Thank you to all of our speakers who are key to making the 2023 conference a success
If you would like to speak at this years conference please take a look at our call for paper topics.
Please read further details about each speaker via their profile below.
Chairman: Lars Robert Pedersen
Deputy Secretary General, BIMCO
Chairman: Dr. Markus Münz
Managing Director, VDMA Large Engines
Dr. Harry Conway
CHAIR, MEPC, IMO & Acting Permanent Representative of Liberia to IMO
Annika Kroon
Directorate General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Simon Bennett
Deputy Secretary General, ICS
Martin Kröger
CEO, German Shipowners’ Association VDR
Wolfram Guntermann
Director Regulatory Affairs, Hapag-Lloyd AG
Antony Vourdachas
Principal Engineer, Global Sustainability, ABS
Oskar Levander
VP Strategy & Business Development, Kongsberg Maritime Finland OY
Janne Pohjalainen
Global Product Line Manager, ABB DynafinTM , ABB Marine & Ports
Sergey Gribanov
Area Business Development Manager, DNV
Claus Winter Graugaard
CTO of Onboard Vessel Solutions, Mærsk MC-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
Cecile Joannin
Brand Manager, Lubmarine
Paul Hughes
President and Co-Founder, Shift Clean Energy
Gisle Anderssen
Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Vard Electro
Marcel Ott
General Manager, Application Engineering, WinGD
Diego Delneri
General Manager System and Product Performance, Wärtsilä
Prabhat Kumar Jha
Group Managing Director, MSC Shipmanagement
Stam Achillas
Head of Business Development & Sales, 2-Stroke Decarbonisation Solutions, Wärtsilä
Can Murtezaoğlu
Business Development Manager, EMEAI, Commercial Division, GTT
Tom Strang
VP Maritime Affairs, Carnival Corporation & plc
Kristian Mogensen
Promotion Manager Two Stroke, MAN Energy Solutions
Captain Michael Behmerburg
Global Fuel Purchasing, Director Green Fuels, Hapag-Lloyd AG
Christian Kunkel
Head of Combustion Development (4-stroke engines), MAN Energy Solutions
Dieter Hilmes
Senior Sales Manager at TGE Marine Gas Engineering GmbH
Konstantinos Fakiolas
Business Development Manager, Marine Market Segment, Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases
Greg Dolan
Chief Executive Officer, Methanol Institute
Barend van Schalkwyk
Business Develpoment Director of Marine, OCI Global
Christoph Dytert
Manager Marine Project Sales, Alfa Laval MidEurope GmbH
Christian Skoudal Løth
Senior Project Manager, Machinery dept, Maersk
Rolf Stiefel
Country Chief Executive, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore
Michael North
Commercial Manager Norway, Lloyd’s Register
Mr Christian W. Berg
Managing Director, Amogy Norway
Sami Kanerva
Global Product Manager, ABB Marine & Ports
Laurens Visser
Commercial Manager, Value Maritime
Mr. René Sejer Laursen
ABS Director – Fuels & Technology, Global Sustainability Copenhagen
Sebastian Ebbing
Technical Advisor, German Shipowners’ Association
Merten Stein
Head of Shipping Advisory Hamburg & Dubai, DNV
Alessandro Castagna
Sales Manager, Becker Marine Systems
Mr. Klaus Dahmcke Rasmussen
Head of sales retrofit projects at MAN Energy Solutions
Simone Bernasconi
Head of Global Product Line Upgrades, Accelleron
Mark Penfold
Technical Specialist, Power Generation, Lloyd’s Register
Olivier Denizart
Power and Marine Technical Manager, Lubmarine
Nikolaj Kristensen
Head of R&D, Hans Jensen Lubricators A/S
Cassandra Higham
Castrol Global Industrial, Marine & Energy Marketing Director
Chris Leontopoulos
Director, Global Sustainability, ABS