PresentationBargetoBusiness & Riverdating

19-20 November 2014, Luxembourg

ConferencePeer2peer information & exchange

www.bargetobusiness.eu

Two-in-one19-20 November 2014, Luxembourg

B2B meetingsPre-scheduled meetings

ca. 400 people +3,000 meetings

www.river-dating.com

BARGE TO BUSINESS/RIVERDATING 2014

MissionInland waterway transport is terra incognita for a lot of shippers and logistics professionals: how to get started, whom to contact to add waterway transport to the supply chain. This is why the event serves as a meeting platform for all the actors of multimodal transport interested in waterway transport: transport and terminal operators, shippers and logistics service providers, institutions. The objective is to develop dialogue, networking and business, and above all, continuously improve transport & logistics services in a multimodal context from origin to destination.

The event organisersThe European Logistics Advisory Network (ELAN) is a European project without commercial interest, that brings together waterway managers and promotion agencies from Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Austria and the Netherlands with the aim to increase the information about possibilities of adding inland waterways to multimodal supply chains.

Who supports the eventThe event is hosted by the European Commission and the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure of Luxembourg

The CONCEPT: two events back-to-back

Business dating with expertsfrom BE-DE-FR-LU-NL

ToolsOnline registration platform

Networking tool allowing to get in touch with the chosen

companies Personalised meeting schedule

FREE FOR SHIPPERS

Debates and flash presentationsTopics Innovative logistics solutions "Green" transportGood practice exchange on the integration of waterway transport in the multimodal chain European policy in this field Investment and finance solutions FREE

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WHY ATTENDThe event is a great meeting place for all sector stakeholders offering unique opportunities to make informal professional contacts, facilitated by exchanges, scheduled meetings and relaxed networking throughout the event. Flexible: Participants where the participate in.

BARGETOBUSINESS CONFERENCE The exclusive event for logistics decision makers providing concrete and useful information about how to

add inland waterway transport to all-in supply chains. Recent users present why and how they made the move to transport by water. By exploring new freight projects, new business opportunities are generated.

Leading experts from all stages of the supply chain will be here sharing their inside knowledge and facilitating lively discussions which draw out shared knowledge and experience of the tools needed to make a success of moving freight by water as part of multimodal origin-destination solutions.

RIVERDATING BUSINESS MEETINGS Shippers look for waterway transport options as part of all-in transport solutions but do not know what

service offers are available. Logistics service providers show their expertise, explain services and build partnerships to provide integrated solutions. Riverdating facilitates on a large scale B2B meetings organised between logistics service providers and shippers. Shippers can select logistics providers on basis of detailed service profiles. Logistics providers can select shippers' representatives on basis of detailed market profiles & project offers.

Siim Kallas, Vice President, EUROPEAN COMMISSIONEmmanuel Maes, General Manager, Group DE CLOEDTTom Tillemans, Head Logistics Network Development, HEINZCatherine Rivoallon, International Logistics Manager, Groupe MONOPRIX Edwin Wenink, Logistics Manager, FLORAHOLLANDLaurent Kamiel, Supply-Chain Director, FRANPRIXFrank Scholten, Transport Manager, AVIKOJan Goyaerts, Logistics Manager, MARSLuc Malysse, Waterway Transport Manager, CARGILLJohannes Hahn, Commissioner for Regional Policy, EUROPEAN COMMISSIONDoris Bures, Federal Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology, AUSTRIAEtienne Schouppe, State Secretary for Mobility, BELGIUMKarla Peijs, European Coordinator Priority Projects 18 & 30, EUROPEAN COMMISSIONJean-Eric Paquet, Director European Mobility Network - DG Transport & Mobility, EUROPEAN COMMISSIONCorien Wortmann-Kool, Vice-President of the European People Party of the EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTSilvia-Adriana Ticau, Vice President of the Transport committee of the EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTHenirich Kerstgens, Managing Director, CONTARGOWolfgang Hönemann, Managing Director Barge Business, RHENUSStefan Meeusen, Managing Director, NPRCAlexandre Gallo, Vice-President Intermodal Group, CMA CGMDennie Lockefeer, General manager , DP WORLD INTERMODAL

A FEW SPEAKERS AT PREVIOUS CONFERENCES

EVENT VISITOR PROFILE in ROTTERDAM 2012

Gathering + 400 people

Resulting in 3,700 formal business meetings and many more informal exchanges

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22%

14%

24%

37%

Researchers

Policy makers

Ports & terminals

Shippers

Transport service providers

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Participants’ country of origin

Participants’ profile

VISITORS SATISFACTION SURVEY 2012SHIPPERS About participation 65% very satisfied 35% satisfied

Quality of B2B meetings 41% excellent 55% good 4% average

90% met new service providers60% found a solution for their projects82% will give further follow-up to their meetings82% will come back next time

SERVICE PROVIDERS About participation 48% very satisfied 44% satisfied 8% average

Quality of B2B meetings 40% excellent 47% good 3% average

81% met new shippers98% met new potential partners82% will give further follow-up to their meetings91% will come back next time

WHAT PARTICIPANTS SAY

SHIPPERS “For Mars, Barge to Business and Riverdating offer a great chance to learn from others and pick up and

exchange new ideas. We have set ourselves important sustainability targets, and to reach these we seek to identify and investigate the best and most efficient opportunities within intermodal transport. We particularly value the way networking is organised as it provides the ideal platform to meet and talk to a very wide range of colleagues, all with useful ideas, in a very short and concentrated period of time.” MARS

"Meetings provide real added value, an efficient use of our time and excellent advice actors available, a maximum optimisation of our time and advice" CHEP France

SERVICE PROVIDERS "This is THE event about river logistics showing how waterway transport business works across Europe.

Thematic conference sessions are very informative and always helpful" LOGISEINE

"Since 4 years we participate in Riverdating, 20% of our annual sales are being discussed in those two days" SOCIÉTÉ DE TRANSPORT FLUVIAL STF

CONTACT US for more informati on, partnerships & sponsoring opportuniti es

For ELAN – European Logistics Advisory Network

Karin De SchepperInland Navigation Europe (INE)

kds@inlandnavigation.eu +32 2 553 14 80 ine_navigation bargetobusiness

www.inlandnavigation.euwww.bargetobusiness.eu

Rachid YassaVoies navigables de France (VNF)

rachid.yassa@vnf.fr +33 6 33 48 16 97

www.vnf.frwww.river-dating.com