Europort Opening Ceremony

Programme official opening ceremony Europort 2017

10.30 - 11.00 hrs Welcome reception invitees

11.00 - 11.40 hrs Official Opening Ceremony

Reflecting on the Europort themes from a broader perspective

Presentation by Peter Blangé, former Olympic volleyball player and coach, and now innovation manager at the Royal Dutch Football Association

'How Big Data helped the women's national football team to win the UEFA Women’s Euro 2017

Presentation by Reinier van den Berg, RTL Television weather anchor and climatologist

'How to out-green competition; The New Environmental Age as a starting point for increased profits’

- Intermezzo -
Panel discussion with Captains of Industry

'How human capital changes the face of innovation’

Kees Jan Mes | Vice Chairman SEA Europe, Vice Chairman Netherlands Maritime Technology (NMT), Managing Director Pon Power NL

Karin Orsel | Co-Chair Royal Dutch Shipowners Association (KVNR), Vice Chair International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), President Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA), CEO MF Shipping Group

Albrecht Grell | Executive Vice President, Digital Solutions and innovation DNV GL

Astrid Kee | Chair woman of the NML Human Capital Council, Member Board of Directors STC Group

Official opening with Jolanda Jansen, Director of Rotterdam Ahoy