[X Mer & Ponts Maritime & IESF] Mediterranean Rhône Saône: an axis for the future?

At the invitation of Christine Cabau Woehrel, Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille, with the collaboration of Jean-Christophe Baudouin, Délégué Interministériel pour l'axe Méditerranée Rhône Saône, and with the help of numerous alumni partners, Dominique de Robillard, IESF (VP), X Mer (Pdt), Ponts Maritime (Founder), is organizing an evening event in Marseille on October 9 , dedicated to the Mediterranean Rhône Saone axis, a key trade and traffic route for thousands of years :

What are the best practices for developing European river routes?

What are the challenges for the development of the Mediterranean Rhône-Saône axis?

The aim of the evening is to provide some answers. Speakers will review the geopolitical stakes, and discuss best development practices (traffic flows, economic flows, information flows), with concrete illustrations:

• Christine Cabau, President of the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille, will talk about the Port's history, its successes and its development projects towards the hinterland.
• Mr. Jean-Christophe Baudouin, CGET, Délégué Interministériel pour l'axe Méditerranée Rhône Saône (Interministerial Delegate for the Mediterranean Rhône Saône Axis), will talk about the development challenges facing this axis.
• Jean-Louis Jérome, Director of the Port of Strasbourg, will talk about the Rhine-North Sea axis, the Rhine-Rhone axis, and the region's geo-economic challenges.
• Nicolas Bour, Director of European Links and Innovation, VNF
• Mr Thomas San Marco, Managing Director of CNR, who will talk about his Group's experience and various interests in the subject
• Mr François Marendet, Member of the Conseil Général de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable, will give his point of view.
• Mr Jap Van Den Hoogen, Chairman of MGI, will present his Cargo Community System project (to be confirmed).

The event will provide a forum for engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs and interested citizens to meet and exchange views on a subject of general interest.

Welcome at 6:15 pm. The evening starts at 6:30 p.m. sharp at the Port of Marseille (5th floor) and will be followed by a friendly drink at 8 p.m.