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17:30 PM – 21:00 PM
One Raffles Place
Stellar Restaurant at 1-Altitude
1 Raffles Place, Floor 62
Singapore 048616
Kindly hosted by the Singapore Shipping Association. Dress code is business attire.
Peter Stokes
Senior Adviser and Head of Shipping, Lazard, United Kingdom; Chairman, Global Maritime Forum
Caroline Yang
President, Singapore Shipping Association
Lam Pin Min
Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Transport
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Flower Dome
Gardens by the Bay
Entrance A
18 Marina Gardens Drive
Singapore 018953
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Taking the lead
Setting the scene for the 2019 Global Maritime Forum Annual Summit by outlining key issues and choices ahead for the global maritime industry.
Peter Stokes
Senior Adviser and Head of Shipping, Lazard, United Kingdom; Chairman, Global Maritime Forum
Guest of Honour, Heng Swee Keat
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Singapore
10:10 AM - 11:25 AM
The power of collaboration
Presenting the results of the collaborative work of turning the ideas generated at the Global Maritime Forum’s Annual Summit in Hong Kong in 2018 into tangible action.
Grahaeme Henderson, Vice President Shipping and Maritime, Shell, United Kingdom
Graham Westgarth, Chief Executive Officer, V.Group, United Kingdom
A dialogue on the future of the maritime industry with the winners of the Global Maritime Forum’s Future Maritime Leaders essay competition and the chair of the selection committee.
Christine Loh, Chief Development Strategist, Institute for the Environment at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong; Chair of the Future Maritime Leaders essay competition selection committee
Simon Tersoo Iorliam, Maritime Safety Officer, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Nigeria (link to essay)
Line Fryd Hofmansen, Management Consultant, PA Consulting Groups, Denmark (link to essay)
Yiqi Zhang, Ph.D. candidate, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China (link to essay)
Michael A.J. Parker, Chairman, Global Shipping Logistics & Offshore, Citi, United Kingdom
Paul Taylor, Global Head of Shipping, Société Générale CIB, United Kingdom
Kristin Holth, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Ocean Industries, DNB, Norway
Søren Toft, Chief Operating Officer, A.P. Møller-Mærsk, Denmark
Jan Dieleman, President, Cargill Ocean Transportation, Switzerland
Isabelle Durant, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Switzerland
Bryony Worthington, Executive Director, Europe, Environmental Defense Fund, United Kingdom
Meredith Sumpter, Head of Research Strategy and Operations, Eurasia Group, USA
11:25 AM - 11:50 AM
Framing our journey
Introduction to the framing device and outlining of the Think Tanks
Meredith Sumpter
Head of Research Strategy and Operations, Eurasia Group, USA
11:50 AM - 13:00 PM
(in two parallel rounds)
Think tanks
Experts and thought leaders provide insights and new perspectives on major opportunities and challenges facing the maritime industry today.
How new technologies are impacting society and businesses.
Nicholas Davis, Co-Author of Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Professor of Practice at Thunderbird School of Global Management
Moderated by Oivind Lorentzen III, Director, SEACOR Holdings, USA
How businesses can use data collaboration to improve their potential.
Sanjaya Mohottala, Managing Director and Partner, BCG, Singapore
Moderated by Patrizia Kern-Ferretti, Head of Marine, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, Switzerland
How beneficial digital technologies and physical technologies can be merged and implemented through broad collaboration.
Deanna MacDonald, Chief Executive Officer, BLOC, Denmark
Moderated by Peter Stokes, Senior Advisor, Lazard, UK; Chairman, Global Maritime Forum
What the global maritime industry can learn from public-private collaboration in Singapore.
Annie Koh, V3 Group Professor of Family Entrepreneurship; Finance Professor; Vice President, Business Development; Academic Director, Business Families Institute and International Trading Institute, Singapore Management University
Kenneth Lim, Senior Director, Innovation, Technology and Talent Development; Chief Technology Officer, Singapore Maritime Port Authority
How the maritime industry can use digital platforms to improve safety at sea.
Manit Chander, Chief Executive Officer, HiLo Maritime Risk Management, United Kingdom
Why wellbeing and mental health is one of the most important safety factors for the maritime industry.
