Host Port Port Finance International Morocco Bringing leading port executives and developers together to investigate projects, plans and investments in the region Confirmed Speakers Register now at portfinanceinternational • H.E. Mr Aziz Rabbah, Minister of Equipment, Transport and Logistics • H.E. Mr Clive Alderton, British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco and non-resident Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania • Moha Hamaoui, Director, Directorate of Ports and Maritime Public Domain • Rachid Hadi, Executive Board Member and Operationsí Director of Casablanca Port, Marsa Maroc • Sghir El Filali, Director of Regulation and Ports Development, ANP • Sander Riemersma, General Manager Port Investments & Projects, APM Terminals • Loubna Ghaleb, Strategy & Development Director, Tanger Med Special Agency • Noureddine Farih, CEO, CKI (CDG Capital Infrastructures) • Mífadel El Halaissi, Associate Director General, BMCE • Romain Py, Head of Transactions, African Infrastructure Investment Managers • Dr. Mustapha El Khayat, President, AMLOG • Dr. Omar Benaini, Deputy CEO, LMS Organisation • Ab Cherribi, Manager Public Affairs, Port of Amsterdam • Markus Pfeffer, Transport Sector Expert, European Investment Bank • Pierre More Ndong, Principal Transport Engineer, African Development Bank • AurÈlien Boyer, Investment Officer, IFC - Infrastructure Department - Europe, Middle East and North Africa • Olaf Merk, Manager Port-Cities Programme, OECD • Fawad Akber, Group Head Finance & Investment, Gulftainer • Steven Bouckaert, Senior Manager, MTBS • Andrew Webster, Partner, JLT • Michel Donner, Senior Advisor, Drewry • Jonathan Bray, Senior Consultant, Control Risks • Vincent Ernoux, Project Manager, Valencia Port Foundation • John Fossey, Maritime Transport Consultant, Moffatt & Nichol • Sylvie Doutres, Co-Managing Director, DsG Consultants • Said Asbaai, Human Resource Director, Marsa Maroc • Aissam Echabbi, Director of Strategy, Studies & Information, AMDL • Gordon Rankine, Director, Beckett Rankine Sofitel Casablanca, Casablanca 15th & 16th September 2014 Port Finance International Morocco 2014 to be held under the auspices of Morocco’s Ministry of Equipment, Transport and Logistics Gold Bronze Bronze Exhibitor sponsor With thanks to our Sponsors & Exhibitors With thanks to our Associate Partners With thanks to our Media Partners Silver Global Bronze Conference to be conducted in French and English Official hashtag: #pfimorocco14 World ils Who Are We? Key Topics Port Finance International is a leading information provider to the global ports and terminals sector. The website ( portfinanceinternational) provides up to date news, features and analysis relating to finance, investment, operations and developments in the ports sector worldwide. The highly respected PFI conferences are attended by some of the industry’s foremost experts and organisations, and are held in strategic locations around the world. These give the participants an overview of the opportunities and challenges of port developments and investments in each market, as well as a chance to meet and network with market leaders and benefit from ground-breaking news and research. Why Morocco? • Africa is a key emerging market. Across the continent there is pressure to expand port capacities to keep pace with economic growth • Global port companies are seeking to capitalise on this opportunity and invest in new terminals • It is predicted that investment in African port projects will exceed US$10 billion. • North African port development in particular represents a significant and valuable opportunity for investors and the global shipping community • Port development will act as a stimulus for economies as a whole • Morocco is strategically positioned to become a logistics hub between Europe and Africa • Moroccan container traffic experienced an 85% increase in 2013 and exceeding 1 million TEUs • Robust economic growth fuelled by domestic consumption, public investment, political and social stability and government policies aimed at modernisation • Good investment prospect: growing capital market involvement and recent partnership of the Casablanca and London Stock Exchanges • Spotlight on Morocco’s Ports Sector • Moroccan Port Reforms and New Governance Model • PPP: Restructuring, Encouraging Private Sector Participation and Strategic Alliancies • Financing Moroccan Port Initiatives and Attracting FDI • Financial Models of Port Concessions and Financial Instruments Characterising the Region • Trade and Shipping Patterns across Africa • Morocco as a Gateway to Africa: Fulfilling it’s Potential as a Logistics Hub • Strenghtening and Expanding the African Service Network • Logistical Challenges and Infrastructure Demands when Expanding Port Operations • African Investment Landscape - Risks and Rewards • Ports Cities Programmes: Port Investment as an Economic Stimululus • Implementing