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30 years celebration Master Maritime and Air Transport Management

Join us on October 9 and October 10 to celebrate

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Celebrate with us!

Join us to celebrate 30 years of impact, collaboration and shared journeys: by sea, by air and together in the city where it all connects.

For three decades, ITMMA, C-MAT and the Master in Maritime & Air Transport Management have been at the crossroads of maritime, port, logistics and aviation expertise. What started as pioneering academic initiatives with ITMMA has grown into a vibrant, international community of professionals shaping global transport and supply chains.

Get ready for a weekend full of nostalgia! Think reunions with old classmates, catching up with your former professors and sharing those stories that still make you laugh years later. The response has been amazing: alumni from many different cohorts have signed up, with quite a few flying in from outside Europe just to be there. It's going to be a true reunion of our global family and we can't wait to see you all together again.

Discover the full program below.

Program

Friday October 9th
Location: Grauwzusters, University of Antwerp Lange Sint-Annastraat 7, 2000 Antwerp

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16:00
Doors open: arrival and coffee at the Memory Lane wall
16:30
Opening by Thomas Marynissen, Program Manager
16:35
Welcome by Prof. dr. Wouter Dewulf, Academic Director and Dean, Antwerp Management School
16:50
Welcome by Prof. dr. Ann De Schepper, Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Antwerp
17:00
Keynote by Johan Klaps, Chairman, Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Vice Mayor for Port and Economy, City of Antwerp
17:10
Alumni sharing their experiences
17:30
Connecting students to alumni, by Bieke Janssens, Career Manager, Antwerp Management School
17:45
Closing by Prof. dr. Herwig Leirs, Rector, University of Antwerp
18:00
Reception
19:30
End of reception and a thank-you gift

Saturday October 10th
Location: Antwerp Management School, Boogkeers 5, 2000 Antwerp

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09:30
Breakfast
10:00
Toward Singularity? The Convergence of Digital and Physical AI in Transport Systems, by alumnus Simon Véronneau
10:30
Update on Geopolitical and Climate Change Disruptions in Shipping: Example Case LNG Tankers and Dry Bulk, by alumni Daniel Villalobos and SeungMyeong Yang
11:30
Walk to Steenplein: 
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12:00
Departure for a 3.5-hour port cruise through the Port of Antwerp-Bruges aboard a Z-Eventships vessel, with lunch and drinks served on board

An interactive Memory Lane

On both days, our Memory Lane wall will be filled with photos from thirty years of the program. Spot yourself, your classmates or your favorite professor and add your own memories by pinning a note to the wall. On Saturday morning, the wall stays up, enriched with everything you shared.

Photos and video

A photographer will be present on both days. On Saturday, a camera operator will also join us and drone footage will be captured of the boat. These images will be used for communication about the program.

Share the moment

We'd love to see your photos and memories on LinkedIn. Please tag our program page when you post. 

Questions about this event?

Thomas Marynissen

Full-Time Master's Program Manager

thomas.marynissen@ams.ac.be