LISW23 Themes

Reframing Risk in a Complex Market

Compliance

Decarbonisation

Business and Technology Innovation

Security

Skills

Drawing on the ethos of ‘Propelling World Trade’, the overarching theme of LISW23 will be ‘Reframing Risk in a Complex Market’.

Sub-themes for the week will be:

 

Compliance

  • Does ESG change the business model
  • Navigating the regulatory landscape in the charter market in the short-term
  • Commercial cost of regulatory compliance across the decarbonisation timeline
  • Carbon trading
Decarbonisation
  • Future fuel mix
  • Implications of scope 3
  • Role of Government
  • Where are the next (tangible!) opportunities for the industry to contribute to energy transition but also to make money (CO2 shipping, offshore wind)
  • Shipping industry responsibilities around the ocean economy
Security
  • Supply chain resilience
  • Sanctions
  • War risks (incl navigational, insurance, ability to charter / lift cargos from war zones and combatant countries)
Skills
  • Demographic trends and their effect on labour supply in shipping
  • Ensuring an equitable skills transition, the opportunity to upskill in labour supplying nations
  • Digital skills to manage the transition and maintain compliance
  • New and disruptive technologies particularly in terms of the workforce and its education.
  • Duty of care to seafarers
Business and Technology Innovation
  • Sourcing investment to drive and support maritime innovation
  • Supply & demand dynamics – is collaboration working?
  • New fuels, new ships, new infrastructure
  • Data and digitalisation

COMPLIANCE

  • Does ESG change the business model?
  • Navigating the regulatory landscape in the charter market in the short term
  • Commercial cost of regulatory compliance across the decarbonisation timeline
  • Carbon trading

Decarbonisation

  • Future fuel mix
  • Implications of scope 3
  • Role of Government
  • Where are the next (tangible!) opportunities for the industry to contribute to energy transition but also to
    make money (CO2 shipping, offshore wind)
  • Shipping industry responsibilities around the ocean economy

Business and Technology Innovation

  • Sourcing investment to drive and support maritime innovation
  • Supply & demand dynamics – is collaboration working?
  • New fuels, new ships, new infrastructure

Security

  • Supply chain resilience
  • Sanctions
  • War risks (incl navigational, insurance, ability to charter / lift cargos from war zones and combatant countries)

Skills

  • Demographic trends and their effect on labour supply in shipping
  • Ensuring an equitable skills transition, the opportunity to upskill in labour supplying nations
  • Digital skills to manage the transition and maintain compliance
  • New and disruptive technologies particularly in terms of the workforce and its education
  • Duty of care to seafarers

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