27, 28 & 29 November 2024 in Lisbon

Innovations in port cities in the face of climate change

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November 28, 2024 • 09h15 - 09h45

Isabel MOURA RAMOS

Member of the Board of Directors
ADMINISTRACAO DO PORTO DE LISBOA

Isabel Moura Ramos has a degree in Economics, a postgraduate degree in Marketing Management and a postgraduate degree in Information Management (2007) from the University of Aveiro. She attended the Doctoral Program in Strategy and Marketing at the University of Aveiro, U.Minho and U.Beira Interior.

Since 2001, Isabel Moura Ramos has developed her activity in the Portuguese port and maritime sector, performing advisory and coordination functions as Senior Technician in the Business Development Unit at Aveiro Port Authority and in Figueira da Foz Port Authority.

In 2014, she took on the role of Senior Technician in the Direction of Port Terminals and Logistics at Lisbon Port Authority and in 2015 she was elected Executive Director of Shortsea Portugal - Portuguese Association for the Promotion of Short Sea Shipping.

In 2017 she joined the Cabinet of the Minister of the Sea, as Senior Advisor for the port and maritime sector of Minister Ana Paula Vitorino.

From April 2019 to September 2022 she was Executive Board Member of Ports of Aveiro and Figueira da Foz.

In October 2022 she was invited to join the board of Lisbon Port Authority and Setúbal Port Authority, where she is working until today. She is responsible for the Innovation, Digitalization and Sustainability Programmes of both ports.

Ruben EIRAS

Secretary General
FORUM OCEANO

Moderator

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.

Location: Champalimaud Foundation
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