Sea: The future Conference 2020

Temporarily postponed due to COVID 19,
new details to be announced.

#STF2020

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“ 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

'Sea: The Future' conference 2019

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Agenda

Full schedule of keynotes, sessions, and workshops

REGISTRATION & NETWORKING BREAKFAST

Welcome to STF 2020!

Elliott Gotkine, Windward Director of Communications

Opening Keynote

Seaing the future

The Lord Browne of Madingley, Windward Chairman.

Opening remarks and welcome to Trinity House.

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.

Presentation + Q&A

Adoption Spotlight

Keld Demant, Bunker Holding CEO

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.

Presentation + Q&A

Innovation Spotlight

John Cooper, BAR Technologies CEO

Keynote

Sustainable Tech

Daniela V Fernandez, Sustainable Ocean Alliance Founder & CEO

How technology can help sustain our oceans to help the maritime ecosystem thrive.

NETWORKING BREAK

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.

Presentation + Q&A

Innovation Spotlight

Nicolas Ang, F-Drones CEO

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

 

Presentation + Q&A

Innovation Spotlight

Rafal Modrzewski, ICEYE Co-Founder & CEO

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.

 

NETWORKING LUNCH

Presentation + Q&A

Adoption Spotlight

Aleksander Stensby, Klaveness Digital MD

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?

 

Presentation + Q&A

Adoption Spotlight

Leonardo Sonzio, Svitzer COO

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?

Presentation + Q&A

Innovation Spotlight

Dan Hook, Armada Managing Director

NETWORKING BREAK

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?

 

Presentation + Q&A

Innovation Spotlight

Manuel Parente, Abyssal Co-Founder & CTO

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.

Keynote

Sea: The Future 202X

Ami Daniel, Windward CEO

Confirmed Speakers

Business leaders, experts, and innovators

Nicolas Ang

Co-Founder & CEO

F-Drones

Dame Angela Strank

Chief Scientist & Head of Downstream Technology

BP

Tony Blinken

Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State

WestExec Advisors

Lord John Browne

Chairman

Windward

Elisabeth Braw

Senior Research Fellow, Modern Deterrence

RUSI

Colonel Dan Cheesman RM

CTO

Royal Navy

John Cooper

CEO

BAR Technologies

Line Dahle

Chief Customer Officer

Gard AS

Ami Daniel

CEO

Windward

Keld Demant

CEO

Bunker Holding AS

Christoph Enge

Owner

Lampe & Schwartze

Daniela V. Fernandez

Founder & CEO

Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA)

Dan Hook

Managing Director

Armada

Guy Mason

COO

BP Shipping

Nial McCollam

CTO

Lloyd's Register

Rafal Modrzewski

Co-Founder & CEO

ICEYE

Manuel Parente

Co-Founder & CTO

Abyssal

Philip Roche

Co-Global Head of Shipping

Norton Rose Fulbright

Leonardo Sonzio

COO

Svitzer

Aleksander Stensby

MD

Klaveness Digital

Charlie Thomas

Content Director

The Insurance Insider

Dimitris Tsapoulis

COO

The Signal Group

Varun Vira

COO

C4ADS

Selected 2019 Speakers

Maren Hjorth Bauer

CEO & Co-Founder

Katapult Ocean

Shaun Crawford

Global Vice Chair

EY

Matt Heider

CEO

Nautilus Labs

Ben Hubbard

Co-Founder & CEO

Parsyl

Deanna MacDonald

CEO

BLOC

Melvin Matthews

Director, New Businesses

Wartsilla

Christian Oldendorff

Owner

Reederei NORD Group

David Rowan

Founding Editor

Wired UK

Kori Schake

Deputy Director

IISS

Zvi Schreiber

CEO

Freightos

John Serafini

CEO

Hawkeye 360

Helene Stanway

Digital Leader

Axa XL

Harry Theochari

Head of Transport

Norton Rose Fulbright

Tahlia Townsend

Co-Chair, International Compliance Practice

Wiggin and Dana LLP

Venue

Venue

Trinity House
Tower Hill, London
EC3N 4DH

Phone: 020 7481 6900
Web: trinityhouse.co.uk

Transport

The closest train stations to Trinity House are:

  • Tower Hill - 1 minute walk
  • Tower Gateway - 4 minute walk
  • Fenchurch Street - 5 minute walk
  • Aldgate - 7 minute walk

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