Robin Audenaerdt
Robin started as a project engineer at Europe Combined Terminals, Europe’s largest container port, in Rotterdam back in 1995. Robin holds University degrees in Logistics, Business Administration and Supply Chain Optimization from Insead. With first-hand experience from the first fully automated container terminal in the world with Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) and Stacking Cranes (ARMG), […]
Lyes Chebrek
Container terminal professional with a wealth of Operational and Automation experience internationally acquired through working in diverse port environment in different countries & cultures Lyes CHEBREK professional experience incorporate Container Terminal Operation Management, Terminal Design & Development, Terminal Automation, advanced Operational Modelling and feasibility studies as well as operational Process Improvement. Throughout his 21 years […]
Matthew Wittemeier
Matthew Wittemeier is responsible for marketing at INFORM’s Logistics Division where he has become a thought-provoking contributor to many industry publications and conferences. He is co-author of the award winning 2038: A Smart Port Story – a story about the future of technology and the social challenges it may bring. Matthew is a member and […]
Robert Hambleton
Combining over thirty years of Container Terminal experience and five years serving as a Captain within the UK Armed Forces, Robert has worked across six different countries (UK, Malta, Egypt, Vietnam, Turkey and Saudi Arabia) for six different Terminal Operators (APM Terminals, Hutchison, ABP, Gulftainer, Port of Marsaxlokk, Port of Tilbury), and he is currently […]
Oscar Pernia
‘As Founder & Technical Lead of Next Port Dr. Oscar Pernia participates as advisor and thought leader in several innovation and R&D activities, with core focus on enabling the introduction of Artificial Intelligence in the Port Industry: his education was on Telecommunications Engineering, and he holds an Industrial Engineering PhD, where he focused on Algorithms […]
Gerhard Fischer
Gerhard L. Fischer graduated in 1987 with a Dipl.-Ing. (FH) degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Applied Science, Munich, Germany and visited Arizona state University, USA on a Fulbright exchange. Since 2008 Gerhard is with Siemens AG in the Cranes business segment in Erlangen, Germany as head of sales for harbour cranes. He […]
Sidney Nederlof
Sidney Nederlof is Director of IT for Red Sea Gateway Terminal. Red Sea Gateway Terminal has signed a 30-year concession to consolidate and redevelop the northern sector of Jeddah Islamic Port, to become the largest container terminal in Saudi Arabia and on the Red Sea. He previously worked as Technical Director for Hamad Port in […]
Ashley Woods
Ashley is dual British-Australian national. Growing up in Australia and spending time living on a remote mine where he was schooled via CB radio, Ashley developed a fascination with the natural environmental and resources. Ashley completed a B.Sc and M.Sc at the University of Durham in Geosciences. Ashley’s early career as an Environmental Consultant focused […]
