Maritime Week Las Palmas Programme
Monday 17 - Wednesday 19 June 2024
Santa Catalina Hotel
Standard Rate: £345 (€395)
Programme details are updated regularly and are subject to change as new speakers are confirmed and themes developed.
If you feel you could make a significant contribution to the programme, please email Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes LBH@petrospot.com
or call +44 1295 814455 to discuss this further.
Open water oil spill exercise:
Maritime Week Las Palmas will include a specially arranged open water oil spill drill that delegates will view at close range from a vessel at sea.
The Port of Las Palmas and FEDEPORT – the Canary Islands Federation of Port Enterprises – are collaborating to deliver the oil spill exercise, a reception in the heart of the port, and a guided tour of the facilities at the Port of Las Palmas, including bunker barges, oil storage and delivery facilities, container and cruise terminals, offshore drill ships, tugs and other workboats, and the island’s key shipyards.
The oil spill exercise will be a realistic scenario in which all anti-pollution plans provided for in international regulation will be activated. The exercise will be an opportunity to update and improve communication processes between the public and private agents involved and to demonstrate the professionalism and capacity of the Port of Las Palmas in the event of marine pollution due to discharge.
During the drill, participants will have the opportunity to witness response actions unfold from the sea. In addition, a workshop will be held to analyse the results, review procedures, and define communications and hierarchies in the case of emergencies.
MONDAY 17 JUNE 2024
15:00
Conference Registration & Exhibition Opens
Palmeras Ballroom, Santa Catalina Hotel
SESSION ONE: THE ROLE OF LAS PALMAS IN THE WORLD OF SHIPPING AND TRADE
Leaders of the Port of Las Palmas, the Canary Islands Maritime Cluster and the Regional Government of the Canary Islands will welcome local and international delegates to the second edition of Maritime Week Las Palmas.
16:00
Introduction
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, CEO & Founder, Petrospot Ltd
Welcome on behalf of the local partners
Germán Suárez Calvo, President of CMC and President of ASTICAN
Welcome to the Port of Las Palmas
Beatriz Calzada Ojeda, President of the Port Authority of Las Palmas
Welcome on behalf of the Canary Islands Government
Gustavo González de Vega, Vice-Minister of Economy and Internationalisation, Government of the Canary Islands
Welcome on behalf of the Canary Islands Government
Pablo Rodríguez Valido, Minister of Public Works, Housing & Mobility, Government of the Canary Islands
Welcome on behalf of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria
Antonio Morales Méndez, President of Cabildo of Gran Canaria
16:30
Keynote
Amb. Nancy Karigithu, Executive Office of the President, Kenya
SESSION TWO: THE LAS PALMAS MARITIME OFFERING
This session will outline many of the key maritime services that are available in the Port of Las Palmas to demonstrate the wide range of enterprises and the activities they undertake.
17:00
Moderator:
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, CEO & Founder, Petrospot Ltd
Ship agency
Iryna Krasnikova, Commercial Manager, Alfaship Group
Ship repair and offshore industry
Luisa Ramos, President, Ship Repair Association
Tugboats, workboats and containers
Javier Climent, Corporate Manager in Canarias, Boluda Corporación Marítima, S.L.
Ferry Sector
Raúl Pérez Marrero, Quality Manager, Port Authority of Las Palmas
Cruise Sector
Susana Gutierrez, General Manager, Global Ports Canary Islands
Environmental services in the port
José Juan Socas Álamo, CEO, SEPCAN/SAPCAN Group
The Green Maritime Transition: Potential of the Port of Las Palmas
Paco Diaz Castro, Marine Fuel Solutions, CEPSA
SESSION THREE: INVESTING IN THE CANARY ISLANDS
17:45
Alternative Fuels Training Course - Certificate Presentation
Beatriz Calzada Ojeda, President of the Port Authority of Las Palmas
18:00
Investing in the Canary Islands
Pablo Martín Carbajal, CEO, PROEXCA
18:15
Day One Closing Remarks
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, CEO & Founder, Petrospot Ltd
18:30 - 19:30
Maritime Week Las Palmas 2024, Welcome Reception
Patio Doromas, Santa Catalina Hotel
TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2024
08:00
Welcome Coffee
Silver Sponsor
SESSION FOUR: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BUNKERING SECTOR
This session is focused on traditional bunkering, the activity that is most closely associated with the Port of Las Palmas. It will look at pricing and availability, fuel quality, fuel storage and handling, refuelling ships in port and offshore, and supplying the West African market.
