Conference

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SPEAKERS & PRESENTATIONS

Keynote speech
Stephen Crawford, Director of IT, Process Excellence, Georgia Ports Authority, USA

TopView: The smart spreader
John Lund, Sales & Marketing Director, Visy, USA

Improving crane operator performance and cognitive efficiency
Siro Brieda, Owner, Brieda Cabins, Italy

The positive impact of communication technology in port digitalization
Niren Choudhury, Head of Transportation - North America, Nokia Bell Labs, USA

Efficiency through simulation and predictive analysis of port operations
Marco Fehmer, Chief Executive Officer, DSP, Switzerland

Floating automated ship-to-ship terminal
Reece Shaw, Ports & Maritime Project Manager, Burns & McDonnell, USA

Port of Virginia digital transformation by air, land and sea
Dakota Anderson, GIS Manager, Virginia Ports Authority, Derek Lobedan, Marine Engineer, Jacobs, and Beckie Haney, Project Manager, Jacobs, USA

The use of laser technology to improve safety
Jorg Florin, Project Manager, Lase, Germany

GPA presentation - title tba
Paul Harkness, General Manager, Crane Maintenance & Repair, Georgia Ports Authority, USA

The dos and don'ts for automated container terminals
Ashebir Jacob, Vice President & Senior Port Engineer, Moffatt & Nichol, USA

Systems designed to support climate change initiatives
Sean McCaskill, Engineered Systems Manager, igus, USA

Hybrid-Power Guardian - a step towards decarbonization at port
Niranjan Patil, Project Application and Hardware Engineering Manager - Industrial Systems, TMEIC, USA

Terminal safety through technology
Peter Knox, Vice President of Business Development - North America, Camco Technologies, USA

Container tower matrix port solution
Richard Lydle, CEO & Founding Member, Container Logistics International, USA

Reducing cost and improving uptime with FlexiFlippers
Marcel VandenTop, President, Intella Parts, USA

Port and terminal steel asset protection rust proof piling
Rob Wendt, President, Sheet Pile, USA

Port planning in Latin America
Rodrigo Paiva, Lead Infrastructure Economist, Nigel Nixon & Partners, USA

Application of camera and artificial intelligence indentification of vessels in ports
Vijay Agrawal, Vice President, Director - Goods Movement, Americas & Derek Valenzuela, Senior Project Manager, AECOM, USA

Design and construction of heavy duty pavements on poor quality subgrades
Elham Farzam, President/CEO, Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering and Adam Davisson, Project Manager, SC Ports, USA

Konecranes ecolifting: introducing hydrogen and fuel cell power options
Jussi Suhonen, Vice President - Regional Sales, Konecranes, USA

Emerging tech: what's on the radar now
Bianca Niessen, Marketing Manager - Terminal & Distribution Center Logistics, Inform, Germany

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Previous events have delivered over 24 technical presentations from industry experts attracting over 185 participants from more than 95 global companies! 

​​The conference has several themed sessions over the two-day schedule - each session is chaired by a moderator and concludes with Q&A's.

Sessions are tailored each year to reflect the latest industry issues and developments.

Speaker presentations explore individual topics such as:

- Paving
- Terminal lighting
- Port & terminal design
- Quay & breakwater design
- Increasing productivity for cargo handling
- Simulation for cargo handling
- Impact of larger ships on port infrastructure
- Terminal efficiency
- Fender systems
- Traffic flow
- Dredging
- Case studies
- Future operations
- Advanced optimisation
- E-RTGs and electrification
- Horizontal transportation
- GIS
- Laser scanning for crane structures
- Bulkhead rehabilitation
- Jet grouting & soil mixing methods
- Lifting productivity
- Big data & AI
- Container weight verification
- Structural monitoring & life-cycle management
- Benchmarking performance
- RMGs
- Safety enhancements
- TOS
- and much much more!

Previous speakers have included:

Georgia Ports Authority, TBA, Crane Tech Solutions, Nicholson Construction Company, Parsons, BEC Industries, TMEIC Corporation, CH2M Hill, Konecranes, Liftech Consultants, Certus Port Automation, Vahle, Ocean & Coastal Consultants, Fugro Pelagos, HDR Engineering, Hayward Baker, Phoenix Products Company, Port of Virginia, Israel Aerospace Industries, Consultx, International Terminal Systems, Kalmar, Rapiscan Systems, Englander Knabe & Allen, Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Port of Amsterdam, Houston Port Authority, STC, Inform, Trelleborg Marine Systems, Soltanche Bachy, Port of San Diego, Port of Galveston, BergerABAM, Lockwood Andrews & Newnam, Terracon Consultants, The Castle Group, Navis, Automated Terminal Systems, AECOM, URS/Scott Wilson, IBI Group, US Department of Transport, PilePro, Container Terminal Services, APS Technology Group, CDM, Drie-D, Raytheon Solipsys, US Coast Guard, Commonwealth of Virginia, Dannenbaum Engineering, Collins Engineers, Port of Rotterdam, BDI Bridge Diagnostics, Rockwell Automation, Ports America, Hamburg Port Consulting, AMEC, ENVIRON Corporation, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Johnson Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT), Oldcastle Architectural, CB&I GBB, Global Tech LED, Conductix-Wampfler, ABB Ports, AECOM, ISL Applications, ESL Power Systems, South Carolina Ports Authority, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Strainstall, McLaren Engineering Group, INFORM GmbH, Clark Nexsen, Atkins Global, JLT Mobile Computers, SIBRE, Conductix Wampfler, Remprex Engineering Services, igus, Witt O'Brien's, Navnautik Pte Ltd, Fluidmesh Networks, TBA...

The event is directed by Peter van Schie, Publisher of World Port Development, our official journal.
Peter has over 25 years experience across the ports industry.

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