Bud Darr

Executive Vice President, Maritime Policy and Government Affairs, MSC Group

An experienced global maritime leader in the areas of policy, government, and related law, Bud Darr is Executive Vice President, Maritime Policy and Government Affairs of MSC Group which operates in 155 countries.
Having served in the US Navy, Merchant Marine, and Coast Guard, as well as being an accomplished ocean yacht racer, Bud's longstanding connection with the sea and ships is both personal and professional.
Bud began his education in Submarine Nuclear Engineering and later obtained his formal undergraduate education at the US Merchant Marine Academy, where he was trained as a Deck Officer. During his service with the US Coast Guard, he studied law at the George Washington University Law School. He most recently led the Maritime Policy efforts of the Cruise Lines International Association prior to joining the MSC Group in 2017.
Today, Bud is engaged across MSC's Cargo and Passenger divisions, developing the company's central Government Affairs function, based at the Group's headquarters in Geneva. He is closely involved in MSC's response to developments in environmental public policy and regulation and other industry-wide issues such as greenhouse gas emissions, maritime security, safety at sea, and international shipping policy. He serves on the Boards for the UK Chamber of Shipping, BIMCO, International Chamber of Shipping, Liberian Shipowners' Council, and Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel.

Dallas D. Smith

Director of LNG & Offshore & General Manager of LISCR Houston, LISCR

Dallas Smith is the Director of LNG and Offshore for the Liberian Registry. He is also the General Manager of the Liberian Registry's Houston's office. Dallas leads the service delivery and brand management of the Registry within the LNG sector (to include newbuildings of LNG-as-fuel powered ships and LNG carriers), and Offshore sectors globally. In addition, he manages the Houston office by providing oversight of the Registry's interface with regulatory, commercial, operational, and compliance of all vessel platforms.
Dallas joined the Liberian Registry after 20 years of service in the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), retiring as a Lieutenant Commander. During his final 6 years in the Coast Guard, he ran the Coast Guard's Liquefied Gas Carrier National Center of Expertise. Where he was responsible for executing the USCG's entire liquefied gas safety, security, and environmental compliance mission around the world. He holds an M.B.A. with honors from Liberty University, B.S. degrees with honors in Technology Management and Organizational Leadership from University of Houston, and an A.A.S. in Electronic Engineering from Thomas Edison State College.

Gavin Allwright

Secretary General, International Windship Association (IWSA)

Gavin Allwright is the Secretary General of the International Windship Association (IWSA). Established in 2014, this member driven not-for-profit is working to promote and facilitate the uptake of wind propulsion solutions in commercial shipping. Alongside his work as association secretary, he also leads the policy work stream, requiring regular attendance at IMO, EU and national government level meetings and sits on the stakeholders advisory committee for the MTCC network at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
Gavin is also a non-executive board member for the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA), a work package leader on the EU Interreg Wind Assist Ship Propulsion (WASP) and advisor on various shipping decarbonisation projects. He is also a regular guest lecturer at the UN World Maritime University (WMU) and holds a Masters degree in Sustainable Development, specialising in small scale sustainable shipping and logistics in developing countries and was an expert reviewer for the IPCC special report on 1.5C climate change.

Jacob Sterling

Head of Technical Innovation, A.P. Moller - Maersk

Jacob Sterling is Head of Technical Innovation in A.P. Moller-Maersk. The innovation is mainly focused on decarbonizing shipping – i.e. to enable that Maersk achieve its ambition of net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. He is also serving as staff elected member to the Board of Directors of A.P. Moller-Maersk.
Jacob has worked in Maersk since 2009 and prior to his current role, he has been had leading roles within product management and sustainability. Before joining Maersk, Jacob worked as Conservation Director in WWF World Wide Fund for Nature, and he holds a master's degree in biology.

Jason Miles

Chief Executive Officer, Quadrise Fuels

Jason spent the first twelve years of his career developing emulsified fuel projects as a Process Engineer for BP, and subsequently for PDVSA as Business Development Manager where he implemented numerous Orimulsion® power projects globally. Jason joined Quadrise in 2006 and now has some 25 years' technical and commercial experience in the emulsion fuels industry. Jason is a chartered Chemical Engineer, with an honours degree in Chemical Engineering from Loughborough University, and has an Executive MBA from the Cass Business School in London.

Jill Stoneberg

Director - Social Impact & Sustainability, Virgin Voyages

Jill joined Virgin Voyages in 2018. As the Director of Sustainability and Social Impact, Jill is helping create an Epic Sea Change for All by leading the company's sustainability strategy and programs. Jill holds an MBA in Sustainable Business and she is passionate about leveraging business as a force for good to address some of the world's most pressing challenges, such as climate change, ocean health and sustainable development.

Lucienne Damm

Head of Sustainability, TUI Cruises

Regina Asariotis

Chief, Policy and Legislation Section TLB, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD

Regina Asariotis is Chief of the Policy and Legislation Section in the Division on Technology and Logistics of UNCTAD, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, where she is responsible for the Secretariat's mandated work in the field of transport law and policy, including research and analysis, technical cooperation and intergovernmental policy dialogue and negotiations. Substantive areas of work cover a broad range, including international trade and transport law, maritime security, marine environmental law and policy, as well as the implications of climate change for transportation (see https://unctad.org/ttl/legal and https://unctad.org/topic/transport-and-trade-logistics/climate-change-and-maritime-transport).
Before joining UNCTAD in 2001, Regina Asariotis was a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Southampton, and member of the Governing Board of the University's Institute of Maritime Law (IML), where she taught international maritime and trade law for more than 10 years, including as part of the IML's programme for practitioners in the field of transport and trade. She holds a law degree from the University of Augsburg, an LL.M from the University of Southampton and a Dr. jur. from the University of Hamburg and is a practising Barrister (England & Wales) and Attorney at Law (Greece), as well as Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).
Regina Asariotis has authored and co-authored numerous publications in the field of international maritime and trade law and was a specialist editor of the Journal of International Maritime Law until 2017. She is a visiting professor at the University of Geneva and the University of the Basque country and continues to be involved in the design and delivery of courses for professionals, including on behalf of the Swiss Trading and Shipping Association.

