Dryport Conference
Intermodal Strategies for Integrating Ports & Hinterlands, 21 & 22 October 2010, Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh.
Organised by SEStran and the Transport Research Institute (TRI), this ground-breaking event will focus on examining the critical role of inland terminals in their relation to ports, encompassing issues of integration, collaboration, competition and associated strategies of hinterland access.
Keynote speakers from around the world will provide insights into intermodal strategies to integrate ports and hinterlands in different economic and social contexts. Industry professionals and academics will share the latest developments in industry and research. Speakers include representatives from Scottish Parliament, national development agencies and ports, as well as dry port managers, rail operators and senior academics.
Please contact the organisers for sponsorship opportunities.
Over 40 speakers from around the world, including:
Keynote Speakers
- Lord Tony Berkeley - Chairman, Rail Freight Group
- Hercules Haralambides - Director Center for Maritime Economics and Logistics (MEL), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Bruce Lambert - Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies (ITTS) , Virginia, USA
- Jose Maria Rubiato - Acting Head Trade and Logistics Branch, UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland
- Teng Fei Wang - UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
Presenters and Presentation Topics include
- Angelo Aulicino - Interporto Bologna, Italy
- Peter de Langen / Roy Van den Berg - Port of Rotterdam , Netherlands
- Adolf Ng - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Logistics and Maritime Studies
- Jean-Paul Rodrigue - Dept. of Global Studies & Geography, Hofstra University, New York, USA
- Hans G. Unseld - Cargo Technologies, Vienna, Austria
- Rickard Bergqvist, University of Gothenburg and Northern Maritime University Network
- Arvid Guthed - Port of Gothenburg
- Oscar Gonzalez - Dry Port Azuqueca de Henares, Spain
- Special STRATMoS session
- Michael Laugeson, FDT - Association of Danish Transport and Logistics Centres, Aalborg
- Academic research from India, Brazil, China, Japan and Russia
- Dry port development in the Baltic region
Focus on Scotland
- Kenneth Russell - John G Russell
- Tom Curry - Direct Rail Services
- Retail chains
- Large distributors
