The Port Authority of Las Palmas is a public institution that manages 5 ports: Las Palmas Port, Salinetas, Arinaga, Los Mármoles and Rosario Port; in three different islands: Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. The Ports Authority's main job is to manage the resources and facilities it owns, so that the companies that decide to operate from our ports are legally protected and free from competition. Las Palmas Port have one of the most enviable sites and geo-strategic locations in the world in the Canary Islands, that belong to Spain and are ruled by the norms and jurisdiction of the European Union. In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the Port Las Palmas is very close to the African continent, only 80 km away from its coast, keeping an excellent communication through our ship lines. The strategic location of Las Palmas Port, at a crossroads between Europe, Africa and America, has made it the leading port in the Mid-Atlantic. As an international port, it combines the importation and exportation of goods with every type of service required by vessels (supplies, provisions, repairs, etc.). It is the leading goods distribution centre in the Canary Islands and one of the most important in Spain. Las Palmas Port has connections with 510 ports in 135 countries. It is now a major refuelling station in the Atlantic, supplying over two million tonnes of fuel and is the most important port in Western Africa in terms of container traffic, with the capacity between its three state-of-the art terminals to handle 1 million TEUs per year. It has the biggest ship-repair centre in the region, equipped with the necessary infrastructure for the floating repair of supertankers, the dry-docking of ships weighing up to 30,000 tonnes and the installations required to handle yachts and recreational crafts. It also has the largest Marina in the Canaries with a capacity of around 1,150 berths. 

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• Safety as a shared responsibility along the entire container supply chain – how can we do better? 
• Container weighing: SOLAS VGM 18 months on – where are we now? What do industry and regulators need to do next? 
• Container packing: tackling a major cause of damage, loss and injury along the cargo chain. How can we ensure implementation of good practice from the IMO/ILO/UNECE CTU Packing Code from packing to delivery? 
• Dangerous goods: addressing the scourge of misdeclaration and eradicating avoidable risks 
• Container cleanliness – roles and responsibilities and industry guidelines
• Technology and innovation to improve safe packing and securing of containerised freight

• CTU Code 
• SOLAS VGM 
• Dangerous goods

• Safety in ports and terminals – what are the major priorities?
• Next generation HSE management and innovative approaches to HSE risk management in terminals 
• Lifting cargo personnel with cranes – developing global best practice 
• Preventing collisions between containers, equipment and people 
• Reducing the risks of lashing and twistlock handling 
• Improving safety in vessel mooring operations 
• Embedding safety in port and terminal design and construction 
• Technology and innovation to make cargo handling operations safer

• Emerging global trade routes
• China Silk Road initiative
• Development and investment outlook for African shipping, ports and hinterland operations

• Intelligent cargo operations: redefining the future 
• Autonomous vessels and vehicles 
• Port automation, robotics and digitisation 
• Cloud and enterprise platforms 
• Telematics and sensors

• Autonomous vessels and vehicles
• Port automation, robotics and digitisation

• Autonomous vessels and vehicles
• Port automation, robotics and digitisation

• New regulatory environment after the Paris accord
• Reducing the environmental and social impact of shipping and ports
• Achieving energy efficiency and emissions reduction in ports
• What does a carbon neutral cargo operation look like?
• Technology innovations to make cargo handling operations more sustainable

• Security challenges and responses
• Security and speed of cargo handling
• Information sharing
• Physical security
• Multidimensional security issues for protecting maritime critical infrastructures
• SAURON project
• Modelling of cyber risks and evaluating the effectiveness of critical cyber controls

• Security and speed of cargo handling
• Information sharing
• Physical security

• Recruitment and retention
• Future skills development
• New training concepts, technologies and tools