27, 28 & 29 November 2024 in Lisbon
27, 28 & 29 November 2024 in Lisbon
A seasoned entrepreneur and manager, Mario Girard has been President and CEO of the Quebec Port Authority (QPA) since January 2011.
Mr Girard is renowned for his vision and his ability to successfully build and mobilise teams to carry out large-scale projects. A prolific and creative business developer, he has extensive experience in national and international business development.
He was also President and CEO of the Fondation de l'entrepreneurship from 2008 to 2011, where he helped mobilise the business and government communities to improve entrepreneurial performance in Quebec. From 1985 to 2007, he was the founder and CEO of two information technology companies: Nstein Technologies and Gespro Technologies.
Mario Girard is a member of the prestigious World Presidents Organization. A Certified Corporate Director (CCD), Mr Girard has served on the structured boards of several organizations for over 20 years. He is past Chairman of the Association of Canadian Port Authorities (ACPA), Vice-Chairman of the International Association of Cities and Ports ( AIVP) and of the Société de développement économique du Saint-Laurent (SODES), and a member of the boards of the Romeo Dallaire Foundation and the Conseil du patronat du Québec (CPQ).
Ms Sabah Zrari is PhD in Political Science (Sciences-Po Paris), M.A in Comparative Societies and Policies (Sciences-Po Paris) and M.Sc in Planning, Local Development and Urbanism (Sciences-Po Paris).She has been living in Chile since 1996. She is a partner and director of OBSERVATORY and FORECASTING and has carried out various studies in the field of port logistics and port-city relations in aspects as diverse as logistics costs, chain performance dashboards, logistic communities or normative and regulatory changes concerning public ports. Sabah Zrari is also Professor of Public Policy at the University of Santiago de Chile and Academic Director of the Diploma "Planning, Management and Governance of Port Cities" of the University of Santiago de Chile. She has published articles on city-port issues and participated as a speaker at numerous conferences and seminars on these issues. She is a member of the Argentine Regional Port Cities Research Network and the Latin American Network of Digital Ports and Collaborators.
