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

II Hemispheric Seminar on Maritime and Port Legislation: Key Elements for the Modernization of Legislation

Date/Time

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - Friday, April 13, 2018 |  8:00 am - 5:30 pm

Location

ALADI

The II Hemispheric Seminar on Maritime and Port Legislation: Key Elements for the Modernization of Legislation, will provide an international platform for public-private dialogue on trends and challenges in port and maritime industry legal frameworks, with the aim of promoting the development of a competitive, secure, sustainable, and inclusive sector.
Organized by the National Port Administration of Uruguay (ANP) and the Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee on Ports (S/CIP) of the Organization of American States (OAS), the event will focus on the key aspects of port legislation modernization, with special emphasis on adequate regulation for efficiency, security, and environmental sustainability.  Decision-makers from public and private entities will present successful practices on the following topics:

·         Modern Legislation for Efficient Port Management;
·         Automation in Ports – Modernization of Legal Frameworks;
·         Regulatory Policies in Risk Management;
·         Environmental Legislation for Sustainability.

In addition, during Port Dialogue Roundtables, National Port Authority representatives and industry experts will offer a series of recommendations for tackling the legal and regulatory challenges of the region’s port and maritime industry.
Formal invitations will be sent shortly.

For more information, please contact Mona Swoboda, S/CIP Project Coordinator,  mswoboda@oas.org 

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Agenda and Presentations
Agenda and Presentations

Wednesday, April 11 

ALADI (Cisneros Meeting Room)

  • 08:30 – 09:30 - Registration and Accreditation
  • 09:30 – 10:00 - Inauguration
    • Alejandro de la Peña - Permanent Secretary, Latin-American Association for Integration (ALADI) 
    • Jorge Duran - Secretary of the Inter-American Committee of Ports (CIP) of the Organization of American States (OAS) 
    • Fernando Gamboa - General Director of Port Development and Administration, Coordination General of Ports and Merchant Marine, Secretariat of Communication and Transportation of Mexico (SCT). Chair of the Executive Board of the CIP (CECIP) 
    • Juan José Domínguez - Vice-President of the National Port Administration of Uruguay (ANP) 
    • Alberto Diaz - President of the National Port Administration of Uruguay (ANP). Vice-Chair of the Executive Board of the CIP (CECIP). Chair of the CIP Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Port Legislation, Public Policies and Regulations 
    • Víctor Rossi - Minister, Ministry of Transport and Public Works, Uruguay 
  • 10:00 – 10:25 - Keynote Speech: Modern Legislation for Efficient Port Management 
  • 10:30 - Official Group Picture 
  • 10:30 – 11:00 - Coffee Break
  • 11:00 – 12:20 - Modern Legislation for Efficient Port Management: Tendencies and Challenges. Moderator: Edgardo Amoza, Chief of Legislation, Port Administration of Uruguay (ANP) 
  • 11:00 – 11:20 - Lludelis Espinal, President, E&M International Consulting S.R.L., Dominican Republic 
  • 11:20 – 11:40 - Fernando Gamboa, General Director of Port Development and Administration, Coordination General of Ports and Merchant Marine, Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, Mexico 
  • 11: 40 – 12:05 - Eduardo Ratton, Superintendent, Technological Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure (ITTI) and Ruy Alberto Zibetti, Legal Coordinator and Institutional Relations, ITTI, Brazil 
  • 12:05 – 12:20 - Dialog
  • 12:30 – 14:00 - Lunch Break  
  • 14:00 – 15:35 - Automation in Ports – Modernization of Legal Frameworks. Moderator: Juan Curbelo, Director, National Port Administration of Uruguay (ANP) 
  • 14:00 – 14:20 - Ana Rey, President, National Institute for Logistics (INALOG), Uruguay 
  • 14:20 – 14:40 - María Cristina Escalante, Specialist – Board of Directors, National Port Authority of Peru 
  • 14:40 – 15:00 - Dr. Carrol Pickersgill, Senior Vice President, Legal, Regulatory, and Corporate Affairs, National Port Authority of Jamaica 
  • 15:00 – 15:20 - Miguel Garin, Director, International Development, ValenciaPort Foundation, Spain 
  • 15:20 – 15:35 - Dialog 
  • 15:35 – 16:00 - Coffee Break 
  • 16:00 – 17:15 - Port Dialog Round Table: Key Elements for the Modernization of Port Legislation. Moderator: Jorge Duran, Secretary of the Inter-American Committee of Ports (CIP) of the Organization of American States (OAS) 
    • Alberto Díaz, President of the National Port Administration of Uruguay (ANP)
    • Meredith Pinedo, Deputy Director of Ports, Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) 
    • Omar Humberto Zúniga, President of the Directors Council, National Port Administration, Honduras 
    • Jose Antonio Morillo-Velarde del Peso, Chief Legal Advisor, Ports of Spain 
  • 17:15 – 17:30 - Conclusions and Recommendations 
  • 19:00 – 21:00 - Cocktail Reception (Islas Malvinas Meeting Room)

