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2012 Latin American Ports Congress

April 9, 2012
Antigua, Guatemala

04/10/2012
Welcome and Opening Remarks

04/10/2012
Keynote Address

Speaker

  •  Claudia de Del Aguila, Vice Minister, Integration and Commerce, Republic of Guatemala

04/10/2012
DEVELOPMENT OF LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURES IN THE WORLD AND ITS IMPACT ON LATIN AMERICA: TENDENCIES AND PERSPECTIVES

Moderator

  • Carlos Alberto Noguera Arrieta, General Manager, Moffatt & Nichol, COLOMBIA

Speakers

04/10/2012
SUSTAINABILITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE IN LATIN AMERICA

Moderator

  • Ignacio Montolío, Deputy Director, Logistics, Simón Montolío & Co., SPAIN

Speakers

  • Mauricio Suárez, General Manager, Port of Santa Marta, COLOMBIA
  • Omar Quenaya, Business Engineer, ArcelorMittal
  • Juan Esquembre Menor, Port Development Director, Valenciaport Foundation, SPAIN
  • Mario Cordero, Commissioner, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington DC, UNITED STATES

04/10/2012
GROWTH AND CONSOLIDATION OF MULTIMODAL CORRIDORS IN LATIN AMERICA: COMPETITIVE OR COMPLEMENTARY WITH THE PANAMA CANAL?

Moderator

  • Patricia Cárdenas, Director of Communications, Port Corpus Christi Authority, UNITED STATES

Speakers

  • Rodolfo Sabonge, Vice President, Market Research and Analysis, Panama Canal Authority, PANAMA
  • Guillermo Malpica Soto, Director General, Services Negotiations, Secretariat of Economy, MEXICO
  • Ricardo Sánchez, Chief, Infrastructure Services Unit - CEPAL, UNITED NATIONS

04/11/2012
CHALLENGES FOR LATIN AMERICAN PORTS TO LOWER THEIR LOGISTICS COSTS: THE PORT AUTHORITIES' VIEWS

Moderator

  • Agustín Díaz, General Manager, Professional Port Consultants n.v, CURAÇAO

Speakers

04/11/2012
CONNECTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS OF LATIN AMERICAN PORTS: THE PRIVATE PORT OPERATORS' VIEW

Moderator

  • Armando Duarte, Port of Santa Marta, COLOMBIA, AAPA Chairman elect of the Board

Speakers

  • Mario Maza, Business Development Manager for the Americas - APM Terminals, PANAMA
  • Fernando Reveco, Business Development Manager, Holding Ultramar,CHILE 
  • Carlos Urriola, Vice President, Carrix Inc., General Manager, Manzanillo International Terminal (MIT), PANAMA

04/11/2012
TECHNOLOGIES AT THE SERVICE OF LOGISTICS AND PORT COMPETITIVENESS

Moderator

  • Jenaro Sánchez Arias, Director of the Costa Rican Institute of Pacific Ports (INCOP), COSTA RICA

Speakers

  • José Ramón Iribarren, General Director, Siport21, SPAIN
  • Rui Carlos Botter, Coordinator, Innovation Center in Logistics and Port Infrastructure (CILIP), Responsible for the Logistics and Transport Area, University of São Paulo, BRAZIL
  • Ramón Cobián, General Manager, Zeronine LatAm, COLOMBIA

04/11/2012
SECURITY AND PORT & MARITIME SAFETY AS A NECESSARY CONDITION TO GUARANTEE QUALITY IN THE MULTIMODAL LOGISTICS CHAIN

Moderator

  • Carlos Scarpín Lamboglia, Secretary, PBIP Mexico International Net, MEXICO

Speakers

  • Julián Villalba, President, Villalba Fiorillo & Associates, VENEZUELA
  • Cosmo Perrone, Director, Command Consulting Group, UNITED STATES
  • Javier Yasnikouski, Technical Officer, Operational Safety, Section, Maritime Safety Division, International Maritime Organization, UNITED KINGDOM

04/12/2012
THE LATIN AMERICAN PUBLIC AGENDA TO CONSOLIDATE MULTIMODAL AND PORT COMPETITIVENESS

Moderator

  • Rolando Rousselin, Deputy Director, National Port Commission, GUATEMALA

Speakers

  • Frank Boyle, President of the Board of Directors, National Port Authority, PERU
  • Carlos Mladinic, Executive Secretary, Inter-American Committee on Ports (ICP), Organization of American States, OAS
  • Alberto Díaz, President, National Port Administration, URUGUAY
  • Jorge Otharán, Deputy Secretary of Port Activities, Province of Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA 
  • Juan José Giammattei, Executive Director, Maritime and Port Authority, EL SALVADOR

04/12/2012
AAPA’s Latin American Leadership proposal: “The Declaration of Guatemala”

Presentation

04/12/2012
Closing Remarks

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