COLLABORATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY – CROSS-INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
Thursday 27 - Friday 28 October 2022
REGISTRATION FOR THE WISTA CONFERENCE AND TOURS HAVE NOW CLOSED
Programme details are updated regularly and are subject to change as new speakers are confirmed and themes developed.
| WISTA INTERNATIONAL 2022 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME | ||
| THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 2022 | ||
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| 09:00 | Opening Addresses Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, President WISTA International & co-CEO Tototheo Maritime Maryana Yarmolenko Stober, President WISTA Switzerland & Associate General Counsel EMEA, ADM |
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| 09:10 | Keynote Kitack Lim, Secretary General, International Maritime Organization (IMO) |
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| Şadan Kaptanoğlu, Immediate Past President, BIMCO & CEO, Kaptanoglu Group & President, Turmepa | ||
| Ben Palmer, President, Inmarsat Maritime | ||
| PANEL ONE: A NEW ENERGY LANDSCAPE | ||
| A new energy landscape – how is maritime trade changing as the world accelerates the green energy transition, and how does it play a role in providing energy security? | ||
| 9:50 | Moderator: Maryana Yarmolenko Stober, President WISTA Switzerland & Associate General Counsel EMEA, ADM |
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| Amb. Nancy Karigithu, Principal Secretary – State Department for Shipping and Maritime, Kenya Elsa Pernot, Group HSEC Director, Gunvor Group Monica Kohli, Senior Lawyer, Gard UK |
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| 10:35 |  Morning Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 | Speech: The Black Sea Grain Initiative: Moving ships in a war risk area Fred Kenney, Director, Legal and External Affairs, IMO |
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| PANEL TWO: CONFLICTS, TRADE AND FOOD SECURITY | ||
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Conflicts, trade and food security – how has maritime trade been impacted by ongoing conflicts, and what is being done to ease the disruption to food supply chains? |
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| 11:15 | Moderator: Olena Isaieva, Commodity Sector Solutions Lead, KPMG |
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| Fred Kenney, Director, Legal and External Affairs, IMO Hidenobu Tokuda, Associate Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD Alison Cusack, Founder, Cusack & Co, Australia Gary McGuigan, President, Global Trade and group Chief Risk Officer, ADM Florence Schurch, Secretary General, Swiss Trading and Shipping Association |
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| 12:00 |  Networking Lunch |
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| 13:30 | Keynote Eman Abdalla, Global Operations & Supply Chain Director, Cargill |
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| PANEL THREE: WORKFORCE SHORTAGE AND UPSKILLING | ||
| Workforce shortage and upskilling – how is the industry dealing with new demands as result of digitalization, smart data and automation? | ||
| 13:45 | Moderator: Namrata Nadkarni, CEO, Intent Communications |
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| Anna Rosetti, Global Human Resources Director, MSC Natalia Bury Loyal, Chief Governance Officer, Tototheo Sanjam Gupta, Founder, Maritime SheEO Mathilde de Mareuil, Executive Search, Tortorici & Partners |
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| 14:30 | Sponsor Presentation: Wartsila Voyage’s new seaborne test platform - Solving the innovation puzzle together Sasha Heriot, Head of Product, Assistance Systems, Wärtsilä Voyage Sarah Barret, Head of Product Insights, Wärtsilä Voyage |
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| 14:45 | Afternoon Coffee Break |
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| PANEL FOUR: MARITIME DECARBONIZATION | ||
| Maritime decarbonization – how is the industry collaborating to advance the solutions for fossil-free shipping? | ||
| 15:15 | Moderator: Helena Athoussaki, Head of ESG, Sustainability & Climate Change, Motor Oil Group |
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| Marina Jakobsen, CEO, Marine Brokers Burcu Ozsoy, Director, TUBITAK MAM Polar Research Institute Martha Selwyn, Manager, Ocean, United Nations Global Compact Eva Beykirch, Business Development Manager Central Europe, Wärtsilä Voyage |
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| PANEL FIVE: OCEAN HEALTH | ||
| Ocean health – how does the maritime industry involve in collaborative approaches to advance solutions and uptake? | ||
| 16:00 | Moderator: Gina Panayiotou, ESG Manager, West of England P & I Club |
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| Tamara Ioseliani, Director, Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia Guadalupe Concepcion, Head of Cargo Execution for Latin America, Maersk Line Veronika Aspelund, Business Director, Wilhelmsen Group Angelica Sogor, Manager Marine Safety & Training, International Cruise Line |
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| 16:45 | Closing Keynote Dorothea Ioannou, CEO, American P&I Club |
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| 17:00 | Closing Remarks | |
| 17:15 | Close Day One | |
| 20:00-00:30 | Gala Dinner | |
| FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER 2022 | ||
| All workshops: 10:00 - 12:00 | ||
| 10:45-11:15 | Networking Coffee |
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| WORKSHOPS | ||
| 10:00 - 12:00 |
Workshop 1: AWS – WISTA Switzerland Workshop: Diversity can nurture innovation in a more equitable world |
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| 10:00 - 12:00 | Workshop 2: Sustainability Intrapreneurship – Promoting Innovation for Sustainability Inside an Organisation
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| 10:00 - 12:00 | Workshop 3: Empowering Women in Trade: How policies, training and ESG will be the catalyst for success |
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| TOURS | ||
| Afternoon |
Delegates must register and pay in advance to attend as space is limited. |
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