EDITOR
José Luis ESTRADA
Ph.D Civil Engineer
CEO of Estrada Port Consulting S.L.
Barcelona, Spain
José Luis Estrada has a Ph.D Civil Engineering degree, by the Polytechnic University of Madrid. He is also Fellow of the Advanced Study Program by the MIT Cambridge (MA) and Diplomat in General Management by the IESE (Barcelona).
He is specialized in Ports, Transports and Logistics, with more than 46 years of experience on the subject (48 years in total). He has worked in the Ports Authorities of Tarragona, Barcelona and Algeciras, where he was General Manager. He also has been Planning and Development Director of Puertos del Estado, Commissioner for Expansion Works at the Port of Barcelona and President of the “Puerto Seco de Madrid S.A.” and “Conte-Rail S.A” (Dry port and rail operator, respectively).
In december 2009, he founded the consultant company ESTRADA PORT CONSULTING SL, of which he’s the CEO.
Doctor Estrada has combined his professional career with academic activity, teaching on port, transport and logistics subjects at different universities. He commonly participates in conferences and seminars around the world and has made numerous papers.
He was Chairman of different Technical Committees of IAPH (International Association of Ports and Harbours), where he’s Honorary Member, and also he was member of the Executive Committee of the Technical Association of Ports and Coasts (Spanish division of PIANC).
He was President of RETE and he is currently Honorary Member of this Association, member of its Scientific Committee and Director of PORTUS Magazine.
FOUNDING EDITORS
Rinio BRUTTOMESSO
Architect and Urban Designer
Venice, Italy
Rinio Bruttomesso was President of RETE – International Association for the collaboration between Ports and Cities, former Director of its Scientific Committee and is currently Honorary Member of the Association.
Former Assistant Professor of Urban Design at the Faculty of Architecture, IUAV University of Venice (Italy).
Former Director of the International Centre Cities on Water (Città d’Acqua), Venice (1989-2013).
Curator for the Venice Architecture Biennale of the special section Cities on Water of the 9th International Architecture Exhibition, in Venice, Arsenal – Floating Pavilion (2004) and the four exhibitions ‘Città-Porto’ (City-Port) of the 10th International Architecture Exhibition, in Palermo (2006).
Scientific Director of the Thematic Pavilion “Cities on Water” of Zaragoza International Expo 2008.
Member of the International Committee of Experts of the Biennial of Architecture of Buenos Aires.
Curator for the Biennial of Architecture of Buenos Aires of the exhibitions: “The new urban waterfronts” (2005), “Veneto 40: young Italian architects to the test” (2009) – also in Quito Architecture Biennale (2010), and “The Blue of the City. Four architects interpret the Urban Water” (2011).
Author of several publications on the redevelopment of the waterfronts and the Port-City relationship. Among others, Waterfronts. A new frontier for cities on water”, Venice , 1993; “Complexity on the urban waterfront”, in “Waterfronts in Post-Industrial Cities”, London and New York, 2001; “The Port City of the XXIst Century. New Challenges in the Relationship between Port and City”, RETE, Venice, 2011.
Speaker in international meetings and conferences in many countries.
Joan ALEMANY
Doctor in Economics Sciences. University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Former Professor at the University of Barcelona. Consultant specialist in Urban Planning and Port Economy (1976-2013).
Joan Alemany is author of many studies and publications about the organisation, management and economy of ports and their urbanistic renewal. The main studies, consulting and publications are about the ports of Latinamerica (Buenos Aires, Rosario, Santos, Valparaíso, Rio de Janeiro and Cartagena de Indias) and Spain (Barcelona, Vigo, Tarragona, Algeciras, La Coruña, Baleares).
At present, he studies the economic relations between port and city in a context of urbanistic reforms of old spaces, as well as the development of new platforms and logistic zones (distriparks).
Member of Scientific Committee of RETE and member of Scientific Committee of International Association Cities and Ports.
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Oriana GIOVINAZZI
Architect. Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Public Policies for the Territory
Venice, Italy
Architect. Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Public Policies for the Territory, University IUAV of Venice. Thesis: “Interface City/Port. Planning problems: the case of Genoa and the experience of the Spanish Ports” (2006).
Journalist. She is Managing Director and Editorial Coordinator of PORTUS Magazine | Port City Relationship and Urban Waterfront Redevelopment (RETE Publisher, Venice; ISSN: 2282-5789) and Editor in Chief of PORTUSplus Journal (ISSN: 2039-6422). Member of the Scientific Committee of RETE.
Research Fellow. Department of Urban Planning, University IUAV of Venice, “Urban Regeneration and Environmental Redevelopment of the Site of National Interest in Venice – Porto Marghera“, in collaboration with the Veneto Region, “Venice Project” Directorate (2013-2015). Department of Urban Planning, University IUAV of Venice, “Waterfront Resilient Reconstruction. Guidelines for Sustainable Planning of Urban Waterfronts after the Disaster” (2008-2009). Visiting Researcher, Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (2008).
Master in Planning Tools and Project Management, Department POLIS, University of Genoa, “Infrastructure and Equipment Design for the Coastal Enhancement” (2003-2004). Master in Development and Regulation of Mobility Systems, METIS International Management Consulting – CONSIEL Group, Genoa (2001-2002).
Speaker at conferences and workshops, she has published numerous articles in scientific journals and magazines. Scientific and organizational coordinator of conferences and exhibitions, she has edited several publications and catalogs. She has coordinated and participated in multidisciplinary research projects, collaborating with universities, institutions, private companies and associations.