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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Welcome & Opening Remarks (video)
- Conference Chairman: Angus Campbell, Director- Energy Projects, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement
- Carleen Lyden Walker, Chief Evolution Officer, SHIPPINGInsight
Plenary Session A- 2020 A Shipping Odyssey (video)
OPENING KEYNOTE: Where in the world are we?? Maritime’s role in the coming decade
Dr. David Bowman, Industrial Business, Rutgers University School of Business
Roundtable 1: Approaching the Finish Line- Emissions 2020 and beyond (video)
Powered by American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
Setting the stage/Moderator: Arinjit Roy, Vice President Regional Business Development, ABS
- Panelist– Rich Pruitt, Vice President Environmental Operations, Carnival Cruise Lines
- Panelist– Dr. Ram Vis, Chairman & CEO, Viswa Group
- Panelist– Jan-Willem van den Dijssel, Americas Lead Ocean Transportation, Cargill
- Panelist– Randee Day, Chief Executive Officer, Goldin Maritime LLC
Roundtable 2: Solving the Enforcement Conundrum (video)
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Setting the stage/Moderator: Ian Workman, Account Manager, Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS)
- Panelist– Mr. Jeffrey Lantz, Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards (CG-5PS), U.S. Coast Guard
- Panelist– Christopher Fee, General Manager- Environment and Sustainability, Oldendorff Carriers
- Panelist– Rob Hughes, Chief Operating Officer, Genco Shipping and Trading Ltd
- Panelist– Morten Arntzen, Executive Chairman, Team Tankers
- Panelist– Jim Paladino, Finance & Business Development, Perceptive Sensor Technologies
Closing Remarks (video)
- Conference Chairman: Angus Campbell, Director- Energy Projects, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement
- Carleen Lyden Walker, Chief Evolution Officer, SHIPPINGInsight
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Opening Remarks (video)
Conference Chairman: Angus Campbell, Director- Energy Projects, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement
Opening Keynote: Global Forces and their Impact on Shipping (video)
Lois Zabrocky, President & CEO, International Seaways
Plenary Session B- 2021: Unprecedented Convergence of Digitalization & Shipping (video)
Roundtable 3: The Holy Grail- Transactional and operational efficiencies- Blockchain, Smart Data, IoT, and more! (video)
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Setting the stage: Alexandra Anagnostis-Irons, President, Total Marine Solutions
Moderator- Joshua Shapiro, Chief Operating Officer, Liberty Maritime Corporation
- Panelist- Cosmo King, CEO & Co-Founder, ioCurrents Inc
- Panelist- Ronny Waage, Founder & Managing Partner, Heron Advisory
- Panelist- Jason Klopfer, Commercial Director, Navig8 Group
Risks of Digitalization in the Future (video)
David Weston, Partner Director of Enterprise & OS Security, Microsoft
Fleet Management Optimization Strategies- OPex, CAPex, Routing, Efficiency and more (video)
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Setting the stage: Cosmo King, CEO & Co-Founder, ioCurrents Inc
Moderator- Martin Krafft, Vice President Shipowning and Technical Services, Fednav
- Panelist- Rajan Vasudevan, Chief Executive Officer, OceanManager
- Panelist- Osher Perry, Founder & CEO, ShipIn Systems
- Panelist- Jim Paladino, Finance & Business Development, Perceptive Sensor Technologies
Compliance Technologies Challenges. . . and Solutions (video)
Powered by American Ship Repair / CR Ocean Engineering
Setting the stage: Peter Gianopulos, President, American Ship Repair
Moderator- Roy Choudhury, Maritime Adviser & President of Samunder Club
- Panelist- Dr. Ram Vis, Chairman & CEO, Viswa Group
- Panelist- Asad Vora, Process Engineer, CR Ocean Engineering
- Panelist- Alexandra Anagnostis-Irons, President, Total Marine Solutions
- Panelist- Tom Hazen, Sales Engineer, Hyde Marine
- Panelist- Katie Weaver, Technical Sales Manager, Ecochlor
Digitalization for Creating Efficiency (video)
