You will find below the presentations given at the ESPO Conference 2018, which took place in Rotterdam on 31 May - 1 June. Click on the name of the speaker to see his/her presentation.
Day One: Thursday, 31 May 2018
09h20 Opening Session
Welcome by
- Eamonn O’Reilly, Chairman, ESPO
- Allard Castelein, CEO, Port of Rotterdam
09h45 Opening message from
Karima Delli, Chair of the Transport Committee of the European Parliament
Opening keynote speeches
- Lidewijde Ongering, Secretary-general Ministry for Infrastructure and Water Management
- Minister of State Karel De Gucht, President, Institute of European Studies (VUB), Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium and Former European Commissioner for Trade, State Minister: Europe as a global actor: the challenges and opportunities
Outlook for ports and shipping
- Tim Power, Managing Director, Drewry: Trends in shipping and implications for ports
11h00 Coffee Break
11h30 Session 1 : The drivers of port infrastructure investments
Moderator: Magda Kopczynska, Director Maritime, DG MOVE, European Commission
- René Buck, CEO, Buck Consultants International: Trade Globalisation or Investment Regionalisation? The impact on European seaports
- Michael J. Ford, Chief Compliance Officer, BDP International: Digitalization in the supply chain
- Jan Kempers, Program Manager Sustainable Development, Supply Chain Services, Heineken: Shippers as drivers of sustainable supply chain
- Steven Lak, Chairman, Deltalinqs: Impact of game changers and drivers on the port industries
View of the ports
- Joachim Coens, CEO, Port of Zeebrugge
- Santiago Garcia Míla, Deputy Executive Director, Port of Barcelona
- Jens Meier, CEO, Port of Hamburg
13h00 Lunch
14h10 Keynote Speech
Beatriz Yordi, Director, European Commission, DG Climate Action, Directorate "European & International Carbon Markets": Decarbonizing the shipping sector: the way forward
14h25 Session 2: Financing the diverse port investment needs
Moderator: Annaleena Mäkilä, Vice Chair, ESPO
- Andreas Boschen, Head of Department – Connecting Europe Facility, INEA, Innovation and Networks Executive Agency: CEF funding: how are ports benefitting from it?
- Olivier Bramaud-Grattau, Senior Investment Director at Meridiam and Chairman of the Board at Société des Ports du Détroit: Is private investors participation realistic in the port sector?
- Stephen O’Driscoll, Head of Division – Air, Maritime and Innovative Transport Mobility Department, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank: Covering the capital market gap
- Dr Miguel Otero-Iglesias, Senior Analyst, International Political Economy, Elcano Royal Institute, Spain: Chinese investment in Europe, A country level approach
Views of the Ports
- Magnus Karestedt, CEO, Port of Göteborg
- Prof. Aurelio Martínez, CEO, Valencia Port Authority
- Alexandru Craciun, Commercial Director, Port of Constantza
15h45 Coffee break
16h00 Session 3: Building acceptance for further port development
Moderator: Richard Ballantyne, Chief Executive, British Ports Association
- Sibrand Hassing, Director Fleet Operations Europe, Safety Environmental and Management Services, Holland America Group: How to ensure a sustainable growth of the cruise industry?
- Julia Mackin, Principal Advisor Environment and Sustainability Department, EBRD: Port Expansions in the context of financing by EBRD and its sustainability mandate
- Malte Siegert, Head of Environmental Policy, Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU), Federal office, Hamburg: Opportunities and challenges of working with stakeholders to build acceptance for port development projects
- Mateu Turró, Professor of Transport at the Polytechnic University of Barcelona: Do’s and don’ts of CBA - Why a good Cost Benefit analysis should be an integral part of any port investment decision?
View of the ports
- Eeva Hietanen, Director of Communications, Port of Helsinki
- Pino Musolino, President, North Adriatic Sea Port Authority
- Koen Overtoom, CEO, Port of Amsterdam
- Lidia Sequeira, President of the Port of Lisbon, President of the Portuguese Association of Ports
17h30 End of the first conference day
19h30 Departure for Conference Dinner
Guest of Honour: Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam
Day Two: Friday, 1 June 2018
09h10 Conference host and Moderator of the day: Rob Heirbaut, European correspondent, VRT
Erik De Neef, Chairman, Koninklijke Roeiers Vereeniging Eendracht: Investing in efficient and sustainable port operations
09h20 Roundtable 1: Ports and the multimodal and corridor-based TEN-T approach
Introduction by:
- Paweł Wojciechowski, TEN-T Coordinator Rhine Alpine Corridor
- Catherine Trautmann, TEN-T Coordinator North-Sea Baltic Corridor
Followed by a roundtable discussion with:
- Dirk Steffes, Senior Vice-President Intermodal, DB Cargo AG
- Didier Leandri, Chairman, the French Association of Barge Owners and Operators, Commissioner CCNR
- Hervé Martel, CEO, Port of Le Havre
10h10 Keynote speech by Herald Ruijters, Director at the European Commission, DG MOVE, responsible for investments, innovative and sustainable transport: The new Connecting Europe Facility in the context of the multi-Annual Financial Framework 2021-2027
Dr Peter de Langen, Ports and Logistics Advisory and visiting professor at Copenhagen Business School: Presentation of the study on the infrastructure investment needs of European Ports
First reactions by:
- Kurt Bodewig, TEN-T Coordinator Baltic-Adriatic Corridor
- Brian Simpson, TEN-T Coordinator Motorways of the Sea
Followed by a roundtable discussion with the ports:
- Zeno D’Agostino, President of the Port Network Authority of Eastern Adriatic Sea and President of the Italian Ports Association
- Eamonn O’Reilly, CEO, Port of Dublin and Chairman, ESPO
- Ansis Zeltiņš, CEO, Port of Riga
11h25 Coffee break
11h40 Keynote speech by Lord Adonis: Brexit: How European infrastructure will be affected
12h00 Closing Roundtable 3: How to make ports champion of change?
- Wim van de Camp, Member of the European Parliament
- Knut Fleckenstein, Member of the European Parliament
- Tim Power, Managing Director, Drewry
Ports:
- Christine Cabau, CEO, Port of Marseille
- Allard Castelein, CEO, Port of Rotterdam
- Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO, Port of Antwerp
13h00 Closing of the ESPO 2018 Conference
Eamonn O’Reilly, Chairman, ESPO
13h10 Announcing ESPO Conference 2019
Stefano Corsini, President of North Tyrrhenian System Ports Authority
13h15 Departure for Port Excursions with light lunch
