XVIII Latin American Congress of Ports

July 8, 2009
Miami, FL

The theme for the XVIII Congress of Latin American Ports was “PORT DEVELOPMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA: NEEDS AND PERSPECTIVES,” which was geared toward the most important topics of interest related to the port industry. This event served as a great opportunity to exchange ideas and share lessons learned with port representatives from throughout the western hemisphere.

FINAL ROSTER OF PARTICIPANTS

07/08/2009
Welcome and Opening Remarks

• The Honorable Don Slesnick, Mayor of Coral Gables
• Kurt J. Nagle, CEO and President, American Association of Port Authorities
• Bill Johnson, Executive Director, Port of Miami
• Armando Duarte-Peláez, Member of the Board, Port Society of Santa Marta-COLOMBIA, Chairman, AAPA Latin American Delegation 
• Rafael Díaz-Balart, Latin American Coordinator, American Association of Port Authorities

07/08/2009
How to Face a Convoluted Global Economy: Long-term Perspectives from the Maritime Industry and Ports

• John Price, Managing Director of Business Intelligence, KROLL

07/08/2009
Balance of Almost Two Decades of Port Reforms in Iberian America

• José Alfredo Sabatino Pizzolante, Venezuelan Association of Port Law, VENEZUELA (Handout)
• Julián Villalba, Corporación Andina de Fomento, VENEZUELA

07/08/2009
Restructuring and Development of Mexican Ports and the Implementation of a Port Administration Model at Mexican Ports

• Carlos Manuel Jáuregui González, General Director, Port of Ensenada, MEXICO
• C.P. Mario Cesar Cuen Aranda, General Director, Port of Progreso, MEXICO

07/08/2009
Cruise Market: How to Explore Our Competitive Advantages?

• Bob Sharak, Executive Vice President of Marketing & Distribution, CLIA
• John Tercek, Vice President - Commercial Development, Royal Caribbean International

07/08/2009
Impact of Crisis on Regional Routes

• Rodolfo Sabonge, Market Research and Analysis Vice President, Panama Canal Authority, PANAMA

07/08/2009
AAPA Latin American Delegation Meeting

07/09/2009
Is Short Sea Shipping an Ideal Solution for Latin America?

• Carlos Ernesto González de la Lastra, General Secretary, Maritime Authority of Panama, PANAMA

07/09/2009
The “Great Recession:” Its Impact on the Port and Shipping Industries and How to Mitigate It and the “Cuba Factor:” Its Impact on Latin America, the Caribbean and Southeast U.S. Region

• Franc J. Pigna, Managing Director, Aegir LLC Port Property Advisers
• Bob West, Principal - Trade & Transportation, Halcrow

07/09/2009
How to Manage New Port Developments?

• David Taylor, General Manager for Latin America, Moffatt & Nichol, PANAMA
• Víctor Castañeda Guzmán, Sr., General Manager, CASTACOM S.A., PERU

07/09/2009
Port Security

• Herman Gómez, Consultant (for copies of his presentation please send e-mail request to hergomez@bellsouth.net)
• Hampton Dowling, PMP, Director, Global Security and Engineering Solutions, L-3 Communications

07/09/2009
Added Value in Port Terminals

• Carlos Urriola, General Manager, International Terminal of Manzanillo - Panama, S.A., PANAMA

07/09/2009
Present and Future of Port Information Technology

• Fernando Fernández Melle, General Director of Portel Telematic Services, Puertos del Estado, SPAIN
• Kent Goodhew, Klein Systems Group Ltd., CANADA

07/10/2009
Successful Terminals

07/10/2009
WORKSHOP: How Ports Can Contribute to Satisfy the Demands of their Maritime Clients

07/10/2009
1st PPM® Latin American Graduation Ceremony

07/10/2009
Recommendations and Conclusive Thoughts