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TUESDAY - 13 June 2023

Time: 12:00 - 13:30 CEST

Patrick Bol

Head of Port Expansions & Special Projects – Global Operations

DP World

Speaker biography coming soon. 

TUESDAY - 13 June 2023

Time: 16:30 - 18:00 CEST

Francisco Blanquer

Terminal Senior Manager R&D Assets, CMA CGM 

Chair Operations Council, TIC 4.0

Mr. Francisco Blanquer (CMA-CGM R&D Senior Manager) [M] is a Spanish civil engineer with an industrial professional career resulting in extensive experience in the industry sector that has given him the ability to perform complex multidisciplinary projects.

During the last 16 years, he has developed functions of innovation and development engineer in the port sector managing the greenfield projects, introducing technologies (as LNG for port equipment or BigData) and disseminating the digital culture in their terminals.

During the last 5 years he has develop BigData and decarbonization projects for CMA-CGM and supporting the container terminal industry as Chair Operations Council of the Terminal Industry Committee 4.0.

Gerhard Fischer

Head of Sales - Harbour Cranes

Siemens

Speaker biography coming soon.

WEDNESDAY - 14 June 2023

Time: 12:00 - 13:30 CEST

Michael Yarwood 

Managing Director - Loss Prevention

TT Club 

Mike is the Managing Director for TT Club’s Loss Prevention department.

Mike joined TT Club in 2010 as a Claims Executive providing advice to transport operator Members globally, having previously held operation management roles within the logistics industry for 13 years.
Previous roles incorporated full responsibility in terms of budget, legislative, operational and health and safety compliance, including being the nominated dangerous goods safety advisor.

Mike is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Logistics and Transport, a Technical Specialist Member of the Institute of Risk Management and a Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Mike continues to develop strategic relationships with key trade organisations including being a co-opted Member of FIATA’s advisory body legal matters group.

Patrick Bol

Head of Port Expansions & Special Projects – Global Operations

DP World

Speaker biography coming soon.

WEDNESDAY - 14 June 2023

Time:  15:30 - 17:00 CEST

Speakers and moderator to be announced.

THURSDAY - 15 June 2023

Time:  10:30 - 11:30 CEST

Speakers and moderator to be announced.


TUESDAY - 13 June 2023

Time: 11:00 - 12:30  CEST

Peter Sand

Chief Analyst

Xeneta

Peter Sand joined Xeneta in 2021, as the Chief Analyst. Heading a team that delivers expert insights on container shipping and air cargo industries - from a logistics perspective. Focus on the essential drivers, demand and supply - an obviously the freight rates that impacts us all.

Sand joined Xeneta after over a decade at BIMCO, where he was responsible for analysing commercial markets based on the global economic situation and its influence on trade. Prior to Sand’s Chief Shipping Analyst role at BIMCO, he worked with D/S NORDEN, a Danish shipping company operating in the dry cargo and tanker segments worldwide, as a Senior Analyst.

Throughout his career, Sand has been regarded for his widely read articles and industry insights, as well as his regular appearances on global news networks such as CNN, BBC, CNBC and Bloomberg. He holds a Master’s in Economics from the University of Copenhagen.

Eleanor Hadland

Senior Analyst - Ports & Terminals

Drewry

Eleanor Hadland heads up Drewry’s ports and terminals research arm, including responsibility for the company’s Annual Review of Global Container Operators and quarterly Ports & Terminals Insight reports.

She has over 25-years’ experience in the port sector, having worked initially for the UK’s largest port operator Associated British Ports.

She has subsequently held senior level consultancy roles with Drewry, Moffatt & Nichol, BMT and AECOM, where she has supported a wide range of clients in respect of port development and expansion and M&A transactions.

Lars Jensen

CEO 

Vespucci Maritime

Lars Jensen is CEO of Vespucci Maritime, and is an analyst and thought leader providing expert assistance in strategic decision making and analysis in the wider container shipping industry.

