2025 Schedule of Events

*Schedule is subject to change

Time IST

Activity

10:00 

Registrations

10:30

Welcome Note by Maritime SheEO Founder Sanjam Sahi Gupta

10:45

Keynote Speeches

  • Dr. Jose Matheickal – Director, Technical Cooperation and Implementation Division (TCID), International Maritime Organization (IMO)

  • Thomas Kazakos – Secretary, International Chamber of Shipping

  • Shri Shyam Jagannathan, IAS – Director General of Shipping & Additional Secretary to the Government of India

11:20

Panel: International Shipping Contracts – Dispute Avoidance and Resolution
Moderator: Shiv Iyer – Partner, Renata Partners, India

Speakers:

  • Magdalene Chew – Director, AsiaLegal LLC, Singapore

  • Kaushik Sochannam – Sochannam Legal

  • Jimi John – Advocate, Accredited Arbitrator & Mediator, India

  • Ravi P. Jawani – Partner (Solicitor, England & Wales), Fitche & Co Legal, UAE

12:15

Lunch Break

13:15

Fireside Chat: Insurance, Liability, Environmental Exposure, and the Interpretation of Force Majeure Provisions in Global Trade (Including Claims)
Moderator: Adele Marina Rizzo – Head of Commercial, RB British Marine, UK

Speakers:

  • Ruchdi Maalouf – International Arbitrator, Maalouf Arbitration, Singapore

  • Ana Clara – Senior Legal Counsel & Founding Member, WISTA Brazil

  • Aditi Maheshwari – Partner, Renata Partners, India

13:50

Panel: Legal Risk in an Era of Sanctions, ESG Mandates, and Regulatory Flux
Moderator: Monica Kohli – Senior Lawyer; President, WISTA UK; Chairperson, Indian Maritime Association, UK

Speakers:

  • Chetan Sharma – Legal Counsel, PSA India

  • Capt. Deepak Mantoju – Manager, Legal & Vessel Registrations, Navitera Consultants, India

  • Amsha Gengan – Advocate; President, WISTA South Africa

  • Sujan Malhotra – Maritime Lawyer & Partner, Ship Law Sea FZ LLE, Dubai, UAE

14:40

Panel: Cyberbullying and Social Stalking of Women Seafarers

  • Ms. Suneeti Bala – Co-founder, International Women Seafarers Foundation (IWSF)

  • Dr. Pattathil Dhanya Menon – Director, Avanzo Cyber Security Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

  • Dr. Rajiv Anand – Managing Director & Senior Psychiatrist, Inner Light Counseling Center

  • Shri Shyam Jagannathan – Director General of Shipping, Government of India

  • Mr. Deepu Kishinchandani – President, BW Maritime Pte. Ltd., India Branch Office

  • Capt. Pankaj Kumar – Deputy General Manager, Fleet Personnel, Shipping Corporation of India

16:55

Fireside Chat: Consular Conversations – Advancing Women in Maritime
Moderator: Amsha Gengan – Advocate, President, WISTA South Africa

Speaker:

  • Fredrik Bjerke Abdelmaguid – Trade and Export Specialist, Royal Norwegian Consulate General, Mumbai

17:10

Fireside Chat: Criminalization of Seafarers – Challenges, Cases, and Legal Remedies
Moderator: Apurva Mehta – Partner, ANB Legal

Speakers:

  • Hari Narayan – Partner & Maritime Lawyer, United Maritime Law Chambers, India

  • Cate Baddeley – Partner, Preston Turnbull LLP, London

17:30

Panel: Ship Recycling, Shipbuilding, and Repair – Evolving Legal Frameworks
Moderator: Jacqueline Zalapa – Partner, Campbell Johnston Clark, London

Speakers:

  • Paul Aston – Certified English Lawyer, CEDR Accredited Mediator; FCIArb Accredited Arbitrator; Higher Rights of Audience (Civil), Asia Legal LLC, Singapore

  • Arjun Mital – Counsel, Helmsman LLC, Singapore; Solicitor (England & Wales); Advocate (India)

  • Rubal Bansal – Managing Director, Bansal Group, India

  • Ruchika Nayyar – Group Head of Legal, JM Baxi, India

18:10

Panel: Case Studies and Roundtables with Senior GCs, Arbitrators, Judges, and Enforcement Officials
Moderator: Manas Vaid – Head of Marine Claims, Treasury & Risk, MAERSK, India

Speakers:

  • Dimitris Seirinakis – Managing Director, The American P&I Club / SCB Management Consulting Services (China) Co., Ltd.

  • Siddharth Ranka – Director (Solicitor & Advocate), Binnacle Legal, Dubai

  • Ruchir Goenka – Associate Partner, Bose & Mitra & Co, India

18:40

Closing Speech by Maritime SheEO Founder Sanjam Sahi Gupta