2025 Schedule of Events

*Schedule is subject to change

Time IST

Compass Hall

8:45

Registrations Open

9:30 

Welcome Note & Lighting of The Lamp

9:40

Keynote Speech

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

  • Captain Animesh Hore – General Manager, Global Maritime Resources Division – Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

  • Monica Nagalgaard – Consul General, Royal Norwegian Consulate General, Mumbai

  • Dr. Malini Shankar – VC, IMU

10:10 

Student Debate Semi Finals powered by Fleet Management

11:10

Panel: Careers at Sea & Shore – Stories from Women Leaders powered by Indian Maritime University

  • Capt. Ivana Kulkarni – Master Mariner, First Female Master Mariner of Slovakia

  • Nitzeria Watson – Honorary Secretary and Legal Representative, The Nautical Institute Panama Branch

  • Udara Cumaratunga – Deputy General Manager – Commercial & Marketing, SAGT

  • Christina Berg – Head of Communications, TURTLE

  • TME Minoshka Rodrigues – Seaspan

  • Moderated by Benna K S – MBA Student, Indian Maritime University (Kochi Campus)

11:55

The Ultimate Maritime Quiz - Curated by the Maritime SheEO Community

The audience gets to participate in a quiz where the person who responds the fastest wins a special hamper from the Maritime SheEO community

12:15

Perfect Your Pitch: Elevator Pitch Challenge

Learn how to craft a powerful elevator pitch, then put your skills to the test. After a short talk, you'll deliver your pitch in groups of 10, with a judge. Winners take home a small prize!

12:30 

Student Debate Finals powered by Fleet Management

13:00

Open Zone with

  • Networking: Meet leaders
  • Booth Visits: Visit various booths set up by our partners

Power Lunch Break by Nautical Marine Management Services & NUSI

14:10

Panel: Thriving in the Digital Maritime World: Mind, Body, and AI

  • Introduction by Khushbu Singh – Managing Director, Knot Ship Management

  • Dr. Ilona Denisenko – President, WISTA Russia

  • Dr. Delna Shroff – Superintendent, Mental Health and Wellness, Bernhard Schulte Ship Management

  • Moderator – Capt. Pradeep Chawla – CEO, Maritime Knowledge Limited, MarinePALS

14:35

Dealing with Imposter Syndrome with Mônica Zionede Hall – Founder and CEO, Feliz Consulting 

15:00

Opening the Conversation: Why Menopause Awareness Is a Business Imperative

Torild Boe Stokes – CPD-accredited Menopause Coach, IPEC-certified Energy Leadership™ Practitioner 

15:15 

Talk on AI – Powered by Bleu Eclaire

  • Tejaswini Manjunath

15:35

SheEO Stories - Zoe Upson 

#2 TOP 100 Women | SheEO Entrepreneur of the Year | Top 20under40 SHIPPING | Director at FACT - Freight and Commodity Talent

16:00

Tea Break with Destan Ship Management

16:25

SheEO Stories 

  • Speaker TBD

16:50 

Skill Development and Future Readiness

  • Jagmeet Makkar – Mediator & Independent Arbitrator | Director, Skillsplus – Singapore & HK | Managing Principal, LSF Global

  • Dr. Joanna Eugenia Bakouni – L&D Manager, Maersk Training

  • David Birwadkar – Director – Strategic Growth & Institutional Excellence, HIMT

  • Moderator – Catherine Logie – Director, Ocean Technologies Group

17:25

SheEO Stories - Jillian Carson-Jackson 

President (Honorary) – The Nautical Institute | Managing Director – JCJ Consulting | Director – GlobalMET | Fellow – Royal Institute of Navigation | Fellow – The Nautical Institute

17:55

Concluding note by Sanjam

18:00 

High-Tea / Networking
Main Room
Focus Room

Time IST

Light House Hall

9:00

Registrations Open

9:45

Opening Remarks & Lighting of The Lamp & National Anthem

10:00

Keynote Speeches

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

  • Thomas A. Kazakos – Secretary General, International Chamber of Shipping

  • Norwegian Minister

  • The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Government of the Republic of Korea

10:45

Panel: Anchoring Power: The Leadership Table

  • Lisa Edvardsen Haugan – President, Kongsberg

  • Shashi Kiran Shetty – Founder & Chairman, Allcargo Group

  • Siv Remøy-Vangen – Managing Director, Norwegian Electric Systems

  • Capt. Binesh Kumar Tyagi – Chairman & MD, Shipping Corporation of India

  • Moderated by Birgit M. Liodden – Founder, The Ocean Opportunity Lab (TOOL)

11:45

Mini Break

12:05

Video by Fleet Management - Both

12:10

Innovation Through Finance

12:40

SheEO Stories

  • Capt. Naomi Matsushita – MITSUI O.S.K. Lines (MOL)’s First Female Ship Captain

13:00

Power Lunch Break

14:05

Talk by Yes Bank

14:20

Panel: CEO Roundtable: Leadership for Growth

  • Introduction by Aishwarya Gupta Pilankar – Director, Nautical Marine Management Services

