The #IAPH2022 regional pre-conference workshops continue 15 March with a workshop on Sub-Saharan Africa. Our panel of senior experts includes Michael Luguje, director-general Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Bernard Osero, head of corporate affairs Kenya Ports Authority, Jens Norgaard, owner Norgaard Management & Consulting, Ilham Dounnajah, managing director Provider Logistics, Johny Smith, CEO Transnamib, Ziad Hamoui, founder Borderless Alliance and Ian Treder, logistics director OMA Group. The workshop will be moderated by Colleen Jacka, editor at Maritime Review Africa, with expert input from Martin Humphreys, global lead transport connectivity and regional integration at The World Bank. Next in line will be the workshop on Central and South America on 22 March, which will be held in Spanish specifically for the region. Moderated by Latin America’s prime news portal MundoMarítimo editor Barbara Salgado with expert input of transport lead specialist of the Inter-American Development Bank Agustina Calatayud, a wide range of shipping and port community interests have confirmed. These include operations directors from the ONE Alliance, a regional digital freight forwarder, terminal operators from Ecuador and Chile, the port of Açu in Brazil, Panama Maritime Authority, the National Port Authority of Peru, the Sociedad Portuaria Regional of Buenaventura in Colombia and Point Lisas Industrial Port Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago. Members and non-members who have registered to the IAPH 2022 Conference in Vancouver will have exclusive access to this and the remaining workshops, identifying how ports will #CloseTheGaps to increase their competitiveness and adaptability to future needs.
