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Agenda 2026 Snapshot
Terminal Leadership Panel: Resilience through Volatility and the Path to Modernisation
Automation Foundation: Readiness and Taking the First Steps
Artificial Intelligence in the Terminal: From Pilots to Productivity
Decarbonisation in Focus: A Leadership View on Cost, Performance and Sustainability
Digital Technologies as an Enabler of Terminal Automation: Creating Value from Design to Operations
And, the first CTAC Safety Showcase
Speakers 2026
Featuring leading voices from terminal operators, technology vendors and logistics partners.

Anat Machima

Anat Machima
Mr. Anat Machima has joined Hutchison Ports Thailand since 2003. His role was to take care of operations strategy team and also develop work improvement for ports business in Thailand. In 2009, he worked as an Operations Manager for Thai Laemchabang Terminal Company where he remained the position from 2009 to 2011, then he was appointed as Operations Manager for Hutchison Laemchabang Terminal in 2012 and as a Project Manager for Hutchison Ports United Kingdom at Port of Felixstowe in 2016 consecutively. His prior position was a Senior Operations Manager in group of Hutchison Ports Thailand from 2017 to 2020, before being appointed to be Chief Operating Officer in January 2021. Also currently position held as Chairman of Thai International Cargo and Container Terminals Association since 2020.
With his expertise more than 20 years since 1998, in port business and logistic industries and also import-export, he has been assigning to be a part of project development and operations team within Hutchison Ports Group.
He earned his master’s degree (MBA) from Asian University of Science and Technology, his bachelor’s degree (BA) from Chiangmai University, both in business administration.

Anders Dommestrup

Anders Dommestrup

Boris Wenzel

Boris Wenzel
Seasoned CEO with strong focus on strategy and change-management. Twenty years’ experience in senior leadership positions in Asia and Europe backed by early experience as a turn-around specialist and proven track record in building successful teams and creating shareholder value. Multi-industry, multi-company and multi-continent experience in diverse cultural environments and solid experience representing interests of financial institutions & PE type investors. Passionate communicator able to build trust and to convince stakeholders to envision and support important transformations of the business or of the industry.
Extensive negotiation and lobbying experience dealing at the top governmental levels in Europe, Asia and South America, as well as EU institutions

Bright Rayan

Bright Rayan
Dr. Bright Rayan is a visionary technology executive with over 28 years of global leadership experience in digital transformation, enterprise IT strategy, and smart industrial ecosystems. With extensive expertise across ports, logistics, supply chain, and large-scale infrastructure, he has successfully led technology modernization initiatives for globally recognized organizations including AD Ports Group, DP World, PSA, ICTSI, Adani Ports, and Red Sea Gateway Terminal.
He specializes in CTO/CIO leadership, IT/OT convergence, smart ports, industrial automation, AI, IoT, robotics, digital twins, and cybersecurity, consistently aligning technology strategy with business growth, operational excellence, and M&A transformation.
Known for building future-ready digital architectures and leading multicultural teams across the Middle East, APAC, and global logistics ecosystems, Bright has delivered enterprise platforms, automation systems, and intelligent solutions at scale. His leadership spans board-level advisory, innovation strategy, product transformation, and mission-critical technology governance.

Chris Choi

Chris Choi
Chris Choi leads Busan New Container Terminal (BNCT), a key seaport
asset under Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund and CMA CGM, as
its President & CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Based in
Busan, South Korea, Chris has been guiding BNCT’s growth and
ensuring its position as a leading terminal operator in Korea since
March 2021.
In addition to his leadership at BNCT, Chris currently serves as the
Chairman of the Korea Container Terminal Operators Association and
as the Vice President of the Busan Rowing Association.
Before joining BNCT, Chris built extensive expertise in the global
shipping and logistics industry. He served as Vice President for the US
West Coast and Great Lakes Region at Ceres Terminals in the United
States, where he managed all commercial and operational activities.
His career also includes leadership roles at NYK Ports as Director of Strategic Planning and at Total
Terminals International, LLC in Long Beach, California, as Director of Corporate Planning and Contracts.
Chris began his professional journey at Hanjin Shipping and Hanjin Pacific Corporation in Seoul, holding
various positions that developed his expertise in logistics and terminal operations.
He holds a master’s degree in International Logistics from Chung-Ang University in Seoul and a
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.

