Port strategies. Geopolitical and economic issues
Stratégies portuaires. Enjeux géopolitiques et économiques
Published on Tuesday, July 09, 2024
Abstract
The Faculty of Management Sciences (ISIAM) of the International University of Agadir-Universiapolis, in partnership with Liwa College University Campus (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), is organizing an international symposium on 'port strategies and logistics challenges', on 18 and 19 June 2025. This international scientific event aims to bring together professionals and researchers from different disciplines for two days of exchange.
Announcement
Argumentative
Seaports are strategic territories, representing key issues of sovereignty and competitiveness. With 90% of international trade transported, maritime transport plays a central role in the functioning of globalization and is a key factor in the globalization of companies. This is all the truer in the case of most developing countries. The growth of maritime transport raises important questions about globalization, trade, development, environmental sustainability, energy security, and geopolitics, to name but a few. This symposium aims to compare different disciplinary approaches to these issues.
The main themes to be addressed:
- Ports: a source of vital economic stakes
- The port economy and adapting to new challenges
- The key role of ports in economic development and international trade
- Port functions: the role of maritime and industrial hubs
- Ports: an essential link in logistics chains
- Ports: the new major shipping routes
- Port development and management
- Port infrastructures and geopolitical strategies
- Ports: the new tools of strength and power
- Port infrastructures and territories
- National port strategies
- Port cities in the face of globalization
- The importance of strategic port positioning for hinterland accessibility
- Strategic maritime routes, development and integration issues for African countries
- Can research contribute to national port strategies?
- What are the challenges and ambitions of port research?
- Seaports and the challenges of sustainable development
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management in industrial strategies
- Globalization and its impact on marine supply chains
- Logistics and supply chain management in business
- African ports between national/political sovereignty and globalized markets
- Africa's ports and corridors: how to formulate the interaction between logistics and development
- Africa's ports: the challenges of maritime connectivity for African countries
- Integrating African ports into global flows
- Maritime issues in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic
- Maritime and port competition: what influence do mergers and alliances have?
Selected papers will be published in Springer (Scopus).
The symposium is open to academic, institutional, professional, and associative proposals.
Submission procedures
Paper proposals should be sent in Word format to: colloque.international@universiapolis.ma
by June 12025.
The working language of the symposium will be French, English, Spanish, and Arabic.
Proposals must include:
- A title
- Abstract (maximum 2800 characters)
- First name and surname of the author(s) (with indication of his/her/their institutional affiliation as well as status and E-mail)
- Keywords: 5 to 7 "keywords
Proposals will be evaluated on a double-blind basis.
References to articles or books in the text must be under APA standards, as must the bibliography.
Registration fees
Registration and participation fees are to be paid on-site Registration and participation fees are payable on-site.
- 50 euros (500 dh) for doctoral students
- 60 euros (600 dh) for lecturers and others
Scientific committee
- Abdelhaq EL BEKKALI, Universiapolis-Université internationale d'Agadir, Morocco
- Hassan FAOUZI, Universiapolis-Université internationale d'Agadir, Morocco
- Hicham EL BAYED, Université Hassan Premier de Settat, Morocco
- Jamal EL ACHMIT, Universiapolis-Université internationale d'Agadir, Morocco
- M'bark HOUSSAS, ENCG, Université Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Morocco
- M'hammed SETTI, University of Science and Technology, Algiers, Algeria
- Mohamed DHIAF, Liwa College University Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Nathalie FAU, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
- Nora MAREÏ, CNRS and University of Nantes, France
- Trevor HEAVER, Indiana University, USA
- Zoubida BENMAMOUN, Liwa College University Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Coordinating committee
- Hassan FAOUZI, Universiapolis-Université internationale d'Agadir
- Jamal EL ACHMIT, Universiapolis-Université internationale d'Agadir
- Mohamed DHIAF, Liwa College University Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Location
Technopole d'Agadir Bab al Madina Quartier Tilila, B.P. 8143 Agadir, Morocco - Universiapolis - International University of Agadir, Morocco
Subjects
- Economics (Main category)
- Society > Economics > Political economics
- Society > Economics > Economic development
- Society > Political studies > International relations
- Society > Geography > Geography: society and territory
- Society > Political studies > Governance and public policies
- Society > Geography > Applied geography and planning
Places
- Universiapolis - Université Internationale d’Agadir - Technopole d’Agadir Bab al Madina Quartier Tilila
Agadir, Kingdom of Morocco
Event attendance modalities
Full on-site event
Date(s)
- Sunday, June 01, 2025
Attached files
Keywords
- port, logistique, économie, supply chain
Contact(s)
- Hassan Faouzi
courriel : hassan [dot] faouzi [at] universiapolis [dot] ma
Information source
- Hassan Faouzi
courriel : hassan [dot] faouzi [at] universiapolis [dot] ma
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Port strategies. Geopolitical and economic issues », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Tuesday, July 09, 2024, https://doi.org/10.58079/11zge