Modern Management Structures and Training Programmes for Port Productivity • Case Studies from Regional Port Operators and Development Projects “PFI events provide a great opportunity to share experiences, do business and discuss all issues relating to Port Finance. They are always enriching occasions and are an excellent meeting place for experts and specialists in the field.” Abdellatif Lhouaoui, Finance and Accounting Director, ANP Register now at portfinanceinternational Port Site Tours Confirmed delegates are invited to participate in one of the optional site visits detailed below: This will take place after the conference on Wednesday 17 September and will comprise of a tour of the facilities, followed by lunch kindly hosted by Marsa Maroc. Spaces are limited to first come first served so register early so as not to be disappointed. This optional site visit will take place after the conference, on Wednesday 17 September. The visit will comprise of a Tanger Med port presentation given by port officials, a coffee break and a tour of the port facilities. The duration of the visit will be approximately 2.5 hours, but please note there will be additional travel time required, with transport provided by TMPA. *** Please note, places on these site visits are strictly limited and only open to confirmed and fully registered conference delegates. Please register on our website.*** Agenda Day 1, 15th September 2014 08:30 Registration & Welcome Tea/Coffee 09:30 Opening Notes from Conference Chair Gordon Rankine, Director, Beckett Rankine 09:45 Keynote Address – Morocco’s Ports – A Transport and Trade Gateway to Africa H.E. Mr Aziz Rabbah, Minister of Equipment, Transport and Logistics, Morocco 10:00 Welcome Address H.E. Mr Clive Alderton, British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco and non-resident Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania 10:15 Keynote Address – Financing Initiatives in Morocco’s Ports Sector Ministry of Economy & Finance, Morocco 10:30 Tea/Coffee Break Kindly Sponsored by TMPA Session One: Spotlight on Morocco’s Ports Sector 11:00 An Overview of Morocco’s Port Developments and Outlook Moha Hamaoui, Director, Directorate of Ports and Maritime Public Domain (DPDPM) 11:15 Mega Port Finance: The Case of Tanger Med Loubna Ghaleb, Strategy & Development Director, Tanger Med Special Agency 11:40 Morocco’s Port Expansion Plans • Marsa Maroc port developments Rachid Hadi, Executive Board Member and Operations Director of Casablanca Port, Marsa Maroc 12:05 Morocco as a Gateway to Africa: Fulfilling Morocco’s Potential as a Logistics Hub • Maghreb’s strategic positioning between Europe and Africa • Need for transhipment facilities to distribute cargo from regional hubs • Maintaining Moroccan connectivity • Intra port competition in the Maghreb and wider Med region • Tanger-Med case study Sander Riemersma, General Manager Port Investments & Projects, APM Terminals 12:30 Lunch Break Session Two: New Perspectives for Public Private Partnerships (PPP) 13:30 The Role of PPP in Morocco’s Port Reforms • The new governance model in Moroccan ports • Objectives and implications of the reforms Sghir El Filali, Director of Regulation and Ports Development, ANP 13:55 Lessons from PPP – Case Studies from Around the World • PPP schemes and financial instruments characterising the region • Lessons learned from the international community in implementing PPP framework in Morocco Steven Bouckaert, Senior Manager, MTBS 14:20 Applying PPP in Morocco • InfraMaroc-InfraMed as key players in infrastructure financing • An environnment conducive to PPP • Infrastructures perspectives in Morocco Noureddine Farih, CEO, CKI (CDG Capital Infrastructures) 14:45 PPP in Port Financing Round Up Discussion Moderated by: Ministry of Economy and Finance, Morocco 15:00 Tea/Coffee Break Session Three: Port Project Prospects 15:30 Financing Ports Projects • How banks assess port project risks • Financing methods for the ports sector • Improving access to financing M’fadel El Halaissi, Associate Director General, BMCE 15:55 The Competitiveness of Global Ports Cities Port cities as economic gateways How to apply this in Morocco Olaf Merk, Administrator Ports and Shipping of the International Transport Forum (ITF), OECD 16:20 Ports Cities Programmes: Port Investment as an Economic Stimulus • How the development of cruise terminals can contribute to a better development of the old water front like in Tangiers and Casablanca • How investment in cruise terminals can play a role in the economic development of cities, by promoting tourism, employment • Which lessons can we learn from western European cities like Amsterdam and Hamburg which had redeveloped their waterfront • How to develop an economically and financially sound cruise project Ab Cherribi, Manager Public Affairs, Port of Amsterdam 16:45 The Perspective of an International Financial Institution Markus