Florence Schurch, Secrétaire Générale, SUISSENÉGOCE, welcomes delegates to the inaugural Geneva Dry.
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14:45 - 15:40 - Wilson Ballroom
Digital efficiency drivers across the dry bulk supply chain
Our expert panel takes a look at how digitalisation can enhance dry bulk shipping operations to the benefit of both shipowners and charterers.
Moderator: Richard Watts, Managing Director, HR Maritime
Speakers: Alberto Perez, Global Head Maritime Commercial Markets, LR Cynthia Worley, VP Strategic Accounts, SEDNA Gert-Jan Panken, VP Direct Sales, Inmarsat Scott Bergeron, Executive Director, Oldendorff Carriers Tabitha Logan, GM Chartering & Projects, Cetus Maritime
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15:45 - 16:40 - Wilson Ballroom
Making data actionable - a workshop
To generate the savings, efficiencies and emissions cuts that digitalisation and smart shipping facilitates, vast pools of data is needed. This workshop will discuss how the data can be processed and turned into actionable solutions.
Moderator:
Neville Smith, Director, Mariner Communications
Speakers: Andrew Roberts, Head of EMEA, RightShip Ingrid Kylstad, Head of Market Manager and Strategy, Klaveness Dry Bulk Manish Singh, Founder, AboutShips Morten Lind-Olsen, CEO, Dualog Sigrid Teig, Director Strategic Customer Partnerships, Marcura
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16:40 - 17:00 - Wilson Foyer
Coffee break
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17:00 - 18:00 - Wilson Ballroom
The future of Fixing
The business of fixing ships is at a crossroads, ready for its 'Expedia' moment. How will brokers evolve, and what will owners and charterers seek out of their broking houses in the years ahead? A must-attend prior to cocktails on Day One.
Moderator: Tim Huxley, CEO, Mandarin Shipping
Speakers: Christoffer Svard, CCO, Sea Jeremy Palin, CEO, Arrow Niels Josefsen, CEO, Lauritzen Bulkers Sarah Al Qahtani, Chartering Manager (Commercial & Operations), Bahri Willem Vermaat, Shipping Director, Heidelberg Materials Trading
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18:00 - Glow Bar
Welcome Reception
Join speakers, sponsors and delegates for our welcome reception - sponsored by Arrow.
Day Two
Friday, May 3, 2024
08:00 - Wilson Foyer
Delegate Registration
9:00 - 10:00 - Wilson Room
The Economic and Commodities Outlook
A high-level scene-setter to open proceedings featuring the views from top names in broking, finance, trading houses and the United Nations designed to give delegates an indication of demand pointers in the coming 24 months.
Moderator: Sam Chambers, Editor, Splash
Speakers: Christopher Rex, Head of Sustainability & Research, Danish Ship Finance Roar Adland, Global Head of Research, SSY Saad Rahim, Chief Economist, Trafigura Shamika Sirimanne,
Director Division on Technology and Logistics,
UNCTAD
10:00 - 11:00 - Wilson Room
Minor Bulks
What makes these exports tick, the minimal orderbook for these ship types, and changing global dynamics - all will be up for debate in this lively opening session.
Moderator: Punit Oza, Founder, Maritime NXT and International VP, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
Speakers: Alexander Slee, Deputy CEO, Taylor Maritime Investments Emilie Nourry,
Head of Shipping and Deputy Logistics Director, Eramet Olivia Lennox-King, COO, Cetus Maritime Willem Vermaat, Shipping Director, Heidelberg Materials Trading
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11:00 - 11:30 - Wilson Foyer
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30 - Wilson Room
Dry Decarbonisation
What can dry bulk learn from other shipping sectors when it comes to going green? How will each year of the 2020s shape up in terms of regulatory and commercial pressure to decarbonise? What will the dry bulk fleet look like, emissions-wise, come 2030? Finally, and perhaps most importantly, who will genuinely pay for all this?
Moderator: Mette Asmussen, Lead Maritime Sector Initiatives, World Economic Forum
Speakers: Alex Albertini, CEO, Marfin Management Arthur English, CEO, G2 Ocean Eman Abdalla, Global Operations Director, Cargill Ocean Transportation Matthieu de Tugny, President Marine & Offshore, Bureau Veritas
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12:30 - 13:30 - Glow Bar
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 - Wilson Room
Agri-commodities
The demand outlook for the coming 12 months, and opportunities arising from geographic changes in this fast-changing seaborne trade. How might the climate crisis change seaborne trades in the years ahead?
Moderator: Maryana Yarmolenko Stober, Associate General Counsel EMEA, ADM and President, WISTA Switzerland
Speakers: Alex Haubert, Head of Ocean Freight, Amaggi Jan Rindbo, CEO, Norden Jason Martinet, Head of Dry Freight, Montfort Trading Martin Fruergaard, CEO, Pacific Basin Shipping
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14:30 - 15:00 - Wilson Foyer
Coffee break
15:00 - 16:00 - Wilson Room
Coal
Coal’s place within the dry bulk trades for the remainder of the 2020s - what kind of volumes will be shipped, and who will dominate this trade? Arguably no dry bulk commodity faces greater scrutiny and diverse opinions on how this particular trade will prosper in the coming years.
Moderator: Burak Cetinok, Head of Research, Arrow
Speakers: AJ Rahman, Chairman and CEO, Norvic Shipping Hamish Norton, President, Star Bulk Carriers Corp. Peter Weernink, Chairman, SwissMarine Steve Kunzer, CEO, Lila Global
16:00 - 17:00 - Wilson Room
Iron Ore
Green corridors, new markets opening up, and the supply/demand statistics for this most important dry bulk trade. Who holds the whip hand? How to battle Scope 3 emissions, and where to look to if China's steel growth has peaked - a huge amount to pack in during the closing 60 minutes.
Moderator:
Tim Huxley, CEO, Mandarin Shipping
Speakers: Andrian Dacy, MD Global Transportation Group, JP Morgan Derek Langston, Global Head of Dry Cargo Research, Braemar John Michael Radziwill, CEO and Chairman, CTM William Fairclough, Managing Director, Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings
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17:00 - Glow Bar
Closing Reception
Join speakers, sponsors and delegates for our closing reception - sponsored by SSY.