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THEMARITIME Economist

Memories
IAME 2012 Conference
Taipei, September 5–8 2012
Professor Paul Tae-Woo Lee, Soochow University, Taiwan and Professor Zaili
Yang, Liverpool John Moores University

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The 2012 International Association of Maritime
Economists Conference (IAME 2012, Taipei) which
was held at Hotel Grand in Taipei on 5-8 September
2012, provided a unique global conference for
academics, key industrial practitioners and policy
makers from diverse backgrounds and interests to
meet, discuss and debate critical and challenging issues
under the theme of ‘Challenges in the shipping and
port industry in the context of the global economy’.

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The conference attracted 240 luminary delegates
coming from 31 nations and six continents giving a
truly comprehensive and international view on
international shipping, ports and logistics envisaged
opportunities and challenges in tandem with scientific,
practical and contemporary perspectives, many of
which have global impacts and implications. 156
full papers out of 340 abstracts and manuscripts
submissions were presented after review and
registration processes. Regarding the detailed
information on paper subjects, authors’ nationalities and geographical distributions, see Appendix 2
and The Quarterly Newsletter of the International
Association of Maritime Economists (September
2012, pp. 12-19).

The co-hosts and co-organizers of the conference
were Professor and Director Paul Tae-Woo Lee at
Shipping, Port, and Logistics Research Center of
Kainan University in Taiwan, Professor and
Director InKyo Cheong at Jungseok Research Institute of
International Logistics and Trade of Inha University in
Korea, and Professor and Chairman Chin-San Lu at
Chinese Maritime Research Institute in Taiwan.
A brief of the conference programme and events are to
be seen as follows. Successfully led by the conference
chairman Professor Lee, the conference was kicked
off through a Welcoming Reception Dinner on a river
cruise ship on September 5. On the following day,
Professor Lee made an opening speech and welcoming
remarks were made by Vice President and Minister of
Ministry of Transportation and Communications, R.O.
China, respectively. Congratulatory remarks were
addressed by President An-Pang Kao, Kainan
University, Taiwan; President Gu-Wuck Bu, Youngsan
University, Korea; and Professor Theo Notteboom,
President of IAME. After that, an historical event was
made; IAME hoisted an emblem flag (see the photo 1).
Professor Paul Tae-Woo Lee, Conference Chairperson