1. Smart Ports – Innovations, New Trends and Challenges.
   • Information technology for Cloud Port and Cloud Logistics
   • Digital Area for Strategies, Planning, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management


2. Smart Port Services and Operations
   • IT Solutions for the Integration of Ports with the Hinterland
   • Technologies for Sustainable Shipping
   • Modeling & Optimization of Port Operations


3. Smart Systems/Technology and Logistics
   • Port Logistics and Supply Chain Integration as perceived through the Growth of the Internet
   • Electronic Port, Single Window
   • Eco Logistics Chain
   • Marine Logistics Industry and International Trade
   • Logistics and Supply Chain Management
   • Computational Logistics


4. Smart Ports - Policy, Economic Development, Finance, Laws and Regulations.
   • Sustainable Development of Marine Economy
   • Port Resources and Port Economy Evaluation
   • Marine Political Strategy Issues in Harbor
   • Development of the Marine and Maritime Legislation
   • Finance, Liability and Insurance Mechanisms


5. Smart Environmental Management.
   • Green Strategies for Sustainable Ports
   • Container Terminal Environmental Management System
   • Ship Waste Management at the Port
   • Safety Culture and Environmental Stewardship
   • Green logistics / Hinterland Connections
   • Energy Efficiency and Ship-port Interface
   • Renewable Energy Sources and Inter linking of Energy-Generating Plants
   • Clean Air in Ports


6. Smart Education and Training - licensing, certification, simulation
   • licensing, certification, simulation
   • Expanding and Sustaining Maritime Education
   • The Human Element of the Sustainable Maritime Transportation System


7. Smart Infrastructure
   • Ports Role in a Sustainable Maritime Transportation System
   • Land Restructuring
   • Expansion of the Transport Route Network and Modern Communication
   • Smart Port Maintenance
   • Port Road Management