12:30-13:30

REGISTRATION WITH LIGHT REFRESHMENTS

13:30-13:40

INTRODUCTION TO CONFERENCE

Moderator, Lode Willems, Honorary President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium

13:40:13:55

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: PORTS ALLIANCES AT THE HEART OF THE EU SMART, SUSTAINABLE & INCLUSIVE BLUE GROWTH STRATEGY 2014-2020 - Haitze Siemers,  DG MARE  European Commission

13:55-14:00

THE INTERREG IVA 2 SEAS COOPERATION PROGRAMME – Elodie Villeneuve,  Interreg IVA 2 Seas Programme’s Joint Technical Secretariat

14:00-14:10

THE PATCH-C2C STRATEGIC ALLIANCE AND PAC2 CLUSTER -Wim Stubbe, Port of Oostende

14:10-15:00

FACILITATING INNOVATION THROUGH CROSS BORDER COOPERATION

Impacts from cross border cooperation on the adaption of Ramsgate & Oostende to serve the Offshore Energy industries- Rob Brown, Ramsgate Harbour and Emmanuel Timmermans , Renewable Energy Base Oostende

Interregional funding at the service of innovations in Calais and Dover - Laurent Devulder,  Port of Calais, CCI Cotes’d’Opale and Richard Christian,  Dover Harbour Board

Blue Energy Strategies: benefits from cross border working on implementing integrated plans - Geert Dangreau, POM West Flanders Development Agency

Improving connectivity in the hinterland: working with ports to build hubs and effective supply chains – the Jaguar Land Rover story – Aimee Kelly,  Global Material Planning & Logistics, Jaguar Land Rover

Q&A moderated by Howard Holt, Seeports

15:00-15:15

COFFEE BREAK

15:15-16:05

 PORTS  & SHIPPING LINES  FOR LOW CARBON  & CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

Experiences from clean shipping technology and alternative fuels in the Baltic region

Riitta Björkenheim, VASEK

Hybrid freight shipping, the development of the ECO-Liner  Edo Donkers, Stichting Noordzee

Q&A moderated by Howard Holt, Seeports 

16:05-16:55

TOWARDS RESOURCE EFFICIENT PORTS IN A CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Cold ironing : reducing ship emissions  alongside -Patrice Vindevogel,  Port of Zeebrugge

Adding value to sustainable master-planning and innovative eco port developments through shared experience - Jerry Clarke, Portsmouth International Port

Waste to energy: maximising benefits between harbour industries in the Multi Utility Provider – Dick Engelhardt, Zealand Seaports 

PAC2 smart energy strategy for the Port of Dover – Vicky Jago,  Dover Harbour Board

Q&A moderated by Howard Holt, Seeports

16:55-17:10

COFFEE BREAK

17:10-18:00

SMART, SUSTAINABLE & INCLUSIVE GROWTH FOR PORTS AND THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES

Promoting ports in the regional economy: The C2C cross border transport infrastructure & logistics study  - Arne Alloserie, POM West Flanders Development Agency

Benefits of territorial cooperation in driving forward port master planning – 

Captain Francois Jean, Newhaven Port and Properties and partner in the PAC2, PATCH and FLIP projects

Towards the mid-term review of the EU Transport White Paper : Introducing a balanced port dimension.  Patrick Anvroin,  Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions

Future opportunities for ports on the TEN-T network - Jon Halvard Eide, International Coordinator, Vest-Agder County Council and the North Sea Commission Transport Group

18:00-18:15

19:00 – 22:00

Q&A & closing remarks from Howard Holt, Seeports

Conclusions
Paul Gerard, Port of Oostende

Official PAC2 networking reception & dinner in the Halve maan brewery