Support for the 5th Annual PorTech Summit 2009
(15/09/2009)

Shanghai Municipal of Transport and Port Authority is going to support The 5th Annual PorTech Summit 2009, which will be held in Oct. 28-30, 2009 in Marriott Shanghai, China.

In March 2009, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao chaired a State Council executive meeting and approved the promotion of Shanghai to speed up the development of International Financial and Shipping Center, which means the advance of high efficient ports of Shanghai as well as those relevant ports in China will be stimulated much faster than ever.

200+ business leaders from China, Middle East ,Europe, United States, India, Australia, New Zealand will participate in Portech Summit 2009 to share port strategies and technology innovations to increase port operation efficiency by saving energy and reducing cost.

Portech Summit 2009 speakers include:
Sun Jianping, Director General, Shanghai Municipal Transport and Port Authority
Wang Haiping, Chief Editor, Port Economic
Lu Jianming, Vice President, Dalian Port Corporation
Zhou Bo, President, Yantai Port Authority
Ma Yongzhi, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Communications of Shenzhen Municipality Tau Morwe, CEO, Transnet Port Terminals
Olivier de la Laurencie, Operation Diretor, Port of Le Harvre
Santiago Milà, Deputy Managing Director, Port of Barcelona
Ho-Chul PARK, General Manager, Busan Port Authority
Bob Goldfield, Director General, Port of Dover
Tim Waggott, Director of Finance, Port of Dover
Rafael Aznar Garrigues, President, Valencia Port Authority
Ger-Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Chief Representative Asia Pacific, Port of Amsterdam
Janardhana Rao, Managing Director, India Ports Association
Shri S S Hussain, Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
Keith Nuttall, Commercial Manager, Gulftainer Company Ltd
Stan De Smet, General Manager, Phaeros Group BVBA
Jamie Simpson, Director, GHK Limited
Jonathan Beard, Managing Director, GHK Hong Kong

These industry leaders will address concerns around:
- The Relationship between World Port Industry’s Development Trends and Chinese Ports’ Development
- The Construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center
- Focusing on Bonded Port Zone Construction, Accelerating Port Developments
- Developing Modern Supply Chain System with the Focus on Port
- Improving Integrated Business Capacity, stimulating nearby port economic zone development
- “China E-Port” Construction ensure Duty tariff and customs clearance efficiency
- Increasing Port Investment and Perfecting Process Management
- Pollution Prevention and Green Port Construction
- Changing From Oil into Electricity on RTG
- Developing Efficient and Green Port Handling Equipment
- Reasonable Port Planning, Ensuring High-efficiency and Low-cost Operation
- Increasing System Compatible Degree, Maximum Terminal Operation System Capacity
- Emerging Development Driving Power of Asia-Pacific Ports
- Global Port Clusters Distribution and Main Infrastructure Development Hot Spots
- Future Forecast of Port Planning and Infrastructure
- Advanced Dredging Technology improving Deep Water Port Construction