You will find below the presentations given at the ESPO Conference 2012, which took place in Sopot (Poland) on 10-11 May. Click on the name of the speaker to see the presentation.
Day One: Thursday, 10 May 2012
08h30 Welcome coffee and registration
09h00 Official opening of the ESPO 2012 Conference
Victor Schoenmakers, Chairman, ESPO
Ryszard Strzyzewicz, President, Port of Gdansk Authority
Janusz Jarosinski, President, Port of Gdynia
09h15 Opening keynote speeches
Slawomir Nowak, Minister of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy, Republic of Poland
Dariusz Filar, Member of the Supervisory Board of PZU S.A.: Macroeconomic Environment In Europe 2012: Differentiation and Tension
10h00 Coffee
10h30 Trends affecting the investment appetite in the port sector - opportunities and risks
Introduction and chair: Dr Thierry Vanelslander, University of Antwerp: Trends affecting the investment appetite in the port sector:opportunities and risks
Clemence Cheng, Managing Director Central Europe, Hutchison Port Holdings
James Cooper, Director, Infracapital Partners LP: Financing Trends Affecting the Port Sector
Martin Poulsen, CEO Europe, APM Terminals: Trends affecting investment appetite in the port sector
12h15 Lunch
13h15 Parallel sessions
| Session A: Public private partnerships and concessions | Session B: Investment in ports – regional perspectives |
Introduction and chair: Julian Skelnik, Marketing Director, Port of Gdansk Authority Public private partnerships in ports: what are the main pitfalls and challenges ? Dr Patrick Uyttendaele, Director, MTBS Consultants: Public Private Partnerships in Ports: Pitfalls and Challenges Connecting investors with port infrastructure markets John Verschelden, Advisor, Port Investor: Connecting investors with port infrastructure markets Concessions – the new responsibility landscape for ports: an insurance perspective Andrew Webster, Partner, JLT Specialty Limited (Energy and Marine Division): Concessions – a new responsibility Landscape Case-study: application of the public private partnership model to the development of Croatian ports Bojan Hlaca, Executive Director, Rijeka Port Authority | Introduction and chair: Bogdan Oldakowski, Secretary General, Baltic Ports Organisation Investing in what kind of port? Industrial development and diversification of ports – Denmark as a case Jakob Svane, Confederation of Danish Industry Port financing and investment in the Mediterranean: the Italian experience with planning, project financing, and financial stakeholders consultation: Francescalberto De Bari, Livorno Port Authority and University of Pisa: Ports in the Mediterranean region. Planning, project financing, and financial stakeholders consultation: the peculiarity of the Italian experience. Developments of Russian ports Maxim Shirokov, General Director, Ust-Luga Company: Development of Russian Baltic ports The role of the European Investment Bank Karine Méasson, Transport Engineer, Mobility Department Air & Maritime, European Investment Bank: EIB approach to Maritime Transport |
14h45 Tea
15h15 Financial capabilities of port authorities
Introduction and chair: Prof Dr Hercules Haralambides, Erasmus University Rotterdam and President of Brindisi Port Authority and of Association of Apulian Ports
Molly Campbell, Deputy Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles
Francesco Nerli, President, Assoporti (Italian Ports Organisation)
Eamonn O’Reilly, Chief Executive, Dublin Port Company: Port Financing and Investment – a perspective from Dublin Port
16h30 Closing keynote speech day one
Michael Grey, Former Editor-in-Chief, Lloyd’s List
17h00 End of the first conference day
18h15 Departure for concert at the Cathedral of Oliwa, followed by Conference Dinner at the former Gdansk Shipyard
Day Two: Friday, 11 May 2012
08h30 Welcome coffee
09h00 The European policy context
Chair and introduction: Dimitrios Theologitis, Head of Unit Ports and Inland Navigation, DG Move, European Commission: EU Ports Policy Review
Effectiveness of EU structural funds investments in port infrastructures
Luc T’Joen, Team leader, performance audits on Transport, European Court of Auditors
Life after PPRISM – towards a culture in measuring port performance
Dr Chris Wooldridge, Cardiff University
Presentation of the ESPO ‘Port Manifesto’
Patrick Verhoeven, Secretary General, ESPO: The Renaissance of Port Management and Policy: A Manifesto for Port Authorities, Governments and the European Union
Open debate
10h45 Coffee
11h15 Roundtable discussion: The end of the landlord model? Economic pressure to privatise ports
Moderator: Prof Dr Theo Notteboom, Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp (ITMMA)
Case studies:
Richard Bird, Executive Director, UK Major Ports Group: UK Port Privatisation
Dr Thanos Pallis, Secretary General Ports and Ports Policy, Greece: Privatisation of Greek Ports
Panel:
Molly Campbell, Deputy Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles
Victor Schoenmakers, Director European and International Affairs, Port of Rotterdam
Peter Shaw, European Coordinator, International Dockers Council
Jean Jacques Moyson, Chief Commercial Officer, DCT Gdansk SA
12h45 Closing keynote address
Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Transport
13h15 Closing of the ESPO 2012 Conference
Victor Schoenmakers, Chairman, ESPO
Host of the ESPO 2013 Conference
13h30 Closing lunch
14h30 Visit of the port of Gdynia or visit of the Port of Gdansk
