European Maritime Day 2025

21–23 May 2025 | Cork, Ireland

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Jaap GEBRAAD

Secretary-General

Waterborne Technology Platform

Brussels, Belgium

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Jaap is currently the Secretary General of the Waterborne Technology Platform, a European Association for the Waterborne Sector

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Waterborne Technology Platform

Waterborne Technology Platform

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Brussels, Belgium

WATERBORNE has been set up as an industry-oriented Technology Platform to establish a continuous dialogue between all waterborne stakeholders, such as classification societies, shipbuilders, shipowners, maritime equipment manufacturers, infrastructure and service providers, universities or research institutes, and with the EU Institutions, including Member States. Furthermore, Waterborne TP coordinates the private side of the Co-Programmed Partnership on Zero-Emission Waterborne Transport.
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About me

Jaap has worked for about 10 years as Board Secretary and Senior Project Manager of the "Bureau Innovation Research & Development" of the Foundation STC Group. He was also the Daily Secretary of the European Association EDINNA (Education in Inland Navigation). From 2018 to March 2022, Jaap was Director Research and Development Affairs at SEA Europe and Executive-Director of the Waterborne Technology Platform. Jaap holds a Bachelor's Degree in Logistics and Economics of the University of Applied Sciences (HES) in Rotterdam.

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Speaker sessions (1)

Friday, 23 May 2025

11:15 - 12:30

Workshop 13 "Building Resilience in Island Economies"

Format:In-person
  • Coastal communities: resilience, challenges and opportunities

Workshop organized by General Secretariat for the Aegean and Island Policy.