All "Early Birds" arriving on Sunday are invited to join us for our Early Reception.

The Bricks Tea Bar & Lounge at the Renaissance Hamburg Hotel offers the perfect setting to meet and catch up with delegates, network and socialise.

Snacks and drinks will be served.

To start the conference week the Hamburg Port Authority and the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce would like to invite you to a Welcome Dinner at the premises of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce in the Neue Börse (new stock exchange) building.

Before that Hamburg’s Rathaus (City Hall) will open its doors for an official reception hosted by the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.

• See the shuttle bus departure times in the conference brochure and in the conference hotels.

 

At the Maritime Dinner guests can go on an expedition through 3000 years of human history. The Maritime Museum is full of stories of explorers and conquerors, captains and common seamen. Spread over nine floors or “decks”, as the exhibition spaces are called, exhibits of the world’s largest private maritime collection are on display. Guests will also be treated to a sumptuous maritime buffet and given the opportunity to mingle and network.

• See the shuttle bus departure times in the conference brochure and in the conference hotels.

 

Come along on a trip to the South Seas. The Indonesia Port Corporation invites to a Bali Night at Beach Hamburg. White sand under your feet, Balinese sounds and exotic cocktails will give you a first idea of the country that will host the IAPH World Ports Conference in 2017.

• See the shuttle bus departure times in the conference brochure and in the conference hotels. 

The Gala Dinner will be one of the highlights of the conference. The Hamburg Port Authority has chosen to hold the event at Hamburg’s Fish Auction Hall [Fischauktionshalle]:  The traditional atmosphere of the market hall, situated directly on the banks of the River Elbe with a view of the harbour, will be a perfect setting. The event itself will be equally fascinating. Guests will be taken back in time to the 1960s when a band kicked off one of the greatest musical careers ever in Hamburg: the Beatles.

• See the shuttle bus departure times in the conference brochure and in the conference hotels.