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
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.
Olga FARMANPrésidente Directrice GénéraleADMINISTRATION PORTUAIRE DE QUEBEC
Maria Rosario SOTO RICOPresidentaAUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE ALMERIA
Heui-Yeob SEONGVice Mayor for Future InnovationBUSAN METROPOLITAN CITY
TBC
Joseph SUTKOWIChief Waterfront Design OfficerWATERFRONT ALLIANCE
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
13:45 - 14:45
Parallel session
Digital innovation and AI: when data serves city-port cooperation.
Florian WEYERDirecteur Général Délégué du Grand Port Fluvio-Maritime de l'Axe SeineHAROPA PORT DU HAVRE
Benno BULTINKDigital River ManagerRIJKSWATERSTAAT
Desmond TAYConsul (Maritime)MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE
13:45 - 14:45
Parallel session
The energy transition in Port Cities: new solutions, new challenges.
Sandra KILROYDirector, Maritime Environment and Planning OrganisationPORT OF SEATTLE
Hervé MARTELPrésident du DirectoireGRAND PORT MARITIME DE MARSEILLE
14:45 - 16:00
Port city lab
Sustainable dredging: innovative solutions for the recovered material.
Calum SMITHCommunications and Public Affairs ManagerINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DREDGING COMPANIES
14:45 - 16:00
Port city lab
Innovative ways to move people and cargo in port cities.
Alessandro VACCASenior DirectorSYSTEMATICA
Martin KREKELEREU funding officer and project coordinatorFREIE UND HANSESTADT HAMBURG
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
16:30 - 18:00
Workshop
When culture strengthens the bond between city and port.
James KELLEHERHead of Special Projects, Port, Heritage & CommunicationsDUBLIN PORT COMPANY
Francesca MORUCCIHead of Promotion & Public Relations OfficeAUTORITA DI SISTEMA PORTUALE DEL MAR TIRRENO SETTENTRIONALE - Porto di Livorno
David PINO ROCAManager - Gerència Urbanística Port VellGERENCIA URBANISTICA PORT VELL - Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona
Irina GORBATIKOVA BONDARENKODirector of Administrative DepartmentFREEPORT OF RIGA AUTHORITY
Maria Jimena LOPEZPresidenta CGPQCONSORCIO DE GESTION DEL PUERTO DE QUEQUEN
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
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
Ingunn KVERNSTUENPort and City PlannerOSLO PORT AUTHORITY
Sue LAIAssistant Chief Harbor EngineerPORT OF LOS ANGELES
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.
Jean-Frédéric LAURENTPrésident du Directoire, Directeur GénéralBORDEAUX PORT
Jason H. GIFFENChief Sustainability & Innovation OfficerPORT OF SAN DIEGO
TBC
Géraldine ANDRIEUXCEOBLUMORPHO
10:00 - 10:30
Plenary session
Antwerp / Le Havre: two strategies for a resilient port city.
Edouard PHILIPPEMaireVILLE DU HAVRE
Johan KLAPSChair of the Board, Alderman responsible for Port and EconomyPORT OF ANTWERP-BRUGES
10:30 - 11:00
Networking
Coffee break and discovering the projects on display
11:00 - 12:00
Plenary session
Social and Territorial Integration
Carl LABERGEPrésident Directeur GénéralPORT DE SAGUENAY
Hilda GHIARATenured Researcher and Professor in Maritime Traffic, Ports and Regional EconomiesUNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA
Santiago CASTELLAPresidentAUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE TARRAGONA
12:00 - 12:30
Plenary session
Port City Cooperation, the case of A Coruña (Spain)
Martín FERNANDEZ PRADOPresidenteAUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE A CORUNA
Inés REY GARCIAAlcaldesaAYUNTAMIENTO DE A CORUNA
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
Thanos PALLISProf. in Port & Maritime Economics and Policy - Jean Monnet Chair in European Port PolicyUNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS
Jeffrey NESBITAssistant Professor Architecture and Urbanism TEMPLE UNIVERSITY / URBAN REPORTS, LLC
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
15:15 - 15:45
Plenary session
Official Closing
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