Programme – 20th World Conference Cities & Ports

Tuesday - 18th November

From 5 p.m.

  • General Assembly (For AIVP members)
  • Welcome cocktail 

Wednesday - 19th November

From 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  • Opening ceremony
  • Keynote speech
  • Plenary session: City-port interface, diversity and land issues
  • Networking Lunch
  • Parallel sessions
    – What kind of mobility in port cities?
    – Digital innovation, a catalyst for city-port relations
    – Maritime culture and identity
    – The city-port energy transition is accelerating
    – Environmental protection in port areas
    – Community engagement, a factor in dynamism

Thursday - 20th November

From 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

  • Plenary session: New York, a resilient port city
  • Visit to Brooklyn Navy Yard and Newlab
  • Boat tour of New York’s main port developments. Lunch and workshops on board. Among the projects to discover (lunch on board) among the sites visited:
    – Project 1
    – Project 2
    – Project 3
    – Project 4
  • From 7:00 p.m.: gala dinner at Industry City on the Brooklyn waterfront

Friday - 21st November

From 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

  • Keynote speech
  • Plenary session: Port cities: solidarity and resilience
  • Plenary session: Blue innovation is happening now!
  • Networking Lunch
  • Summary session
  • Launch of the 2nd edition of the Antoine Rufenacht Prize
  • Official closing and announcement of the 2027 conference

We’ll let you know the full schedule soon.