
Tuesday - 18th November
From 5 p.m.
- General Assembly (For AIVP members)
- Welcome cocktail
Wednesday - 19th November
From 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Opening ceremony
- Keynote speech
- Plenary session: City-port interface, diversity and land issues
- Networking Lunch
- Parallel sessions
– What kind of mobility in port cities?
– Digital innovation, a catalyst for city-port relations
– Maritime culture and identity
– The city-port energy transition is accelerating
– Environmental protection in port areas
– Community engagement, a factor in dynamism
Thursday - 20th November
From 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
- Plenary session: New York, a resilient port city
- Visit to Brooklyn Navy Yard and Newlab
- Boat tour of New York’s main port developments. Lunch and workshops on board. Among the projects to discover (lunch on board) among the sites visited:
– Project 1
– Project 2
– Project 3
– Project 4 - From 7:00 p.m.: gala dinner at Industry City on the Brooklyn waterfront

Friday - 21st November
From 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Keynote speech
- Plenary session: Port cities: solidarity and resilience
- Plenary session: Blue innovation is happening now!
- Networking Lunch
- Summary session
- Launch of the 2nd edition of the Antoine Rufenacht Prize
- Official closing and announcement of the 2027 conference