Roger Strevens

VP, Global Sustainability, Wallenius Wilhelmsen

Environmental industrialist, sustainability native. As VP, Global Sustainability at Wallenius Wilhelmsen, Roger engages with its diverse array of external sustainability stakeholders as well as its corporate functions. The over-arching objective is the same for all; to advance the sustainability agenda, while creating mutual value.
His responsibilities range from representing the Group's interests in maritime environmental policy, to driving sustainability collaborations with industry partners, customers and innovators. He works to build a ‘Lean:Green' sustainability culture in the Group, and also ensures financial stakeholders' evolving needs are met, including through the Group's reporting activities.
Roger is the Chair of the Irish Norwegian Chamber of Commerce, a board member of the Ocean Exchange, a forum for acceleration sustainable innovation, a steering committee member of the Ship Recycling Transparency initiative and a Member of the SASB Standards Advisory Board for marine transportation.
Before starting his current role in 2017, Roger was VP of one the commercial divisions of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, having been VP, Environment for three years before that. He holds a mechanical and manufacturing engineering degree from the University of Dublin, Trinity College.

Captain Wolfram Guntermann

Director Regulatory Affairs, Hapag-Lloyd AG

Captain Wolfram Guntermann graduated with his Masters License at the Marine Polytechnic Elfleth/Germany in combination with a scholarship at the Plymouth Polytechnic of Marine Science. He also received his Engineers License at the Hamburg Polytechnic in order to serve as Ship Operation Officer holding a dual license.
After having set his feet for the first time on deck a vessel in 1979 he went through the ranks receiving his first command as Master in 1996. He also took various assignments ashore as Trio Tonnage Center London and Director Marine Operations in the Hapag-Lloyd America Office in Piscataway/New Jersey for almost nine years. Upon repatriation to the Hamburg based Headquarters he worked as Director Projects ( Passenger Vessel MV Europa 2 ).
With the current function as Director Regulatory Affairs a lot of challenging opportunities are emerging in light of new environmental legislation and initiatives.

Bernard Vanheule

EU Affairs Director, Costa Group

He started his career as trainee in 1995 at the EU Council and at the European Parliament (Grant ”Robert Schuman”) after. He joined later the shipmanagement company Trimar (Luxembourg) as qualified lawyer before joining in 2002 the Cabinet of Belgian Minister for the Environment as marine attaché. In 2004 he was appointed Senior Legal Officer of the Royal Belgian Shipowners'Association.
As from 2019 he joined the European cruise leader Costa Group where he holds the position of EU Affairs Director. As such his main fields of competence are shipping and coastal tourism.
Mr Bernard VANHEULE (1970) graduated in Law at the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) in 1994 and in Sea-Use Law with “Summa Cum Laude” from the Université de Bretagne Occidentale (France) in 1996. He has been Guest Lecturer at the UN International Maritime Law Institute for numerous years.
Bernard Vanheule is also the Vice-Chair of the CLIA's European Government Affairs Committee.

Wassim Daoud

Head of sustainability and CSR, PONANT

Dr.Wassim DAOUD is the head of CSR and sustainability at PONANT cruise company. In his role, Wassim leads a global team that oversees the PONANT Sustainable Impact strategy and programs that focus on making a positive, lasting impact on the planet, people, and the communities that company serves. Wassim brings 20 years of experience in a variety of sustainability roles. Under his leadership PONANT has been classified as the most sustainable cruise company by the NGO NABU in 2019.

Linden Coppell

Director of Sustainability, MSC Cruises

As Director of Sustainability, Linden aims to ensure that MSC Cruises grows in a sustainable way. In this role, Linden works in collaboration with numerous internal and external partners. She established the Executive Chairman-led Sustainable Advisory Board, responsible for approving actions to meet the sustainability goals of the business and ensuring sustainability is embedded across the entire organisation.
Linden has a solid background in environmental protection and sustainability, with experience both as a consultant and in the corporate environment. As a consultant this included working on many diverse projects in Hong Kong and the South East Asia region, including the implementation of environmental management systems and developing environmental and sustainability reporting regimes for government and non-government clients.
She joined Cathay Pacific as the Manager Environmental Affairs in 2003 and in 2009 took up a position at Etihad Airways, initially as Head of Environment and then as Head of Sustainability for the Etihad Aviation Group.
Linden led several successful projects including instigating the voluntary carbon offset program ‘Fly Greener' at Cathay Pacific and leading the drive towards sustainable alternative fuels at Etihad. The latter including facilitating the longest flight using alternative fuels into the Middle East in 2014 and then enabling a flight powered using sustainable biomass grown and refined into jet fuel in the UAE, a first for the region.

Christoph Schlador

Vice President Decarbonisation, Carnival Maritime

Christoph Schladör is the Vice President of the newly founded Decarbonisation Unit of the COSTA Group. In his role, Mr. Schladör is leading the efforts and projects to achieve the climate neutral operation of the Costa Group Fleet, comprised by the two brands: Costa Crociere, based in Genova, Italy, and the German AIDA Cruises, based in Rostock.
Being a Marine Mechanical Engineer by education, Mr. Schladör has a vast experience both in scientific research and field work with scrubber systems at the Hamburg University of Technology as well as extensive knowledge and experience on machinery design at the Flensburger shipyard (FSG).
In 2015 Mr. Schladör joined Carnival Maritime, the marine service unit for the Costa Group, located in Hamburg. With the target of operating a greenhouse gas neutral fleet as soon as technology allows, Carnival Maritime has established a new center of excellence with Mr. Schladör as the lead, with the specific mandate to support the company by defining and executing the decarbonization strategy and its associated multidimensional technological challenges.The dedicated Decarbonisation unit combines R&D work with energy management and data analytics.

