Planning for Resilience: Local Strategies for Climate-Ready Port Cities

Abdulrahman HAJAR

Head of Technical department

PORT OF TRIPOLI

Eng. AbldulRahman is the Head of Technical Department at the Port of Tripoli, Head of TOC (Taking of Certificate), Head of bidding committees and Head of EU Projects Unit at the port. He brings over 15 years of port operations experience including transportation, engineering, maintenance, telecommunications and networking, electricity and sustainable energy, environmental management, and occupational health and safety. He implements several EU projects, such as MESP, MEDPORTS, PROMAPIR, BE-READY, PROMPT, SAFARI; and other projects: OPEN TRADE MED - Escola Europea. He holds an MSc in Civil Engineering from Balamand University and Post Graduate Degree in Radiation Protection from Damascus University (Syria).  

Danielle BUTSICK

Sr. Environmental Program Manager

PORT OF SEATTLE

Danielle Butsick is a Senior Environmental Program Manager in the Port of Seattle’s Maritime Environment and Sustainability Department, specializing in sea level rise and climate resilience planning for maritime infrastructure, and underwater noise mitigation and management. She also leads permitting and environmental review for multi-million-dollar maritime capital projects. Danielle is an AICP certified planner with a background in bioregional planning and resilience; she has worked throughout the Pacific Northwest in hazard mitigation, oil spill response planning, and municipal long-range policy and planning. 

Jean LECROART

Chef de projet résilience côtière

ARTELIA

Jean is a geographer with a master’s degree combining geography, law, economics, GIS, and landscape studies. For 15 years, he has supported coastal local authorities and port operators in defining and implementing their risk-management and climate-change adaptation strategies. He does so in a manner consistent with their respective responsibilities, particularly in the areas of urban planning, land management, and asset management. 
As a project manager at the consultancy ARTELIA, he regularly coordinates the range of expertise required for these initiatives—including coastal and hydraulic engineering, civil engineering, socio-economic analysis, and urban planning—with a view to facilitating processes and supporting decision-making. He has extensive experience in organising and facilitating multi-stakeholder consultation processes. 

Benoît GUFFLET

Innovation Manager

BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION

Moderator

Sébastien DUPRAY

Managing Director, Center for risks, waters and maritime

CEREMA EAU, MER ET FLEUVES

Sébastien Dupray was educated as a maritime, port and waterways engineer from the french national school of civil works and obtained a Phd on earth sciences and engineering from Imperial College (London). He has been active in the fields of maritime engineering and applied geosciences for nearly 15 years, with an international experience.  After graduating the master on administration of public organisations from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, in 2011, Sébastien Dupray occupied several management positions within the French administration to tackle the challenges of industrial risk management, prevention of natural and coastal disaster, as well as preservation of water resources and climate change adaptation. Sébastien has been actively involved in preparing and editing several state of the art publication or standards in the field of maritime, port and coastal engineering. In 2021, Sébastien Dupray became auditor of the Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence on maritime and naval affairs. Sébastien is now the managing director of the Centre on risks, waters and maritime at Cerema which is an active member of AIVP.