Creating The Net Zero Logistics Network: Better risk management, new opportunities and better business for ports

Presented by Mott MacDonald and Envision Digital in partnership with Port Technology International.

Description

This FREE webinar will explore the role of ports in creating a green/net-zero logistics chain, examining drivers, challenges and enablers. We’ll be showcasing an operator using digital technologies to guide operational efficiencies and plan investments in renewable energy, energy storage, fleet electrification, and low-carbon capital projects.

Success for ports the world over is being shaped by the green agenda, and in particular the drive towards net-zero carbon. Consumers want it. Investors are demanding it. Policy and regulation are increasingly geared to achieving it.

Port owners and operators that can cut energy use and carbon emissions are gaining competitive and regulatory advantage, strengthening their social license to operate, attracting capital and green industries of the future, as well as protecting themselves against spiking energy costs.

Join us to find out how.

Webinar Format

This webinar will be 90 minutes long with a 70-minute speaker presentation followed by a 20-minute Q&A.

The webinar will be available to watch On-Demand for those that are unable to attend the live event.

Speakers:

Moderator

Rachael White has spent 35 years charting key trends in global supply chain logistics, world maritime trade, shipping, transport, ports, cargo handling and cold chain as a writer, journalist, editor, researcher, conference convenor&producer, speaker, moderator, communications consultant, community builder, thought leader and influencer.

Port Authority

Tom Monballiu is Port of Antwerp-Bruges’ international community relations manager and has joined the Port Authority’s communication department in 2013. Since 2018 he manages the port’s presence and representation in a wide array of international networks and alliances, aligned with the port’s strategic priorities.

Before joining Port of Antwerp he served at NATO Headquarters as public affairs officer, he occupied the position of media advisor to the Belgian Minister of Defense and was spokesperson of a parliamentary group at the Belgian Parliament. In between he launched a social initiative to provide organic foods to local schools. Following his communication studies he worked as researcher, reporter and editor in chief for several Belgian tv channels.

Freight Forward

Goh Hock Nguan has been in the port industry for over 20 years. In his last 6 years, his focus is on sustainability. He is currently the Assistant Vice President for Sustainability Planning & Development at PSA.

His responsibility includes planning, developing, driving and implementing sustainability initiatives, low carbon emission strategies as well as catalyse, test-bed and implement solutions leveraging on energy optimisation and digitalisation capabilities. For the culture portion, he also drive the sustainability outreach and engagement initiatives.

Regulator

Dr Antonis Michail is an engineer with 20 years of professional experience on port environmental and sustainability management. In 2018, Antonis joined the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) as Technical Director of its Policy and Strategy Unit and its World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP). As such, Antonis coordinates the work of the IAPH Technical Committees on Climate and Energy, Risk and Resilience and Data Collaboration and supervises all initiatives under the WPSP umbrella.

Investor

Rob Genieser is a Managing Partner at the Environmental Technologies Fund since early 2010. ETF is the leading fund in Europe backing technology entrepreneurs focused on delivering sustainability through innovation. Rob joined ETF from Vertex Venture Capital, one of the oldest and most prestigious early stage investment funds headquartered out of Asia. For 8 years, he has led Vertex's European operations, where he drove investments in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Germany and France. He was also a partner in Vertex Israel, and recently headed the firm's North American operations. Prior to Vertex, Rob was a Managing Director of JP Morgan, which acquired his predecessor firm Hambrecht & Quist. He has invested in a number of successful European and North American high growth technology companies, and has a strong track record of success.

Earlier in his career, Rob worked as a consultant for Bain & Company in San Francisco, where he focused on the telecommunications industry. Prior to receiving his MBA, he worked for Morgan Stanley in both New York and Hong Kong, as a member of the corporate restructuring group.