Sponsors
Piraeus Port Authority S.A.
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TUESDAY 23 APRIL, 2002 Intercontinental Hotel, Athens – Greece |
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08:00 Registration
& Coffee |
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Opening
& Welcome Session: |
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Goal: To
identify all possible economic catalysts for optimum future development of
port infrastructure & real estate, port commerce and inter-port
co-operation & competition, while keeping environmental and safety issues
a key priority. |
09:00 Opening by the Conference Chairman, Sotiris THEOFANIS (Confirmed) President & CEO Piraeus
Port Authority S.A. Welcome by 09:05 Nikos THOMOPOULOS (Confirmed) Secretary General Port & Port Policy 09:10 Spiros ALEXANDRATOS (Confirmed)
President Greek
Chamber of Shipping 09:15 John LYRAS (Confirmed)
President Union
of Greek Shipowners 09:20 Nikos VARVATES (Confirmed)
President Mediterranean
Cargo Vessels Shipowners' Union 09:25 Nikos TRAVLOS (Confirmed)
President International
Maritime Union (DNE) |
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SESSION 1:
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Prospects and
Challenges for Mediterranean ports in a globalised shipping environment |
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1.
Ports as the
driving factor in a national and regional economy 2.
Ports as vital
nodes in the global supply chain 3.
Refined networks of
deep-sea and sort sea shipping services boost demand for efficient port
services 4.
Opening up the
hinterland will improve the price/performance ratio of the ports in the
Mediterranean and Black Sea region 5.
Shippers demands of
the Mediterranean Ports |
Session Chair: Sotiris
THEOFANIS (Confirmed) President & CEO Piraeus
Port Authority S.A. 09:30 George ANOMERITIS (Confirmed) Minister of Mercantile Marine Greece 09:45 on behalf of the Ministry of Transport, Russian Federation Yuri
PETROV Transport Attaché
(confirmed) 10:00 Firat Yemeniciler (confirmed) Chamber of Shipping, Turkey Marmara Sea Ports Association General Manager of Poliport 10:15 on behalf
of Emanuele GRIMALDI President, European Community Shipowners Association
(ECSA) Alfons GUINIER
(confirmed) Secretary General, European Community
Shipowners Association 10:30 Fotis KARAMITSOS (Confirmed) Director DG TREN , European Commission 10:45 Nicolette van der JAGT (Confirmed) Policy Manager European Shippers´ Council 11:00 Break
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SESSION 2
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Port
Co-operation vs. Port Competition A Real Dilemma ? |
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A
pre-requisite for fair port competition is a regulatory level playing field 2.
Co-operation
between ports in the same region an illusion? 3.
Bilateral
agreements between ports on either side of the transport corridors may
improve transport efficiency 4.
The
effects of competition between ports on the competitiveness of ports services 5.
Can
co-operation between port service providers in a port meet current shipping
demands? 6.
How
sharing information in the port community may improve planning of port
resources 7.
EC
Ports Policy: Mediterranean vs. North Ports 8.
Quality
Ports: Their exclusive bid for the future 9.
Is EU
regulation an obstacle for Port development in the Mediterranean & Black
Sea Region? |
Session Chair: Harilaos
PSARAFTIS (Confirmed) Professor,
National Technical University of Athens Former CEO, Piraeus Port Authority 11:30 Nikos THOMOPOULOS (Confirmed) Secretary General Port & Port Policy 11:35 Gerardo
LANDALUCE (Confirmed) Commercial Director Port
Authority, Puerto Bahia Algeciras Geoff ADAM (confirmed) Head of Port Promotion Port of London 11:55 Adolfo ROMAGOSA ROCAMORA (Confirmed) Head
of Directors Cabinet Port
of Barcelona 12:10 Dimosthenis Yannopoulos (Confirmed) CEO Dealmar Shipping Company Ltd 12:25 Debate
between Speakers, Panelists and Conference Participants Panel: John COUSTAS (Confirmed) CEO, Danaos Holdings Ltd Eugenio DE PAOLIS
(Confirmed) President
Bulk Mare SRL, Italy Counsellor
Shipbrokers association of Genoa Spiros
TARAZIS (Confirmed) Shipping
desk Pricewaterhouse
Coopers Patrick
VERHOEVEN (confirmed) Secretary
General, European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) Representative (Confirmed) Novorossiysk Port Authority 13:00 Lunch
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SESSION 3
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Environment and Quality in Ports: Towards Sustainable Solutions |
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1.
The Need for an
ISM Code for Ports 2.
How to
utilise available tools /standards to
achieve a safer /better environment
in and around ports? 3.
Sustainable
development of ports requires involvement of all regional interests 4.
Port services liberalisation
will have a + or - effect on risk, safety, quality? 5.
Benchmarking of
Quality Ports will improve safety 6.
What is the
role now and in the future of shippers, charterers, forwarders, terminal
operators with regard to safe practice in ports? 7.
A Pre-requisite
for Port Risk Management: Every member of the port community must accept
responsibility. 8.
Ship /
Port interface |
Session Chair: Sotiris THEOFANIS (Confirmed) President & CEO Piraeus
Port Authority S.A. 14:15 Herman JOURNEE (Confirmed) Prime
Coordinator, ECO Ports Europe Director,
Port of Amsterdam 14:30 Michel
PERONNET (Confirmed) Port
of Marseille Authority 14:45 Raymond SEIGNETTE (Confirmed) Managing Director Global Maritime B.V. 15:00 Debate between Speakers, Panelists and conference
Participants Panel: Alphons GUINIER (Confirmed) Secretary
General, European Community Shipowners Association Jannis
KOURMATZIS (Confirmed) Vice President -South Europe Maritime
DNV Vladimir Milan TRBOJEVIC (Confirmed) Head, Risk Analysis Division, EQE International ABS
Consulting Johan DE JONG (Confirmed) Manager MSCN, The Netherlands 15:30 Break
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SESSION 4
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The Port- City
Relationship and Urban
Waterfront Redevelopment |
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1.
How the
fragmentation of regulatory authorities is a threat to the planning and (re)
development of ports 2.
Returns of
investments in port infrastructure may not be generated by the ones that
exploit this infrastructure 3.
The fine line
between love and hate in the
port-city relationship 4.
What a real
estate developer / investor looks for 5. The Need for Port - City Synergy in Port Development: Accommodating economic
growth while maintaining Quality of Life |
session Chair: Fabio CAPOCACCIA (Confirmed) General
Secretary Genoa
Port Authority 15:45 Marta Moretti (Confirmed)
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