Melissa Williams

Vice President, Marine Sectors and Decarbonisation, Shell

Melissa Williams is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana who holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Master's degree in Business Administration. She is married to Terence and they have three children.
Melissa was appointed Vice President Marine Sectors and Decarbonisation in 2021. Previously, she was the Global Sales & Marketing manager for the marine fuel sales and marketing business in Trading. She has played a key role in Shell to prepare for IMO 2020 fuel specification change.
Prior to this role, Melissa was the Enterprise Optimization manager for Motiva (JV between Shell and Saudi Aramco) where she ensured the assets were maximizing margin. She also led the development of Motiva's trading organization. Melissa has had several Economics and Scheduling roles at Shell Deer Park, Convent refineries as well as the Crude and Feedstock manager for Motiva during the start-up of North America's largest refinery, Port Arthur. In addition, she was also the rotating equipment engineer at Deer Park refinery supporting Lubricants and Logistics units.
Prior to joining Shell/Motiva, Melissa worked for McNeil Consumer Products Company (manufacturer of Tylenol) and she also supported NASA's International Space Station (ISS) as a flight controller.
She has over 20 years of professional experience in the pharmaceutical, aeronautical, and oil industries.

Greg Dolan

Chief Executive Officer, Methanol Institute

Greg Dolan has held a variety of senior management positions with the Methanol Institute over the past 26 years, serving as CEO for the past decade. Mr. Dolan manages MI's offices in Washington, Singapore, Brussels, Beijing, and Delhi, while directing international governmental relations, media relations, public education, and outreach efforts. He has presented papers on methanol-related topics at more than 100 international conferences, authored magazine articles, and written book chapters on the methanol industry. Mr. Dolan came to MI after spending a decade in a variety of public information positions in New York State, with the Department of Environmental Conservation, the Energy Research and Development Authority, and the Department of Transportation. Mr. Dolan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Boston University, and did extensive post graduate work in Political Communication at the State University of New York-Albany.

Iraklis Kyriakou

Chemical/Environmental Officer, Alberta Shipmanagement Ltd

Dr Iraklis Kyriakou is the Chemical / Environmental Officer of Alberta Shipmanagement Ltd.
His academic career initiated with a Bachelor Degree in Chemistry from the University of Patras, which was followed by a Master Degree in "Analytical Chemistry and Nanotechnology" and was crowned by the acquisition of a PhD in modern Analytical Methods. He has published papers in highly reputable scientific journals, participated in many international conferences and authored articles on fuel-related topics.
Being a Chemist by education, enables him to show a scientific approach for overcoming obstacles, while his involvement in Newbuilding Projects supervision at Japanese shipyards, has gained him field work experience and problem-solving attitude. Iraklis' area of activities covers a wide range of chemical and environmental applications related to the shipping industry, including compliance with European and International regulations, implementation of emission reducing technologies, as well as waste management monitoring. In his role in the Technical Department, he has contributed in preparing the company for the IMO 2020 fuel specification change and also aimed to achieve fleet performance improvements in day-to-day ship operations.
He is an advocate of the necessity for a true shift to a sustainable and carbon-neutral shipping industry, which not only requires innovative technical solutions but also a shift in the mindsets of policy-makers. He is dedicated on making a positive, lasting impact on the planet, the people, and the communities that his actions affect.

Mike Guggenheimer

President & CEO, RSC Bio Solutions

Mike joined the Blumenthal family of businesses in 2008 and currently serves as President and CEO of Blumenthal Holdings. He oversees daily operations of its three portfolio companies; Blumenthal Brands Integrated (BBI), Blumenthal Business Services (BBS), and RSC BIO Solutions. Mike initiated the company's move into industrial biotechnology with a 2012 investment in Terresolve Technologies, an entrepreneurial green tech company with a record of lubricant accomplishment dating back to the 1980's. The RSC Bio Solutions platform has developed into a global leader in performance environmental lubricants and cleaners branded as FUTERRA and ENVIROLOGIC with a unique focus on marine applications. BBI is a globally respected specialty chemical products company, best known for the development of innovative products for tradesmen and DIYers under the iconic GUNK and Liquid Wrench brands.
Prior to joining Blumenthal Holdings, Guggenheimer was an operating partner for Blackstreet Capital Management, a private equity group that focused on control buyouts of under- performing corporate orphans. He also held a variety of general management positions for Milliken & Company, from manufacturing management to strategic business development.
Guggenheimer holds a B.A. in psychology from Davidson College and an M.B.A. from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

Ralf Diemer

Managing Director, eFuel Alliance

Ralf Diemer is Managing Director of the eFuel Alliance e.V. based in Berlin and Brussels. During his law degree in Tuebingen, he worked in the Baden-Wuerttemberg state parliament and in the European Parliament. He then started his professional career in Berlin as an Office Manager in the German parliament. After moving to the German Association of the Automotive Industry, he headed the Brussels branch there for ten years and then the department for Economic, Trade and Climate Protection Policy in Berlin. He was involved in numerous legislative processes on a national and European level, with a focus on climate, environmental and trade policy. Political interest and involvement in politics have always been of central importance to him. Ralf Diemer is Director at the consulting company von Beust & Coll. Beratungsgesellschaft.