Lars has 22 years of experience from inside the container shipping industry, whereof the last 12 years has been as an independent analyst and consultant for carriers, shippers, ports. maritime technology firms and financial institutions.

Lars was the author of the book “Liner Shipping 2025” which to a significant degree predicted many of the changes currently gathering pace in the industry and how carriers, terminals, ports, shippers and forwards should navigate these changes to emerge successfully.

Lars Jensen is co-founder of LinerGame providing innovative training and teambuilding in the liner shipping industry with more than 100 sessions held in the past seven years across 20 countries on 3 continents.

TUESDAY - 13 June 2023

Time: 15:00 - 16:30 CEST

Speakers and moderator to be announced.

WEDNESDAY - 14 June 2023

Time: 10:30 - 12:00 CEST

Hercules Haralambides

Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Editor-in-Chief, Maritime Economics and Logistics

Since 1992, Hercules is Professor of Maritime Economics and Logistics (MEL), having taught at 9 universities (and in 7 different countries), most prominent of which being Erasmus University Rotterdam, National University of Singapore, and Singapore Management University.

Currently, he is “Distinguished Chair Professor” at Dalian Maritime University (China), Visiting Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and affiliated researcher with the Sorbonne Center for Economics – Sorbonne University. He is the founder of the Erasmus Center for Maritime Economics and Logistics (MEL) (www.maritimeeconomics.com) and also the founding (and current) Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly journal Maritime Economics & Logistics (MEL), published by Palgrave-Macmillan (www.palgrave.com/41278) for the last 25 years.

He has written and published over 300 scientific papers, books, reports and articles in the wider area of ports, maritime transport and logistics and has consulted governments, international organizations and private companies all over the world including, for a number of years, the European Commission.

In the period 2011-2015 Professor Haralambides was President of the Italian port of Brindisi and at the end of that period (2015) he established “Haralambides & Associates”: a global maritime think-tank engaged in executive education and strategic policy analysis.

In 2008, Professor Haralambides was decorated with the Golden Cross of the Order of the Phoenix, by the President of the Hellenic Republic.

Darren Fraser

Transport Economist

HPC Hamburg Port Consulting

Dr Darren Fraser is a Transport Economist at HPC Hamburg Port Consulting. In this function, Darren is engaged in various port development assignments, including traffic forecasting, economic cost-benefit analysis, financial appraisal and business case development within HPC’s commercial product cluster.

Darren has studied in South Africa and Belgium and has 15 years of experience in the port sector in various roles, including financial planning, operations and corporate strategy.

Having a strong focus on Southern African port development, Darren has also published numerous peer-reviewed publications focused on African ports and served as a visiting lecturer at the Maritime Studies unit of the Durban University of Technology.

Jordi Torrent 

Head of Strategy, Port of Barcelona 

Secretary General, MEDPorts

Speaker biography coming soon.

WEDNESDAY - 14 June 2023

Time: 14:00 - 15:30 CEST

Sahar Lemanczyk

Managing Partner

bloog

Sahar Lemanczyk is managing partner at bloog. She believes that the digital transformation will shape the future of the port industry and that the people in the industry are the key to its success.

Sahar is an expert consultant for digitalisation and collaboration. She has used her industry insights and the trust of her clients to create innovations for port and terminal operations. Her projects have not only transformed organisations and the ecosystem around them, they have significantly reduced GHG emissions and made operations more efficient.

Sahar studied mathematics and philosophy and has worked in the maritime industry for 6 years.

Thor Thorup

CCO & Founder

Portchain

Thor Thorup is Co-Founder and CCO at Portchain. Previously, he worked at McKinsey leading digital transformations for shipping and logistics clients.

Portchain is a Copenhagen-based software company that optimizes schedule alignment and berth planning for carriers and terminals to maximize asset utilization.

