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Hemispheric cooperation for competitive, secure, sustainable and inclusive ports in the Americas.

IV Hemispheric Conference on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Logistics

Date/Time

Monday, April 1, 2019 - Wednesday, April 3, 2019  |  8:30 am - 5:30 pm

The IV Hemispheric Conference on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Logistics: Technology at the Service of the Value Chain and the I Latin American Meeting of the International Association of Ports and Harbors will provide an international platform for public-private dialogue on how technology contributes to the global supply chain with increased efficiency,  innovative port operations and a holistic vision that promotes increased competitiveness in the region.

Organized by the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) and the Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee on Ports (S/CIP) of the Organization of American States (OAS) in collaboration with the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), the Conference will focus on the key aspects of port automation and digitalization, technology for efficient logistics, regional connectivity, among others, all in line with the development of a competitive, secure, and sustainable port sector. Decision-makers from public and private entities will present successful practices on the following topics:

  • Comprehensive Port Management: Innovation, logistics and competitiveness;
  • Regional Connectivity as Economic Impulse;
  • Multimodal Transport: Challenges and Opportunities in the Supply Value Chain;
  • Automation and digitalization in Ports: Hemispheric Trends;
  • Smart Ports and Technological Innovation.

For more Information please contact Abdul Olcese at AMP aolcese@amp.gob.pa or mambriz@oas.org

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Agenda & Presentations
Agenda & Presentations

Agenda

Monday, April 1st

8:00 – 9:00  Registration and Accreditation

9:00 – 9:45  Opening Remarks

  • Jorge Durán, Secretary of the Inter-American Committee on Ports of the Organization of American States (CIP-OEA)
  • Patrick Verhoeven, Managing Director – Policy and Strategy, International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), Belgium
  • Gonzalo Mórtola, Comptroller of the General Administration on Ports (AGP) and Port of Buenos Aires, Argentina and Chairman of the Executive Board of the CIP (CECIP)
  • Jorge Barakat, Administrator and Minister of Maritime Affairs, Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) and Chairman of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the CIP on Logistics, Innovation and Competitiveness.

9:50 – 10:00  Official Group Picture

10:00 – 10:30    Coffee break

10:30 – 11:00  Keynote Speech: The Global Expansion of Trade and its Impacts on the Logistics Chain

  • Eddie Tapiero, Economist, Ministry of Commerce and Industries, Panama

11:15 – 12:45   Comprehensive Port Management - Innovation, Logistics and Competitiveness
Moderator: Otto Noack, Executive Director, Central-American Commission on Maritime Transport (COCATRAM)

  • Guimara Tuñón, General Director of Ports and Auxiliary Maritime Industries, Panama Maritime Authority (AMP)
  • Andrew Baskin, Vice President, Global Policy and Trade, HudsonAnalytix, United States
  • José María Dodds, President of the Management Consortium Port of La Plata, Argentina
  • Q&A

13:00 – 14:30    Lunch

14:30 – 15:45    Regional Connectivity as Economic Impulse
Moderator: Meredith Pinedo, Ports Deputy Director, AMP

  • Gonzalo Mórtola, Comptroller, General Administration on Ports (AGP) and Port of Buenos Aires, Argentina and Chairman of the CECIP
  • Omar Zúniga, Chairman of the Directors Board, National Port Enterprise (ENP), Honduras and Vice-president of the CECIP
  • Nicolas Bévière, Consultant Manager, Abington Advisory, France
  • Argelis Ducreaux, International Trade Specialist and Leader of the Container Line Segment, Panama Canal Authority
  • Q&A

16:00 – 16:30  Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:05 Smart Ports and Technological Innovation
Moderator: Cynthia Hudson, CEO, HudsonAnalytix, United States

  • Jordi Torrent, Strategy Director, Port of Barcelona, Spain
  • Troy Vest, Director of Maritime and International Affairs, Gnostech Inc., United States
  • Eduardo Sanchis, Commercial Director, Inforport, Spain
  • Marcia Ortega, Logistics Cabinet Coordination Office, Panama

19:00 – 22:00  Welcome Gala Dinner “Panama: Diversity of Culture and Traditions” (Las Monjas Convent, Ruinas de Panamá la Vieja) – dress code women/men: summer maxi dress / white shirt or guayabera