Berit Hinnemann

Head of Green Sourcing Strategy and Business Development, Maersk

Berit Hinnemann currently works as the Head of Decarbonisation Business Development for Maersk, where she and her team develop the supply of the green fuels for Maersk's decarbonization plans, especially the supply of green methanol for the announced container vessels going into operation from 2023 onwards.
Berit Hinnemann graduated with an M.Sc. in Physics from the University Duisburg-Essen in 2000 and with a Ph.D. in Physics (catalysis) from the Technical University of Denmark in 2004.
After postdoctoral positions in academic research at the Technical University of Denmark and at Princeton University, she joined Haldor Topsoe in 2006. She worked for Haldor Topsoe from 2006-2020 in roles in research and development, business development, technology scouting and the last 3 years as Head of Global Intelligence in Corporate Strategy.
In April 2020, Berit joined Maersk as Senior Innovation Project Manager within Maersk's Future Fuels program. When Maersk established a dedicated Decarbonisation team in March 2021, Berit took up her current position as Head of Decarbonisation Business Development, developing green fuel supply and driving engagement with green fuels project developers and suppliers.

Frederic Bouthillier

Head of Sustainable Shipping, Vertis Environmental Finance

Combining more than 25 years of experience in the shipping industry worldwide, Frederic has worked as Chartering/Commercial Manager for important industry players such as Exmar, Bocimar and Wah-Kwong Maritime. Frederic is also a founding member of the Antwerp Chartering Club.
With his hands-on experience within the industry, Frederic is placed in a privileged position to understand the challenges faced by vessel owners and operators when it comes to environmental legislation. As Head of Sustainable Shipping for Vertis, Frederic has helped multiple actors to prepare for environmental compliance under the EU ETS as well as to set up voluntary emission reduction programs to tackle their emissions.

Bernadett Papp

Head of Research & Analysis, Vertis Environmental Finance

Bernatett graduated from the university ELTE in Budapest and did her MBA at the University Jean Moulin 3 Lyon 3. For more than five years she worked for the investment arm of Erste Bank as equity research analyst and covered mainly companies from the energy sector. She later joined Vertis where she has developed her career for 10 years and now holds the Head of Research & Analysis position.
Bernadett is responsible for research and analysis of the carbon and renewable energy markets, developing reports and other research materials to support the market participants in their decision-making process. She also collaborates with several media of the environmental finance scope as an expert on the European Trading System (ETS).

Captain Walter Purio

Chairman, Rise-x.io

Captain Walter P. Purio is a Director of the Pilbara Port Authority in Australia and is the Managing Director of P and H Marine Australasia Pty Ltd. and currently assists resource companies, financial institutions, shipping companies and their boards and executive teams to develop maritime strategies to provide LNG and sustainable marine fuel to their regions. Captain Purio serves as the Non Executive Chairman of Rise-x Pty Ltd. an Australian founded ecosystem orchestration platform (EOP) technology to industry and is an advisor to ADP clear PTE LTD in Singapore. He was the inaugural CEO and is a Founder, and Founding Director of the non profit LNG Marine Fuel Institute. In 2021 Captain Purio was elected Chair of the Asia Pacific committee for the Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel, a non governmental organisation with consultative status to the UN’s International Maritime Organisation. He serves as the Chair of Governors for the non profit Leeuwin Ocean Adventures Foundation, which provides at sea team building, collaborative learning and personal development onboard the sail training vessel Leeuwin for the youth of Western Australia.
Captain Purio speaks globally and advocates for LNG, renewable and sustainable marine fuels by engaging stakeholders and the broader global community in support of maritime energy awareness and sustainability delivered though the aspirational framework of purpose, a noble cause, to work for something greater than self to increase the carrying capacity of the planet.
Captain Purio is a Co-Founder and was Chairman of QuayChain PTE LTD, a Singapore registered company wholly owned by RISE-x.io. He is currently a non executive director of CleanSubSea Ltd, the owner of ENVIROCART, a Western Australia designed, patented and manufactured in-water invasive marine species full clean, filter, capture and containment hull cleaning solution that supports the United Nation’s International Maritime Organisation alongside several UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Captain Purio served on the Board of Directors of OSI Geospatial Pty. Ltd., a publicly listed Canadian company from 1999 until 2011, at which time he assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer in 2011. Traded on the TSX, OSI specialised in the development and implementation of ECDIS (Electronic Chart and Data Information Systems) and Warfare ECDIS on both commercial and military units, including ships and small boats of the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, the US Navy, USCG, Chilean and Brazilian Navies, Canadian Navy, Canadian Coast Guard, Danish Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy and several other NATO fleet naval assets.
Captain Purio is a seasoned marine and maritime industry executive who has worked across several affiliated disciplines including commercial shipping, marine finance, marine compliance, naval operations, offshoring, bunkering, oil and gas and mineral resources industry. He is a Master Mariner Class 1, holds a BSc degree from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point and MBA’s from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven, Belgium. He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a long-standing member of the New York Yacht Club and the Army and Navy Club of Washington D.C. He enjoys writing, historical non fiction, walking and sailing.
Captain Purio is married to Fern Elisabeth Purio (née Bailey), and is blessed with six children and ten grandchildren in Australia and the United States.

Domagoj Baresic

Research Associate, UCL Energy Institute

Dr Domagoj Baresic is a Research Associate at the University College London (UCL) Energy Institute. Domagoj uses mixed research methods to explore the nature of fuel transition pathways necessary to reach a low carbon shipping future. His research interests span policy, political economy, and socio-technical transitions. He has been involved in multiple projects exploring the role of policy and geography in shaping low carbon fuel transition in shipping. He developed the MarSTF conceptual framework with the aim of making sustainability transitions literature more empirically suitable for the study of fuel transitions in shipping. Domagoj holds a PhD in Energy and Transport from UCL. In addition to his PhD, he also holds an MPhil in Environmental Policy and MA(Cantab) in Natural Sciences, both from the University of Cambridge. Prior to joining UCL, Domagoj worked for several years in the private sector as an analyst looking at policy and financial drivers shaping global energy markets and emission trading schemes.

