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Ship Operations and Management Forum 2025


2025.12.03


Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai, China 


08:00-09:00 Registration




09:00-09:20 Welcome and Opening

Speaker:

Gary chenFounder&CEO, Xinde Marine


Wang Qian, Shanghai Pudong New Area Commission of Commerce


Qingfeng Zhao, Deputy Secretary General of the China Shipowners' Association


09:20-09:35 Keynote Speech 1: Enhancing Safety for Sustainable Shipping

Philippa Charlton

Chief Marketing Officer

Lloyd's Register



09:35-09:50 Keynote Speech 2: Global Shipping Markets — What's Next?

Dr Adam Kent

Managing Director

Maritime Strategies International (MSI)



09:50-10:35 Panel Discussion 1: Strategic Responses of Shipping Companies to Uncertainty
Moderator: 


Sau Weng Tang

President

Lloyd’s Register China



Panelists:  


LI Xiaobin

Chief Operating Officer

Sea Legend Shipping

Luigi Pacella Grimaldi

Intercontinental Automotive Director

Grimaldi Group

SI Liang

Vice President

Seacon Shipping Group Holdings Limited

XU Tao

General Manager

Shandong Shipping Corporation


10:35-11:00 Tea Break




11:00-11:15 Keynote Speech 3: New Shipbuilding Market
CAO Bo Ph.D

Deputy Director, Statistics and Information Department

China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry

11:15-12:00 Panel Discussion 2: Shipping Finance and Investment
Moderator: 


Yunan (Yolanda) Shi

Deputy General Manager, Marketing & International Development Department

China Shipowners Mutual Assurance Association

Panelists:  


Dimitrios Koukas

Chairman & Group CEO

Optima Shipping Services LTD

Guan Jian

Partner/Foreign Legal Consultant (PRC)/ 

Head of Hong Kong Office

WFW Global LLP

Song Xiaofei

Deputy General Manager, Business Approval Department

BOC Financial Leasing Corporation Limited

Mark O'Neil

President and CEO

Columbia Group

ZHAO Kuo

General Manager of the Ship Leasing Department

Minsheng Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.




12:00-13:30 Lunch Break




13:30-13:45 Keynote Speech 4: Sustainable Transformation beyond Carbon Neutrality

Gerrit Bunt

Sustainability Manager, North Asia Zone

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore


13:45-13:55 Keynote Speech 5: Asia Pacific as the Proving Ground for Overcoming Shipping's Carbon Neutral Fuel Deadlocks?

Allan-Qingzhou Wang

Chairman 

Accelleron China



13:55-14:40 Panel Discussion 3: Green Transformation and Synergetic Development in Shipping 
Moderator: 


ZHANG Han

Editor on Green Shipping

Xinde Marine News



Panelists: 


Bill Hu

Director of Application Engineering

Accelleron China

Hao Yantao 

Director of Planning & Management

Shanghai Electric Green Energy Technology (Jilin) Co., Ltd.



HE Zhiqiang

Board Secretary

Fujian Guohang Ocean Shipping (Group) Co., Ltd. 

Lars Anke

Chief Representative

Hamburg Liaison Office China

Nikolaj Enevoldsen

Head of E-Fuels

Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping

Dimitris Monioudis

Chairman

INTERCARGO's Technical Committee


14:40-14:50 Keynote Speech 6: Fluid Dynamics Powering New Pathways for Shipping Decarbonization and Efficiency

Hypo Chen

Founder & General Manager

Moury Decarbon Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

14:50-15:05 Keynote Speech 7: Ammonia DF Ship Design Insights

Martin Ye

Director of Business Department

China Ship Design & Research Center Co., Ltd. (CSDC)

15:05-15:15 Keynote Speech 8:  Air Lubrication as part of the Energy Efficiency Technologies (EET) Mix

Nathan Liu

Technical Sales Manager

Silverstream Technologies



15:15-15:25 Keynote Speech 9: Harnessing the Power of Wind for Operational Efficiency

Daniel Mann

Chief Commercial Officer

bound4blue



15:25-15:35 Keynote Speech 10: Latest Development of Hong Kong Green Shipping 
CHAN Lok Sang, Yoyo
Surveyor of ships / Ship Registration Services
Marine Department, HKSAR

15:35-15:45 Keynote Speech 11: Lubrication as We Navigate the Future

Oliver Gao

General Manager – Marine Lubricants, Asia Pacific

ExxonMobil

15:45-16:05Tea Break




16:05-16:20 Keynote Speech 12: From Insight to Action: Using Data & Intelligence to Transform Bulk Carrier Safety Management and Operational Efficiency

Christopher Saunders

Chief Maritime Officer

RightShip



16:20-16:30 Keynote Speech 13: Australian Port of Call Readiness

Sree Ganesh Ravi

CEO & Founder

Brigantine Marine Services (AUS)



16:30-17:15 Panel Discussion 4: The Future of Ship Management
Moderator: 


Leon Wu

General Manager

Marshall Islands Registry Shanghai Office



Panelists: 


CHEN Jianping 

Chief Technical Officer

Cetus Maritime

Duke Khoo

General Manager

Wilhelmsen Ship Management, Singapore

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

Head of Fleet Management

Berge Bulk

Jan Bremer

Managing Director

V.Group China

SHI Xin

Vice President

SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY

WANG Yong

Deputy General Manager, Loss Prevention Department

China Shipowners Mutual Assurance Association


17:15-17:20 Closing Remarks




17:30-19:30 Cocktail Reception





*Please note that the schedule, timings and speakers may be subject to change.





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