Port Technology (PTI) is proud to announce the launch of its inaugural Smart Ports & Supply Chain Technologies Conference which is to be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from 2-3 October 2018.

Following on from PTI’s highly successful Container Terminal Automation (CTAC) conferences, this latest offering takes a much broader, daring and dynamic scope, as the event gathers key smart ports, financial experts, freight forwarders, tech giants and shippers, with the aim of uniting them in one holistic conversation on the eponymous ‘smart’ port and supply chain technologies.  

PTI Managing Director James AA Khan said: “This event has been part of our collective strategy and we’ve been waiting for the right time to strike and bring this to the industry.

“I’ve had so many conversations and seen so many developments that have been begging for a unifying event bringing the key players along the wider supply chain to the table.

“With advancements in technology, that time is now. This is the age of science and technology.

“The pace at which this is advancing is incomprehensible for the average person. 

“This is why we’re bringing some of the best minds in, and outside of, the industry to show us where the cost-benefit advantages lie in investing today.”

The Smart Ports & Supply Chain Technologies Conference will tackle issues in connecting the world’s supply chains

The twelve sessions over two packed days include:

  • ‘Smart’ Port Vision: The Rotterdam Story
  • Port Digitisation: Technologies for Smarter Operations Integration
  • The Smart Supply Chain: Total End-to-End Data Sharing Solutions
  • Collaboration and Standardisation: Global Processes Implementation for Smart Exception Management
  • Blockchain and Data Sharing: Capitalising on the Blockchain Opportunity
  • Smart Global Trading: Profiling Leading Future Performance Models
  • Smarter Port Terminals: Integrating the Global Trade Supply Chain
  • Terminal KPIs: Maximising Productivity
  • Smart Terminal Solutions: Transforming Terminals into Intelligent Network Nodes
  • Prioritising the End User: Total E2E Intermodal Planning Processes
  • Evolving Business Models: Transformation Solutions
  • Which Future Business Model for Success?: Unveiling the Challenges in an E2E Supply-Chain Driven Market

Source: port technology