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.
