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Join us for an exclusive 2-day event in Dubai among your peers and expert speakers. We will be discussing the latest

developments in Port Operations and give detailed insights on how port simulation technologies are used, what are

the application fields, how TOS integration can be tested and how day-to-day operations can be optimized.

WHO SHALL ATTEND?WHO SHALL ATTEND?WHO SHALL ATTEND?WHO SHALL ATTEND?

DATE: 8th & 9th April 2015

TIME: 9 am – 5 pm

LOCATION: Sofitel Downtown, Dubai

ROOM: AMBER meeting room

PRICE: 595 USD / person

� Incl. refreshments & lunch buffet

� Incl. 2 hours yacht cruise

� Certificate of participation

REGISTER AT: www.kat-logics.com

PAY BEFORE: Thu, 2nd April

ISL ISL ISL ISL PORT EXECUTIVE FORUMPORT EXECUTIVE FORUMPORT EXECUTIVE FORUMPORT EXECUTIVE FORUM

EXCLUSIVEEXCLUSIVEEXCLUSIVEEXCLUSIVE INVITATIONINVITATIONINVITATIONINVITATION

� Container Terminal Executives (CEO, COO, CFO)

� IT and Process Excellence Managers

� Terminal Operating System Suppliers

� Port & Freezone Developers

� Port Optimization Experts & Consultants

� Academics & Researchers from Maritime Institutions

� Port & Freezone Authorities

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PROGRAMPROGRAMPROGRAMPROGRAM::::

Day 1 – Wed, 8th April 2015

• 09:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee

• 10:00 Opening by host Katharina Albert, Introduction of participants

• 10:15 Global Shipping Market and Challenges of new Vessel Dimensions – Prof. Burkhard Lemper, ISL

• 11:00 Developments in the regional market – Katharina Albert, Kat Logics

• 11:45 Coffee break

• 12:00 Container Terminal Operation – Dr. Holger Schütt, ISL Applications GmbH

o Overview, current equipment, planning processes

o State of automation

o Extraction of Singapore’s Next Generation Container Port challenge

• 14:00 Terminal Operators View – Guest Speaker (to be confirmed)

• 14:30 Container Terminal Simulation – Dr. Holger Schütt, ISL Applications GmbH

o Overview, field of application, terminal planning, installation, start-up, day-to-day operation

• 15:30 Q&A & Coffee Break

• 18:30 End of Day 1

Kat Logics – the Simulation Expert in the Middle East

13:00 Lunch break

16:30 Yacht trip into the sunset to discuss challenges and possible solutions

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Day 2 – Thu, 9th April 2015

• 09:00 Morning Coffee

• 09:30 Organizers’ remarks regarding Day 2 – Katharina Albert, Kat Logics

• 09:45 State of the art: Simulation based Terminal Planning – Dr. Holger Schütt, ISL Applications GmbH

o Evaluating Terminal's Capacity

o Layout Analysis

o Equipment Requirements, Technical Data and Amount

o Case Studies and/or training example

• 10:45 Data Collection: The Base of each Successful Project – Katharina Albert, Kat Logics

• 11:15 Coffee Break

• 11:45 Securing the Installation and Start-up phase using Virtual Terminals – Dr. Holger Schütt

o Connecting the TOS to Simulation

o Supporting Selection Process of the TOS

o Functional Test of the Control System

o Stress Testing before Going Live

o New Training Concepts using Virtual Terminals

o Live Demonstration

• 14:00 Optimize Terminal planner’s day-to-day operation – Dr. Holger Schütt, ISL Applications GmbH

o Enhance Planning tasks with enhanced Yard Views

o Secure Planning by forecasting next shift's operation (Shift Preview)

o Evaluate Overall Equipment Effectiveness - Balance out Productivity and Costs

o Case study and Live demo

• 15:00 Discussion and Conclusions, Coffee Break

• 15:30 End of Day 2

13:00 Lunch break

CHESSCON – Make the right move!

