29 September 2008 - Marten van den Bossche, Transport Economist and Chairman of ECORYS Nederland, will be one of the speakers during the second Port Finance & Investments 2008 conference, scheduled to take place on September 29 & 30 in Amsterdam.

Examining the challenges associated with developing, financing and managing port expansion plans and major investments, the conference will cover key topics, issues and trends currently facing the port investment and finance market around the globe. It will also highlight the latest economic trends and determine their impact for investment and financing opportunities, explore the necessary investment requirements and analytical assessments, as well as explore specific finance mechanisms being adopted for global port and terminal projects.

Speakers include:

• Marten van den Bossche, Chairman, ECORYS
• Imad Fakhoury, Chairman & CEO, Aqaba Development Corporation
• Michele Acciaro, Assistant Academic Director & Research Associate, Center for Maritime Economics & Logistics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Hans Gerson, Port Director, Port of Amsterdam
• James Cooper, Director, Prudential M&G
• Robert Goethe, Director, The Cornell Group
• Maciej Firla Cuchra , Managing Consultant, Oxera
• Patrick Uyttendaele, MTBS - Maritime & Transport Business Solutions
• Andrew Huxley, Regional Development Director, TT Club
• Eleanor Hadland, Head Maritime Transport Consulting, Moffatt & Nichol
• Burkhard Egbers, Managing Director Public Infrastructure, Dekabank
• Romain Py, Assistant Director, JP Morgan Infrastructure Investments
• Bernhard Stander, Managing Director, Germanischer Lloyd
• Volker Haussermann, Vice President, RREEF Alternative Investments
• Ingmar Loges, Head of Global Shipping, HypoVereinsbank
• Luis Marques, Administrator, Aveiro Port Administration

For more information, please visit this website: http://www.millenniumconferences.com/Confexhi/PFI/PFI2008-intro.htm