Speaker Presentations

 

GLOBAL CARRIER KEYNOTE 

Eivind Kolding, CEO, Maersk Line - Currently unavailable

 

EMERGING MARKETS KEYNOTE 

Tomas Dyrbye, CEO, Safmarine Container Lines

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION 1: PARTNERSHIP, PERFORMANCE & PROFIT – PORT & TERMINAL PERSPECTIVES

Neil Davidson, Senior Advisor Ports, Drewry Shipping Consultants

Patrick Verhoeven, Secretary General, European Seaports Organisation

Miguel Duro, Commercial Director, Grup TCB

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION 2: ANALYST PERSPECTIVES - WHAT IS THE DATA TELLING US? MACRO NUMBERS & MEGA TRENDS

Dr. Jürgen Sorgenfrei, Director Consulting, Maritime & Hinterland Logistics, IHS Global Insight

Mathijs Slangen, Maritime Advisor, Seabury Group

Doug Bannister, Director, Box Trade Intelligence Ltd

Dirk Visser, Senior Shipping Consultant, Dynamar BV & Managing Editor, DynaLiners

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION 3: ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE - The next box wave: can containerisation reinvent itself?

Prof Dr Theo Notteboom, President, Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp, University of Antwerp and Dr Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Associate Professor, Dept. of Global Studies & Geography, Hofstra University

  

 

THE BNP PARIBAS BIG INDUSTRY DEBATE - NETWORKING ROUND-TABLE WORKING SESSION

Conclusion 1

Conclusion 2

 

OPERATIONS STREAM

OPERATIONS SESSION 1: BENCHMARKING & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Neil Davidson, Research Director Ports, Drewry Shipping Consultants 
Rafael Sapina, Director, Shipping and Port Operators, Fundacion Valenciaport

 
OPERATIONS SESSION 2: BUSINESS PROCESS & TERMINAL AUTOMATION

Gareth Jones, Operations and Planning Manager, Peel Ports Ltd - Currently unavailable
Richard Lambert, Managing Director, International Terminal Solutions
Oscar Pernia Fernandez, Processes, Systems and Innovation Team Leader, TTI Algeciras

Michael Dempsey, SVP Sales Marine Intermodal Logistics, IDENTEC SOLUTIONS - Currently unavailable
Joost Achterkamp, Project Manager, Abu Dhabi Ports Company
Thomas Ward, Chief Engineer, Ports America

 

OPERATIONS SESSION 3: OVERWEIGHT CONTAINERS - A UNIVERSAL ISSUE IN NEED OF A UNIFIED SOLUTION 

Bart van Marissing, Executive Consultant Global Operations, Maersk Line
 

OPERATIONS SESSION 4: TERMINAL PLANNING & UPGRADING - FUTURE PROOFING FOR TOMORROW'S NEEDS & INVESTMENT RETURNS

Nico Berx, Director, Port of Antwerp International
Ashebir Jacob, P.E., Senior Port Planner and Engineer, Moffatt and Nichol

 

BUSINESS & FINANCE STREAM

B&F SESSION 1: FUNDING PORTS & TERMINALS - FINANCE, CAPITAL, M&A AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR RELATIONS

Michel Jenné, Executive Director Ports & Logistics, BNP Paribas Fortis
Ulrich Stark, SVP, Head of Infrastructure EMEA, HSH Nordbank AG 
Mark Simmons, Managing Director, Moffatt and Nichol

 

B&F SESSION 1 CONTINUES

Michel Donner, Port & Maritime Transport Consultant 
Franc Pigna, Managing Director, Aegir Port Property Advisers LLC
Craig Neame, Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan

 

B&F SESSION 2: PORT-HINTERLAND PLANNING & LOGISTICS INTEGRATION

Alan Gibson, Chief Executive, A1 Consultancy 
Helen de Wachter, Senior Consultant Strategy & Development, Port of Antwerp

 

B&F SESSION 2 CONTINUES

Dr.-Ing. Felix Kasiske, Head of Terminal Development and Design, HPC Hamburg Port Consulting 
Michael Geiger, Director Sales, Hans Kuenz 

 

CONTAINER SUPPLY CHAIN

CSC SESSION 1: THE CONTAINER SUPPLY CHAIN COMES OF AGE 

Keynote: The future of global container supply chains
Gustaaf de Monie, Senior Director, Policy Research Corp NV 

The anatomy of maritime intensive container supply chains
David Charlesworth, Advisor, Drewry Supply Chain Advisors 

What do brands need from their logistics partners in the future?

Angie Farrag, Manager, Advisory Services, BSR

  
CSC SESSION 2: THE GROWING ROLE OF THE 3PL IN THE CONTAINER SUPPLY CHAIN 

3PLs in the container supply chain – past, present and future
Erik van Baaren, Lead Analyst Transport & Distribution, Datamonitor

 

CSC SESSION 3: THE GROWING ROLE OF THE PORT IN THE CONTAINER SUPPLY CHAIN

“Port Connect” and delivering point to point shipping solutions
Vincent De Saedeleer, Vice President, Port of Zeebrugge

Teesport, Asda and Tesco – building a port centric logistics model
Graham Wall, Commercial Director, PD Ports 

Opening up new direct routes to Eastern European consumers 
Boris Wenzel, CEO, DCT Gdansk