Christine Pieters

Christine Pieters
A.P. Møller – Maersk transformation leader Christine has spent more than a decade driving large-scale operational and digital transformation across Air, LCL, Intermodal, Depot, and Terminal operations. With deep expertise in programme management, operational excellence, and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt methodologies, she has led global implementations of integrated transport management solutions across 50+ countries and helped standardise operations across approximately 70 terminals.
Currently serving as Head of Innovation at PTP — the world’s largest single TOS-managed terminal — Christine is focused on advancing next-generation terminal operations by integrating technology, people, and processes to deliver safer, smarter, and more efficient port performance. Known for her servant leadership approach, she is passionate about building high-performing, cross-cultural teams that turn strategy into measurable business impact through clarity, trust, and collaboration.

Fadzly Moftar

Fadzly Moftar
Fadzly Moftar is a transformation leader and speaker specializing in how organizations remove hidden friction, accelerate decision-making, and improve operational performance in complex environments.
With more than 20 years of leadership experience across ports, logistics, and mission-critical operations, he has led practical transformation initiatives that delivered measurable results — including reducing planning cycles from hours to minutes, compressing turnaround timelines from days to under 24 hours, and redesigning workflows from weeks to minutes through smarter systems, governance, and execution flow.
Fadzly is the creator of the Executive Friction Diagnosis (EFD) framework — a practical methodology that helps leaders uncover invisible bottlenecks slowing growth, speed, accountability, and execution. His work focuses on a simple truth:

Khairi Yassin

Khairi Yassin
Khairi Yassin is a seasoned professional with 17 years of extensive experience in managing container terminals. Currently, he serves as the head of the Project Management Office, where he spearheads initiatives focused on project in terminal automation, digitalization, and process improvement. Holding a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Mohd Khairi brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to his role.

Michael Yip

Michael Yip
Michael Yip is the Chief Innovation Officer at Modern Terminals Limited, a leading container terminal operator in Hong Kong and Mainland China. He heads the Group’s IT function and leads digital transformation and innovation initiatives across the organisation.
With extensive IT management and consulting experience across the Greater China region, Michael holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and HKUST, and a BSc in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Norbert Klettner

Norbert Klettner
Norbert has been working for more than 15 years in the port and terminal industry implementing and integrating Terminal Operating Systems (TOS), initially for the terminal operator EUROGATE, and since several years as the managing director of the RBS EMEA Office implementing the TOPS Expert system. With akquinet port consulting as well, he has moved into the area of using data for simulation and emulation purposes on the CHESSCON suite. Norbert is a founding member of TIC4.0 since 2018 and is the Vice-President of TIC4.0, as well as a member of the Executive and Operation Councils of TIC4.0.

Truong Nguyen Linh

Truong Nguyen Linh
Mr. Truong Nguyen Linh, Deputy General Director of the First Logistics Development Joint Venture Company (FLDC) which managing and operating Vietnam International Container Terminals (VICT), a pivotal entity in Vietnam’s maritime logistics sector. VICT holds the distinction of being Vietnam’s first dedicated container port, located in Ho Chi Minh City which operating from 1998 till now.
With over 25 service-years in shipping operations and port management, he worked for 01 oversea shipping line and 05 Vietnam terminals which enhancing Vietnam’s maritime infrastructure network.
His leadership reflects a commitment to sustainable growth and operational excellence in Vietnam’s logistics sector.

Yvo Saanen

Yvo Saanen
Dr. Yvo A. Saanen is Managing Director and Founder (1996) of Portwise (formerly called TBA), a leading terminal design and simulation company in The Netherlands. He is in charge of all port & terminal related projects all over the world in their planning and optimization process of container terminals by means of simulation and emulation.
In this role, he has participated in various projects, ranging from long term development, process improvement, terminal extensions and redesign of handling systems to design of greenfield terminals. Examples are the DPWorld’s facility in Antwerp, and HPH’s Euromax facility in Rotterdam, and OOCL’s facility in Long Beach, but also recent automated terminals in Rotterdam by APMT and DP World.
Dr. Saanen holds an MSc in Systems Engineering and a PhD on the design and simulation of robotized container terminals, both from Delft University of Technology. He is a lecturer at the institute of Maritime Economics and Logistics (Erasmus University Rotterdam), teaching simulation and logistics and, in various bodies, lectures about terminal design by means of simulation, and publishes regularly about his work in scientific magazines as well as business magazines.

Harrison Nguyen

Harrison Nguyen
Harrison is an account executive at Realtime Business Solutions (RBS), and is passionate about how software can revolutionize industries. He graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of commerce and computer science with distinctions. With his fresh ideas and burning ambition, Harrison is dedicated to helping terminals find the best solutions to optimize their operations.

