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

II Hemispheric Seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility and Gender Equality: Creating a Competitive and Inclusive Port Sector

Date/Time

Wednesday, May 23, 2018 - Friday, May 25, 2018 | 8:30 am - 5:30 pm

Location

Hotel los Delfines 

The II Hemispheric Seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility and Gender Equality: Creating a Competitive and Inclusive Port Sector, to be held on May 23-25, 2018, in Lima, Peru, will provide an international platform for public and private dialogue and will allow decision makers from governments, international organizations, private sector and civil society to share strategic actions and successful practices on:

  • Modernization of the Socially Responsible Port-Logistics Supply Chain;
  • Port Legislation for Social Responsibility;
  • Environmentally Responsible Port Operations;
  • Gender Equality Strategies for Competitive Port Operations; and
  • Improvements Towards an Inclusive and Efficient Port Sector.

Organized by the National Port Authority (APN) of Peru and the Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee on Ports (S/CIP) of the Organization of American States (OAS), the Seminar will also include a Port Dialogue Roundtable in which representatives of National Port Authorities will offer a series of recommendations to face the challenges of port development through socially responsible and inclusive strategies.

Formal invitation will be sent shortly.

For further information, please contact Cristina Rechy, S/CIP Project Coordinator,  mrechy@oas.org .

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Important Documents

Agenda and Presentations
Agenda and Presentations

Wednesday, May 23 

  • 08:00 – 09:00 - Registration and Accreditation 
  • 09:00 – 09:30 - Opening Remarks 
    • Jorge Duran - Secretary, Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP), Organization of American States (OAS) 
    • Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa - Coordinator General of Ports and Merchant Marine, Secretariat of Communications and Transport, Mexico. Chair, Executive Board of the CIP (CECIP), Mexico 
    • Edgar Patiño - Chair of the Board, National Port Authority (APN), Peru. Chair, Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the CIP on Corporate Social Responsibility, Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women, Peru 
    • Carlos Estremadoyro Mory - Vice Minister of Transport and Communications, Peru 
  • 09:30 – 09:35 - Official Group Picture 
  • 09:35 – 10:05 - Coffee Break 
  • 10:05 – 10:30 - Keynote Speech: Trends in Corporate Social Responsibility and Inclusion – A Mexican Perspective 
    • Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa - Coordinator General of Ports and Merchant Marine, Secretariat of Communications and Transport, Mexico. Chair, Executive Board of the CIP (CECIP), Mexico 
  • 10:30 – 12:00 - Port Legislation for Social Responsibility: Key Factor for Competitiveness. Moderator: Omar Zuniga, President of the Directors Council, National Port Company, Honduras 
    • Belinda Ward - Vice President, Human Resource & Administration, Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) 
    • Marita Kramp - Corporate Legal Advisor, HAVENBEHEER – Suriname Port Management Company 
    • Francisco Gonzalez - Chair of the Board, Arica Port Company, Chile 
    • Lludelis Espinal - Chair, E&M International Consulting. President and Founder of Women International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA), Dominican Republic 
    • Dialogue 
  • 12:00 – 13:30 - Environmentally Responsible Port Operations. Moderator: Jorge Duran, Secretary, Inter-American Committee on Ports 
    • Anuj Chopra - Vice President Americas, RightShip, United States 
    • Alejandro Trillo - Chief Operating Officer, TGM Fleet and Consulting Services, Germany 
    • Ricardo Izquierdo - Chair, Latin American Society of Marine Oil Terminal Operators and Single-Buoy Mooring (SLOM), Colombia 
    • Edison Bellido - Coordinator of Environmental Management, General Direction of Socioenvironmental Affairs, Ministry of Transportation, Peru 
    • Dialogue 
  • 13:30 – 14:30 - Lunch 
  • 14:45 – 16:15 - The Modernization of the Socially Responsible Supply Chain in the Port Sector. Moderator: Alfredo Diaz, Director, Human Resources and Social Responsibility, APM Terminals, Peru 
    • Andrew Baskin - Vice President, Global Policy and Trade, HudsonAnalytix, United States 
    • Omar Zuniga - President of the Directors Council, National Port Company, Honduras 
    • Edgar Patiño - Chair of the Board, National Port Authority (APN), Peru. Chair, Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the CIP on Corporate Social Responsibility, Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women, Peru 
    • Dialogue 
  • 16:15 -16:45 - Coffee Break 
  • 16:45 – 18:00 - Social Responsibility and Gender Equality: Improvements Towards an Inclusive and Efficient Port Sector. Moderator: Sany Rodríguez, Manager of Security and Environment, DP World, Peru 
  • 19:00 – 21:30 - Welcome Cocktail by the National Port Authority of Peru 

