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GREENPORT Congress Gold Sponsor

16-18 May Baltimore Convention Centre, Baltimore, USA CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Provisional

The 2018 hosts of the inaugural GreenPort Congress America, the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore, the Maryland Department of Transportation, and the Maryland Department of the Environment, believe that Green Ports are Smart Ports. The Port of Baltimore has been recognised for its environmental efforts and has successfully balanced moving the state’s economy forward while protecting the environment and public health. The GreenPort Conference programme this year looks at the big picture: what actions ports can take to adapt and address climate change and promote sustainability and how collaboration and partnership can assist with developing plans and programs to meet the challenges and issues that ports are facing.

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Welcome Reception

Top of the World - Observation Level World Trade Centre, 401 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD, 21202

1800,Tuesday, 15 May 2018 Baltimore Convention Centre, One West Pratt Street, Baltimore MD 21201

08:00 08:30 - 08:40

Coffee & Registration

08:40 - 08:50

Welcome Address:

Opening Session

Day One

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

Chairman R E Lewis, Deputy Secretary, Policy, Planning and Enterprise Services, Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT)

08:50 - 09:00

Peter K Rahn, Secretary Maryland Department of Transportation Ports America Chesapeake Gold Sponsor Address:

09:00 - 09:30

Keynote Address and Q&A TBC

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09:30 10:45 10:45 - 11:15

SESSION ONE

1 Adapting to Climate Change Ports’ response to climate change: what are the challenges facing ports and cities and how are ports developing resilience strategies and technologies; how are ports adapting to sea level rise and storm surge and the impacts to short and long-term investments; and the resilience lessons

Coffee Break

SESSION TWO 2 Measuring Air Emissions Understanding through measurement the environmental impacts of ships’ transits on air quality around the port and surrounding communities: the universal use of automatic identification systems, monitoring ship emissions from space, understanding the results of photochemical modelling that stimulate the changes of pollutant concentrations in the atmosphere and near shore emissions.

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11:15 12:30

2.1 Building a Sustainable Supply Chain Manufacturers, terminal operators and business leaders will provide insights to the implementations of sustainable supply chain management from product design to distribution, recycling of waste material and logistical optimization, social responsibility and environmental consciousness. 12:30 - 12:45 12:45 - 1400

Feed-back from session 2 and session 2.1 by Moderators. Lunch

14:00 15:15

3 Communication from a Port Stakeholder’s Perspective How the residents and stakeholders interoperate and react to the changes happening around them, managing expectations with clear transparent communications.

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15:15 - 15:45

Coffee Break

15:45 17:00 -

SESSION THREE

SESSION FOUR

4 Brown Field Sites – Abandoned Industrial Sites Bringing sustainability and regeneration to brownfield sites. Case studies on converting former industrial, contaminated sites to sites available to ports and communities.

4.1 Innovative Techniques & Technologies to Support Dredging. Dredging is necessary for sustainability of ports; resultant issues and solutions include the management of contaminated and soft dredged sediments, dealing with the environmental impact caused by construction. Applying more in situ recycling technologies as well as investigating management strategies for reducing dredging by understanding sediment patterns and simulating potential sediment choreography. 17:00 - 17:15

Feed-back from session 4 and 4.1 by the Moderators

17:15

Conference Close

19:00

Conference Dinner, at Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, 700 Aliceanna St, Baltimore, Maryland 21



Day Two

Thursday, 17 May 2018 08.00 - 08.30

Coffee

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08:30 09:15

SESSION FIVE 5 What are Shipping Lines doing to embrace sustainability and prepare for the future – Collaboration between Ports and Shipping

SESSION SIX

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09:15 10:45 10:45 -11:15

6 Sustainability Practices Are ports sustainable? Hear what ports are doing to ensure viablity in 10, 20, 40 years out: collaboration, design and construction guidelines; energy transition, cost-effective, emission reduction technologies. Considerations to viability & competition. Examples of practice and sustainable opportunities.

Coffee

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11:15 12:30

SESSION SEVEN 7 Sister Ports Working Together on Greening Their Ports Innovative environmental solutions working in partnership with and finding environmental solutions that support and promote the journey to becoming a GreenPort.

7.1 Improving Water Quality and Reducing Marine Litter Maritime industry moves over 80% of the world’s commodities. How do we reduce its impact on the waterways? Addressing the unintentional spread of invasive species by commercial vessels. Evaluating in-water hull cleaning; treating water with algae; and developing innovative technologies to remove litter, such as aqua drones and trash wheels.

12:30 - 13:45

Lunch

13:45 - 14:00

Feed-back from session 7 and 7.1 by Moderators

SESSION EIGHT

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14:00 15:30 15.30 - 16:00

8 Measuring Environmental Performance – Monitoring and reporting of environmental practices Challenges, options, outcomes, metrics and value of measuring environmental performance. A comparison and outlook on environmental performance and estimating baseline and future comparisons of emissions and energy conservations.

Coffee

SESSION NINE

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16:00 17:15 17:15-17:30

9 Sustainability and Environmental Improvement in American Ports Port authorities will discuss comprehensive strategies for sustainability in line with the economic, environmental and social contribution that result from these strategies.

Conference round-up and handover to 2019 Host Port.



Day Three

Friday, 18 May 2018

09:30 - 13:00

Port Tours Landside Port Tour (DMT & SMT) Maximum number of Delegates: 45 Length of Tour: 3 hours Delegates will enjoy a motorized tour of both the Dundalk Marine Terminal and the Seagirt Marine Terminal. The tour will highlight DMT’s position as the top U.S. RO/RO port and showcase SMT’s state-of-the-art super post-Panamax cranes. Waterside Port Tour Maximum number of Delegates: 27 Length of Tour: 3 hours Delegates will tour the Baltimore Inner Harbor and the port facilities from the waterside aboard the MDOT MPA’s touring boat, Mary Lynn. Masonville Cove & Educational Center Maximum number of Delegates: 30 Length of Tour: 3 hours Delegates will visit the Masonville Cove dredged material containment facility and the Environmental Education Center and gain an appreciation for the efforts that have resulted in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service naming Masonville as its first Urban Wildlife Refuge partner. Poplar Island Maximum number of Delegates: 20 Length of Tour: 8 hours Delegates will travel from Baltimore down to the Chesapeake Bay where they will enjoy a boat ride to tour Poplar Island which has become a national model of environmental restoration. Through various natural processes, Poplar Island was reduced in size from approximately 1,100 acres, as recorded in 1847, to just 5 acres in 1993. Since 2001, Poplar Island has received clean dredge material to help expand the island to an ultimate size of 1,715 acres.

Please note; Delegates can attend only ONE tour. Please indicate your choice of tour on the booking form.

We look forward to seeing you at Greenport Congress America 2018!


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BOOKING FORM Date & Venue

GreenPort Congress America will take place on the 16–18 May 2018 at The Baltimore Convention Center, One West Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201. +410-649-7000

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Please visit the website www.greenport.com/congress to find out about our special accommodation rates via the dedicated booking link.

Conference Fee

GreenPort Congress standard rate $1495

Group booking discounts are available and recognised educational establishments are entitled to special rates, please contact the organisers for details

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For further information on exhibiting, sponsoring, or attending the conference please contact: Welcome Reception, 15 May 2018 For Americas Networking dinner, 16 May 2018 001 (410) 212 8723 Place on Port Tour, 18 May 2018 [email protected] Full documentation in electronic fomat For Europe and the rest of the World Lunch and refreshments. +44 1329 825335 or email: [email protected]

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