Roy de Haan

Roy de Haan
Roy de Haan is the Partnership Director for Terminals, Feeders, and Ports at DCSA. With a strong background in the maritime industry, Roy began his career at Hutchison Ports in Rotterdam, gaining hands-on experience in terminal operations. He went on to APM Terminals / Maersk, where he held operational and commercial roles, further deepening his understanding of terminal logistics and global trade dynamics. He later joined Navis, a global leader in terminal operating systems, where he led a sales team focused on driving growth and innovation in operations technology.

Pradeep Jayaraman

Pradeep Jayaraman
Mr. Pradeep Jayaraman is currently working as Chief Executive Officer at Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Limited, India’s first automated terminal. He is overseeing the expansion and future development of the Vizhinjam International Seaport with a planned investment of USD 2 billion dollars. Under his leadership, Vizhinjam Port has scaled up at unprecedented levels and created many national records within the first year of operation.
Earlier he was Chief Operating Officer – Container Operations at Mundra Port, India’s largest port in terms of volume. He joined APSEZ as Head of Analytics & Technology to drive the digital transformation journey at the organization level. He was instrumental in adapting Cloud, AI, and digital real-time dashboards as part of day-to-day operations across ports and terminals.
Prior to joining APSEZ, Pradeep Jayaraman held various leadership positions across organizations like Fractal Analytics, Maersk, Cognizant, Dell, and GE to name a few. He has diverse work experience and has worked across industries like Retail, Consumer Goods, Financial Services, Shipping & Logistics.
Pradeep comes with significant international experience having worked in the US, Europe, and Asia, and brings strength in building and scaling up transformation teams ground up across many multinational organizations.

