Conference Speakers 2024

Founder

Birgit M. Liodden

The Ocean Opportunity Lab (TOOL)

President

Prof. Maximo Q. Mejia Jr.

World Maritime University

Managing Director

Jillian Carson-Jackson

JCJ Consulting

Secretary General

Guy Platten

International Chamber of Shipping

Managing Director

Chris Hall

SCB Management Consulting Services, Ltd.

Shipping Policy Advisor

Els Claeys

(Belgium)

HR Director, Project & Operations

Alison MacDougall

Subsea7

Chief Innovation Officer

Avishkar Srivastava

The PDP Group

Managing Director

Nafeesa Moloobhoy

AS Moloobhoy & Co

AVP - Container Terminals - Sales & Marketing

Geetha Sheth

JM Baxi

CEO

Meera Kumar

Diabos

Senior Vice President (Cruise Operations)

Karen Avelino

Philippine Transmarine Carriers, Inc.

Country Manager (India)

Uday Ganivada

DNV

Directorate-General for Civil Aviation and Maritime Affairs

Paul van Gurp

Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, The Netherlands

Managing Director

Dhruv Kotak

JM Baxi

Vice President - Business Development & Overseas Network

Manisha Thaker

Trialliance Global Solutions (I) Pvt Ltd

Director

Aishwarya Gupta Pilankar

Nautical Marine Management Services Pvt. Ltd.

Chairman

Ramesh S Ramakrishnan

Transworld

Managing Director (Regional Claims Director for Asia)

Dimitris Seirinakis

SCB Management Consulting Services, Ltd.

Co-Founder & CEO

Isabela Tatu

Clean Marine Shipping

Vice Chancellor

Dr. Malini V Shankar, IAS (Retd.)

Indian Maritime University

Global Acquisition Manager

Capt. Dinesh Jairam

General Manager, Fleet Personnel at Seaspan

General Secretary

Capt. Tushar Pradhan

The Maritime Union of India

Managing Director

Khushbu Singh

Knots Ship Management

Partner

Jacqueline Zalapa

Campbell Johnston Clark

Director

Ann Pletschke

Trinity Maritime

President

Ilona Denisenko

WISTA Russia

Project Manager

Nicole Van Spronsen

MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands)

Director

Professor Ronán Long

WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute, World Maritime University (WMU)

Managing Director

Capt. Karan Kochhar

Maersk India

Second Officer

Shemaiah Busgano Mata

Seaspan Ship Management Ltd

Chief Officer

Santhikrishna Thottuchirayil Radhakrishnan

Seaspan Ship Management ltd

Director, HRBP

Heather Brooks

Seaspan Ship Management ltd