Sarah Waite, Strategy and Performance Excellence Manager, Shell, United Kingdom
Moderated by Mick Kinley, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Australia
How the maritime industry can boost trade and support the Sustainable Development Goals.
Philippe Isler, Director, Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, Switzerland
Exploring the evidence base, competitiveness concerns and lessons learned from other sectors and jurisdictions.
Ian Parry, Principal Environmental Fiscal Policy Expert, IMF, USA
Moderated by Lasse Kristoffersen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Torvald Klaveness, Norway
How to power global trade in a decarbonized world.
John Kornerup Bang, Head of Sustainability Strategy; Chief Advisor on Climate Change, A.P. Møller-Mærsk, Denmark
Nick Brown, Director, Marine & Offshore, Lloyd’s Register, United Kingdom
What are the viable pathways towards the decarbonisation of shipping.
Roland Roesch, Deputy Director, Innovation and Technology Center, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Moderated by Bryony Worthington, Executive Director, Environmental Defense Fund
How the maritime sector can support sustainable and inclusive growth.
Isabelle Durant, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Switzerland
Frida Youssef, Chief, Transport Section of Trade and Logistics Branch, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Switzerland
Moderated by Claes Berglund, Director, Public Affairs and Sustainability, Stena AB, Sweden
Environmental law activism and what it means for the maritime industry.
Stephanie Morton, Climate Finance Lawyer, Client Earth, United Kingdom
Moderated by Peter Appel, Chairman, Gorrissen Federspiel, Denmark
13:00 PM - 14:00 PM
14:00 PM - 17:00 PM
Framing the possibilities
Visiting all four issue areas, participants discuss the key challenges and opportunities facing the maritime industry and potential ways to address them through collective industry action and leadership. The issue areas are:
Decarbonizing shipping – what actions should be taken to achieve the IMO GHG strategy’s target of reducing emissions by at least 50 percent by 2050 in a commercially viable manner?
Improving efficiency through collaboration – how can collaboration, data sharing and digital technologies be leveraged to improve the efficiency of the global maritime logistics chain?
Together in Safety – what can the maritime industry do to improve its performance in providing a safe working environment?
Attracting the right talent – what talent will be needed in a more digital future, how do we attract the right people and is there value in bridging the gender and diversity gap?
17:00 PM - 17:45 PM
The Future is Asian
Keynote on the global socio-economic trends that effect the maritime industry and the importance of globalisation, technology and connectivity with a special emphasis on the growing importance of Asia.
Parag Khanna
Author of “The Future is Asian” and “Connectography” and founder and CEO of Future Map, Singapore
17:45 PM - 18:00 PM
Choosing our destination
Participants choose their working groups for day 2 and Meredith Sumpter provides closing logistical information.
19:30 - 22:30
Andaz Singapore
Glasshouse Ballroom
5 Fraser Street
Singapore 189354
Kindly hosted by the Baltic Exchange.
08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Flower Dome
Gardens by the Bay
Entrance A
18 Marina Gardens Drive
Singapore 018953
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
What kept me awake last night
Industry leaders share their personal thoughts on what makes them excited and apprehensive about the future of the maritime industry.
Meredith Sumpter
Head of Research Strategy and Operations, Eurasia Group, USA
9:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Charting our course
In working groups participants develop actionable ideas to address key challenges and opportunities for the maritime industry building on the discussions on the first day of the Summit.
11:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Pulling together
Participants present and discuss the different action opportunities being developed by each working group in order to evaluate and contribute to each other’s work.
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Arriving at the waypoint
Groups incorporate input from other participants and finalize their work including commitments and tangible next steps.
12:30 PM - 13:30 PM
13:30 PM - 15:00 PM
Leading the way
Participants share the outcomes of the group work and discuss the role of individual and collective industry leadership in shaping the future of global seaborne trade to increase sustainable long-term economic development and human wellbeing.
Meredith Sumpter
Head of Research Strategy and Operations, Eurasia Group, USA
Peter Stokes
Senior Adviser and Head of Shipping, Lazard, United Kingdom; Chairman, Global Maritime Forum
Annual Summit 2019 programme
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