Jawn Looi

Jawn Looi
Jawn Looi is Head of Operations at AMLab, where he leads the development of cutting-edge automation solutions, including autonomous and remote quay cranes. With deep expertise in systems integration and innovation strategy, Jawn believes that technology solutions must be driven with productivity and safety in mind, which has propelled AMLab to be the leading solution for waterside automation. Jawn brings a unique blend of engineering insight and operational productivity focus to the challenge of transforming terminal operations.”
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Gold Partner
Realtime Business Solutions
At RBS, we specialise in providing state-of-the-art Terminal Operating Systems (TOS) and innovative container management software that redefine efficiency in the global supply chain. Our TOS is the brains of modern terminal operations, seamlessly connecting all facets of terminal management to ensure your operations are not only planned accurately but executed flawlessly. With our state-of-the-art TOS, you gain unparalleled control, precise planning, and real-time monitoring capabilities that drive optimised performance and resource utilisation. Imagine a system designed to elevate your operations, streamline processes, and enhance productivity—all while reducing costs.
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AMLAB
AMLab: Transforming Container Terminal Crane Operations with Industry-Leading
Automation Solutions
AMLab is at the forefront of improving container terminal crane operations with cutting edge automation, enabling remote control semi-automated ship-to-shore (STS) crane operations and equipment positioning systems.
Since 2016, we have been pioneering innovative solutions that enhance eƯiciency, safety, and productivity in port environments worldwide.
Our cutting-edge solutions, powered by 3D LiDAR and machine vision, enable unmatched precision in spreader guidance, waterside automation, and equipment alignment, reducing ship turnaround times and transforming quayside operations.
With deep roots in autonomous bulk handling and proven systems deployed at multiple container terminals worldwide, AMLab brings practical expertise to the complex demands of waterside automation.
INNIO Group
INNIO Group is a global distributed energy solutions provider that delivers reliable, flexible, transient, decentralized, modular, and efficient power. With a track record of innovation, INNIO designs, manufactures, and services high-performance power systems under its Jenbacher and Waukesha brands. The company delivers power for applications including data centers, microgrids, grid stabilization, industrial energy, and gas compression. INNIO has a global coverage across approximately 100 countries as of December 31, 2025, supported by a resilient, high margin services business that delivers long-term, recurring revenues across the full equipment lifecycle. As electricity demand accelerates – driven by AI, electrification and grid constraints – INNIO enables scalable, behind-the-meter power generation with high efficiency, fast-start capability, strong transient performance, and fuel flexibility, including hydrogen-ready solutions. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, INNIO employs over 5,000 people worldwide and is committed to moving energy forward.
Kalmar
Kalmar (Nasdaq Helsinki: KALMAR) is moving goods in critical supply chains around the world, with the vision to be the forerunner in sustainable material handling equipment and services. The company offers a wide range of industry shaping heavy material handling equipment and services to ports and terminals, distribution centres, manufacturing and heavy logistics.
Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Kalmar operates globally in over 120 countries and employs approximately 5,200 people. In 2024, the company’s sales totalled approximately EUR 1.7. billion.
Portchain
Bronze Partners
ABB
ABB Ports designs and develops intelligent terminal automation and electrification solutions and services for container handling. With our proven technology and thousands of systems implemented world-wide, we ensure seamless performance even in the most complex scenarios. The offering includes automation and remote operation for container handling cranes, as well as complete OCR and electrical systems. With our global support network, we help you stay ahead of the game, keeping your terminal running smoothly—whether today’s challenges or tomorrow’s even bigger ones.
Camco Technologies
Camco Technologies is recognised as a pioneer and market leader in container terminal automation. Their image recognition and location tracking solutions are capable of registering all movements that occur during the container hand-over processes at various locations such as the gate, yard, cranes, and rail operations. The data captured by their solutions allows for optimisation of terminal processes, while their software empowers terminals to achieve their digitalisation goals. The solutions provided by Camco Technologies play a significant role in enhancing operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and profitability. All the necessary hardware and software for their solutions are developed at Camco Technologies’ headquarters in Belgium. Their solutions have already been successfully implemented in over 300 terminals worldwide. With a widespread network of subsidiaries and partnerships, Camco Technologies ensures that their clients are always within easy reach.
Kaleris
Kaleris is the leading provider of cloud-based supply chain execution and visibility technology solutions. Many of the world’s largest brands rely on Kaleris for mission-critical logistics technology in yard management, transportation management, and maintenance & repair operations as well as terminal operating systems and ocean carrier & vessel solutions from our premier Navis brand. By consolidating supply chain execution software assets across major nodes and modes into a central Execution & Visibility Platform, we solve for the dark spots and data gaps that cause friction and inefficiency in the global supply chain. Kaleris serves and supports customers in 80 countries.
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey is a global management consulting firm committed to helping organizations accelerate sustainable and inclusive growth. We work with clients across the private, public, and social sectors to solve complex problems and create positive change for all their stakeholders. We combine bold strategies and transformative technologies to help organizations innovate more sustainably, achieve lasting gains in performance, and build workforces that will thrive for this generation and the next.
TMEIC
TMEIC Corporation Americas, headquartered in Houston, TX., with its Engineering Center in Roanoke, VA, designs, develops, and engineers advanced automation, large AC and DC motors, photovoltaic inverters, and variable frequency drive systems with manufacturing facilities in Brookshire and Katy, Texas. TMEIC Corporation Americas specializes in Renewable Energy, Metals, Port Solutions, Oil & Gas, Mining, Paper, Water & Wastewater, and other industrial markets worldwide. We drive industry.
Exhibitors
Ability Systems
Ability Systems is a technology company developing autonomous yard tractor solutions for next-generation container terminals.
Our integrated solution combines ATA-Y, a fully electric autonomous yard tractor, ADOS, our full-stack autonomous driving operating system, and FMS, a fleet management system connecting vehicle operation with terminal workflows.
Designed specifically for complex port environments, our technology supports precise positioning, forward and reverse path planning, crane-side spotting, obstacle detection, remote monitoring, and safe operation even in GNSS-challenged areas. ADOS integrates perception, localization, planning, control, safety, and diagnostics into a single autonomous driving platform.