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Setting the stage/Moderator: Ronny Waage, Founder & Managing Partner, Heron Advisory
- Panelist- Todd Allen, Regional Manager, Navtor
- Panelist– Amitabh Sankranti, Managing Director & Founder, Ingenium Marine
- Panelist- Roberto Llames, CEO, Enterprise Solutions
Regulatory Compliance (video)
Setting the stage: CDR Keith Donohue; Deputy Commander, Sector Long Island Sound; U.S. Coast Guard
Moderator- Alexis Lemon-Zakou, Operations Manager, Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd
- Panelist- Captain Tom Hudson, Operations Superintendent, Mitsui OSK Bulk Shipping
- Panelist– Phillip Zyskowski, Regional Sales Manager, SICK
- Panelist- CDR Eric Runyon, Sector New York, U.S. Coast Guard
- Panelist- Jeff Phelps, Director of Technical Services, Gallagher Marine Services
Plenary Lunch with Shipowner Panel (video)
Hosted by Cayman Islands Shipping Registry
Integrating Technology into Shipping
Peter Southgate; Regional Director, Americas; Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands
Shipowner Panel
Moderator– Sherice Arman, Partner, Maples Group
- Shipowner– Jan-Willem van den Dijssel, Americas Lead Ocean Transportation, Cargill
- Shipowner– Angus Campbell, Director- Energy Projects, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement
- Shipowner– Rob Hughes, Chief Operating Officer, Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd
- Shipowner– Lois Zabrocky, President & CEO, International Seaways
- Shipowner– Michael Hudner, Chairman & CEO, B&H Shipping Group
Plenary Session C- 2023: What a Strategy for Reduced Emissions Looks Like (video)
Kirsi Tikka, Independent Non-Executive Director
Roundtable 4: Moving to Decarbonization (video)
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Setting the stage/Moderator: Captain Anuj Chopra, Vice President Americas, RightShip
- Panelist- Gregory Dolan, Chief Executive Officer, Methanol Institute
- Panelist- Rich Pruitt, Vice President Environmental Operations, Carnival Cruise Lines
- Panelist- Joseph Gross, Dry Operations Manager, d’Amico Shipping
- Panelist- Fred Gordon, Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs, Navios Corporation Management
- Panelist- Kirsi Tikka, Independent Non-Executive Director
Energy Alternatives (video)
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Setting the stage: Aziz Bamik, General Manager, GTT North America
Moderator- Alexis Lemon-Zakou, Operations Manager, Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd
- Panelist- Gregory Dolan, Chief Executive Officer, Methanol Institute
- Panelist- Alistair Johnson, International Windship Association
- Panelist- Carl Fischer, CEO & Co-Founder, sHYp B.V.
- Panelist- Sergio Garcia, Regional Business Development Manager, DNV GL
Cyber Security- Risks and Rewards (video)
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Setting the stage: Cynthia Hudson, Chief Executive Officer, HudsonAnalytix
Moderator- Ravi Singh, Chief Technical Officer, Northern Shipping Fund Management LLC
- Panelist- Kevin Kennedy, Managing Director- Operations & Finance, Seamax Capital Management
- Panelist- Alex Soukhanov, Master Mariner/Director, Moran Cyber
- Panelist- Congressman Frank LoBiondo, CEO, LoBo Strategies
Lubrication, Fuel & Bunkering (video)
Moderator- Ramesh Bhat, Maritime Technical Director, Mangrove Partners
- Panelist- Ian Workman, Account Manager, Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS)
- Panelist- Wajdi Abdmessih, President, Seahawk Services
- Panelist- Michael Lees, Chief Commercial Officer, Ultraclean Fuel
- Panelist- Michael Francis, Lubrication Engineer, Total Lubmarine
- Panelist- Kevin Cote, Marine Technical Sales Manager (Americas), Innospec Fuel Specialties
Safety and the Human Element- Safety’s role in attracting, retaining, and caring for our people (video)
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Setting the stage: Richard Fredricks, President, Silver Trident
Moderator- Captain Mohan Muppidi, Senior Vice President, Fleet Management Limited
- Panelist– Rick Jeffress, Director of Business Development, Fike
- Panelist– Linda Kreter, Founder & CEO, WiseHealth Inc.
