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LOCATION:Bridgetown\, Barbados
SUMMARY:Efficient and competitive port management
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Ports face many technical and economic challenges. At the same 
 time\, they play a crucial role in international trade and global supply c
 hains.Ports today must work towards high levels of adaptability and prepar
 edness while also striving for modernization and economic inclusivity.Thro
 ugh strategic partnerships\, effective governance\, and optimized operatio
 ns\, ports can become vital engines of economic development\, connecting n
 ations\, stimulating trade\, and contributing to the overall well-being of
  societies.The session will bring together port industry professionals to 
 engage and learn from real-life examples\, discussing today’s most press
 ing issues regarding efficient and competitive port management.Issues disc
 ussed will include environmental sustainability\, digitalization and autom
 ation\, security\, labour and the workforce\, supply chain resilience\, re
 gulatory compliance\, inter-modal connectivity and female inclusivity. Pr
 ogrammeModerators:Namrata Nadkarni\, Founder and CEO\, Intent Communicatio
 ns Ltd.Mark Assaf\, Chief\, TrainForTrade\, UNCTADSpeakers:Ian Stewart\, M
 anager\, Divisional Operations\, Barbados Port Inc.Eranda Kotelawala\, CEO
 \, Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA)Antonis Michail\, Technical Direc
 tor\, International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) and World Por
 t Sustainability Program (WPSP)Ancor Suárez Alemán\, Operations Senior S
 pecialist\, Public-Private Partnership\, Inter-American Development Bank (
 IDB) Monique Bidia Duncan\, Deputy Director of HR\, Port Authority of Abi
 djan\, Cote d&#039\;Ivoire and Permanent Secretary of the French-speaking 
 Network of the TrainForTrade Port Management ProgrammeJorge Durán\, Secre
 tariat Chief\, Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP)Francisco Javier Tru
 jillo Rámirez\, Director-General\, Port Authority of Las Palmas\, Gran Ca
 naria\, SpainRicardo Sánchez\, Head\, Caribbean Research InstituteBismark
  Rosales\, General Manager\, Jennefer International Port\, Bolivia&lt\;p&g
 t\;Ports face many technical and economic challenges. At the same time\, t
 hey play a crucial role in international trade and global supply chains.&l
 t\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Ports today must work towards high levels of adaptabi
 lity and preparedness while also striving for modernization and economic i
 nclusivity.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Through strategic partnerships\, effecti
 ve governance\, and optimized operations\, ports can become vital engines 
 of economic development\, connecting nations\, stimulating trade\, and con
 tributing to the overall well-being of societies.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Th
 e session will bring together port industry professionals to engage and le
 arn from real-life examples\, discussing today’s most pressing issues re
 garding efficient and competitive port management.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;I
 ssues discussed will include environmental sustainability\, digitalization
  and automation\, security\, labour and the workforce\, supply chain resil
 ience\, regulatory compliance\, inter-modal connectivity and female inclus
 ivity.&lt\;br&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Prog
 ramme&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Moderators:&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;
 ul&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Namrata Nadkarni&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Fou
 nder and CEO\, Intent Communications Ltd.&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;str
 ong&gt\;Mark Assaf&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Chief\, TrainForTrade\, UNCTAD&lt\;/
 li&gt\;&lt\;/ul&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Speakers:&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;ul&gt\;&lt\;li&gt
 \;&lt\;strong&gt\;Ian Stewart&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Manager\, Divisional Oper
 ations\, Barbados Port Inc.&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Eranda
  Kotelawala&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, CEO\, Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA
 )&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Antonis Michail&lt\;/strong&gt\;
 \, Technical Director\, International Association of Ports and Harbours (I
 APH) and World Port Sustainability Program (WPSP)&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;
 &lt\;strong&gt\;Ancor Suárez Alemán&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Operations Senior
  Specialist\, Public-Private Partnership\, Inter-American Development Bank
  (IDB)&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Monique Bidia D
 uncan&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Deputy Director of HR\, Port Authority of Abidjan
 \, Cote d&#039\;Ivoire and Permanent Secretary of the French-speaking Netw
 ork of the TrainForTrade Port Management Programme&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\
 ;&lt\;strong&gt\;Jorge Durán\, &lt\;/strong&gt\;Secretariat Chief\, Inter
 -American Committee on Ports (CIP)&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\
 ;Francisco Javier Trujillo Rámirez&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Director-General\, 
 Port Authority of Las Palmas\, Gran Canaria\, Spain&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt
 \;&lt\;strong&gt\;Ricardo Sánchez&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Head\, Caribbean Res
 earch Institute&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Bismark Rosales&lt
 \;/strong&gt\;\, General Manager\, Jennefer International Port\, Bolivia&l
 t\;/li&gt\;&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org
 /node/43030
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