Professor Sean Smith will today chair the key debate session during the ‘Invest In Blue Conference’ in Liverpool.
The conference led by the National Maritime Development Group brings together the top 200 senior directors, public port authorities and marine economists to discuss the future of the shipping and marine sector.
One of the specific factors high on the agenda this year is future resilience of critical infrastructure around ports and estuaries against storm surge. The debate session will include:
- Professor Peter Guthrie OBE, Professor of Engineering for Sustainable Development, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Cambridge
- Professor Francesca Medda, Professor of Applied Economics & Finance and Director QASER Laboratory, UCL
- Ana Ulanovsky, Civil Engineering Group, Arup
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