27, 28 & 29 November 2024 in Lisbon

AIVP Prize Antoine Rufenacht Ceremony and cocktail

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November 27, 2024 • 18h30 - 22h00

The 1st winner of the AIVP Prize Antoine Rufenacht will be celebrated during the next AIVP World Conference in Lisbon.

Carola HEIN

Professor and Head of the Chair History of Architecture and Urban Planning
DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

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).

Edouard PHILIPPE

Maire
VILLE DU HAVRE

Geraldine KNATZ

AltaSea Board Chairwoman
ALTA SEA

Geraldine Knatz is Professor of the Practice of Policy and Engineering, a joint appointment between the University of Southern California’s Price School of Public Policy and the Viterbi School of Engineering.
She served as the Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles from 2006 to January 2014. She was the first woman to serve in this role and made a significant impact through the creation and implementation of the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan, an aggressive plan that reduced air emissions by combined port operations of over 70 percent over five years which is recognized around the world for its innovation and success. She was also the Managing Director of the Port of Long Beach where she also led a number of environmental initiatives, including the Green Port Policy and Truck Trip Reduction Program and pioneered the first habitat and wetland restorations. She is widely recognized as an authority on U.S. trading patterns, port sustainability, navigation projects and the global shipping industry. She is past president of the American Association of Port Authorities and past president of the International Association of Ports and Harbors, and currently serves as the Chairman of the World Port Climate Initiative. She serves as Gov. Brown’s appointee on the Ocean Protection Council. In 2014, she was named a member of the National Academy of Engineering in recognition of her international leadership in the engineering and development of environmentally clean urban seaports.

Fabrice LOHER

Ministre Délégué chargé de la Mer et de la Pêche
MINISTERE DU PARTENARIAT AVEC LES TERRITOIRES ET DE LA DECENTRALISATION

Location: Champalimaud Foundation
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