▪ Striving for Sustainability: Balancing Economic Growth and Environmental Responsibility
▪ Funding the Energy Transition: Who Bears the Cost of Change?
▪ Anticipating the IMO’s Debate on the Market-Based Measures: What's on the Horizon in July?
▪ Assessing the Realities of a Carbon Tax: Impact on Product Prices
▪ Preparing for the Next Era of Shipping: Investing in Skills and Workforce Development.

Relationship banking – counter cyclical lending – how to deal with the regulatory framework

• The need for a different mindset by all stakeholders
• The role of innovative technical solutions
• Environmental footprint reports and other useful tools for measurement and compliance
• The European Union’s Emission Trading System (ETS): How will this be implemented and enforced?

The maritime industry is an essential part of global trade, with shipping being responsible for around 90% of world trade. However, the industry also faces significant challenges, particularly in terms of sustainability, both environmental and human. The human element is often overlooked, and crew members and offshore managers face various challenges that impact their health, safety, and well-being. This panel will explore the issue of human sustainability in crews and offshore managers in the maritime industry, including the challenges, opportunities, and best practices for ensuring the well-being of workers.

• How feasible it is and when to expect the commercial use of Autonomous Ships
• The Impact on the Environment and on international trade facilitation
• The Potential Costs to the Industry
• The Effects on Personnel, both on board and ashore.

SAAS or Space as a Service collecting and analyzing data, space imaging, communications

Mapping the Start-up Ecosystem in Shipping
Tips, does and don’ts for Successful Pitching
From Start-up to Corporation – How to Scale-up
Best Practices and Case Studies

• Alternative fuels. Fuel of special interest: maritime electricity
• Roadmap to electrification: supporting the cold ironing, battery ship charging via expanding and upgrading the power distribution network
• Monitoring and supervising the electrification of the maritime sector: the electric grid expansion and the pricing policy of maritime electricity. Paving towards establishing a dedicated regulatory framework
• Implementing cold ironing in coastal shipping. Facing new challenges in many ports, many ships; the pricing policy of maritime electricity versus the emission trade system (ETS)
• Alternative solutions/fuels at sea and in ports of deep sea shipping. Seeking the next ultimate alternative fuel; combinations with electrification
• Next steps – testing: environment, cooperation, regulatory framework, technical issues, etc.