Il programma del prossimo convegno annuale dell'European Sea Ports Organisation

Il prossimo convegno annuale dell'European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO), che si terrà il 14 e 15 maggio prossimi al Pullman Palm Beach Hotel di Marsiglia, sarà incentrato sulla revisione delle reti transeuropee di trasporto, annunciata per il 2010, e sulla strategia della Commissione Europea per il trasporto marittimo fino al 2018.


The European Sea Ports Conference

DAY ONE: THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009

08h30

Special interest seminar: port co-operation and competition in the Mediterranean
Chair: Manuel Gomez Martín, Vice-Chairman of ESPO
Introduction: Prof. Antoine Frémont, Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité (INRETS)
Eu perspective:
Port co-operation within the Union for the Mediterranean, Philippe de Fontaine Vive, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (invited)
Port co-operation within the EuroMed Transport network, Roel Hoenders, Europaid European Commission
Panel discussion with:
Emanuele Grimaldi, CEO Grimaldi Group (invited)
Etienne Rocher, APM Terminals (invited)
NN, Hutchison Port holdings (invited)
Charles Abela, Malta Maritime authority
NN, North African Mediterranean port authority

11h00

Official opening of the ESPO 2009 Conference
Victor Schoenmakers, Chairman of ESPO
Roland Blum, First Deputy Mayor City of Marseilles (invited)
Jean-Claude Terrier, Director-General Port of Marseilles authority

11h15

Opening keynote speech: reforming the french port system
Dominique Bussereau, State Secretary for Transport, Ministry for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning, France

11h45

The European Port System: introduction to the conference theme and programme
Patrick Verhoeven, Secretary General ESPO

12h00

Economic analysis of the European port system
Prof. Dr. Theo Notteboom, Chairman Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp (ITMMA)

12h30

Hinterland connections to European seaports
Eva Molnar, Director Transport Division of the un Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

13h00

Lunch

14h00

Sector views
The impact of global shipping and terminal networks: Jacques R. Saadé, Chairman Executive Board CMA-CGM (invited)
Future port development opportunities in Europe: Marc Stordiau, Chairman European Dredging association
The role of small and medium-sized ports: Uffe Steiner Jensen, Chairman Danish Ports and Mayor of Fredericia

Q&A

15h30

Tea

16h00

Regional networks - parallel sessions

A. Mediterranean and Black Sea	B. Atlantic and North Sea	C. Baltic Sea

Introduction and chair:	Introduction and chair:	Introduction and chair:
Giuliano Gallanti, former Chairman of ESPO	Michael Dooms, Free University of Brussels	Bogdan Oldakowski, Secretary General Baltic Ports Organisation
Regional state of the art reports: Prof. Alain Richaud, University of Avignon Dr. Athanassios Pallis, University of the Aegean	Regional state of the art report: Prof. Dr. Alfred Baird, Napier University Edinburgh	Regional state of the art report: Prof. Dr. Juhani Vainio, Centre for Maritime Studies University of Turku
Response panel:	Response panel:	Response panel:
Joan Amorós, Secretary General Ferrmed Emanuele Grimaldi, CEO Grimaldi Group Ioan Balan, General Manager Port of Constantza (invited) Jean-Claude Terrier, Director-General Port of Marseilles Angel Zaburtov, Dep. Director General, Bulgarian Port Infrastructure Company	Nicolas Bour, Seine-Scheldt Committee Thomas Brügmann, Managing Director OPDR (invited) Joachim Coens, President and CEO Port of Zeebrugge Roland Hörner, Managing Director Port of Mannheim John Verschelden, Managing Director APM Terminals	Normunds Aspers, Schenker DB (invited) Ebbe Bisgaard, Unifeeder Bjarne Mathiesen, Managing Director Port of Aarhus Erik Ringmaa, Chief Commercial Officer Port of Tallinn NN, TransBaltic project (invited)

18h00

Closing of Day One

20h00

Conference Dinner - Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie Marseille-Provence

DAY TWO: FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009

08h30

Welcome coffee

09h00

Reports from the regional sessions
Giuliano Gallanti, Former Chairman of ESPO
Michael Dooms, University of Brussels
Bogdan Oldakowski, Secretary General Baltic Ports Organisation

09h30

EU tools to facilitate port development
EU regional funding opportunities - Patrick Bernard-Brunet, DG REGIO European Commission
EU soft law instruments on State aid and environmental procedures - Prof. Dr. Eric Van Hooydonk, Chairman European Institute of Maritime and Transport Law

Q&A

10h30

Coffee

11h00

Opening the Borthern Sea Route: towards a revolution in the European port landscape?
Prof. Ola M. Johannessen, President of the Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research

11h30

Panel discussion: how to integrate ports effectively in the TEN-T networks?
Moderator: Sir Robert Coleman, Former Director-General of Transport in the European Commission
Introduction: Prof. Luis Valente de Olivera, EU Coordinator Motorways of the Sea
Panel:
Philippe Louis-Dreyfus, Chairman of ECSA
Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello, President of FEPORT (invited)
Victor Schoenmakers, Chairman of ESPO

12h30

Closing keynote address
Antonio Tajani, European Commissioner for Transport (invited)

13h00

Closing of the ESPO 2008 Conference
Victor Schoenmakers, Chairman of ESPO
Heiki Nissinen, CEO Port of helsinki, Host of the ESPO 2010 Conference

13h15

Closing lunch and visit of the port of Marseilles (transfer organised to airport at 15.30 from quai Mistral-30-60 minutes away) return to the Pullman Palm Beach at 16.45