Several SPEED project and observer partners are hosting an online conference in 2 parts over 2 days.

The Norlink e-conference PORT REVOLUTIONS will be held on Thursday, October 22, live from a TV set!
Day 1 will be moderated by Norlink and Université de Lille – Polytech’ Lille.

PortXL, Université de Lille and CiTC are hosting day 2 DATA SCIENCE AND IoT FOR PORT LOGISTICS DEVELOPMENT on October 23.

For the parts of the conference that are in French on day 1, translation into English will be provided. Day 2 will be in English.

Program

DAY 1 – THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER – PORT REVOLUTIONS

9:00 |10:30 CET
Round Table 1: Port shift, modal shift: what criteria ?
French shippers’ rail and port barometers – Anne-Laure NOAT & Romain BINARD – Eurogroup consulting
Selection criteria for maritime logistics – Philip DAMAS – Drewry
Interventions of shippers

11:00 | 12:30 CET
Round Table 2: Alternative energies for sustainable transport solutions
Hydrogen: development of hydrogen in the port area – Thomas GAUBY – AFHYPAC
Locotractors – Norlink and GRDF’s GNC process – Antoine JABET & Richard LECOUPEAU
Conversion of ships to electric and regional master plan for alternative bunkering – Guy ARZUL & Cécile ROUSSEAU – VNF

14:00 | 15:30 CET
Round Table 3: Digitalization as a tool for port competitiveness
Blockchain for the hinterland – Keex / Medlink
Digitalization in transport I – Laurent DESPREZ – Euralogistic
Digitalization in transport II – Younes LEMRABET – Everysens

DAY 2 – FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER – DATA SCIENCE AND IoT FOR PORT LOGISTICS DEVELOPMENT

CASE STUDIES OF DATA SCIENCE AND IoT
09:02 CET     Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding – Mr. Ichimura, Japan
09:19 CET     Charlie Solutions – Mr Melchior, France
09:36 CET     Nanyang Technology University – Mr Wang, Singapore
09:53 CET     Big Yellow Fish, Mr. Pancholi – India
10:10 CET     IBM GBS – Mr. Dekker, Netherlands
10:27 CET     Ecowavepower – Mr. Sigal, Israel
10:44 CET     Gaussin – Mr. Perey, France
11:01 CET     Evolution Energie – Mr. Delhom, France
11:18 CET     Mapgage – Mr. le Guillou, France/ Netherlands
11:35 CET     Digitrans – Mr. Carlan, Belgium

13.00 CET Towards a shared smart port innovation agenda: signing of the Smart Port Manifesto

14.00| 17:00 Final of the Lille Virtual Hackathon
30′ Group pitches for the jury
17:00 | 17:30 Jury deliberation
17:30 | 17:45 Winners Nomination

You can register here
Participation is free of charge.
You will receive a separate link for Day 1 and Day 2 shortly before the conference. Please check your spam folder if you didn’t receive any Meetup email.