  

Thursday, April 12 

ALADI (Islas Malvinas Meeting Room)

  • 08:00 – 09:00 - Registration and Accreditation (continued) 
  • 09:00 – 09:25 - Keynote Speech: Key Aspects of Maritime Security Legislation 
    • Jeffrey Robert Bray, Deputy, Office of Maritime and International Law, United States Coast Guard (USCG) 
  • 09:30 – 10:45 - Regulatory Policies in Risk Management: Regional Harmonization vs. National Strategies Moderator: Mona Swoboda, Project Coordinator, Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee of Ports (CIP) 
  • 09:30 – 09:50 - Mauricio Garrido, President, T&T Salvage, United States
  • 09:50 – 10:10 - James Espino, President, Gnostech Inc., United States 
  • 10:10 – 10:30 - Luiz Filipe Ferreira de Santana, Representative, Technical Committee, Latin-American Society for Terminals and Buoy Operators (SLOM), Colombia 
  • 10:30 – 10:45 - Dialog 
  • 10:45 – 11:15 - Coffee Break 
  • 11:15 – 12:15 - Environmental Legislation for Sustainability.  Moderator: Meredith Pinedo, Deputy Director of Ports, Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) 
  • 11:15 – 11:35 - Hugo López, Director, Capacity Building, Central-American Comision of Maritime Transportation (COCATRAM)
  • 11:35 – 11:55 - Pedro Elizalde Monteagudo, Legal Expert, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico 
  • 11:55 – 12:15 - Dialog
  • 12:15 – 14:00 - Lunch Break
  • 14:00 – 15:15 - Public Private Partnerships for Efficient Maritime and Port Legislation. Moderator: Miguel Garin, Director, International Development, ValenciaPort Foundation, Spain 
  • 14:00 – 14:20 - Katey Groves, Program Manager, CUBIC, United States   
  • 14:20 – 14:40 - Martin Rojas, Senior Advisor, International Road Transport Union (IRU) 
  • 14:40 – 15:00 - Alicia Abelenda, Assistant General Manager, National Port Administration of Uruguay (ANP) 
  • 15:00 – 15:15 - Dialog 
  • 15:15 – 15:45 - Coffee Break 
  • 15:45 – 16:45 - “Compendium on Port Legislation of the Americas”: Lessons Learned and Actions Forward 
  • 15:45 – 15:55 - Special Remarks.  Ricardo Mario Domínguez, Permanente Representative of the OAS in Uruguay 
  • 15:55 – 16:15 - Introduction and Presentation Model Port Law: Jorge Duran, Secretary of the Inter-American Committee of Ports (CIP) of the Organization of American States (OAS) 
  • 16:15 – 16:45 - Presentation: Edgardo Amoza, Chief of Legislation, Port Administration of Uruguay (ANP)
  • 16:45 – 17:00 - Closing Remarks 
    • Jorge Duran - Secretary of the Inter-American Committee of Ports (CIP) of the Organization of American States (OAS) 
    • Fernando Gamboa - General Director of Port Development and Administration, Coordination General of Ports and Merchant Marine, Secretariat of Communication and Transportation of Mexico (SCT). Chair of the Executive Board of the CIP (CECIP) 
    • Alberto Diaz - President of the National Port Administration of Uruguay (ANP). Vice-Chair of the Executive Board of the CIP (CECIP). Chair of the CIP Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Port Legislation, Public Policies and Regulations 
  • 19:00 – 21:00 - Dinner

 

Friday, April 13

Social Program  

  • 10:00 – 12:00 - Tour of the Port of Montevideo 
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