  

Thursday, May 24 

  • 09:00 – 09:25 - Keynote Speech: Challanges and Benefits of Gender Equality in the Port Sector. 
  • 09:30 – 11:00 - Gender Equality Strategies for Competitive Port Operations. Moderator: Vinicio Mella, Director, E&M International Consulting, and Co-Founder, Women’s International Shipping and Trade Association (WISTA), Dominican Republic 
    • Juan Carlos Croston - Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Manzanillo International Terminal, Panamá 
    • Claudia Rivera Rocha - Financial and Administrative Director, Central American Maritime Transport Commission (COCATRAM) 
    • Sarah Carter - Vice President, Gnostech, United States 
    • Silvia Rosario Loli Espinoza - Vice Minister of Women and Vulnerable Communities, Peru 
    • Dialogue 
  • 11:00 – 11:30 - Coffee Break 
  • 11:30 – 13:00 - Inclusive Capacity Building: Strategies to Increase the Participation of Women in the Port and Maritime Sectors. Moderator: Lludelis Espinal, Chair, E&M International Consulting, and President and Founder of Women International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA), Dominican Republic 
    • Ericka Reyna - Chief of Sustainability, DP World, Peru 
    • Amador Saba Casapia - Manager, Management and Social Responsibility Integrated System, Terminal Internacional del Sur, Peru 
    • Melina Diaz - Manager for Internationalization, Faculty of Management, Economics and Accounting, Autonomous University of the Caribbean, Colombia 
    • Guimara Tuñon - Director General for Ports and Related Maritime Industries, Panama Maritime Authority, Panama. Chair of the CIP Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Logistics, Innovation and Competitiveness 
    • Dialogue 
  • 13:00 – 14:00 - Lunch 
  • 14:15 – 14:40 - Keynote Speech: Corporate Social Responsibility for Port Sector Development 
    • Miguel Garín - Director, International Development, ValenciaPort Foundation, Spain 
  • 14:45 – 16:00 - Port Dialogue Roundtable: Recommendations to Deal with Port Development Challenges through Socially Responsible and Inclusive Strategies.  Moderator: Miguel Garín, Director, International Development, ValenciaPort Foundation, Spain  
    • Edgar Patiño - Chair of the Board, National Port Authority, Peru. Chair of the CIP’s TAG on Corporate Social Responsibility, Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women 
    • Fernando Gamboa - General Director of Port Development and Administration, Coordination General of Ports and Merchant Marine, Secretariat of Communication and Transportation, Mexico. Chair of the CIP’s TAG on Sustainable Port Management and Environmental Protection 
    • Guimara Tuñon - Director General for Ports and Related Maritime Industries, Panama Maritime Authority, Panama. Chair of the CIP’s TAG on Logistics, Innovation and Competitiveness 
    • Alberto Diaz - President, National Port Administration, Uruguay. Chair of the CIP’s TAG on Public Policy, Legislation and Regulation 
  • 16:00 – 17:15 - 2017 Maritime Award of the Americas Ceremony 
  • 17:15 – 17:30 - Closing Remarks 
    • Jorge Duran - Secretary, Inter-American Committee on Ports 
    • Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa - Coordinator General of Ports and Merchant Marine, Secretariat of Communications and Transport, Mexico. Chair, Executive Board of the CIP (CECIP), Mexico 
    • Edgar Patiño - Chair of the Board, National Port Authority, Peru.  Chair, CIP’s TAG on Corporate Social Responsibility, Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women 

 

Friday, May 25   

Visit to the Port of Callao (Only for foreign delegations) 

  •  07:00 - Departure point from Hotel Los Delfines 
  • 08:30 – 11:30 - Breakfast and visit to the Port of Callao 
  • 11:30 – 13:00 - Return to Hotel Los Delfines 
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