Navigating Change: Innovating Ports, Cities and Climate

November 18, 2025

17:00 - 18:00
Networking
Welcome and registration
18:00 - 19:30
Plenary session
General Assembly
19:30 - 21:00
Networking
Welcome cocktail

November 19, 2025

07:00 - 09:00
Networking
Share breakfast / Registration
09:00 - 10:00
Plenary session
Official Opening
Ann MOORECommissionerPORT OF SAN DIEGO
Andrew KIMBALLPresident NEW YORK CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Overview
10:00 - 10:30
Keynote
Now or never: Port cities at a key moment for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
10:30 - 11:00
Networking
Coffee break and discovering the projects on display
11:00 - 12:00
Plenary session
The city-port interface: where economic, environmental and societal challenges meet.
James KELLEHERHead of Special Projects, Port, Heritage & CommunicationsDUBLIN PORT COMPANY
Olga FARMANPrésidente Directrice GénéraleADMINISTRATION PORTUAIRE DE QUEBEC
Overview
12:00 - 12:30
Plenary session
AIVP building bridges: cooperating to respond to member’s expectations.
12:30 - 13:45
Networking
Lunch and discovering the projects on display
13:45 - 14:45
Parallel session
Biodiversity and natural ecosystems: beyond compensation.
Adjakou Sylvestre BADOUChercheurENABEL/ProPORT
Overview
13:45 - 14:45
Parallel session
Digital innovation and AI: when data serves city-port cooperation.
Benno BULTINKDigital River ManagerRIJKSWATERSTAAT
Desmond TAYConsul (Maritime)MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE
Overview
13:45 - 14:45
Parallel session
The energy transition in Port Cities: new solutions, new challenges.

TBC

Sandra KILROYDirector, Maritime Environment and Planning OrganisationPORT OF SEATTLE
Hervé MARTELPrésident du DirectoireGRAND PORT MARITIME DE MARSEILLE
Overview
14:45 - 16:00
Port city lab
Sustainable dredging: innovative solutions for the recovered material.
14:45 - 16:00
Port city lab
Innovative ways to move people and cargo in port cities.
Martin KREKELEREU funding officer and project coordinatorFREIE UND HANSESTADT HAMBURG
Overview
14:45 - 16:00
Port city lab
Generating green energy in the port-city territory.
16:00 - 16:30
Networking
Coffee break and discovering the projects on display
16:30 - 18:00
Workshop
Responding to climate change: planning for coastal resiliency.
16:30 - 18:00
Workshop
New governance in port cities, improving dialogues.

TBC

Roger Victor MBASSA NDINEMaireCOMMUNAUTE URBAINE DE DOUALA
Overview
16:30 - 18:00
Workshop
When culture strengthens the bond between city and port.
Francesca MORUCCIHead of Promotion & Public Relations OfficeAUTORITA DI SISTEMA PORTUALE DEL MAR TIRRENO SETTENTRIONALE - Porto di Livorno
Overview

November 20, 2025

07:00 - 08:30
Networking
Share breakfast / Registration
08:30 - 09:00
Transfer
Transport from Marriott Hotel to Brooklyn Navy Yard
09:00 - 10:45
Plenary session
Antoine Rufenacht Prize: featuring the finalists 2024 alongside the New York City Economic Development Corporation

TBC

Sandra KILROYDirector, Maritime Environment and Planning OrganisationPORT OF SEATTLE
Geraldine KNATZProfessor of the Practice of Policy and EngineeringUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Florian WEYERDirecteur Général Délégué du Grand Port Fluvio-Maritime de l'Axe SeineHAROPA PORT DU HAVRE
SUE LAIAssistant Chief Harbor EngineerPORT OF LOS ANGELES
Overview
10:45 - 12:00
Technical visit
Visit Newlab – Brooklyn Navy Yard
12:00 - 17:30
Technical visit
Boat tour of New York’s main port-city developments
17:30 - 18:00
Transfer
Transport from Brooklyn Navy Yard to Marriott Hotel
18:00 - 20:00
Free time
Enjoy Brooklyn !
20:00 - 23:00
Networking
Gala Dinner

November 21, 2025

07:00 - 09:00
Networking
Share breakfast / Registration
09:00 - 10:00
Plenary session
Financing the City Port ecosystem: new approaches, new challenges.

TBC

Jean-Frédéric LAURENTPrésident du Directoire, Directeur GénéralBORDEAUX PORT
Jason H. GIFFENChief Sustainability & Innovation OfficerPORT OF SAN DIEGO
Géraldine ANDRIEUXCEOBLUMORPHO
Overview
10:00 - 10:30
Plenary session
Antwerp / Le Havre: two strategies for a resilient port city.
Johan KLAPSChair of the Board, Alderman responsible for Port and EconomyPORT OF ANTWERP
Overview
10:30 - 11:00
Plenary session
Coffee break and discovering the projects on display
11:00 - 12:00
Plenary session
Social and Territorial Integration
Carl LABERGEPrésident Directeur GénéralPORT DE SAGUENAY
Santiago CASTELLAPresidentAUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE TARRAGONA
Overview
12:00 - 12:30
Plenary session
Port City Cooperation, the case of A Coruña (Spain)
12:30 - 13:45
Plenary session
Lunch and discovering the projects on display
13:45 - 14:45
Plenary session
Port City Debate
Carola HEINProfessor and Head of the Chair History of Architecture and Urban PlanningDELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Overview
14:45 - 15:15
Plenary session
AIVP Prize Antoine Rufenacht – Launch of the 2026 Edition
Carola HEINProfessor and Head of the Chair History of Architecture and Urban PlanningDELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Geraldine KNATZProfessor of the Practice of Policy and EngineeringUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Overview
15:15 - 15:45
Plenary session
Official Closing

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