Delegate places are being booked well in advance of this year’s GreenPort Congres, mainly due to the high level speakers and moderators that will be in attendance.

Highlights of this year’s programme, entitled ‘Greening the role of ports in the logistics chain’ include:

Global versus regional regulations on shipping related aspects and impacts on ports: Keynote presentation: Dimitrios Theologitis, Head of Unit Ports & Inland Navigation, DG Move, Moderator: Patrick Verhoeven, Secretary General, European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA)

Changing expectations of a ‘green’ port: the view of the stakeholders Keynote address: Antonis Michail, ESPO Sustainable Development Committee Moderator: Bjarne Loef Henriksen, Commercial and Political Adviser, EU Affairs and Relations, Danish Ports.

Port City Relationships:
Port Cities Programme, Olaf Merk, Administrator, Ports and Shipping, International Transport Forum, OECD
Symbiotic Bio-energy Port Integration with Cities by 2020, City of Malmo EPIC2020 Project, Ellen Corke, Climate Strategist, Environmental Department, City of Malmö and Murat Mirata, Assistant Professor, Linköping University
Social acceptability, Integration of citizens and community in project design processes, Frédéric Maloney, Director, Environmental social responsibility, Quebec Port Authority

Read the full GreenPort Congress programme here.

The early bird delegate rate is currently available – book now and save 20%! Save more with preferential rates for delegate packages covering both the GreenPort Congress and GreenPort Cruise Conference.

For more information regarding GreenPort Cruise and/or Greenport Congress 2015, please contact the Events team on +44 1329 825335 or email congress@greenport.com.