A free webinar series in the lead up to the World Ports Conference live event in June 2021 focusing on the interconnected topics of adapting business models, improving ship-shore relations, and driving data sharing.
Friday 21 May 2021 | 3pm CET
In this sneak preview, join Host Sponsor Port of Antwerp’s CEO Jacques Vandermeiren, IHS Markit’s VP Peter Tirschwell and IAPH MD Patrick Verhoeven on a personalised, pre-conference guided virtual tour of what you can expect from #IAPH2021
Speakers:
Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO, Port of Antwerp
Patrick Verhoeven, Managing Director, IAPH
Peter Tirschwell, Vice President, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit
Thursday 29 April 2021 | 1pm CET
With regulatory measures on emissions reductions in shipping still being formulated and the debate still open on which fuels to use, the IMO2050 target clock is ticking to reduce global reductions in shipping carbon dioxide emissions by at least 50% from 2008 levels. On the landside, how are ports proactively kickstarting investments in bunkering infrastructure to meet those future needs? Gain insight from port and industry executives on how strategies are being developed to make alternative fuel bunkering operations a reality.
Speakers:
Allard Castelein, CEO, Port of Rotterdam
Faustine Delasalle, Director, Energy Transitions Commission, and Partner, Systemiq
Quah Ley Hoon Chief Executive, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)
Unni Einemo, Director, International Bunkering Industry Association (IBIA)
Thursday 18 March 2021 | 3pm CET
The maritime sector, with ports at the top of the list, have been dominated by publicly-appointed, senior, monochromed male managers since their foundation. However, with more imaginative senior appointments seen more recently at some port authorities, are we witnessing the beginning of a sea change in port management diversity? How can an injection of diverse, new blood into both senior and middle management at ports propel innovation?
Speakers:
Bhavini Bhikabhai, People Director of Europe and Russia, DP World
Despina Theodosiou, President WISTA International / CEO Tototheo Maritime
Flor Pitty, Chair IAPH Women’s Forum / Director-General Ports and Ancillary Services Panama Maritime Authority
Taha Riani, Managing Partner, Allyens
Moderator: : Ines Nastali, Editor, Ports & Harbors, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit
Wednesday 17 February | 3PM CET
Today a whole profusion of individual port and shipping data sharing platforms co-exist, many of which have been initiated by ports, shipping lines, data associations and governmental agencies. In a world where a vessel making a ships call in one of the world's 900 ports needs to send and receive messages to many different parties, what can be done to harmonize data collaboration and orchestration?
Speakers:
Henning Schleyerbach, COO Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA)
Pascal Ollivier, Chair IAPH Data Collaboration Committee
Julian Abril Garcia, Head Facilitation Section, Maritime Safety Division, IMO
Moderator: Eric Johnson, Technology Editor, JOC, IHS Markit
