West Med Corridors East Med MoS

Project co-funded by the European Commission within the Trans-European Networks budget (TEN-T)

Joint Event:

“EAST-WEST MED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEDITERRANEAN MOTORWAYS OF THE SEA- seizing the opportunities of EU support ”

Thursday, 1st October 2009
Location: Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport
Viale dell'Arte 16 - 00144
Rome, Italy

1st Session: Introduction
09:00 Registration – Welcome Coffee
09:30 Opening Session and Address by invited Public Authorities
Speakers:     Prof. Tommaso Affinita
CEO – Rete Autostrade Mediterranee S.p.a.
Coordinator of WestMed Corridors
Captain Ioannis Protopapas,
Hellenic Ministry of Mercanitle Marine, Aegean and Island Policy
Coordinator of EASTMED-MOS
Dott. Cosimo Caliendo
General Manager for Ports of Italian Ministry of Infrastructure
10:00 Overview on the Motorways of the Sea
Speaker:     Mr. Valente de Oliveira
European Coordinator for Motorways of the Sea
10:30 Trans-European Transport Networks: Motorways of the Sea
Speaker:     Mr. Marc Vanderhaegen
Principal Administrator, DG TREN
10:50 TEN-T: Co-financing of MoS projects and preparation of proposals
Speaker:     Mr. Jaroslaw Kotowski
Senior Project Manager, TEN-T Agency
11:10 Marco Polo: Co-financing of MoS projects and preparation of proposals
Speaker:     Mr. Patrick Vankerckhoven
Head of Unit for Marco Polo, Executive Agency for Competitiveness and innovation (EACI)
11:30 Coffee Break

2nd Session: Calls for Proposals
12:00 West Mediterranean Motorways of the Sea Corridors
Speaker:     Dr. Francesco Benevolo
Director Rete Autostrade Mediterranee S.p.a.
12:20 East Mediterranean Motorways of the Sea Master Plan
Speaker:     Captain Ioannis Protopapas
Hellenic Ministry of Mercanitle Marine, Aegean and Island
Policy Coordinator of EASTMED-MOS
Mr Yannis Handanos
PLANET SA, Project Manager of the Contractor of the East Med MoS
12:40 Presentation of the call for Proposals – EASTMED-MOS – WESTMED CORRIDORS
Speaker:     Prof. Dimitrios Tsamboulas
National Technical University of Athens Technical Assistant to the EASTMED-MOS Steering Committee
13:30 Buffet Lunch

3rd Session: Experience on MoS projects
14:30 MoS Project: Klaipeda – Karlshamn
Speaker:     Mr. Anders Wiberg
Manager Strategic Development Karlshamns Hamn, Port of Karlshamn
14:50 MoS Project: Zeebrugge – Esbjerg
Speaker:     Mr. Søren Clemmensen
Sales and Marketing Manager Port of Esberg
15:00 Open Discussion/Questions from participants
16:00 MoS proposals and bilateral discussions for possible cooperation
17:00 End of Conference