Pippa Ganderton

Product Director – ATPI Halo, Sustainable Travel & Events Solutions

Pippa Ganderton: Product Director ATPI Halo, responsible for creating solutions that support ATPI's portfolio of global clients with more sustainable travel and events programmes. Helping them achieve their decarbonisation targets in line with the Paris Agreement despite operating in sectors where travel is unavoidable. Pippa has been with ATPI since 2006, previously fulfilling the role of Global Account Management Strategy Director. Both roles represent strategic experience in client facing solutions for the travel management of specialist corporate markets such as Shipping, Maritime and Energy. From 1990 to 2006 Pippa worked for British Airways, initially in Austria, then relocating back to the UK, where her last role in Head Office introduced her to global specialist markets (working on fares and product for the marine, and subsequently offshore and humanitarian, markets). Pippa is part of ATPI's Head Office team based in UK.

Cal Hayden

Vice President of Global Ship Management, Crowley

Cal Hayden is Crowley's vice president of global ship management. In this role, Hayden is responsible for the operation of 15 Crowley-owned and 48 third-party vessels.
He also leads the development and implementation of maritime decarbonization strategies that support safe and reliable services for customers and communities.
Hayden began his career as a shipboard engineer in 1987 before moving ashore to hold positions of increasing responsibility in fleet management and marine operations. Prior to joining Crowley in 2014, he worked in various management and executive roles for shipping companies engaged in various market segments, including U.S. government and commercial operations of tankers, container ships, general purpose cargo, offshore services and towing.
Hayden earned a bachelor's degree in marine engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and a master's degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He is a certified project management professional and holds the U.S. Coast Guard license of chief engineer, unlimited horsepower.

Dr. Martin Koller

Global Product Manager Head of Laboratory KAP - Air Pollution Control Marine Solutions, Andritz

Dr. Martin Koller is the Global Product Manager for ANDRITZ Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems under the brand name “SeaSOx”. He is responsible for the development of these systems for wet and dry applications. ANDRITZ is one of the largest Austrian companies with over 27,000 employees, and besides other industries, a global market leader for Air Pollution Control technologies since decades.
After graduation at the Technical University Vienna and Montanistic University Leoben, Martin holds a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Process Engineering. He started at ANDRITZ 2008 as an R&D engineer and developed different air cleaning technologies. Since 2014 he is responsible for the SeaSOx technology.

Vinita Venkatesh

Managing Director, Ocean2Door India

Vinita Venkatesh is a leader in the shipping, ports and cargo logistics industries with over 25 years of experience.
She is a graduate of India's premier business school, IIM Ahmedabad and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers ( ICS), London.
She holds voluntary posts with several shipping industry associations in India.
In her current position as MD of Ocean2Door India, she is engaged in bringing to exporters and importers, best- in- class cargo logistics solutions.
She is also engaged in the global marketing and distribution for FuelSpec, a revolutionary bunker fuel catalyst, which can transform the position of vessels operating on fossil fuels with regard to meeting emission control and fuel efficiency parameters .

Steve Esau

COO, SEA-LNG

Steve is Chief Operating Office at SEA-LNG.  Before taking up his position at SEA-LNG Steve was Head of Energy at managing consultants, Xyntéo. He began his career as a Geophysicist in BP, subsequently working in a variety of business development, strategy and analysis roles in the company's gas, power & renewables and energy trading businesses.  Steve has also worked in the City of London, for the Intercontinental Exchange, leading the development of financial instruments for the energy sector and for management consultants Afry Energy and Caminus Energy, where he specialised in providing advice on gas and power market policy; commodity trading and risk management and Carbon Capture and Storage.

Martyn Griffiths

Director Public Affairs, CLIA

Martyn Griffiths is a welsh man who has been living and working in brussels since 1999.
He is currently the Director Public Affairs at the Cruise Lines International Association a position he has held since 2016. He is responsible for issues management and developing proactive communications around the industry's sustainability initiatives.
Previously he spent six years at the animal welfare NGO, Eurogroup for Animals, helping the organisation redefine its purpose from a legislative focus to a proactive campaigning focus.
He has also worked for CEPI the European Paper Producers Association where he developed their sustainability approach including the Paper Value Tree and Meet Paper initiatives
His first appointment in Brussels was as Communications Manager with the European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers where he developed the industry's 10 year sustainability programme, Vinyl 2010 as well as the industry's award winning specifier engagement programme, PVC for Life and Living.
His background saw him study Management Science at Aston University in the UK followed by post-graduate studies in Media and Public Relations at the Welsh School of Journalism, University of Wales, in Cardiff.
He is a specialist in issues and crisis management and has worked for many organisations in all sectors of society helping them manage major change programmes and major customer/audience issues management programmes.

Sebastian Ebbing

Technical Advisor Climate, Marine fuels, Innovation and Funding, German Shipowners' Association

As Technical Advisor at German Shipowners' Association, Sebastian Ebbing provides profound technical expertise to the ongoing regulatory developments on EU and IMO-Level.
With his background in nautical science, marine engineering and international maritime management he is dedicated on regulatory climate-protection affairs, the maritime energy transition, the development of alternative climate-neutral fuel strategies, digitalization and innovation projects in shipping.
Sebastian Ebbing´s technical expertise is accompanied by experience in fleet performance management within a globally operating shipping company.
The German Shipowners' Association (VDR) is a leading professional association within the German business community. It was founded in 1907 by the regional shipowners' associations in order to enable them to have common and uniform representation of their interests. Today, the VDR represents the German maritime shipping segment not only in Berlin and Bonn, but also in Brussels, London, Geneva and at global level. With its over 150 member companies from different shipping sectors, the association represents the German shipping industry, which currently boasts the world's fifth-largest merchant fleet. As an employers' association, it conducts collective bargaining and social partner negotiations.
Sebastian Ebbing is founding- and board member of the “Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainable Logistics” situated at Jade University of Applied Science, where he is lecturing on Maritime Technologies with special focus on climate neutral shipping and alternative propulsion technologies.

Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos

CEO, DeepSea Technologies

Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos is the CTO and co-founder of DeepSea Technologies. With a PhD in machine learning from Cambridge University, he is uniquely positioned to bring the world's most advanced AI research to the field of shipping. Konstantinos' vision for the digital future of the industry has gathered support from investors and partners including Nabtesco, the Signal Group and the Environmental Technology Fund. Konstantinos is an eminently qualified contributor to the maritime digitalisation discussion, whilst continuing to push the boundaries of high-impact innovation for DeepSea's clients.

Valeria Mangiarotti

Senior Vice President and Director of Sustainability and Environmental Issues, Med Cruise

Marketing Manager – ADSP “Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sardegna”( Port Network Authority of the Sardinian Sea) .
Valeria started her professional career in Port of Cagliari in 2002 and first was a lawyer in legal office in Milan. She involved in the cruise industry in 2004. She holds a degree in law from the Catholic University of Milan Italy. she became a lawyer in 1992 in the Court of Appeal of Milan. She attended a master in common law at London school of economic London. UK.
She was a vice president of MEDCRUISE, the Association of the Mediterranean Cruise ports between 2005 and 2008; she was in a board of MEDCRUISE like a director of environment from 2008- 2011. From 2013 she has a delegate for environment from MEDCRUISE. From October 2017 she is the Director sustainability/ environmental issue of the Board of MEDCRUISE .From October 2020 she is senior Vice president of MEDCRUISE.
She is a member of the board of the Bank of Italy.
She collaborated with The Maritime Economist (MEMag). It's a scientific magazine by IAME (International Association Maritime Economist), that is the owner and publisher see http://www.mar-economists.org/MEMag/index.htm). She wrote an article entitled "European Environmental Laws: Some Considerations for Mediterranean Cruise Ports published on The Maritime Economist"
She attended in many international environmental conferences as a speaker and in particular in the last Green Port events as delegated of Medcruise for these years : 2014-2015-2016-2017- 2018.
She has attended in many environmental meetings of Espo.
From November 2018 she represent Assoporti and Medcruise in the environmental committee of ESPO.
From February 2019 is nominated from the Director of Directorate – General for Mobility and Transport European Commission a member of the commission's expert group ports called “Sub group of Sustainable ports”
She was speaker (7-8 June 2017) (12-13 June 2019) at the event “European Environmental ports Conference 2017” , “European Environmental ports Conference 2019” in Antwerp Belgium.
0n 21 may 2019 she held a lecture at the University of Antwerp -Maritime Academy on cruise's market environmental legal aspect of European Directives.
On 6 December 2019 she was speaker at the 20th CWC Annual World LNG Summit & Awards Evening.
On 16 February 2020 she was a speaker at the Small Scale LNg summit in Milan.
On 26 June 2020 she was a moderator at the BS group live webinar ”Mediterranean shipping summit”
On October 2020 she is Senior Vice President of Medcruise.

Wayne Lundy

Senior Engineer, U.S. Coast Guard

Mr. Wayne Lundy is a senior engineer in the U.S. Coast Guard's Office of Design and Engineering Standards located in Washington, D.C. His focus is on marine safety and marine environmental protection.
He serves as the alternate head of the U.S. delegation to both the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) & the Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR). He also chairs the PPR working group on air pollution.

Xavier Leclercq

Vice president of CMA Ships, CMA CGM Group

Xavier Leclercq has successively held various positions in the shipping industry: Chief Engineer and Commander, Project Manager, Superintendent, New Construction Project Manager. He joined Chantiers de l'Atlantique as head of the machinery department and then took over the technical management of the shipyards in charge of studies, research and development.
Xavier Leclercq is currently Vice president of CMA Ships within the CMA CGM Group

Antonello Zanfardino

Senior Carbon Analyst, BRS Group

Antonello Zanfardino has been active on the European carbon market for more than four years, first as a carbon trader on the European market, responsible for the origination and trade of environmental commodities: CO2 markets (EU-ETS), Guarantees of Origin, and credits used in voluntary schemes and later on as manager of a carbon team. This experience got him in touch with large industrials, utilities and aviation companies that have a compliance obligation.
In 2021, Antonello joined BRS Group in Geneva, the oldest shipbroking company in the world (founded in 1856) to help develop the company's newly created carbon department. His role in BRS shifted to a more analytical / advisory one and he prepares ship owners and charterers to face the upcoming European ETS regulation, and helps them understand the opportunities that voluntary markets may offer with his carbon project development expertise.

Tom Strang

Senior Vice President, Maritime Affairs, Carnival Corporation

Tom Strang is Senior Vice President, Maritime Affairs for Carnival Corporation plc. He is responsible for developing and implementing a group wide strategy for the supply of new low emission fuels for the next generation of cruise ships under order, including LNG.
With the current situation impacting the cruise industry he is leading efforts to ensure that the pause in operations is coordinated safely and efficiently across all our brands. He also provides representation for the Carnival group with various maritime and governmental authorities in Europe and other regions relating to marine and technical regulatory activities.

