As this Insider gets published the penultimate #IAPH2022 regional pre-conference workshop is underway covering the Middle East, Central and South Asia. The last workshop will be held 29 March, zooming in on the competitiveness of East Asian ports. Our panel of senior experts includes Anne-Sophie Zerlang Karlsen, head of operations for Asia-Pacific at A.P. Møller-Maersk, Roberto Gianetta, chairman of the Hong Kong Liner Shipping Association, Sunny Ho, executive director at the Hong Kong Shippers Council, Sakura Kuma, CEO APM Terminals Japan, Masaharu Shinohara, vice-president IAPH and executive officer Kobe-Osaka International Port Corporation, E.H. Lee, director marketing and international affairs department at Busan Port Authority, Qi Danhua, deputy director of department of business at Guangzhou Port Authority and Robin Li, vice-president of China Merchants Port Holdings. The workshop will be moderated by Yin Yin Lam, senior transport and trade logistics specialist at The World Bank, with expert input from Theo Notteboom, professor at Shanghai Maritime University. Members and non-members who have registered for the IAPH 2022 Conference in Vancouver will have exclusive access to this workshop as well as to the reports of the previous eight workshops, identifying how ports will #CloseTheGaps to increase their competitiveness and adaptability to future needs. The results of the workshops will be discussed during the regional meetings held at the 2022 World Ports Conference and provide input to a roadmap on how to #CloseTheGaps in global port infrastructure, developed with The World Bank.
