Conference on maritime transport in growing Scotland's economy
Written by Gesine Stück
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Monday, 10 August 2009
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The Conference “Maritime Transport: Scotland’s Sustainable Economic Growth Opportunity” will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Monday 5th October 2009. The major event is organised by Mackay Hannah, and supported by the NMU lead partner Transsport Research Institute (TRI).
One of the four plenary sessions is “Understanding What’s Next in Maritime Transport through applied Research & Development”. It will be mainly featured by the NMU partners:
Arne Jensen (University of Gothenburg) as chairman.
Thomas Pawlik (Kiel University of Applied Sciences)
will present “Northern Maritime University: Developing
Maritime Research and teaching Excellence in the North Sea Region”.
Alfred Baird and Gordon Wilmsmeier (TRI Edinburgh Napier University)
will speak about “Developing Motorways of the Sea services through
transnational research collaboration”.
Keynote Speaker: Stewart Stevenson MSP, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change
Also Featuring:
- Neil Mitchison, European Commission Representative in Scotland
- Adam McDonaugh, European Investment Bank
- Valente de Oliveira, European Commission Coordinator of Motorways of the Sea
- David Whitehead, Director, British Ports Association
- Jose Laranjeira Anselmo, Principal Administrator TEN-T Policy, European Commission
For further information, agenda and full speaker list click here