Thor has an MSc in mechanical engineering (Hons) from the Technical University of Denmark

Lasse Eriksson

VP Technology

Kalmar 

Dr. Lasse Eriksson is heading the Technology function at Kalmar, part of Cargotec. He is responsible for the
technology strategy and development, with a specific focus on the strategic technology areas of automation, electrification and digitalisation.
He is a member of the Kalmar Mobile Solutions business unit leadership team.


Lasse Eriksson joined Cargotec in 2015 as Vice President, Digitalisation, and moved to Kalmar business area in 2017 to lead Service business concept development. He has been in the current role as VP Technology since 2019.

Before Cargotec, Dr. Eriksson has worked for Konecranes and Aalto University in Finland, in various research and development positions related to Industrial IoT and automation.

THURSDAY - 15 June 2023

Time: 11:00 - 12:30 CEST

Sahar Lemanczyk

Managing Partner

bloog

Sahar Lemanczyk is managing partner at bloog. She believes that the digital transformation will shape the future of the port industry and that the people in the industry are the key to its success.

Sahar is an expert consultant for digitalisation and collaboration. She has used her industry insights and the trust of her clients to create innovations for port and terminal operations. Her projects have not only transformed organisations and the ecosystem around them, they have significantly reduced GHG emissions and made operations more efficient.

Sahar studied mathematics and philosophy and has worked in the maritime industry for 6 years.

Thor Thorup

CCO & Founder

Portchain

Thor Thorup is Co-Founder and CCO at Portchain. Previously, he worked at McKinsey leading digital transformations for shipping and logistics clients.

Portchain is a Copenhagen-based software company that optimizes schedule alignment and berth planning for carriers and terminals to maximize asset utilization.

Thor has an MSc in mechanical engineering (Hons) from the Technical University of Denmark

Lasse Eriksson

VP Technology

Kalmar 

Dr. Lasse Eriksson is heading the Technology function at Kalmar, part of Cargotec. He is responsible for the
technology strategy and development, with a specific focus on the strategic technology areas of automation, electrification and digitalisation.
He is a member of the Kalmar Mobile Solutions business unit leadership team.


Lasse Eriksson joined Cargotec in 2015 as Vice President, Digitalisation, and moved to Kalmar business area in 2017 to lead Service business concept development. He has been in the current role as VP Technology since 2019.

Before Cargotec, Dr. Eriksson has worked for Konecranes and Aalto University in Finland, in various research and development positions related to Industrial IoT and automation.


Sustainability Theatre

TUESDAY - 13 June 2023

Time: 12:30 - 13:30 CEST

Paul Avery

Editorial Director

WorldCargo News

Paul Avery is the Editor at WorldCargo News.

Paul has been in the industry since 1999, and at WorldCargo News since 2001, becoming Editor in 2014.

Paolo Dazi 

Senior Vice President 

Konecranes Port Services

Paolo Dazi has over 25 years’ executive management experience at some of the world’s largest lifting equipment manufacturers, beginning with 14 years spent at Fantuzzi developing their global marketing and sales operations.
Following a successful three-year sojourn with Sany Europe, where he was responsible for establishing the European headquarters for the Chinese giant, Paolo returned to Italy to become head of lift truck sales and global distribution at Terex. The acquisition of Terex by Konecranes in 2017 led to his current role as SVP of the Konecranes Port Services business unit.

Over his many years in ports Paolo developed a deep conviction that port equipment manufacturers must evolve their operating and business models, while simultaneously adding enormous customer value, by adopting IIOT technologies at scale. Konecranes has consistently invested in connected fleets and the power of equipment data for many years, committing both human and financial resources to developing some of the sector’s first-to-market technologies such as TRUCONNECT®.

Paolo’s Port Services team now offers port customers a personalized ecosystem of outcome-based services that lower the risks of equipment ownership, streamline maintenance costs and deliver operational insight.