Gijs Streppel

Programme Manager Sustainability, Meyer Group

Gijs Streppel started his career at MEYER WERFT in 2004 as a naval architect in the Sales and Design Department. During the next 17 years, he took over several management positions within this department. As Head of Ship Theory with in the Sales and Design Department, he was involved in the development of the Silversea Evolution Class of vessels, the first cruise vessel being able to run on fuel cells only while in port. Silver Nova is planned for delivery in 2023.
In 2021 his focus shifted to the strategic development of sustainability topics for the Meyer Group. As the Programme Manager Sustainability Gijs Streppel is working on the sustainability roadmap of Meyer with close contact to the cruise industry. He is reporting directly to the board of directors at Meyer Werft.
Gijs Streppel (41) grew up in the Netherlands and studied naval architecture at the Technical University of Delft.

Thomas Klenum

Executive Vice President, Innovation & Regulatory Affairs, LISCR

Thomas Klenum (FRINA, C.Eng, Eur.Ing) is Executive Vice President for the Liberian Registry with a career spanning 30 years as Naval Architect and Principal Surveyor to Managing Director with extensive technical, managerial and leadership experience gained through long term international assignments to China, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, the United States and Germany in addition to extensive experience from the Nordic area based in Denmark.
Graduated in 1993 with a B.Sc. in Naval Architecture and after a short period at A.P.Moller-Maersk’s shipyard (Odense Steel Shipyard) in Denmark worked for over 20 years for Lloyd’s Register prior to taking up position as Managing Director for SeaNet Maritime Services & Technical Director for Liberian Registry (both part of the YCF Maritime Group) in 2014. Appointed as Senior Vice President for Maritime Operations from January 2020 and from January 2022 as Executive Vice President for Innovation and Regulatory Affairs with the Liberian Registry.

Alisha Fredriksson

Co-Founder and CEO, Seabound

Alisha is the Co-Founder and CEO of Seabound, a London-based climate tech startup that builds carbon capture equipment for ships. Previously, she launched a climate program and managed global partnerships at Generation, a non-profit founded by McKinsey & Company. Before that, she helped start a maritime electro-fuel startup (Liquid Wind), climate activist group (Green New Deal London), global university (Minerva University), and jewelry social enterprise (Seema).

Arne Strybos

Program Manager Fuel Transition, Corporate Affairs – Sustainable Transition, Port of Antwerp-Bruges

As Program Manager Fuel Transition, Arne Strybos is working on the transition to sustainable and CO2-neutral transport from, to and through the port of Antwerp-Bruges. With a focus on the integration of alternative fuels in the port platform, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges aims to accelerate the energy transition of maritime shipping, inland navigation, road and rail.
Arne studied chemistry and environmental sciences and obtained a postgraduate degree in environmental coordination. Previously, he worked as an energy and sustainability engineer for industry and within public sector organizations.

Alex Kern

Director of Sales and Marketing, Armach Robotics

Alex Kern joined Armach Robotics as Director of Sales & Marketing in 2021, building upon his 10 year career in marine robotics. Alex most-recently worked for Huntington Ingalls Industries and Kongsberg Maritime as the Regional Sales Manager for APAC/Americas. With a passion for marine robotics and a robust network of maritime leaders, Alex joined Armach Robotics for the opportunity to change the world for a more sustainable future.

Alexandre Tocatlian

Head of Business Development, GTT

Alexandre Tocatlian graduated in 2011 at Ecole Centrale de Lyon, with a specialization in Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London. He joined GTT in January 2014 as a Technical Project Manager on LNGCs and FSRUs projects. In September 2016, he joined the LNG Fuel Division, as a Product Line Manager for passenger ships market, then from July 2019 he managed the Product Lines team, delivering solutions for all types of LNG-fuelled ships and LNG bunker vessels. Since July 2021, Alexandre heads the Business Development team covering all GTT products and services for Europe, Middle-East, Africa and India.

Gareth Shaw

Director, Pera Prometheus Consulting

Gareth is the Director of Pera Prometheus Consulting, an information security consulting firm that he founded in 2020. Having completed a 23-year career in the British Army, where he planned, deployed, sustained and assured digital networks for the military, he established Pera Prometheus to deliver bespoke information consulting services to commercial organisations. To date Pera Prometheus has provided services to a wide number of industries including defence, aerospace, marine, technology and national infrastructure organisations. Gareth is passionate about developing security as an organisational culture that is effective and works in tandem with business goals and operations.

Garry Noonan

Director of Innovation, Ardmore Shipping Corporation

Garry Noonan, Director of Innovation at Ardmore Shipping Corporation, is a marine engineering professional with a passion for new and innovative technologies. Having spent 11 years at sea with BP shipping and, and 8 years ashore with Ardmore Shipping, he’s gained substantial LNG and oil tanker experience. Garry has a lead role in developing and executing Ardmore's overall strategies in the three critical areas of the energy transition, fleet performance enhancement and business development.

Kai Miller

Trade Manager - Energy and Emissions, Kuehne+Nagel

Kai is developing sea freight related products for Kuehne+Nagel in Hamburg since 2017. Prior to that he was living and working in London, heading up a trading desk at ICAP plc. and advising mainly financial institutions and ship owners in his role as principal consultant for IHS Markit. He has been in the shipping industry since 2004, working for ship owners and financial institutions in Copenhagen and Hamburg where he was involved in Ship Finance as well as in commercial and technical vessel management. He was awarded his degree in general economics from a private business school in Munich with distinction of the Bavarian Government.

Kyle Tofte Mullane

Director of Operations, RYCO-Jamaica

As Jamaica's largest recycler of ship generated MARPOL 73/78 Annex 1 waste, Kyle is a fourth Generation Renderer/Recycler committed to creating circular economy's with waste by-products produced by the Maritime Industry.
With Over 4,000 disposal's in the past decade by RYCO-Jamaica Ltd., he is on the forefront of operations for proper waste management in the Caribbean; ensuring vessel waste is properly handled and created into renewable resources on the island.
Working hand in hand with International Shipping Company's, Port Authorities and Environmental Agencies, Kyle's main objective is to solidify Jamaica's progressive role for decarbonization in the region.

