Reframing Risk in a Complex Market
WEDNESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2023
8:30
Registration and Networking Breakfast
How does the shipping industry reframe risk in an ever more complex market? What external and internal factors are putting pressure on the market? What opportunities and solutions may lie ahead?
The LISW23 Conference will seek to examine how shipping can meet and exceed its ESG targets, considering the commercial cost of regulatory compliance across the decarbonisation timeline, as well as contemplating how best to navigate the regulatory landscape in the short, medium and longer term.
WELCOME TO THE LISW23 CONFERENCE
9:30
Welcome Address 1
John Hulmes
Chair, LISW23 Steering Group and Chairman, Mersey Maritime
9:32
Welcome Address 2
Nick Tsakos
LISW23 Board of Advisors
Founder & CEO, Tsakos Energy Navigation
9:35
Conference Chair’s Introduction
Paddy Rodgers
Director, Royal Museums Greenwich
9:40
Keynote Address 1
Kitack Lim
Secretary-General, IMO
9:45
Keynote Address 2
9:50
Q&A with Conference Chair
The Rt Hon Mark Harper MP
Secretary of State for Transport
EXTERNAL INDUSTRY FACTORS: SHIPPING IN CONTEXT
This panel will discuss the key external factors that are reframing risk for shipping.
What high-level macro risks are evolving? This discussion will bring together leaders from outside and within the industry to examine the changing geopolitical and societal landscape, and how this is affecting foreign policy, external commercial decisions, and consumer expectations on the essential cog in the global supply chain – the shipping industry.
10:20
Moderator’s Opening Remarks
Steve Davies
CEO, Anglo International
10:30
Moderated Panel Discussion / Questions
Panelists include
Andrew Cutler
Chair, International Group (IG), P&I Clubs
CEO, Britannia P&I
Nusrat Ghani MP
Minister of State for Industry and Economic Security
and the Investment Security Unit at the Cabinet Office
Michael Parker
Chairman Global Shipping, Logistics & Offshore, Citi
Yana Popkostova
Founder, European Centre for Energy and Geopolitical Analysis
Karrie Trauth
SVP and Global Head Shipping & Maritime, Shell
11:30
Delegate Questions
12:00
Networking Lunch
INTERNAL INDUSTRY FACTORS: COLLABORATION OR FRAGMENTATION
This panel will examine the key internal industry factors that are reframing risk for shipping.
In the wake of MEPC80 this panel will explore the market response to environmental regulation, a fragmented and complex trading environment and continued call for greater transparency in the market. How must the relationship between charterers and the providers of ocean freight services evolve, what contractual limitations exist, and what innovations will be required to deliver compliance, decarbonisation and improved security.
13:30
Moderator’s Opening Remarks
Martin Crawford-Brunt
Council Member, Baltic Exchange
13:35
Moderated Panel Discussion
Panelists include
Arsenio Dominguez
Director Marine Environment Division, IMO
Stanko Jekov
Managing Partner & Global Head of Dry Cargo
Simpson Spence Young (SSY)
Poonam Melwani K.C.
Head of Chambers, Quadrant
Masato Otaki
Executive Officer and Head of Low Carbon Fuel Planning
Group, JERA Co., Inc
Toshinobu Shinoda
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
Managing Director, MOL (Europe Africa) Ltd.
Nick Tsakos
Founder & CEO, Tsakos Energy Navigation
14:35
Delegate Questions
15:05
Networking Coffee Break
INNOVATING TO MITIGATE RISK
This session will aim to provide a vision for the future of the industry. It will discuss what business and technological innovations the market will have to adopt to address the external and internal pressure being placed on the shipping industry and examine the role of London and the UK in the industry’s future.
15:35
Moderator’s Opening Remarks
Siiri Duddington
Partner and Deputy Head of London Office, Hill Dickinson
15:45
Moderated Panel Discussion / Questions
Panelists include
Nick Brown
Chief Executive,
Lloyd’s Register
Jan Dieleman
President, Cargill Ocean Transportation
Chair, Global Maritime Forum
Kulsoom Jafri
Lead Campaigner Seafarers & Inland Navigation
International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)
Ben Palmer
President, Inmarsat Maritime
Charis Plakantonaki
Chief Strategy Officer, Star Bulk Carriers Corp.
16:45
Delegate Questions
17:15
Closing Remarks
Paddy Rodgers
Director, Royal Museums Greenwich
17:30
End of Conference Sessions / Post Conference Networking Reception
19:30
End of Formal Proceedings
CONFERENCE TICKETS
Registration to the Headline Conference is now open. Due to its nature as a fixed-seat auditorium, space will be limited in the IMO’s Plenary Hall, so early booking is advised to avoid disappointment.