TUESDAY - 13 June 2023

Time: 16:00 - 17:30 CEST

Sahar Lemanczyk

Managing Partner

bloog

Sahar Lemanczyk is managing partner at bloog. She believes that the digital transformation will shape the future of the port industry and that the people in the industry are the key to its success.

Sahar is an expert consultant for digitalisation and collaboration. She has used her industry insights and the trust of her clients to create innovations for port and terminal operations. Her projects have not only transformed organisations and the ecosystem around them, they have significantly reduced GHG emissions and made operations more efficient.

Sahar studied mathematics and philosophy and has worked in the maritime industry for 6 years.

Thor Thorup

CCO & Founder

Portchain

Thor Thorup is Co-Founder and CCO at Portchain. Previously, he worked at McKinsey leading digital transformations for shipping and logistics clients.

Portchain is a Copenhagen-based software company that optimizes schedule alignment and berth planning for carriers and terminals to maximize asset utilization.

Thor has an MSc in mechanical engineering (Hons) from the Technical University of Denmark

Lasse Eriksson

VP Technology

Kalmar 

Dr. Lasse Eriksson is heading the Technology function at Kalmar, part of Cargotec. He is responsible for the
technology strategy and development, with a specific focus on the strategic technology areas of automation, electrification and digitalisation.
He is a member of the Kalmar Mobile Solutions business unit leadership team.


Lasse Eriksson joined Cargotec in 2015 as Vice President, Digitalisation, and moved to Kalmar business area in 2017 to lead Service business concept development. He has been in the current role as VP Technology since 2019.

Before Cargotec, Dr. Eriksson has worked for Konecranes and Aalto University in Finland, in various research and development positions related to Industrial IoT and automation.

WEDNESDAY - 14 June 2023

Time: 10:30 - 12:00 CEST

Sahar Lemanczyk

Managing Partner

bloog

Sahar Lemanczyk is managing partner at bloog. She believes that the digital transformation will shape the future of the port industry and that the people in the industry are the key to its success.

Sahar is an expert consultant for digitalisation and collaboration. She has used her industry insights and the trust of her clients to create innovations for port and terminal operations. Her projects have not only transformed organisations and the ecosystem around them, they have significantly reduced GHG emissions and made operations more efficient.

Sahar studied mathematics and philosophy and has worked in the maritime industry for 6 years.

Thor Thorup

CCO & Founder

Portchain

Thor Thorup is Co-Founder and CCO at Portchain. Previously, he worked at McKinsey leading digital transformations for shipping and logistics clients.

Portchain is a Copenhagen-based software company that optimizes schedule alignment and berth planning for carriers and terminals to maximize asset utilization.

Thor has an MSc in mechanical engineering (Hons) from the Technical University of Denmark

Lasse Eriksson

VP Technology

Kalmar 

Dr. Lasse Eriksson is heading the Technology function at Kalmar, part of Cargotec. He is responsible for the
technology strategy and development, with a specific focus on the strategic technology areas of automation, electrification and digitalisation.
He is a member of the Kalmar Mobile Solutions business unit leadership team.


Lasse Eriksson joined Cargotec in 2015 as Vice President, Digitalisation, and moved to Kalmar business area in 2017 to lead Service business concept development. He has been in the current role as VP Technology since 2019.

Before Cargotec, Dr. Eriksson has worked for Konecranes and Aalto University in Finland, in various research and development positions related to Industrial IoT and automation.

WEDNESDAY - 14 June 2023

Time: 15:30 - 17:30 CEST

Sahar Lemanczyk

Managing Partner

bloog

Sahar Lemanczyk is managing partner at bloog. She believes that the digital transformation will shape the future of the port industry and that the people in the industry are the key to its success.

Sahar is an expert consultant for digitalisation and collaboration. She has used her industry insights and the trust of her clients to create innovations for port and terminal operations. Her projects have not only transformed organisations and the ecosystem around them, they have significantly reduced GHG emissions and made operations more efficient.