Claire Martin

VP Sustainability, CMA-CGM

Claire Martin joined Renault in 1988, first in the Engineering Department, where she led process re- engineering, then in the Research Department, where she implemented lean methods and matrix organizations. She led research on international cooperation with Volvo and GM. In 1998, she took part in the creation of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, in the Nissan's renaissance plan and directed Nissan's communications for Europe and the Middle East. In 2005, she became Vice President of Corporate Communications for Renault.
In 2008, she created and managed the Group CSR function and headed the Renault Foundation. She launched a partnership research platform and the Mobiliz Invest SRI fund, designed to accelerate entrepreneurship and innovation in sustainable mobility.
In 2016, she was appointed Managing Director of the Renault-Nissan Consulting subsidiary, an international consulting firm of 250 consultants in charge of supporting clients in their industrial strategies in operational excellence, lean manufacturing, agile transformation, distribution network optimization and customer experience.
In 2020, she joined the Comex of Kéolis in charge of the Industrial and Energy Transition Department. Since May 2021, she has been in charge of Sustainability at CMA CGM.
Claire Martin holds a Master's degree in psychosociology, a Master's degree in consulting from ESCP- IFACE, an AMP from Harvard Business School and Executive coach. She is a member of the Académie
des Technologies, a start-up administrator and was a lecturer on CSR at Sciences Po Paris.

Figen Ayan

President, MedCruise

Born in Paris, Figen Ayan is a French and Turkish citizen. Ayan studied at La Sorbonne – Paris IV. Since February 2014 Figen Ayan serves as the Chief Port Officer at Galataport Istanbul. Ms. Ayan was a member of the Board of Directors of MedCruise, the Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports, then elected President to represent 151 cruise ports from 22 countries in the Mediterranean and its adjoining seas. Ayan started her professional life in the cruise industry in 1994 in various key positions within leading companies as port agent, tour operator, tour guide in French and English, Turkish or international cruise ports’ marketing and sales. For the past 15 years, Ms. Ayan has been attaching importance to personal development and alternative therapies and is currently an advanced trainee for Somatic Experiencing® (a body-oriented approach to the healing of trauma and other stress disorders).

Filippo Lossani

Director Marine B.U., Ecospray Technologies

Graduated in environmental engineering, Filippo has more than 10 years of experience in the management and coordination of projects in the oil and gas and marine applications. Since 2014 in Ecospray Technologies, Filippo has managed with his team the realization of more than 300 Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (DeSOx towers and catalytic filters) worldwide and currently he is deeply involved in the development of the new technologies for carbon capture.
Currently Filippo covers the position of Director of the Marine Business Unit, with responsibilities on project management and business development for the maritime-related projects.

Harriet Hunnisett-Johnson

Head of Maritime, Signol

Harriet Hunnisett-Johnson is the Head of Maritime at Signol and she is responsible for implementing Signol software in the maritime industry.
Prior to joining Signol, Harriet had a career as a deck officer at sea, sailing to the rank of Chief Officer. After coming ashore in 2013, Harriet pursued a career in software development as a product owner and manager for maritime technology companies. She has worked with groundbreaking multi-company digitized risk prediction initiatives, digital data-focused fuel efficiency systems, and fleet voyage planning solutions.
Harriet is passionate about the sea and the lives of the crew members onboard vessels across the oceans, engaging with crews to make a greener and safer world.

Fabien Lefeuvre

Environmental Products Trader, ENGIE Global Markets

Fabien graduated from the Université Paris Dauphine in 2007, with a master’s degree in economics and finance. He began his career in investment banking with Natixis, where he participated in the setup of a MENA focused commodity trade finance branch.
He joined what was then GDF Suez in 2011, to work on the financial optimization of the group’s physical assets, such as pipelines, storages, and long-term contracts. In 2013, he moved towards the group’s trading entity as natural gas trader, providing a worldwide market making service for both internal and external customers.
In 2020, he joined the Environmental Market Access initiative, to help Engie's customers navigate their way through a wide range of decarbonization products.

Benjamin Lechaptois

Sustainability Strategy Leader, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore

Benjamin started his career within BV offshore team in Paris where his main responsibilities were to review drawings and reports linked to hydrodynamics & moorings of offshore floating platforms.
He then moved as surveyor covering South of France district. Among his main duties, he was in charge of surveying both ships in service and in construction. He then moved as coordinator for innovating projects in France when he mostly focused on projects dedicated to new ships propulsions, from hydrogen to wind propulsion.
Eventually, he becomes Sustainability Strategy Leader for global Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore team. His main responsibilities are now to coordinate internal sustainable activities and especially to support BV network and clients in their decarbonization journeys.

Ilyas Muhammad

Director – Head of Green Fuels, Hapag Lloyd

Minh K Le

VP, Head of Hydrogen Solution, Rystad Energy

Minh Khoi Le is currently leading the hydrogen research at Rystad Energy, as part of the Global Energy System research team. He completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering, focusing on emissions at The University of New South Wales, Australia and has authored articles and papers published in renowned international peer-reviewed journals, covering topics ranging from fundamental scientific research to industrial engineering applications. After a few years in Japan working in the automotive industry, he moved to carry out research in renewable energy in APAC region before taking up hydrogen research.

Dr. Julia Ling

Head of Applied Machine Learning, Tidal

Dr. Julia Ling is the head of applied machine learning at Tidal. Tidal is creating a platform to support a sustainable ocean economy. As part of her role at Tidal, Julia leads the maritime transport product area. Julia is a recognized leader in applying machine learning to industrial applications. She was formerly the CTO at Citrine Informatics, a start-up building an AI platform to accelerate new materials development. At Sandia National Labs, she helped pioneer the application of deep learning to turbulence modeling. She holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelors in Physics from Princeton University.