You will find below the presentations given at the ESPO Conference 2024, which took place in Paris. Click on the name of the speaker to see his/her presentation. 

DAY 1

08:30 REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

Moderator of the opening sessions: Isabelle Ryckbost, Secretary General, ESPO

09:00  OPENING SESSION

Welcome

Stéphane Raison, CEO, HAROPA Port

Zeno D'Agostino, Chair, ESPO

09:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Patrice Vergriete, French Minister of Transport

09:30 GEOPOLITICAL OUTLOOK

Martin Quencez, Managing Director, Risk and Strategy, German Marshall Fund of the United States

Q&A

10:00 MACRO-ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR PORTS

Tim Power, Managing Director, Drewry

Q&A

10:30 ENERGY OUTLOOK

Hari Vamadevan, Senior Vice President and Regional Director, UK & Ireland, Energy Systems, DNV 

Q&A

11:00 COFFEE BREAK

Moderator of the day: Charlotte Kan, Journalist, Master of Ceremonies, moderator

11:30 PORTS AS RESOURCE FOR THE CITY

Birgit Liodden, CEO, The Ocean opportunity lab 

11:50 THE ACADEMIC ROUNDTABLE: PORTS IN TRANSITION

Fireside chat between:

Theo Notteboom, Chair Professor, Maritime Institute of Ghent University

Thanos Pallis, Professor of Ports and Shipping Economics and Policy, Department of Maritime Studies,University of Piraeus, Greece

Indra Vonck, Professor, University of Brussels, and Partner, MTBS 

12:30 LUNCH 

13:45 THE PORT BUSINESS DEBATE 

Gerardo Landaluce, President of the Port of Algeciras

Daan Schalck, CEO, North Sea Port

Bernhard Zampolin, Director of International Affairs Hamburg Port

Ville Haapasaari, CEO, Port of Helsinki Ltd

Christine Cabau Woehrel, Executive Vice President for Assets and Operations, CMA CGM Group

14:30 THE IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGE: TIME TO ACT

Mirela Atanasiu, Executive Director ad Interim, Clean Hydrogen Partnership: How to achieve the EU hydrogen production and import goals: what is the role of ports?

Michal Wendolowski, Senior Climate Technology and Policy Manager (CEE),  Bellona Europe: Carbon Capture and Storage: Ports as intermediary between CO2 emitters and storage

Jan-Frederik Konerding, Partner, KPMG: The Corporate Sustainable Reporting and the Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive Due Diligence: how to translate it to the port ecosystem?

Michiel Verduijn, Senior Economist, Royal HaskoningDHV: ETS-EU maritime:  What is the impact on European transshipment and use of alternative fuels?

15:45 COFFEE BREAK

16:15 REACTION OF THE PORTS

Tomasz  Braun, Head of Strategy, Port of Gdansk Authority

Capt David Bugeja, Chief Officer, Office of the Chairman & CEO, Transport Malta (TM)

Algis Latakas, CEO, Port of Klaipeda

Pino Musolino, President of Civitavecchia Port and President, MEDPorts Association

16:45 IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE A TIME AND COST SAVER, A SECURITY AND EFFICIENCY TOOL FOR PORTS OR A RISK FOR SOCIETY?

Alain Goossens, Managing Partner BE-Wallonia, Sparkle NV

17.15 END OF CONFERENCE DAY 1

19:30 CONFERENCE GALA DINNER - Musée des Arts Forains - Pavillons de Bercy - 53 Avenue des Terroirs de France, 75012 Paris France

DAY 2

Moderator of the day: Anna Gumbau, journalist and event moderator

08:45 WELCOME COFFEE

09:00 MORNING CHAT WITH THE BRITISH PORTS

Richard Ballantyne, CEO, British Ports Association

09:15 ROLE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN FINANCING SUSTAINABLE PORT PROJECTS

Arash Mojabi, UK Lead - Sustainable Finance, ING

09:35 THE INVESTMENT OUTLOOK FOR EUROPE'S PORTS

Presentation of the ESPO study “Port investment needs of European ports” by Peter de Langen, Principal consultant & owner, Ports & Logistics Advisory

10:00 Followed by a debate with 

Olivier Silla, Head of Department, CINEA CEF (Connecting Europe Facility)

Benoît Rochet, CEO, Port Boulogne Calais

Vivienne de Leeuw, CFO, Port of Rotterdam 

Dr. Enrique Belda Esplugues, General Manager, Port of Valencia

Ansis  Zeltiņš, CEO, Port of Riga

10:40 COFFEE BREAK

11:10 FOREIGN INVESTMENTS INTO EUROPEAN PORTS: NEW CONTROL MECHANISMS?

Presentation by Damien Levie, Head of Unit FDI screening,  DG TRADE  

Q&A

11:35 PORTS IN EUROPE'S TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY: THE WAY FORWARD

Herald Ruijters, Deputy Director of DG MOVE, European Commission 

Q&A

12:00 END OF A PARLIAMENTARY MANDATE -THE BIG POLICY DEBATE 

Karima Delli, MEP and Chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament

Herald Ruijters, Deputy Director of DG MOVE, European Commission 

João Neves, President of APDL

Stéphane Raison, CEO, HAROPA Port

Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO, Port of Antwerp-Bruges

12:50 CLOSING OF THE ESPO CONFERENCE 2024

Zeno D'Agostino, Chair, ESPO

12:55 ANNOUNCEMENT ESPO CONFERENCE 2025

13:00 END OF THE CONFERENCE AND DEPARTURE OF BOAT TOUR

14:30 BEGINNING OF BOAT TOUR

16:30 END OF BOAT TOUR- Boarding and disembarkation will take place at the port of Pont-Neuf.