Sahar studied mathematics and philosophy and has worked in the maritime industry for 6 years.

Thor Thorup

CCO & Founder

Portchain

Thor Thorup is Co-Founder and CCO at Portchain. Previously, he worked at McKinsey leading digital transformations for shipping and logistics clients.

Portchain is a Copenhagen-based software company that optimizes schedule alignment and berth planning for carriers and terminals to maximize asset utilization.

Thor has an MSc in mechanical engineering (Hons) from the Technical University of Denmark

Lasse Eriksson

VP Technology

Kalmar 

Dr. Lasse Eriksson is heading the Technology function at Kalmar, part of Cargotec. He is responsible for the
technology strategy and development, with a specific focus on the strategic technology areas of automation, electrification and digitalisation.
He is a member of the Kalmar Mobile Solutions business unit leadership team.


Lasse Eriksson joined Cargotec in 2015 as Vice President, Digitalisation, and moved to Kalmar business area in 2017 to lead Service business concept development. He has been in the current role as VP Technology since 2019.

Before Cargotec, Dr. Eriksson has worked for Konecranes and Aalto University in Finland, in various research and development positions related to Industrial IoT and automation.

THURSDAY - 15 June 2023

Time: 11:30 - 13:30 CEST

Sahar Lemanczyk

Managing Partner

bloog

Sahar Lemanczyk is managing partner at bloog. She believes that the digital transformation will shape the future of the port industry and that the people in the industry are the key to its success.

Sahar is an expert consultant for digitalisation and collaboration. She has used her industry insights and the trust of her clients to create innovations for port and terminal operations. Her projects have not only transformed organisations and the ecosystem around them, they have significantly reduced GHG emissions and made operations more efficient.

Sahar studied mathematics and philosophy and has worked in the maritime industry for 6 years.

Thor Thorup

CCO & Founder

Portchain

Thor Thorup is Co-Founder and CCO at Portchain. Previously, he worked at McKinsey leading digital transformations for shipping and logistics clients.

Portchain is a Copenhagen-based software company that optimizes schedule alignment and berth planning for carriers and terminals to maximize asset utilization.

Thor has an MSc in mechanical engineering (Hons) from the Technical University of Denmark

Lasse Eriksson

VP Technology

Kalmar 

Dr. Lasse Eriksson is heading the Technology function at Kalmar, part of Cargotec. He is responsible for the
technology strategy and development, with a specific focus on the strategic technology areas of automation, electrification and digitalisation.
He is a member of the Kalmar Mobile Solutions business unit leadership team.


Lasse Eriksson joined Cargotec in 2015 as Vice President, Digitalisation, and moved to Kalmar business area in 2017 to lead Service business concept development. He has been in the current role as VP Technology since 2019.

Before Cargotec, Dr. Eriksson has worked for Konecranes and Aalto University in Finland, in various research and development positions related to Industrial IoT and automation.


Digital Theatre

TUESDAY - 13 June 2023

Time: 11:00 - 12:30 CEST

Hans Rook

Chairman 

International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA)

Hans works in the transport and logistics sea trade sector for 51 years.
He started his career at a shipping agency and having gaining experience in all facets of import and export services, he was appointed to set up the ICT function in the company. He is also one of the gurus on EDI standardization – he joined UN working groups to establish UN/CEFACT EDIFACT messages for the global sea trade industry. Having been general manager ICT within the shipping agency, Hans was asked to join the Rotterdam group of experts for the set-up of the Port Community System in the Port of Rotterdam. Since then he has been working for Portbase Rotterdam until January 2019 when he retired.

The International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) has chalked up some remarkable achievements in the past years. Membership has increased to the point where IPCSA is now active and has members in every continent; IPCSA has continued to increase its influence at the highest levels; and IPCSA membership has expanded beyond port and cargo community systems to include Single Window operators.
All of this has been achieved under the dynamic chairmanship of Hans Rook, whose knowledge and expertise of community systems, IT and port logistics, built up over a 50-year career, is unrivalled.

