Sea: The Future – Conference

About the Conference

The maritime ecosystem is facing unprecedented challenges: from new environmental regulations, to security threats, to ever-evolving compliance demands. Meeting these challenges requires organizations to sail fast just to stand still. Turning them into opportunities calls for the adoption of new technologies, new strategies and new partnerships. “Sea: The Future 2020“Â is the perfect setting to make this happen.

At this one-day conference, you’ll encounter:

World-renowned keynote speakers
Innovation spotlights – presentations from influential startups in the maritime space
Fireside chats and panel discussions, including:
- Know Your Vessel – the new KYC
- Technology’s Impact on Customer-centricity
- Data-Driven Safety

Join Us

Bringing together senior decision-makers from the worlds of shipping, government, finance, insurance, compliance, and technology to discuss the future of the maritime ecosystem.

Hear from maritime leaders on how technology can help meet the challenges of new environmental, compliance and safety regulations, while improving the customer experience.

See which tech-driven business models are emerging. Explore how new technologies and data can give your organization a competitive edge.

Get up close and personal with the entrepreneurs building the next generation of maritime tech, and explore partnership opportunities.

“Honestly one of the best and most relevant conferences I’ve ever been to. The networking was amazing, directly leading to visits from potential partners to discuss collaboration. I’m very much looking forward to Sea: The Future 2020.”

Line Dahle, Chief Customer Officer, Gard AS

Agenda

Full schedule of keynotes, sessions, and workshops

0800-0900 REGISTRATION & NETWORKING BREAKFAST
09:00 - 09:05 Welcome to STF 2020!	Elliott Gotkine, Windward Director of Communications
09:05 - 09:15 Opening Keynote Seaing the future	The Lord Browne of Madingley, Windward Chairman. Opening remarks and welcome to Trinity House.
0915-0930 Keynote Leader-Ship	Dame Angela Strank, BP Chief Scientist & Head of Downstream Technology The role of leadership in driving technology developments to help meet challenges across the energy sector as it transitions to a low carbon future.
0930-0940 Presentation + Q&A Adoption Spotlight	Keld Demant, Bunker Holding CEO
0940-1000 Fireside Chat After the Exit	SPEAKER TO FOLLOW The future of the British maritime industry as the country embarks on its new role on the global stage – outside the European Union.
1000-1010 Presentation + Q&A Innovation Spotlight	John Cooper, BAR Technologies CEO
1010-1030 Keynote Sustainable Tech	Daniela V Fernandez, Sustainable Ocean Alliance Founder & CEO How technology can help sustain our oceans to help the maritime ecosystem thrive.
1030-1100 NETWORKING BREAK

1100-1120 Keynote Military vision	Colonel Dan Cheesman RM, Royal Navy CTO How the world’s third-largest navy is maintaining its competitive advantage in a world of exponential technological change.
1120-1130 Presentation + Q&A Innovation Spotlight	Nicolas Ang, F-Drones CEO
1130-1210 Panel Discussion Know Your Vessel	Knowing your vessel(s) sounds pretty straightforward. But how deeply can you assess the ships you’re dealing with, or considering as counterparties and customers? Behavioral screening is now seen as a crucial part of vessel due diligence. And although some may see it as a sunk cost; for others it can be a selling point, paving the way for enhanced collaboration, and customer and client satisfaction. SPEAKERS TO FOLLOW
1210-1220 Presentation + Q&A Innovation Spotlight	Rafal Modrzewski, ICEYE Co-Founder & CEO
1220-1245 Face-Off Ship Management 3.0	Guy Mason, BP Shipping COO Dimitris Tsapoulis, The Signal Group COO BP Shipping is one of the biggest movers of cargo in the world. Signal Maritime is a tech company that manages large pools of ships. In this face-off, we’ll explore the different approaches of these two Leviathans of shipping, and what the future holds for ship management.
1235-1345 NETWORKING LUNCH

13:45 - 1355 Presentation + Q&A Adoption Spotlight	Aleksander Stensby, Klaveness Digital MD
1355-1435 Panel Discussion Sharing is Caring: Data Driven Safety	Phil Roche, Norton Rose Fulbright Co-Global Head of Shipping Line Dahle, Gard Chief Customer Officer Charlie Thomas, The Insurance Insider Director of Content (moderator) MORE SPEAKERS TO FOLLOW Keeping the seas safe is a goal shared by organizations across the maritime ecosystem. Data and AI can help in everything from loss prevention to vetting to engineering. Many players have their own views, practices, and data to enhance safety, but these are often treated as private. Should they be shared instead? And if so, rather than do this piecemeal, is there an argument for a centralised maritime data bank? Do we have more to gain than fear from sharing, and what are the risks?
1435-1445 Presentation + Q&A Adoption Spotlight	Leonardo Sonzio, Svitzer COO
1445-1500 Fireside Chat Maritime Security	Tony Blinken, Former Deputy U.S. Secretary of State Elisabeth Braw, RUSI Senior Research Fellow (moderator) From a rising China, to signal-jamming and smuggling – there are plenty of things to keep governments, law enforcement and intel agencies awake at night. So how are they handling these challenges? And does technology help make the seas more secure – or more vulnerable to to threats?
1500-1510 Presentation + Q&A Innovation Spotlight	Dan Hook, Armada Managing Director
1510-1530 NETWORKING BREAK
1530-1615 Panel Discussion We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat	Tom Hutton, XL Innovate Managing Partner Nial McCollam, Lloyd’s Register CTO MORE SPEAKERS TO FOLLOW It’s a big shipping company’s world. In recent years, companies like Maersk, Odfjell, Klaveness, Signal Group and others have armed themselves to the teeth with tech and analytics. How is this impacting the long-tail – the 80% of shipping companies with fewer than 20 vessels? Will smaller companies be permanently consigned to the second division of shipping? What does it mean for brokers?
1615-1625 Presentation + Q&A Innovation Spotlight	Manuel Parente, Abyssal Co-Founder & CTO
1625-1640 Presentation Lux & Loaded	Varun Vira, C4ADS COO In October of 2018, Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un arrived to meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a new Rolls Royce Phantom. Just three months later, Kim Jong Un flaunted yet another new vehicle on Korean Central Television: an armored Mercedes-Maybach S600 Guard, which is marketed to heads of state and is valued at more than $500,000. In Lux & Loaded, C4ADS shows how this vehicle got from Europe to North Korea, illustrating how the pipelines for luxury goods and strategic procurement blend together.
1640-1655 Keynote Sea: The Future 202X	Ami Daniel, Windward CEO