09:00
Moderator: Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, CEO & Founder, Petrospot Ltd
Bunker pricing and international issues
Hussein Al-Khalisy, Alternative Marine Fuels Reporter, Argus Media
A bunker supplier’s perspective
Rebeca Hangartner-Saraldi, Trader, Addax Energy
A practical digital solution
Pablo Sanso Gil, Head of Sales (EMEA), Minerva Bunkering
Peninsula’s LNG bunkering business
Nacho de Miguel, Head of Alternative Fuels & Sustainability, Peninsula
10:30
Networking Coffee Break
Silver Sponsor
SESSION FIVE: DECARBONISATION
This session will take a close look at decarbonisation in shipping and bunkering, examining the viability and suitability of a range of alternative marine fuels and explaining current and incoming environmental regulations
Moderator:
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, CEO & Founder, Petrospot Ltd
True sustainability in shipping
Sofia Fürstenberg Stott, Partner, Furstenberg Maritime Advisory
The role of retrofits in the decarbonisation path
Benedetta D’Amato, Project Manager – EMEA Region, RINA Marine Consulting
EU ETS and FEMREG: propellers or drag-anchors
Valentina Keys, Counsel, Watson Farley & Williams LLP
Alternative fuels: Early winners versus long term solutions
Nigel Draffin, Consultant, Author & Lecturer / Treasurer, International Bunker Industry Association
Wind propulsion as a zero emissions energy source for commercial shipping
Gavin Allwright, Secretary General, International Windship Association (IWSA)
Tenerife Port Zero, our path towards a greener horizon
Miguel Ángel Bonnet Hodgson, Sales & Marketing Manager/Commercial, Autoridad Portuaria de S.C. de Tenerife
Developments in Marine Energy Production
José Joaquín Hernández-Brito, CEO, PLOCAN
12:30
Networking Lunch
Gold Sponsor
SESSION SIX: DIGITALISATION
This session will look at ways in which technology can enhance transparency throughout the bunkering process, including the use of mass flow metering systems to measure fuel deliveries and drones to detect emissions.
14:00
Moderator:
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, CEO & Founder, Petrospot Ltd
SPEGC - High Technology Incubator In Data Analytics And Artificial Intelligence Applied To The Marine Environment
Guillermo Quintana Ramos, Project Development Coordinator, IAT Marino-Maritima
Digitalisation in bunkering
Julie Nielsen, Head of Bunker Sales, StormGeo
Drones in the Maritime Sector: The Future has Arrived
Iván Álvarez, Director, Drones Maritime
Mass Flow Meters: The future is today
Claudia Beumer, Director, C4Fuel
15:00
Networking Coffee Break
Silver Sponsor
SESSION SEVEN: EDUCATION AND TRAINING
This session will look at the state of maritime education, examining the challenges, opportunities, and skill requirements of shipping’s transition towards a zero-carbon future.
15:30
Nigel Draffin, Consultant, Author & Lecturer / Treasurer, International Bunker Industry Association
Gavin Allwright, Secretary General, International Windship Association (IWSA)
Andrés Caballero Quintana, Head of the Unit of the Government Area of Mobility, Economic Promotion and Sea City
SESSION EIGHT: WOMEN IN SHIPPING AND MARITIME
This session brings together a selection of women working at various levels and in different sectors of the maritime industry, in Las Palmas and beyond, to share their views on key issues that impact their daily work experience.
16:30
Moderator:
Elba Bueno Cabrera, Manager, Canary Islands Maritime Cluster and FEDEPORT
Beatriz Calzada Ojeda, President of the Port Authority of Las Palmas
Verónica Ducouré, Managing Director, Dynamic Fuels
Mª Teresa Satué, Finance Manager, Oryx Iberia S.A.U.
Sonia Ferrera Alonso, Founder & CEO, VERTA
Rosana Álvarez Vázquez, Director, Elittoral Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Studies
17:30
Day Two Closing Remarks:
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, CEO & Founder, Petrospot Ltd
18:00 - 20:00
Maritime Week Las Palmas 2024, Networking Reception
Alis Rooftop, Santa Catalina Hotel
WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE
08:30
Welcome Coffee
Silver Sponsor
SESSION NINE: MARITIME EMERGENCIES
This session will focus on maritime emergencies and how different entities are prepared to respond to them, looking at examples from Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa and Houston in the United States.
09:00
Moderators:
Jeronimo Falcon, External Promotion, PROEXCA
Woo Sung Chang Kim, President, Atlantic Maritime Emergency Association
Massamba Achille Gueye, Director General, ANAM Senegal
Valid Sidaty, Director General, AMAM Mauritania
Guillermo Hernandez, Programme Manager, OPA-90 Programme Houston Donjon-SMIT
10:15
Closing Ceremony
Beatriz Calzada Ojeda, President of the Port Authority of Las Palmas
10:30
Networking Coffee Break
Silver Sponsor
11:00
Transfer to Port of Las Palmas
Buses will collect delegates from Santa Catalina.
Please note: delegates MUST confirm their attendance by Friday 14 June in order to attend the Open Water Oil Spill Exercise, Lunch & Port Tour.
Please email events@petrospot.com if you wish to attend.
Open Water Oil Spill Exercise
Organised by the Port Authority of Las Palmas in collaboration with FEDEPORT
Networking Lunch
Hosted by the Port Authority of Las Palmas
Port Tour
Hosted by the Port Authority of Las Palmas
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