Hans is quite simply one of the visionaries in the development of new services to support the simplification of trade. Hans, retired from Portbase Rotterdam as per 01-01-2019 were he was senior adviser at Portbase, the Port Community System in The Netherlands.

Jeroen Kats 

Project Director - Design and Simulation Services

TBA Group 

WEDNESDAY - 14 June 2023

Time: 14:00 - 15:30 CEST

Isabelle Ryckbost

Secretary General

European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO)

Isabelle Ryckbost is Secretary General of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) since 1 August 2013.

Before taking up this function, Isabelle has been working as Director of the European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) and Senior Advisor of ESPO for four years.

Isabelle Ryckbost studied Law (University of Namur and KULeuven) and European Law (UCL Louvain). Before joining EFIP, she has been working in EU Public Affairs for almost 20 years.

After having worked for a short period in the European Commission (DG Agriculture), she worked in an EU Public Affairs consultancy. In 1994 she started working in the European Parliament, where she worked as a political assistant.

Between 1999 and 2009 she was working in the European Parliament as the political assistant of Dirk Sterckx, where she was mainly active in transport and port-related fields. She is co-author of the handbook “Zo Werkt Europa” (1st edition 2007, 2nd edition 2010).

THURSDAY - 15 June 2023

Time: 11:00 - 12:30 CEST

James Hookham

Director

Global Shippers Forum (GSF)

James Hookham is Secretary General and Director of the Global Shippers Forum (GSF), the voice of cargo owners in international supply chains. He is a graduate in Environmental Science from the University of Bradford and completed a Master’s degree in the safe transport of dangerous goods at the University of Manchester.

GSF campaigns for safe, competitively efficient and sustainable movement of goods in international supply chains and works with over 25 national shippers associations in supporting and promoting the work of importers and exporters around the world.

James early career was spent with Exis Technologies (now part of National Cargo Bureau) developing the world’s first remotely accessible computerised dangerous goods database and he later served as deputy editor of Hazardous Cargo Bulletin.

Until 2020 James was Deputy Chief Executive of the Freight Transport Association (now Logistics UK) where he held numerous positions on UK, EU and global transport and logistics advisory bodies, as well as senior executive responsibilities in one of the UK’s largest business groups.

Elisabeth Munck

Global Sustainability Manager

IKEA Supply Chain Operations

Elisabeth Munck af Rosenschöld is a passionate change agent to make sustainability a true enabler for a successful business.

Since 2016 she leads sustainability in Supply Chain Operations, based in Switzerland, with a strong focus on reaching ambitious climate targets for global transportation and logistics.

She holds a Master of Law from Lund University and a Master of Science in Environmental Management and Policy from the International Institute of Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University.

Throughout her professional life, she has worked in the area of sustainability within different business sectors and management consultancies. 

Yogith Krishna

UK Import Supply Lead

PepsiCo Inc. | Europe SC

Speaker biography coming soon.


TUESDAY - 13 June 2023

Time: 12:30 - 13:30  CEST

Guillermo Massot

Managing Partner, Althium

Senior Lecturer, Rotterdam Business School

Guillermo Massot is a ports and shipping specialist with 20 years of M&A, operations and product management experience.  He has held senior advisory and management positions at DP World (Business Planning and Development Manager for Europe & Russia), Terminal Investment Limited (Terminal Efficiency Manager), Maersk (Global Head of Supply Chain Management Partnerships and Acquisitions), Arup (Transaction Associate Director) and the European Commission (Independent advisor).

At present he runs his own management consultancy business, -Althium-, operating across the Infrastructure and Supply Chain Management spaces, with most recent credentials including several strategy, operations and M&A projects covering ports and logistics businesses globally. Further to his consulting activities, he is a Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management and Operations at Rotterdam Business School.

