2021 Agenda

Tuesday, October 12th

Plenary Day 2

 

0700 – 0830: Breakfast Briefing Workshops

• Workshop #1
• Workshop #2

0800: Exhibit Hall Open – Continental Breakfast

0900: Opening Remarks 

• Opening Remarks, Angus Campbell, Conference Chairman
• Opening Keynote: Bridging the Gap Between Aspiration and Reality, Sabrina Chao, Chair & CEO, Wah Kwong Shipping Ltd. President, BIMCO

0915: Plenary | All Hands: Bridging the Decade of Digitalization 

This decade will illuminate the winners and losers through the “digital divide”. Those who are nimble and operating their companies with a heretofore efficiency created by digitalization will thrive. The laggards will be punished with higher costs and lower profitability.

• Profitability – Joe Gross, Dry Operations Manager, d’Amico Shipping
• Accountability Total Marine Solutions
• Efficiency – Christopher Aversano, President, CMA 
• Communications

1015: Bridge Break | Coffee

1045: Deep Dive – Fleet Management Optimization – OPex, CapEx, Routing, Efficiency and more – 

• Industry Bridge – Mohan Muppidi, Fleet Management

1045: Deep Dive – Lubrication, Fuel & Bunkering 

• Moderator – Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Director, Petrospot, Shipping Innovation 
• Industry Bridge
  • Ramesh Bhat, Maritime Technical Director, Mangrove Partners
  • Sandi Ennor, President, Transparensea Fuels LLC
  • Jack Grogan, Senior Account Manager, VPS
  • Peter Lindsey, Vice President – Marine, Purify Fuel

1145: Deep Dive – Energy Alternatives hosted by DNV

• Moderator – Simon Mockler, Business Development Director, Decarbonization and Digitalization, Maritime Americas, DNV 
  • Hydrogen – Jan Hagen Andersen, Business Development Director, Maritime Americas, DNV
  • E-Methanol – Lee Kindberg, Head of Environment and Sustainability, North Americas, Maersk

1145: Deep Dive – Regulatory Compliance Challenges & Solutions hosted by Total Marine Solutions 

• Moderator – Total Marine Solutions
• Industry Bridge
  • Captain Thomas Hudson, Operations Superintendent, Mitsui O.S.K Lines, Ltd
  • Nicholas Confuorto, President and CEO, CROE 
  • Giorgos Kyriazis, Associate, P Ship Systems Ltd 
  • Ocean Guardian

1245: Lunch on the Bridge – Shipowner Panel hosted by Cayman Ship Registry 

• Jan-Willem van den Dijssel, Cargill
• Angela Chao, Chair & CEO, Foremost Group
• Anthony Gurnee, President & Director, Ardmore Shipping
• Rob Hughes, Chief Operations Officer, Genco 
• Jones Alexandre Barros Soares, Operations Executive Manager, Petrobras 

1400: Plenary | All Hands: Bridging the Decade of Defense 

• Keynote Address – ADM Thad Allen, USCG (Ret), HudsonAnalytix
  
  

With each passing decade, the world gets more dangerous. Shipping is faced with multiple threats: pandemics, geo-political forces, cyber, piracy, and economic security. How is a company to navigate choppy waters?

• Risk Management – Joseph Hughes, President and CEO, Shipowners Claims Bureau
• Cyber – Cynthia Hudson, CEO, HudsonAnalytix
• Crisis Management – Jim Lawrence, Founding Partner, MTI Network
• Shipowner’s View – 
  • Boriana Farrar, Chief Legal Office-Patriot Contract Services
  • Bart Kelleher, CEO, Chembulk 

1500: Bridge Break | Coffee 

1530: Deep Dive – Digitalization & Cyber: Risks & Rewards hosted by HudsonAnalytix

• Moderator: Cynthia Hudson, CEO, HudsonAnalytix
  • Moran Cyber
  • Sindre Stemshaug Bornstein, Chief Commercial Officer,
    Yxney Maritime
  • Max Bobys, HudsonCyber

1530: Deep Dive – Safety on the High Seas hosted by Bahamas Maritime Authority 

• Moderator: Tom Jenkins, Bahamas Maritime Authority 
  • Rachael White, CSSS
  • Guy Platten, International Chamber of Shipping 

1630: Plenary | All Hands: Bridging the Decade of Decisions

There is a “new normal” facing shipping today which needs to be addressed in order to be successful moving forward. Public demands for ESG are accelerating, warnings about climate change are being heard, lending practices are changing, technology is advancing, and other impacts. Are these threats for shipping or opportunity?

• Jeff Pribor, Chief Financial Officer, International Seaways
• Michael Parker, Chairman Global Shipping, Logistics and Offshore, Citigroup
• Morten Arntzen, Executive Chairman, Senior Shipping Advisor, Team Tankers International, Macquiarie Bank Ship Finance and ECA
• Michael Webber, Co-Founder, Webber Research and Advisory
• Sotirios Mamalis, Manager of Global Sustainability – Fuels & Technology, ABS

1730: Subject Matter Expert Closing Remarks 

1745: Closing Remarks

• Angus Campbell, Conference Chairman
• Carleen Lyden Walker, Chief Evolution Officer, SHIPPINGInsight

1800: Evening Reception

1930: Dinner & Karaoke