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2017 Port Logistics Workshop

Port Logistics ConferencePort Logistics: What’s Next?

April 10-11, 2017
Savannah Marriott Riverfront | Savannah, GA USA

The workshop features interactive work sessions on a variety of topics related to supply chain management and logistics in Port operations and development, as well as poster sessions on innovative research and ample opportunities for networking. The workshop concludes with an optional tour of the Port of Savannah.

Workshop Themes:

  • Port Logistics in the Physical Internet Era
  • New Port Roles as Industry Interconnectors and Regional Development Enablers
  • Automation, Robotics & Autonomous Vehicles as Enablers of Hyperconnected Port Logistics
  • Maritime Intensive Supply Chains and Ports: Role and Impact of Large Vessels

Participants:

This is an Invitation Only event, being conducted through a partnership of Dinalog, the Holland Logistics Network, the Port of Rotterdam, and co-organized by the University of Groningen, the Georgia Tech Physical Internet Center, and the Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute (SCL).  

Participants are leaders from academia and industry.  Universities include: Erasmus University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Groningen, University of Hamburg, National University of Singapore, and others.  Companies include: Caterpillar, Cisco, The Home Depot, Procter & Gamble, and many others.  Also participating is the Panamamian government and the Georgia Port Authority.  

 

Agenda
DAY 1 - Monday, April 10, 2017
Time Topic Speaker
7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast Networking
8:30 - 8:40 am Welcome by Sponsors and Introduction of Speakers Tim Brown, Managing Director, Supply Chain & Logistics Institute - Georgia Tech
8:40 - 9:30 am Welcome and Introduction to Georgia Ports Infrastructure Investments - followed by Q&A Cliff Pyron, Chief Commercial Officer - Georgia Ports Authority
9:30 - 10:20 am Keynote Victor Schoenmakers, Director Corporate Strategy - Port of Rotterdam
10:20 - 10:40 am Break Networking
10:40 - 12:10 pm Port Logistics in the Physical Internet Era

Sergio Barbarino, Research Fellow - Procter & Gamble

Rob Zuidwijk, Endowed Professor of Ports in Global Networks - Erasmus University Rotterdam

Russell Clark, PhD - Georgia Tech
12:10 - 1:10 pm Lunch Networking
1:10 - 3:40 pm New Port Roles as Industry Interconnectors and Regional Development Enablers

Ana M. Reyes, Coordinator of the Logistic Cabinet - Ministry of the Presidency Panama

Margaret Kidd, Assistant Professor Supply Chain - University of Houston
3:40 - 4:10 pm Break Networking
4:10 - 5:40 pm Automation, Robotics & Autonomous Vehicles as Enablers of Hyperconnected Port Logistics

Spiridon Reveliotis - Georgia Tech

Chew Ek Peng - National University of Singapore
6:30 pm - Dinner Networking
DAY 2 - Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Time Topic Speaker
7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast Networking
8:45 - 9:00 am Welcome Networking
9:00 - 10:00 am Keynote on Evolution of Global Trade and its Impact on Port Infrastructure Chip White, Schneider National Chair in Transportation and Logistics - Georgia Tech
10:00 - 10:30 am Break  
10:30 - 12:00 pm Maritime Intensive Supply Chains and Ports: Role and Impact of Large Vessels

Lee Loo Hay, National University of Singapore

Bart van Riessen, Europe Container Terminals (ECT)
12:00 - 12:30 pm Wrap-up/closing Martin Savelsbergh / Benoit Montreuil
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch Networking
1:30 - 2:00 pm Bus departs to Savannah Port  
2:00 - 4:30 pm Tour of Port of Savannah (optional)  
4:30 - 5:00 pm Bus returns to hotel  
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