Tuesday, April 2nd

9:00 – 9:30    Keynote Speech: Strategic Advantages of Competitive Logistics

  • Miguel Garín Alemany, Director de Desarrollo Internacional, Fundación ValenciaPort, España

9:45 – 11:15    Multimodal Transport: Challenges and Opportunities in the Supply Value Chain
Moderator: Bishen John, Chairman, Port Management Association of the Caribbean (PMAC)

  • Travis Black, Acting Director, Office of Ports & Waterways Planning, United States Maritime Administration (MARAD)
  • Carmen Ligia Valderrama Rojas, Ports and Transport Superintendent, Colombia
  • Demóstenes Pérez, General Manager, Logistics Services, Panama

11:15 – 11:30    Coffee break

11:30 – 12:45  Automation and Digitalization in Ports: Hemispheric Trends
Moderator: Ma. Eugenia Cardozo, Head of Engineering and Technology, National Institute for Logistics (INALOG), Uruguay

  • Krista Lucenti, Trade Sector and Integration Economist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
  • Pascal Ollivier, President, Maritime Street, France
  • Andrew Farrelly, Co-founder, CT Strategies, United States
  • Q&A

13:00 – 13:30  Signing Ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Rightship and the Panama Maritime Authority (by invitation) – (Salon Platino)

13:00 – 14:30    Lunch

14:30 – 15:00   Panama´s 2020-2040 Port and Maritime Strategic Development Plan

  • Fausto Arroyo, Senior Executive, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America
  • Macario Fernández, CEO, MC Valnera
  • Guimara Tuñón, General Director of Ports and Auxiliary Maritime Industries, Panama Maritime Authority (AMP)

15:15 – 17:00  Green Ports: Successful Practices in Efficient Environmental Protection
Moderator: Jordi Torrent, Strategy Director, Port of Barcelona, Spain

17:00 – 17:20 Greener, More Efficient Ports with Physics-Based Digital Tools

  • Matthew Prumm, Global Lead – Business Development, Seaport OPX, Australia

19:00 – 22:30    Closing Cocktail “Havana night” (Concordia Hotel, Casco Viejo, Panama) – dress code: cocktail attire

Wednesday, April 3rd

9:00 – 9:30  Keynote Speech: Secure Ports = Competitive Ports?

  • Mike Brown, Chief of the International and National Port Security Assessment Office, United States Coast Guard

9:45 – 10:45  Port Security Management for Greater Efficiency
Moderator: Patrick Verhoeven, Managing Director – Policy and Strategy, IAPH, Belgium

  • Fernella Cordle, Lieutenant Commander, Manager Security Services, Barbados Port Inc.
  • Ecaterina Grajales, Head of the Port Security Department, Maritime Authority of Panama (AMP)
  • Q&A

10:45 – 11:15    Coffee break

11:15 – 12:30 RoundTable Discussion - Key Elements for Competitive Ports: Digital Trade Logistics
Moderator: Pascal Ollivier, President, Maritime Street, France

  • Alberto Díaz, President, National Port Administration (ANP), Uruguay
  • Guillermo Bouroncle, General Manager, National Port Authority (APN), Peru
  • Meredith Pinedo, Ports Deputy Director, AMP
  • Darwin Telemaque, CEO, Port Authority of Antigua and Barbuda

12:30 – 12:45  Closing Remarks

  • Patrick Verhoeven, Managing Director – Policy and Strategy, International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), Belgium
  • Jorge Durán, Secretary CIP - OAS
  • Gonzalo Mórtola, Comptroller AGP and Buenos Aires Port, Argentina and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the CIP
  • Guimara Tuñón, Chair Representative of the Technical Advisory Group of CIP on Competitiveness, Innovation and Logistics and General Director of Ports and Auxiliary Maritime Industries, AMP

 

13:00 – 17:00  Departure to the Technical Tour to the Locks of Agua Clara, Panama Canal - Atlantic Sector, organized by the Maritime Authority of Panama (by invitation) – a lunchbox will be provided.

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch for local and international participants who are not going to the technical tour – Venue Hotel.

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