Specifically in the field of ESG, Guillermo has recently provided advice in acquisitions in the autonomous navigation and battery-operated shipping segments, plus has conducted research on the economics and operational impacts of the Fit-for-55 and IMO 2023 regulatory packages.

TUESDAY - 13 June 2023

Time: 16:00 - 17:30  CEST

Professor Lynn Loo

CEO

Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD)

Prof. Lynn Loo is the chief executive officer of the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD), a not-for-profit organization based in Singapore.

Established by six founding partners from the maritime industry and supported by the Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore, GCMD’s mission is to help the sector accelerate its decarbonisation efforts through shaping standards, deploying solutions, financing projects, and fostering collaboration across sectors.

Lynn is also the Theodora D. ’78 and William H. Walton III ’74 Professor in Engineering, and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, currently on leave from Princeton University.

Before GCMD, she was Director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, where she commissioned the Rapid Switch Initiative and the Net-Zero America Study that has provided unprecedented temporal and geographic granularity on transition pathways.

She also founded Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership, a flagship corporate partner program to engage industry and she launched Princeton’s first executive program in partnership with the World Economic Forum to contextualize the complexities of the energy transition for business leaders.

Elisabeth Munck

Global Sustainability Manager

IKEA Supply Chain Operations

Elisabeth Munck af Rosenschöld is a passionate change agent to make sustainability a true enabler for a successful business.

Since 2016 she leads sustainability in Supply Chain Operations, based in Switzerland, with a strong focus on reaching ambitious climate targets for global transportation and logistics.

She holds a Master of Law from Lund University and a Master of Science in Environmental Management and Policy from the International Institute of Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University.

Throughout her professional life, she has worked in the area of sustainability within different business sectors and management consultancies. 

WEDNESDAY - 14June 2023

Time: 10:30 - 12:00  CEST

Mette Kjems Baerentzen

Head of Sustainability

Kalmar

Mette has worked at Kalmar for six years, focusing on a broad scope of development initiatives for counterbalanced container handlers, including digitalization, electrification and automation.

She has 25 years of experience in product and business development and is now responsible for facilitating Kalmar’s reduction of its value chain emissions by 50% before 2030.

This will be accomplished by decarbonizing the supply chain, reducing use phase emissions from cargo handling equipment in the field and ensuring long equipment lifetime through service, maintenance and refurbishment.

WEDNESDAY - 14J une 2023

Time: 15:30 - 17:30  CEST

Speakers and moderator to be announced. 

WEDNESDAY - 14J une 2023

Time: 11:30 - 13:30  CEST

TBA.


TUESDAY - 13 June 2023

Time: 11:00 - 12:30  CEST

Carles Rua

Head of Innovation

Port of Barcelona

Carles Rúa Costa is an Industrial Engineer by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (BarcelonaTech).

He is the Head of Innovation at the Port Authority of Barcelona (Port de Barcelona). He is also director of the Master Executive in Lean Supply Chain Management (BarcelonaTech), teacher at the Escola Europea of Intermodal Transport and co-editor of the port focused innovation blog PierNext.

His professional activity has been developed in the fields of strategy logistics, quality and management information systems, where he has acted as a free-lance engineer and for consultancy companies.

In the university field he has been professor at the Department of Business Organization at BarcelonaTech for more than 25 years.
He also teaches logistics and port management in some masters in Spain and South America. 

Laura Bercan

Digital Portfolio Owner Data Products –Product Management

APM Terminals

Laura is the Digital Portfolio Owner - Data Products at APM Terminals, a company that operates of one of the world’s most comprehensive port networks - helping both shipping lines and landside customers grow their business and achieve better supply chain efficiency, flexibility, and dependability.

