Conference Day Two: Tuesday, 23 October 2018
8:00 am - 8:30 am Registration and morning refreshments
9:15 am - 9:45 am Chairman’s opening remarks
PORT-HINTERLAND CONNECTIVITY
9:25 am - 9:50 am Ensuring the financial viability of ports: Harnessing the landside opportunity through digitisation, integration and collaboration
- Enhancing revenue stream in non-quayside activities
- Using digital technology to provide value to landside customers and cargo owners
- The role of data in achieving port and landside integration
- Optimising logistics and traffic flows using IoT
9:50 am - 10:15 am Development plans for Port of Duqm: Turning Port of Duqm into an integrated centre for multi-modal logistics services
- How is Port of Duqm contributing to diversity of shipping materials and reducing over capacity in the region?
- What role will Port of Duqm play in the diversification of the Oman economy?
- How will Port of Duqm enhance the value proposition of Oman as a logistics hub?
10:15 am - 10:40 am Port of Rotterdam- Digital Business Solutions : The steps in digitalisation for ports
Jan Gardeitchik
Senior Lead Digitalization -Maritime Port Management SystemsPort of Rotterdam
10:40 am - 11:10 am Networking break and morning refreshments
REALISING SMART PORTS
11:10 am - 11:35 am Planning for asset lifetime in the initial design stages for greenfield ports
- Understanding the value of material selection, durability considerations and maintenance planning at the design stages
- Combining historical data with real-time asset monitoring to predict failures
Eng. Mohammad A. Al Dardasawi
Chief Officer, Ports Development & ConstructionAqaba Development Corporation, Jordan
11:35 am - 12:00 pm INTERNATIONAL TRAILBLAZER: Digitalisation and its role in optimizing maritime management
FUTURE BUSINESS MODELS
12:00 pm - 12:25 pm HARBOUR SIDE CHAT: How can future ports leverage digital technology to connect stakeholders and unlock bottlenecks?
- Utilising digital technology to uncover digital trade corridors for global trade
- Using IoT to optimise port-hinterland connections and reduce landside logistics delays
- Using data insights to optimise and govern the supply chain
12:25 pm - 12:50 pm ICT new era: big data & IoT in ports
Eng. Ashraf M. Kotait
Senior Port Operations & Logistics ExpertCenter for Graduate & Professional Studies - MCBS (Oman)
12:50 pm - 1:15 pm Business benefits for everyone enabled by PortCDM
LAND RECLAMATION AND SOIL MECHANICS
1:15 pm - 1:40 pm New innovations in environmental impact studies: Sohar Port case study
- How is Sohar Port establishing itself as the region’s greenest port?
- Establishing the necessary expertise in-house to deliver environmental impact studies
- Cost effective strategies for mitigating the potential adverse effects of port development on the environment
Mohsin Al Jabri
Manager, Environmental AffairsSohar Port and Freezone