Our autonomous yard tractor solution is currently undergoing testing at a container terminal in Korea, allowing us to further validate performance in real port operations. Ability Systems is focused on delivering practical, deployable automation that improves safety, operational efficiency, and fleet visibility, while working with terminal operators and technology partners to expand commercial deployment in Korea and global markets.
CyberLogitec
CyberLogitec (CLT) is a global leader in smart port automation, specializing in digitalizing modern container terminals. Its flagship platform, OPUS Terminal, fully coordinates automated vessel and yard operations. By integrating Equipment Control Systems (ECS) with Artificial Intelligence and precise positioning data, the company automates massive cargo-handling machinery safely and efficiently. Furthermore, CLT pioneers maritime Digital Twin technology, DigiPort AI. This creates real-time, virtual 3D models of physical ports using deep-learning video analytics. These digital twins allow port operators to simulate harsh marine conditions, predict safety risks, and optimize traffic, paving the way for next-generation autonomous shipping hubs.
Jivi Solutions
Transforming Workforce Management for Smart Port Operations
JIVI Enterprice Workforce Management Solution is a Malaysian technology company specializing in enterprise workforce management solutions for ports, terminals, logistics, and other operationally intensive industries. Our flagship platform, JIVIEWS, enables Terminals to optimize workforce planning, scheduling, deployment, time and attendance, and operational execution through intelligent automation and real-time workforce visibility. Built on modern, open, and highly configurable technology, JIVIEWS integrates seamlessly with Terminal Operating Systems (TOS), ERP, HR, and payroll platforms to streamline operations and improve productivity. Backed by deep maritime industry expertise and successful implementations across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa, JIVI empowers terminal operators to optimize labor utilization, reduce operational costs, and enhance workforce performance.
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE FOR PORTS, WATERWAYS AND COASTS
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE FOR PORTS, WATERWAYS AND COASTS
IIT Madras | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India
The National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC) was established in February 2018 at IIT Madras as the dedicated technological arm of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Government of India. NTCPWC serves as a national centre for applied research, engineering consultancy, indigenous technology development and technology transfer for ports, inland waterways and the maritime sector, working closely with ports, government agencies, maritime organisations, coastal states and industry to develop scientifically validated, field-ready solutions. With multidisciplinary expertise spanning ocean and coastal engineering, hydrodynamics, navigation, dredging, maritime safety, geospatial technologies, artificial intelligence, robotics, digitalisation, port automation and blue technologies, the Centre addresses complex operational and infrastructure challenges through research, modelling, field investigations, technology development and deployment. NTCPWC contributes significantly to India’s transition towards smart, safe, sustainable and technology-driven ports and waterways, enhancing navigational safety, operational efficiency, productivity, environmental sustainability and optimisation of maritime infrastructure while advancing the national vision of indigenous and globally competitive maritime technologies.
Westwell
Westwell develops fully autonomous, AI-native commercial vehicles and intelligent logistics solutions — purpose-built for diverse and complex port, terminal, and logistics environments. Its AI platform connects every node of an operation, coordinating fleet scheduling, container flow, and real-time decision-making to maximise site-wide productivity. Trusted by leading operators across ports, airports, rail hubs, and logistics parks globally, Westwell fuses large-scale perception models, real-time decision intelligence, and new energy powertrains on a unified platform that continuously learns and adapts across complex, dynamic operations worldwide.
Networking Breakfast Partner
Arup Group
Arup is a global, independent firm of planners, designers, and engineers delivering multidisciplinary expertise across the built environment. We partner with port and terminal operators, waterborne transport owners, and coastal communities to address today’s most pressing challenges ranging from socio-economic pressures to the energy transition and climate change. Our focus is on enabling resilient, future-ready infrastructure that supports sustainable growth. Through an integrated, end-to-end approach spanning planning, design, and implementation, we work alongside our clients as long-term partners helping expand capacity, strengthen resilience, and accelerate decarbonisation ambitions.
Networking Break Partner
RPX Optimization
RPX believes in the power of technology and data to make the global supply chain better, more efficient and reliable. With our team of seasoned industry experts we assist our clients in their goal to optimize their infrastructure solutions to new levels of performance and provide real world consulting services to develop first conceptual ideas to their full-scale implementation.
Safety Partner
Quantum BSO
Quantum is a specialist technology company helping ports and container terminals transform safety, operational performance, and resilience through intelligent digital solutions.
Its flagship platform, Qavach.AI, is powered by ATSI (Autonomous Terminal Safety Intelligence)—a new category of AI that shifts terminal safety from reactive reporting to predictive and prescriptive intelligence.
By continuously analysing operational data, incidents, observations, images, and video streams, ATSI identifies emerging risk patterns, recommends preventive interventions, and delivers real-time decision support.
Quantum’s vision is to help terminal operators build safer, smarter, more resilient, and increasingly autonomous operations.
Lanyard Partner
Envision
Envision Enterprise Solutions helps ports and terminals modernize with confidence, not just adopt new technology. Backed by 25 dedicated maritime domain experts and 280 years of combined industry experience, our team has worked directly inside port and logistics operations across 34 countries. As an IBM Maximo Partner and SAP-endorsed solution provider, we bring iPortman, our low-code platform for terminal operations, asset management, and marine logistics, built specifically around how ports actually run, not adapted from generic enterprise software. We operate from 6 countries, with hands-on regional support wherever our customers are.
Delegate Bag
Remy InfoSource
Remy InfoSource is a specialist software company focused on project-based procurement,
tendering and contract management. Its flagship platform, iSpec, helps organisations
manage complex equipment and infrastructure procurement from tender preparation through
bid evaluation, negotiation, award and contract delivery. Designed for large, high-value
projects, iSpec provides clause-level document control, contextual vendor communication,
audit trails, milestone tracking, performance monitoring and AI-ready structured procurement
data. Remy has supported global enterprises across industries including ports,
transportation, manufacturing, medical equipment and technology. Customers have included
DP World, Siemens, SABMiller, QTerminals and others. Remy operates internationally, with
resources in Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Media Partners
Cities Today
Cities Today is the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders.
Container News
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