ayşe Aslı Başak’s career has taken her from navigating the world’s oceans to leading digital transformation within the maritime industry.

Her experience as a Deep Sea Captain taught her discipline, resilience and how to remain steady through uncertainty. Today, she brings that experience into her work as Founder and CEO of Shipsider Maritime Technologies.

Ayşe is using artificial intelligence to help create a maritime industry that is smarter, safer and more sustainable. Her work demonstrates how operational experience and emerging technology can come together to strengthen global trade and resilience.

“The sea taught me discipline, resilience, and how to stay steady through uncertainty,” she says.

Her story also reflects a wider view of the future of maritime. Shipping is not only about moving cargo. It is about using innovation to help move the world forward.