- Panelist– Captain Robert Cook, Bay and River Delaware Pilot, President of Organization of Black Maritime Graduates
- Panelist– Dana Erskine-Pando, Chief Operating Officer, Flying Nurses International
Roundtable 5: Show Me the Money- Implications of the Poseidon Principles (video)
Powered by Watson Farley & Williams LLC
Setting the stage/Moderator- Daniel Rodgers, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams
- Panelist- Michael Parker; Chairman, Shipping & Logistics; Citigroup
- Panelist- Jeffrey Pribor, Chief Financial Officer, International Seaways
- Panelist- Hew Crooks, Chief Financial Officer, Ridgebury Tankers
- Panelist- Oivind Lorentzen III; Managing Director, Northern Navigation; Director, Global Maritime Forum
- Panelist- Nikos Petrakakos, Head of Environmental Innovation, Seabury Maritime LLC
Plenary Session D- Managing Risk through Change (video)
Powered by Blank Rome
John Kimball, Partner, Blank Rome
Closing Remarks
- Conference Chairman: Angus Campbell, Director- Energy Projects, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement
- Carleen Lyden Walker, Chief Evolution Officer, SHIPPINGInsight
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Opening Remarks (video)
Carleen Lyden Walker, Chief Evolution Officer, SHIPPINGInsight
Plenary Session E- 2050- Fast Forward into the Future (video)
MARKET KEYNOTE: Shipping Markets of the Future
Arlie Sterling, President & Co-Founder, Marsoft
Roundtable 6: Transformative Innovations- What shipping will soon look like-
Autonomy, Propulsion, Communications and more! (video)
Powered by Bureau Veritas
Setting the stage: Gijsbert de Jong; Marine Marketing & Sales Director and
Executive Committee Member, Marine and Offshore Division; Bureau Veritas
Moderator- Nikos Petrakakos, Head of Environmental Innovation, Seabury Maritime LLC
- Panelist- Gavin Allwright, Secretary General, International Windship Association (IWSA)
- Panelist- Martin Krafft, Vice President Shipowning and Technical Services, Fednav
- Panelist- Captain James DeSimone; Chief Operating Officer; New York City Department of Transportation, Ferry Division
- Panelist- Matthew Werner; Dean, ABS Chair of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering; Webb Institute
- Panelist- Kevin Humphreys, General Manager- Merchant & Gas Carrier Segment Sales, Wärtsilä
Plenary Session F- Managing Tech Disruption and Risk through Innovation
Jason Kelly, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Moran Shipping Agencies
Plenary Session G- Shark Tank: New Tech on the Horizon (video)
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Setting the stage: Gijsbert de Jong; Marine Marketing & Sales Director and Executive Committee Member, Marine and Offshore Division; Bureau Veritas
Moderator- Alissa Peterson, Co-Founder & Executive Director, SeaAhead
- Shark: Jack Noonan, President, Binnacle Maritime LLC
- Shark: James Thomas, Managing Partner, Thomas Maritime
- Shark: Antonios Backos, Director and Advisor, Bluewater Acquisition Corp
- Shark: Kevin Humphreys, General Manager – Merchant & Gas Carrier Segment Sales, Wärtsilä
- Shark: Rich Pruitt, Vice President Environmental Operations, Carnival Cruise Lines
- Shark: Marina Hadjipateras, Co-Founder & General Partner, Trail Mix Ventures
- Chum: Alistair Johnson, Owner/Designer, Dasivedo Design / Tig Rig
- Chum: Carl Fischer, CEO/Co-Founder, sHYp
- Chum: Michael Lees, Chief Commercial Officer, Ultraclean Fuel
- Chum: Rick Jeffress, Director of Business Development, Fike
- Chum: Jim Paladino, Finance & Business Development, Perceptive Sensor Technologies
- Chum: Mohamed Saad Ibn Seddik, Ph.D., Co-Founder and CEO, blkSAIL
- Chum: Mary Viers, Business Development Manager, STX Service Americas
- Chum: Amitabh Sankranti, Managing Director & Founder, Ingenium Marine
Closing Remarks (video)
- Conference Chairman: Angus Campbell, Director- Energy Projects, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement
- Carleen Lyden Walker, Chief Evolution Officer, SHIPPINGInsight
SHIPPINGInsight Innovation Award Luncheon (video)
Powered by Blank Rome
Remarks by: Dana Merkel, Associate, Blank Rome