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VENUE:VENUE:VENUE:VENUE:

The seminar will take at the new 5 star Sofitel Downtown:

o Located in the heart of Downtown Dubai, next to Emaar

Square and few minutes from Dubai's main business areas

(Business Bay and Dubai International Financial Centre) and a

5 minutes’ drive to Dubai Convention Centre

o Facing the Burj Khalifa and direct walking distance to the Dubai

Mall and the fountains via the 820-metre air-conditioned

skywalk

o All 350 rooms including 274 Classic, Luxury & Club rooms

(starting from 45 sqm) offer breath-taking view either to 'Burj

Khalifa' or the Dubai coastline, it features 76 suites exclusive

suites

o 3 themed restaurants and 5 bars and lounges, including 1 bar

on the Hotel's top floor

o InspiredMeetings™ conference space which offers a total of

1,350 sqm in conference rooms and banquet area, including a

Grand Ballroom and 12 meeting rooms

o World-class catering and international lunch buffet

Website: www.sofitel.com Phone: +971 4 503 6666

SOFITEL – Life is Magnifique

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SPEAKERS:SPEAKERS:SPEAKERS:SPEAKERS:

Dr. Holger Schütt, CEO of ISL Applications GmbH (Bremerhaven, Germany)

Holger Schuett is the CEO of ISL Applications GmbH. He is working in the field of simulation as well as in the

branch of container terminals for some 25 years. Starting within the IT of HHLA, the biggest terminal operator

in Hamburg, he was responsible for the simulation based consultancy of the fully automated Container

Terminal Hamburg Altenwerder. After CTA’s going live in 2002 he joined ISL to combine ISL’s research based

simulation products with his knowledge from the practice. The flagship of these CHESSCON modules is the

so called “Virtual Terminal” software. It supports terminal operators to fine-tune their control software (TOS)

and generates new types of training methods. In 2010 Holger additionally took over a professorship at the

University of Applied Sciences in Bremerhaven for Integrated Safety and Security Management.

Prof. Dr. Burkhard Lemper, Institute for Shipping Economics & Logistics (Bremen, Germany)

Prof. Dr. Burkhard Lemper is Director and Head of the Maritime Economics and Transport Department at

the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL), Bremen, Germany, and honorary professor at Bremen

University of Applied Sciences. He has managed a wide variety of projects for individual clients in the

maritime industry, especially for port authorities, ship yards and shipping companies. He has worked on

studies for the German Ministries of Transport as well as of Research and Technology, dealing with

developments in the European and world wide transport markets, especially container transport, port

development projects and feasibility studies including cost benefit analyses. He has written and published

especially on maritime sector issues. Other important aspects of his research are cargo flow and market

analysis, simulation of cargo flows and transport modeling.

Katharina Albert (M.Eng.), Managing Director of Kat Logics – Simulation Solutions (Dubai, UAE)

Katharina Albert is a material flow simulation expert based in Dubai. She is from Germany and holds a

Master’s degree in Systems Engineering & Industrial Management. She has worked as project manager in

the regional logistics and aviation sector and established Kat Logics – Simulation Solutions in 2011. Her

business consultancy is unique as it is specializing in the optimization of material and information flow as

well as lean facility design by applying sophisticated methodologies and 3D simulation. She has been the first

in the region to actively promote this approach at numerous conferences and industry events. Kat Logics is

the strategic solution partner for ISL Applications in the Middle East and provides advanced planning tools

for conducting feasibility studies to drastically increase productivity, lead time and profit margins.

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REGISTRATION:REGISTRATION:REGISTRATION:REGISTRATION:

PRICE & PAYMENT OPTIONS:

If there are several people who wish to attend from your organization, we offer 15% discount for the 2nd attendee and

40% discount for the 3rd attendee. You can choose to pay online / by credit card via PayPal in USD or in AED via local

bank transfer (details are given at above link). Within Dubai we also offer cash or cheque collection.

Currency 1 Attendee 2 Attendees 3 Attendees Payment Options Pay before

USD 595.00 1,100.00 1,500.00 Online via PayPal 2nd of April

AED 2,190.00 4,040.00 5,500.00 Bank transfer, Cash / Cheque 2nd of April

Seats are limited, this is an exclusive event as we want to allow enough time for networking and discussing specific

questions and challenges. Please register as early and possible and ensure the payment reaches us before Thursday,

the 2nd of April. We will then send out an email confirming your participation.

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