INVITATION TO OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY

Contact: info@europort.nl, T +31 (0)10 - 293 32 50 | www.europort.nl

See the complete programme on our website.

On behalf of the Executive Board of Rotterdam Ahoy and the exhibition’s Advisory Committee, we are honoured to invite you to the official Europort Opening Ceremony on Tuesday 7 November 2017. The ceremony will reflect on the Europort themes from a broader perspective. A glimpse of the programme:

Keynote speaker 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’

Keynote speaker Reinier van den Berg, RTL Television weather anchor and climato-

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

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

The official Opening Ceremony will start at 11.00 hours in the Conference Room of the Ahoy Conference & Meeting Centre. You are kindly expected at 10.30 hours for the welcome reception in the Foyer.

To confirm your presence in the opening ceremony, kindly register here.

With kind regards,

Gert-Jan van den Nieuwenhoff Raymond SiliakusGeneral Manager B2B Manager Exhibitions