08:30 - 09:30Registration and early morning coffee

09:30 - 12:00Sustainability and environment

Chairman:
Prof. J. van Nunen, RSM Erasmus University Rotterdam ^NL

Priorities for the European Commission
Ms. R. Paserman, European Commission

The environmental performance of short sea transport.
How to leave road and rail transport behind?
Mr. E. den Boer, CE Delft ^NL

View of the shipowners
Mrs. T. Netelenbos, KVNR (Royal Association of Netherland's shipowners) ^NL

Short sea shipping: An environment friendly transport mode in an European Maritime transport space without barriers
Mr. A. Guinier, ECSA (European Community Shipowners' Associations)

New sustainable short sea shipping concepts
Innovations in maritime supply chains
Prof. J. van Nunen, RSM Erasmus University Rotterdam ^NL

12:00 - 13:30Lunch buffet and visit to the maritime exhibition Europort 2009

13:30 - 15:30Supply chain, intermodality and advanced technologies

Chairman:
Mr. S. van 't Verlaat, Short Sea Promotion Centre Holland

In search of new concepts in short sea logistic operations: EU project CREATE3S
Mr. R. van Wyngaarden, Mr. M. Goldan and Mr. A. Plummer, Samskip Multimodal Container Logistics ^NL

More economic growth with less transport
The policies aimed at making transport a more scarce commodity, lead to more economical behaviour of customers and promote integration of transport modes
Mr. A. Toet, KNV (Royal Dutch Transport Association) ^NL

Rail tranportation and/or short sea. Transparency of all modes: cooperate and optimise...
Mr. U. Bruns, DB Mobility Logistics ^NL

Sustainable transport solutions
The future of intermodality at the port of Hamburg
Mr. S. Doderer, Port of Hamburg ^DE

15:30 - 16:00Afternoon break

16:00 - 17:30Supply chain, intermodality and advanced technologies

Chairman:
Mr. S. van 't Verlaat, Short Sea Promotion Centre Holland

How Green becomes Greener; GreenRail!
A modal and mentality shift for the floricultural sector
Mr. E. Wenink, FloraHolland ^NL

Enhanced Co-modality through ICT-based Promotion Centres
Application to PP-24 (Rotterdam/Antwerp - Genoa TEN-T Corridor)
Prof. F. Capocaccia, International Institute for Communications (IIC) ^IT

Wärtsilä W-Tug with Hybrid Propulsion
Mr. B. Kruyt, Wärtsilä Corporation

17:30 - 19:00Networking reception