Free Seminars

This series of live debates, educational workshops and seminars will provide operations, engineering, IT and maintenance professionals with practical advice on emerging technologies and best practice for improved terminal performance.

10:00-12:30 | STATE OF THE INDUSTRY FORUM: TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS PROCESS & TERMINAL AUTOMATION 

Organised with the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association

This fast-paced interview-style session offers you the chance to hear from - and quiz - some of the major suppliers of terminal automation and business process technologies, and their clients. Get the latest views on where terminal technology is headed, plus practical advice on how best to approach today’s complex IT project implementation environment. 

FORUM MODERATOR:

Paul Avery, Associate Editor, WorldCargo News

10:00-10:30    AUTOMATED CONTAINER HANDLING

This session focuses on the crane and equipment technologies available for vertical and horizontal automation of container handling operations. What are the key trends in terminal yard crane, quay crane and transport automation and what can users expect to see from the vendor community within the next 2-5 years?

Ken Loh, Executive Vice President, APAC, Cargotec
Lars Meurling, VP Marketing and Product Business Development, Bromma Conquip
Javier Rizo, Senior Sales Manager, TMEIC
Robert Brinkers, Siemens
Jyrki Melaanvuo, Director, Port Cranes and Lift Trucks, APAC, Konecranes

10:30-11:00    PROCESS AUTOMATION

This session looks at the automation of key terminal processes using technologies such as OCR, GPS, RFID and telemetrics. How can terminals use these technologies to gain efficiency and increase productivity, either in manual or robotic handling operations

Frank Spitzer, Export Manager Asia, ifm electronic
Allen Thomas, Chief Operating Officer, APS
Benjie Wells, Hi-Tech Solutions
Peter Westerholm, VP  Marketing and Sales, Visy
Beat Zwygart, Managing Director, LASSTEC
Laurence Jones, Director Global Risk Assessment, TT Club

11.00-11:30    APPLICATION SOFTWARE

In the modern terminal environment, IT brings it all together.  This session explores the state of the industry for application software including terminal operating systems (TOS), emulation and simulation, data collection and information management, and business intelligence (BI).

Michael Dempsey, General Manager Port and Terminal Solutions, IDENTEC SOLUTIONS
Mark Welles, Vice President APAC, Navis
Ron Robinson, Regional VP Business Development, Tideworks
Holger Schütt, CEO, ISL Applications

11:30-12:00    COMPLEX IT PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

What does it really take from both the supplier and client side to ensure successful integration of multiple IT systems at project start-up and in daily operations? A panel of vendors and users discusses the challenges of IT integration and how to manage the demands of getting “stuff” to work together.

PANEL to be announced

 12:00-12:30    ELECTRIFICATION AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT

Electrification, particularly for RTG operations, is a fast-growing trend. This session explore technology options and considerations for terminal operators when converting to electricity, including energy management.

Michael Pavlidis, Managing Director, Vahle Group
John Cooper, Managing Director Hong Kong, Cavotec
Lawrence Henesey, Global Ports Market Manager, Conductix-Wampfler

12:30        CLOSE OF SESSION

14:15-15:45 | ASSET PROCUREMENT, MAINTENANCE & LIFE CYCLE COST MANAGEMENT

With equipment representing a growing investment cost for terminal operators, this session explores how to ensure maximum ROI on assets from cradle-to-grave, plus critically how to ensure that equipment is truly safe and fit for purpose.

Edward Houng,Vice President Terminal Business, APAC, Cargotec
Halfdan Ross, Managing Director, APM Terminals Crane & Engineering Services
Lars Meurling, VP Marketing & Product Business Development, Bromma
Hannu Oja, Director, Port Technology, KONECRANES

Public sentiment, international policy, government legislation and sheer good business practice are converging to catapult sustainability and green operations up the corporate agenda. Launching at TOC CSC Asia 2012, ECO TOC will provide focused seminars and debates on sustainability issues across the container supply chain. Get the latest insights into cargo owner strategies, what green means for logistics planning and execution, and how shipping, ports and terminals are addressing the issues.

From procurement to delivery, major retail brands and manufacturers are embedding sustainability goals and metrics into their supply chain operations, and seeking support from their providers of international logistics, shipping and transport services.  Shipping is under ever-increasing international pressure to adopt new solutions and technologies that will reduce fossil fuel emissions and other pollutants. Ports and terminals, as a nexus of activity in international maritime transport chains, are equally challenged to reduce the interlinked environmental and social impact of their operations. ECO TOC sessions at TOC CSC Asia 2012 will explore new thinking, approaches and technologies to rise to the sustainability challenge.

10:00-12:00 | ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY: NEW THINKING & TECHNOLOGIES AT THE CONTAINER TERMINAL

How can container terminals reduce their dependency on fossil fuels to deliver cleaner, more energy-efficient cargo handling operations with lower energy bills, less impact on surrounding communities and a smaller carbon footprint? 

Key Issues:

	Case study: How Hong Kong terminals are pursuing paths to greater environmental efficiency  both individually and collectively and lessons for other terminal clusters
	Towards “zero emissions” - electrification of handling equipment and vessel operations
	Tools for benchmarking and measuring port environmental performance
	Managing the energy demands of grid-intensive operations
	From grey power to green power – options for renewable energy generation

Moderator: Veronica Booth, Senior Project Manager, Civic Exchange

Speakers:

Oscar Wang, Assistant General Manager, Shekou Container Terminals
Charles Tan, Regional Safety & Environment Advisor, DP World Asia
Simon K W NG, Visiting Scholar, Institute for the Environment, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Han Li, Director of Ports & Marine, Emerson Control Techniques

15:00-16:30 | ENABLING GREEN & SUSTAINABLE CARGO CHAIN PERFORMANCE

Organised with the Clean Cargo Working Group and BSR      

Run exclusively for TOC Events by the Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG), a coalition of shippers, 3PLs and shipping lines all working under the common goal of supply chain sustainability, this debate will outline key drivers and initiatives for improving the environmental credentials of container logistics and transport.

Key issues:

	Driving sustainable supply chain behaviour through the logistics and transport chains
	What do shippers want from their logistics and transport partners – and what are they prepared to pay?
	Defining clean cargo: tools for benchmarking and measuring logistics chain performance
	Sustainable logistics in operation

Speakers:

Peter Livey,Head of Logistics, Director, Hyundai Merchant Marine (Europe)
Sarah Flagg, Global Head of Green Logistics, DAMCO