  • Shiv Iyer – Managing Partner, Renata Partners

  • Danae Bezantakou – CEO, Navigator Shipping Consultants

  • Capt. Deepak Correa – COO, Fleet Management India Operations

  • Meei Wong – CEO, Circle Digital Ventures (CDV)

  • Moderator – Namrata Nadkarni – CEO & Founder, Intent Communications

 

15:15

Report Concept Launch with VR Maritime

15:35

Talk by Prerna

15:55

From Inclusion to Involvement; Culture Change in Maritime

  • Capt. Matt Shirley – CEO, Safe Harbours Australia

16:10

Tea Break by Destan Ship Management

16:30
  • WIMA India Launch by Dr. Jose Matheickal
  • Saleha, Founder, WIMA India

16:45

A Conversation on Supportive Partners

17:05

  • Panel: Sustainability Across the Value Chain

    • Federico Carini – District Manager and Private Equity Consultant, BNP Paribas (Milan)

    • Anshumali Dwivedi – Whole-time Director, CFO and Head of Strategy, Essar Ports

    • Sofia Fürstenberg Stott – Founder & Partner, Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory

    • Moderated by Deepak Shetty, I.R.S. (Retd) – Former Director General of Shipping

18:10
  • Raffle Draw
  • Awards Ceremony
  • Closing Remarks

19:45

Cocktail & Dinner

Time IST

Compass Hall

12:05

Video by Fleet Management

12:10

Panel: Innovating Through Empowerment by Navitera Consultants

  • Introduction by Simone Lobo – Flag Liaison Officer, Navitera Consultants

  • Capt. Dinesh Jairam – General Manager, Fleet Personnel, Seaspan Crew Management

  • Huma Qureshi – General Manager, Emirates Shipping Association

  • Daljit Singh Kohli – India Representative, Port of Antwerp-Bruges

  • Moderated by Su Yin Anand – Head, Strategy & Transformation, ASEAN, IBM

13:00

Power Lunch Break

14:05

Special Video sent in by

  • American P&I

  • Seven Island Shipping

  • PSA India

14:20

IWSF Panel

  • Suneeti Bala – Co-founder & Chief Engineer, International Women Seafarers Foundation (IWSF)

15:10

Panel: Recruitment Without Bias – Transforming HR – Powered by EXMAR Ship Management

  • Gauri Desai – HR Lead, India, Seaspan Ship Management

  • Simon Grainge – Chief Executive, International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN)

  • Ruchita Chopra – Head HR, PSA India

  • Bhooshan Malkani – Marine People Manager, Asia, A.P. Moller – Maersk

  • Moderator – Namrata Nadkarni – CEO & Founder, Intent Communications

16:10

Tea Break by Destan Ship Management

16:30

Panel: Boardroom Diversity – Where Are We Now? – Powered by Campbell Johnston Clark

  • Chris Hall – Managing Director, SCB Management Consulting Services, Ltd.

  • Karen Avelino – Senior Vice President of Cruise Operations, Philippine Transmarine Carriers, Inc.

  • Jillian Carson‑Jackson – Managing Director, JCJ Consulting

  • Kathleen Haines – Lead Independent Director, Genco Shipping & Trading

  • Jacqueline Zalapa – Campbell Johnston Clark

  • Moderator – Anette Holte – Country Manager India, Kongsberg Maritime

17:35

Yes Forum Launch

    • Danae

    • Meera

    • Sanjam

Time IST

Activity

11:00 

Registrations

11:30

Welcome Note by Maritime SheEO Founder Sanjam Sahi Gupta

11:45

Keynote Speech

  • Dr. Jose Matheickal – Director, Technical Cooperation and Implementation Division, IMO

12:20

Panel: International Shipping Contracts: Dispute Avoidance and Resolution

  • Moderator – Shiv Iyer – Partner, Renata Partners, India

  • Magdalene Chew – Director, AsiaLegal LLC, Singapore

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

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

13:00

Lunch Break

14:00

Leadership Across Frontlines: From Science to Policy

  • Nicole Van Sponson – Senior Researcher, MARIN

  • Nathasha Egodage – Chief Purpose Officer, Ceyline Group

  • Ambika Singh – JNPA

  • Moderated by Aditi Maheshwari – Associate Partner, Renata Partners

14:30

Fireside Chat: Insurance, Liability, Environmental Exposure, and the Interpretation of Force Majeure Provisions in Global Trade

  • Moderator – TBA

  • Ruchdi Maalouf – International Arbitrator, Maalouf Arbitration, Singapore

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

  • Adele

15:05

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

  • Chetan Sharma – Legal Counsel, PSA India

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

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

16:00

Tea Break

14:20

Panel: Sagar Mein Samman Initiative

  • Shri Shyam Jagannathan, IAS – Director General of Shipping

17:10

Fireside Chat: Criminalization of Seafarers: Challenges, Cases, and Legal Remedies

  • Moderator – TBA

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

  • Cate Baddeley

  • More Speakers TBA

17:50

Panel: Ship Recycling, Shipbuilding and Repair: Evolving Legal Frameworks

  • Moderator – Jacqueline Zalapa – Partner, Campbell Johnston Clark, London

  • Paul Aston – Asia Legal LLC, Singapore

  • Arjun Mittal – Dual Qualified Shipping and Trade Lawyer: Solicitor (England & Wales) | Advocate (India) | Registered Foreign Lawyer (Singapore)

18:35

Panel: Case Studies and Roundtables with Senior GCs, Arbitrators, Judges, and Enforcement Officials

  • Moderator – TBA

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

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

  • More Speakers TBA

19:30

Closing Speech

Please note: Each participant may attend a maximum of two workshops. Limit per room is up to 25 people.

