Seminar Food Logistics in Rotterdam

Seminar Food Logistics in Rotterdam
Time: 12:00pm
Date: 11 June 2015
Venue: Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci
Rotterdam is the city with the smartest port in the world. It is a mediagenic
metropolis with an ever growing skyline full of modern architecture. It is also home to
600,000 Rotterdammers representing more than 170 different nationalities, each
having their own story. They make Rotterdam a bustling metropolis, with a lot of
room for new initiatives.
The port of Rotterdam is the largest logistics and industrial hub in Europe. In 2014
Rotterdam saw the transhipment of almost 445 million tonnes of goods by approximately
30,000 vessels, making it the largest European seaport. The Rotterdam port area is the only
one in northwest Europe that offers unrestricted access to the most deep-drafted vessels.
The construction of Maasvlakte 2 has provided the port with room for further growth.
The city and port of Rotterdam are constantly in motion: the economy demands sustainable
transition in bio-based and circular business operations. Businesses in our region are in the
vanguard of this transition. The world of vessels, containers and hard workers is
progressively becoming a world of digital communication, chips and sensors. According to
economist Jeremy Rifkin, the gateway to Europe is a testing ground for people, data and
‘the Internet of things’. Rifkin predicts that in 2030 the Rotterdam mainport will be a selfthinking, fully automatic transit machine that runs on an unmanned super Internet.
The Municipality of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam Authority cordially invite you to
attend a seminar on Food Logistics. We would like to show you what the Rotterdam region
has to offer as an innovative port for the food industry. Rotterdam-based businesses are
busily engaged in creating new markets. For this reason we are seeking new trade partners.
Will you come and meet us in Milan?
For this seminar we are inviting exporters, government authorities, export organisations and
trade organisations from Europe, South America, Central America, South Africa, East and
West Africa who are active in the fruit, flower, fish and/or meat industries. During the
seminar we will try to match these businesses with importers, coldstores, multinationals,
retailers, trade organisations, carriers and logistics service providers in Europe.
Programme
12.00pm Arrival and Dutch cuisine lunch
1.00pm Opening and introduction by alderman Maarten Struijvenberg of the Municipality of
Rotterdam
1.30pm Session 1: Global food flows, trends and developments in Europe, innovations in
cool logistics, new developments in Rotterdam (Maasvlakte 2, Cool Port, intermodal
transport)
Speaker: Sofie Tolk, Senior Business Manager Agrofood at the Port of Rotterdam Authority
2.30pm Break and the opportunity to network
3.00pm Session 2: Creating new markets: the Netherlands has the expertise and
experience to commence food production in countries where large-scale cultivation is not
yet taking place. Speaker: Johan in ’t Veld of Agro Cap Invest BV.
3.45pm Matchmaking including aperitifs and Dutch cuisine snacks
5.00pm Transfer to Expo site
Registering
You can register for this seminar by sending an email to: events@worldexpomilaan2015.nl,
stating that you would like to sign up for the Food Logistics Seminar on 11 June. The
seminar will be held at Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Via San
Vittore, 21, 20123 Milan.