2012 Meeting

10th Port Performance Research Network (PPRN) Workshop
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, in Taipei, Taiwan

Organized with the support of IAME 2012 conference team (Chin-Shan Lu, Conference Co-organiser & Chairman of CMRI; Tao Chen, Department of Logistics & Shipping Management, Kainan University; and Paul T-W Lee, Conference Chairperson
Meeting Coordinator: Mary R. Brooks, Dalhousie University

Meeting Chair: Thanos Pallis, University of the Aegean

Meeting Address: Chinese Maritime Research Institute (CMRI), 372 Lin Shen North Road, Tapei, Taiwan

Structure of the one-day workshop

In the morning, PPRN members will report on current research strands and future plans. Attendees will have a roundtable discussion of what progress has been made, or on methods of analysis or methodologies that would be appropriate for the future work of the team. Teams to continue research will be adjusted where appropriate.

After lunch, Network Members will discuss the upcoming volume of Research in Transportation Business and Management, and then meet in camera to explore next steps in the research agenda of the Network. The in camera meeting will only be open to Network Members.

Session 1 - Port Performance: Effectiveness

Moderator: Mary R. Brooks

• Informal open discussion on PRISM and the potential for further research in Europe: Thanos Pallis
• Reporting on the experience of the North American 2012 port customer service initiative survey: Mary R. Brooks

Audience participation is expected.

Session 2 - Future Research on Port Authorities' Strategies & Port Governance

Moderator: Thanos Pallis

• Presentation by Michael Dooms on behalf of the team of Michael Dooms, Larissa van der Lugt and Francesco Parola. An update on current research themes.
• Discussion: Audience participation is expected.

Session 3 - Research Group Updates
Moderator: Mary R. Brooks

• A. New: Climate Change Impacts on Ports (Peggy Chen)
• B. New: Financing - An Incentive Approach to Port Concession Agreements: The Case of the United States (Grace Wang)
• C. Continuing: Green Ports Research (Thierry Vanelslander)
• D. Continuing: Institutional Frameworks, Political Culture and Port Governance (Thanos Pallis)
• Discussion: Audience participation is expected.

Port Network Planning

• Plans for the section on this issue for the Research in Transportation Business and Management journal.
• In camera discussion (network members only)