Welcome to IAME2021!
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), together with Delft University of Technology (TU-Delft) organizes the 2021 IAME conference in one of the main gateways to Europe, under the name Accelerating Transitions. The aim of the conference is to bring together experts in all aspects of ports and maritime research, from all parts of the world and to stimulate the exchange of new ideas, relevant insights and cutting-edge research results.
The location of Rotterdam offers the unique opportunity to visit one of the most modern ports in the world and to join specifically organized interactions with experts and business leaders in the port's industry. In this light, the city of Rotterdam and its related port industry also very much welcomes the IAME conference, also under its initiative to develop into the Maritime Capital of Europe.
The IAME conference takes place on 25, 26 and 27 November 2021 in Rotterdam. The conference will be truly hybrid in its form, as besides a physical conference, an attractive online environment will be created, also allowing online participation from home countries. We organize this in the faith that in November 2021 life returned to be substantially 'normal'. However, we must consider that COVID19 right now is still present and that things remain uncertain and may change. We will act accordingly.
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Dear delegate of IAME 2021,
With great pleasure we welcome you to the community of the IAME 2021 Conference in Rotterdam. The Conference theme for this year is 'Accelerating Transitions', a theme that was chosen before COVID-19 and that was chosen in the light of all disrupting challenges that the maritime and port business face, asking for major transitions. These challenges are certainly still there. But now, in this utmost strange and uncertain situation we all live in due to COVID-19, we might have chosen another theme. Thinking about the conference, words as 'Perspectives' and 'Reconnecting' come to mind. Because first and for all our aim with IAME 2021 is to give the IAME community the perspective of truly reconnecting as the basis for further knowlegde exchange and knowledge development. Notwithstanding that we have seen and experienced that we are able to continue our work and our interactions at a distance - IAME 2020 Hongkong was a splendid example of that - it is our believe that the real strength of our community comes forward while coming together for a period of time, having bot formal and informal interactions, sharing experiences, laughing with each other and building friendships.
That is what we are aiming at and that we very much hope we can welcome you to in Rotterdam, coming summer. We are busy planning a highly interesting conference with an attractive program, good content and ample opportunities for interaction between academics and industry. But at the same time we remain flexible as to maximally facilitate 'reconnecting'.
We will keep you posted on all developments in our organizing activities, trusting that we will see each other in good health in 2021 in Rotterdam for another splendid IAME Conference!
On behalf of the whole local organizing team,
Larissa van der Lugt
