Speakers at the World Conference on Cities & Ports – Dunkirk 2026
Édouard PHILIPPE
Mayor
President of AIVP
City of Le Havre
🇫🇷 France
Olga FARMAN
CEO
Port of Québec
🇨🇦 Canada
Patrice VERGRIETE
President
Urban Community of Dunkirk
🇫🇷 France
Maurice GEORGES
Chairman of the Executive Board
Port of Dunkirk
🇫🇷 France
Carlos MORENO (keynote)
Scientific Director of the “Entrepreneuriat Territoire Innovation” Chair
IAE Paris-Sorbonne, Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
🇫🇷 France
Gaetan SIEW
Architect and Urban Designer, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mauritius to the People’s Republic of China
Republic of Mauritius
🇲🇺 Maurice
Hilda GHIARA
Professor and researcher
University of Genoa
🇮🇹 Italy
Jordi TORRENT PUJOL
Secretary General
MEDPorts Association
🇪🇸 Spain
Bruno DELSALLE
General Manager
AIVP
🇫🇷 France
Isabelle VRIES
General Manager
M4H
🇳🇱 Netherlands
François KERN
Urban architect
KERN + ASSOCIES
🇫🇷 France
Francesca PINTUS
Associate director
Oneworks
🇮🇹 Italy
Carl LABERGE
CEO
Port of Saguenay
🇨🇦 Canada
Dina ARYAN-ZAHLAN
Deputy Executive Director of Development
Port of Los Angeles
🇺🇸 USA
Ines REY Garcia
Mayor
City of A Coruna
🇪🇸 Spain
Scott LAGUEUX
Vice President / Global Director of Waterfront Planning and Design
Moffat & Nichol
🇺🇸 USA
Carola HEIN
Professor and Head of the Chair History of Architecture and Urban Planning
TU Delft
PortCityFutures Center
UNESCO
🇩🇪 Allemagne
Géraldine KNATZ
Professor of the Practice of Policy and Engineering
University of Southern California
🇺🇸 USA
Bonnie LOWENTHAL
Commissioner
Port of Long Beach
🇺🇸 USA
Deborah ONGA
Chief Commercial Officer
Papua New Guinea Ports Corporation Limited
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
Carlos LAZZARINI
Deputy General Manager
Dock Sud Port Management Consortium
🇦🇷 Argentina
Barbara VAN DER STEEN
Founder
GFE / Waterfront Safety Association
🇧🇪 Belgium
François TALOMONWO
Researcher in the management of biological invasions in marine environments
Port of Cotonou
🇧🇯 Benin
Ariane COLSON
Knowledge Manager, Ports & Shipping
C40 Cities
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Catherine VALLIÈRES-ROLAND
Deputy Mayor
Québec City
🇨🇦 Canada
María del Rosario SOTO RICO
President
Almería Port Authority
🇪🇸 Spain
Nicolas MÉNARD
Infrastructure Director
Port of La Rochelle
🇫🇷 France