Laura leads the creation and modernization of value-adding data products and services for customers of APM Terminals across the world. In this position, Laura also focuses on enhancement and creation of new API solutions, driving APM Terminals’ digital transformation via www.apmterminals.com

Prior to joining APM Terminals in 2021, Laura held Product and Business Intelligence leadership positions within world’s leading software & services companies, rolling out AI-powered products for demand forecasting and Predictive Analytics. Laura is a strong believer in the power of data and Machine Learning to improve life for all, making customers' businesses and users' lives thrive.

Originally from Romania, Laura holds a BS in Cybernetics and a master’s degree in Business Management from Bucharest University of Economic Studies. Laura is also a PMI and Microsoft certified professional. Outside of work, Laura spends time playing board games, watching movies, and travelling to snorkelling destinations.

Rene Alvarenga

Director of Product Management, Execution & Visibility

Navis

Speaker biography coming soon.

TUESDAY - 13 June 2023

Time: 13:30 - 15:00  CEST

Speakers and moderator to be announced.

WEDNESDAY - 14 June 2023

Time: 11:30 - 13:00  CEST

Pascal Ollivier

President, Maritime Street

Chairman, IAPH Data Collaboration Committee

Pascal Ollivier is President of Maritime Street, a digital trade logistics strategic advisory firm dedicated to port authorities, governments, and international financial institutions to shape the future of Trade.  

Pascal is a world-renowned PCS expert, having been the founding Chairman of IPCSA and now Chairing the IAPH Data Collaboration Committee. Pascal has engaged in work for IAPH together with member ports and the World Bank, IMO and WCO on accelerating digitalization on a wide variety of initiatives, including cybersecurity, port call, automation, innovation.

Pascal graduated from the French Institute for Higher National Defense Studies in Maritime issues and strategies, holds a MSc in Economics from Paris Dauphine University and a MBA in International Business from the European University of America, San Francisco.

Mees van der Wiel

Business Consultant Strategy & Innovation, Portbase

PROTECT Secretariat, International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA)

Mees van der Wiel is business consultant strategy & innovation at Portbase, the Netherlands, General Manager of the PROTECT secretariat at IPCSA, member of the executive committee of IPCSA and UN/CEFACT expert.

Born and raised in the middle of the Port of Rotterdam, he always had a huge interest in maritime transport and port operations.

He has been working in the domain of information exchange in transport & logistics since 2005 in several companies and in different positions, but always focused on improving information flows in supply chains.

His main focus at Portbase is on policy, legislative and standardization changes on EU and national level, such as the European Maritime Single Window Environment (EMSWe), ICS2, BREXIT and several digitalisation projects with the Port of Rotterdam and the Dutch government. 

Next to this, Mees manages the PROTECT Secretariat.
PROTECT supports the electronic reporting required by authorities for vessels entering or leaving a port or port area.

The PROTECT Group has established a harmonised worldwide recognised EDI standard.  

Bertrand Chen

CEO

Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN)

Speaker biography coming soon.

WEDNESDAY - 14 June 2023

Time: 14:00 - 15:30  CEST

Pascal Ollivier

President, Maritime Street

Chairman, IAPH Data Collaboration Committee

Pascal Ollivier is President of Maritime Street, a digital trade logistics strategic advisory firm dedicated to port authorities, governments, and international financial institutions to shape the future of Trade.  

Pascal is a world-renowned PCS expert, having been the founding Chairman of IPCSA and now Chairing the IAPH Data Collaboration Committee. Pascal has engaged in work for IAPH together with member ports and the World Bank, IMO and WCO on accelerating digitalization on a wide variety of initiatives, including cybersecurity, port call, automation, innovation.

Pascal graduated from the French Institute for Higher National Defense Studies in Maritime issues and strategies, holds a MSc in Economics from Paris Dauphine University and a MBA in International Business from the European University of America, San Francisco.

Jérôme Besancenot

Digital Transition Project Director

HAROPA PORT

Speaker biography coming soon.

TUESDAY - 13 June 2023

Time: 10:30 - 11:30  CEST

TBA.