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TOC Americas & CSC Live Agendas

‘CONFLICT, COMMERCE & (DIS)CONNECTIVITY… Where is the growth?’

Amid a 2026 shaped by geopolitics and regional elections across the Americas, the ripple effects on global trade, port operations, shipping services and supply chains remain profound. Building on 2025’s focus—trade, tariffs and tensions: how do we move forward?—the sector continues to navigate elevated uncertainty while advancing resilience, reliability and the continuity of cargo flows. This year’s CSC LIVE editorial theme, COMMERCE, CONFLICT & (DIS)CONNECTIVITY… Where is the growth?, frames three days of analysis and debate as leading voices from every layer of the cargo supply chain explore practical pathways to sustainable expansion. 

Full agendas are coming soon.

DAY 1: TRADE & SUPPLY CHAIN (20TH OCTOBER)

- KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM GRUPO PUERTO DE CARTAGENA

- GLOBAL MARITIME TRADE OUTLOOK FOR CONTAINERISED CARGO

- A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO INTRA-AMERICAS TRADE: CHALLENGES &OPPORTUNITIES?

- SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD

DAY 2: GROWTH & SUSTAINABILITY (21ST OCTOBER)

- WHAT’S BEYOND PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT? BUILDING A MARITIMETRADE NETWORK

- THE DO’S & DON’TS OF SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES

- BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE & PROFITABLE SUPPLY CHAINS

- INTEGRATION OF PORT, HINTERLAND & MARKETS

DAY 3: REGIONAL SPOTLIGHT (22ND OCTOBER)

- REGIONAL PORT FORUM: THE GREAT CARIBBEAN – THE NEW HOT SPOT AREA FORSHIPPING?

SPEAKERS CONFIRMED

-Ingrid Huapaya, Director, Foreign Trade Area, WISTA Peru & Negotiations Coordinator, Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru (MINCETUR)

- Dinesh Sharma, Director, Drewry Maritime Advisors

- Robert Barceló, Senior Manager, Business Development, Port Everglades

- Maximiliano Alcorta, Regional Operations Manager WCSA, MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company

- Elsa Muñoz, North America Customs Manager, Ali Express (Ali Baba Group)

- Javier Rodríguez, Senior Product Manager, Amazon Global Logistics

- Paulo Ruy, Senior Vice-President Commercial for Latin America, Hanseatic GlobalTerminals

TUESDAY 20TH OCTOBER 

- PORT & TERMINAL LEADERSHIP FORUM: WHAT ARE THE TANGIBLE BUSINESS BENEFITS OF AN INDUSTRY-WIDE PORT DIGITALISATION BENCHMARK?

- FROM AUTOMATION TO AUTONOMY: HOW CAN TERMINALS MAKE THE TRANSITION? 

- HOW CAN AMERICAS PORTS POWER THE NEXT WAVE OF FLEET ELECTRIFICATION? 

WEDNESDAY 21ST OCTOBER 

- A LOOK INTO THE DRY BULK SECTOR: MARKET DYNAMICS & OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY

- SMART PORT ASSET MANAGEMENT & EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE  

- BEYOND THE HYPE: WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY MEAN TO INVEST IN AI? 

- OPTIMIZING CONTAINER HANDLING TO MAXIMIZE TERMINAL PERFORMANCE AND THROUGHPUT 

THURSDAY 22ND OCTOBER 

-A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SAFETY  

SPEAKERS CONFIRMED

  • Claudio Aguilera, Senior Director Global ICT, Hanseatic Global Terminals
  • Tuomo Korkeaviita, Offer Manager, RTG Cranes, Konecranes
  • Boris Wenzel, President, TIC 4.0 
  • Enno Koll, Regional CEO – Americas, PSA International 
  • Carlos Lopez Barbera, VP & Executive GM, Marine Solutions, Kaleris     
  • Alexandre Reali, CEO – Cristobal Terminal, TiL Group
  • Rama Raju, CEO, Envision Enterprise Solutions


For more information and to participate, please contact:

Mateo Wiegold, Editorial Content Manager

Mateo Wiegold

Editorial Content 
Manager

Heidi Heinzelmann, Content & Conference Producer

Heidi Heinzelmann

Content & Conference 
Producer

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