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Time IST

Breakout Room (Day 1)

10:30-14:00

Mentorship Zone Powered by JCJ Consulting

Get mentored by a panel of 8 women to explore careers at sea.

  • Promised to Fleet
  • Neha, Maersk
  • Promised to Fleet
  • Ivana Kulkarni
  • More Speakers TBD

14:10-15:10

Workshop to be announced.

Registrations opening soon

15:15-16:15
TitleMariner to CEO - Taking the first step
Name & DesignationJagmeet Makkar, FICS
Maritime Arbitrator & Mediator | Director: Skillsplus Managing Principal: LSF Global
SummaryMaritime Ecosystem is vast with immense opportunities. Making use of these possibilities depends upon
who adapt and those who resist learning.
Details

During this workshop we will explore the shore based requirements of the industry in the following verticals:
- commercial shipping (chartering; ship sale & purchase; ship finance & leasing)
- operations & bunker management
- ⁠technical management
- ⁠marine insurance and maritime law

We will discuss how to approach career development in these areas and need for developing cross-functional knowledge.

Any RequirementsOpen for all

16:20-17:20

Workshop to be announced.

Registrations opening soon

17:30-19:30

Special Networking Room Reserved

Time IST

Breakout Room (Day 2)

11:45-12:45
TitleDealing with Imposter Syndrome
Name & DesignationMônica Zionede Hall – Founder and CEO, Feliz Consulting
SummaryLearn how to defeat your imposter syndrome through a 1hr workshop with tools
DetailsTBD
Any RequirementsOpen for all, prioritised for women

14:00-15:30
TitleStrategic Exploration of Holistic Sustainability for Maritime India
Name & Designation
Sofia Fürstenberg Stott – Founder & Partner, Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory
SummaryIn this session, Sofia Fürstenberg Stott, Partner of Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory, Sweden, will facilitate a C-level roundtable conversation, exploring horizons for sustainability impact and business opportunity. The session, which will be fast-paced and skilfully moderated by Sofia, will introduce the latest sustainability science and strategic tools for maritime impact, sharing industry insights from sustainability front-runners, and discussing risks and opportunities for Maritime India.
DetailsTBD
Any Requirements
Only open for C-level representatives from ship management, ports, cargo owners, bunker companies, banks, insurers, brokers, ship owners and yards, as well as academia, could all be relevant target groups.

15:40 - 16:40
TitlePresenting with Impact: Voice, Presence & Persuasion for Leaders
Name & DesignationDr. Joanna Eugenia Bakouni
Learning & Development Manager ‑ Maritime
Maersk Training Denmark A/S
SummaryThis 1‑hour interactive workshop equips C‑suite and senior managers in the maritime ecosystem to present and deliver messages that inspire action. In a VUCA world, your ability to project executive presence, command the room and tell a compelling story directly influences safety, innovation and commercial success. Executive presence is the ability to inspire confidence in others by demonstrating that you are capable, reliable and can drive results
Details
  • Executive Presence - Understand why executive presence matters. Learn the 3 pillars of executive presence – gravitas, communication and appearance – and how they account for 26 % of promotion decisions
  • Master your voice - Tone and voice convey 38 % of meaning while words account for only 7 %. Learn to control pitch, pace, pause, projection and personality to project confidence and hold attention while presenting
  • Presence and Cues - Use body language, posture and non‑verbal cues to build credibility.
  • Persuasion & Storytelling - Structure messages using Cialdini’s six principles of persuasion and craft narratives that blend data with emotion
Any RequirementsOpen for all

16:45-17:45
Title
"The Perimenopause Reset: Energy, clarity & confidence for midlife transitions.” - Retreat-Style Session (Women 38+)
Name & Designation
Torild Boe Stokes – CPD-accredited Menopause Coach, IPEC-certified Energy Leadership™ Practitioner
Summary
This interactive workshop offers a psychologically safe and engaging space for professional
women navigating or approaching perimenopause and menopause.
Framed around the three pillars of Clarity, Choice, and Confidence, the session provides
practical strategies to take charge of wellbeing and performance in midlife.
Details
In this session, participants will:
● Clarity – Understand how hormonal changes affect body, mind, and emotions, and
identify personal patterns that impact energy, mood, and focus.
● Choice – Explore evidence-based strategies from Torild’s Menopause Plan to
improve sleep, manage stress, and boost concentration — designed for busy working
lives.
● Confidence – Learn mindset shifts and micro-habits that strengthen resilience, self-
trust, and leadership presence.
Any Requirements38+ women