Discover our hosting city and port through the projects driving its transition, from industrial decarbonisation and new clean-tech industries to energy and port-city integration. Local leaders share the lessons Dunkirk has learned, and what other port cities can take from them.
Daniel M. Deschodt is 57 years old. He graduated from French International Management School in Lille, France and Lincoln University in San Francisco, USA.
He started his career in an Asset –Based Intermodal Marketing Company as International Development Director based in Paris region.
Daniel moved to the stevedoring industry by joining the container terminal operator in Dunkirk, France.
Daniel is now working with Port of Dunkirk Authority as Deputy CEO and CCO. He is in charge of marketing, industry, logistics and maritime route developments, PR & communication as well as contracts management.
Daniel is a British Honorary Consul (since March 2010) and French International Trade Advisor. (CCEF).
With 15 years of experience in local and regional development, cultural project development and project management, Audrey Tépeint-Malcorps has been leading the Dunkerque Port Center for the past year. She has built her career around promoting local resources and managing projects across a range of fields, including art history, events and heritage. Through programming, audience development and the implementation of projects serving local stakeholders and residents, she contributes, through the Dunkerque Port Center, to the development and vitality of the Dunkirk area.
Carola Hein is Professor History of Architecture and Urban Planning at Delft University of Technology and Professor at Leiden and Erasmus University. and director of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus PortCityFutures Centre. She holds the UNESCO Chair of Water, Ports and Historic Cities and leads the LDE PortCityFutures Centre. She has published widely in the field of architectural, urban and planning history, tying historical analysis to contemporary development. Her recent (co-)edited books include: Hustle and Bustle (2025), Port City Atlas (2023), Oil Spaces (2021), Urbanisation of the Sea (2020), Adaptive Strategies for Water Heritage (2020), The Routledge Planning History Handbook (2018).