Pfeffer, Transport Sector Expert, European Investment Bank 17:10 Panel Session – The Role of FDI in Regional Development • Attracting diversified FDI sources and ongoing monetary stimulus • Key investor considerations • African investment landscape: risks and rewards for the foreign investor • Financing Africa’s ports Moderated by Romain Py, Head of Transactions, African Infrastructure Investment Managers Panellists include: Aurélien Boyer, Investment Officer, Infrastructure Department – Europe, Middle East and North Africa, IFC Pierre More Ndong, Principal Transport Engineer, African Development Bank 18:00 Summary Notes Followed by Networking Reception Agenda Day 2, 16th September 2014 08:30 Registration & Welcome Tea/Coffee 09:30 Opening Notes from Conference Chair John Fossey, Maritime Transport Consultant, Moffatt & Nichol Session Four: Strengthening and Expanding the African Service Network 09:45 Maintaining Morocco’s Position as a Competitive Logistics Hub Aissam Echabbi, Director of Strategy, Studies and Information, AMDL 10:00 Ports and Logistics: The Strategic Levers of Trade and Competitiveness in South Mediterranean Countries Mustapha El Khayat, President, AMLOG 10:25 West African Ports Developments • Mapping port infrastructure developments in West-Africa as the region adapts to the recent trends in the shipping industry Michel Donner, Senior Advisor, Drewry 10:50 Increasing Port Capacity to meet Customer Demands and Shipping Line Requirements • Consolidating multimodal transport links to ensure sufficient supply chains and consistent port operations. • Overcoming logistical challenges of operating in region Fawad Akber, Group Head Finance & Investment, Gulftainer 11:15 Tea/Coffee Break Session Five: Training and Planning for Efficient Ports and Terminals 11:45 Implementing Best Port Practices in Africa’s Ports • Ensuring best port practices in port planning and development, logistics and intermodality • Implementing better institutional framework and modern management structures • Port economic aspects Vincent Ernoux, Project Manager, Port of Valencia 12:10 Round Table Discussion Forum: Consolidating Africa’s Port Development through Investment in Infrastructure and Training • Implementing Modern Management Structures in Africa’s Ports • Ensuring best port practices • Need for better institutional and regulatory framework to support port operations Moderated by Dr Omar Benaini, Deputy CEO, LMS Organisation & Human Resources Panellists include: Said Asbaai, Human Resource Director, Marsa Maroc Moroccan Maritime Cluster Vincent Ernoux, Project Manager, Port of Valencia 13:00 Lunch Session Six: Advancing Africa’s Ports Sector – Drivers & Inhibitors to Attracting Business * 14:00 Controlling Risk and Insurance in African Port Projects • Key insurance issues relating to the development of ports and terminals • Focus on project control, operational issues, concessions Andrew Webster, Partner, JLT 14:30 Corruption in African Ports Prevalence of port corruption and subsequent trade costs • Bribe extraction and discretionary power of customs officials • Importance of bureaucratic organisation in implementing anticorruption strategies • Understanding clearance chain dynamics to prevent targeted interventions, which displace corruption to downstream stages Jonathan Bray, Senior Consultant, Control Risks 15:00 The Short-Sea Shipping Evolution in West Med between Northern and Southern Banks • Main trade flows between France/Spain/Italy and Morocco/Algeria • EU policy vs the development of seaborne flows with the Maghreb • Short offer/demand analysis about containers transportation in West Med • Key players, type of fleet, their strategy, main terminals, hubs and their plans for the future Sylvie Doutres, Co-Managing Director, DsG Consultants 15:30 Summary Notes and Close of Conference *Certain speakers, topics, titles and content may be subject to alteration. The organiser reserves the right to make changes to the programme as necessary Selection of Previous Attendees Participate | Speak | Sponsor Stand out from the competition and enhance your organization’s visibility in the industry. Share your knowledge with sector colleagues. Participate in the region’s biggest ports and terminals conference of the year. Save the date in your diaries and contact us using the methods below to register your interest. Tamara Yasin Phone: +44 20 7017 3415 Elissa Ghellab Phone: +44 20 7017 2401 Standard: €1195 / US$1650 / MAD13450 This price includes access to all conference sessions, conference materials after the event and all refreshments/catering/networking during the event. Discounted rates available for group bookings – 15% off for two or more delegates booking from the same company at the same time. 30% discount for associate partner members All discounts must be applied at the time of booking and may not be applied later. 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