9th Mare Forum Asia 2026

Join a powerful gathering of top maritime leaders for an exclusive, high-impact dialogue on the future of the shipping industry.
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➤ Why This Forum Stands Out

This is not another industry event packed with long speeches and company slides. It’s a fast-paced, high-level brainstorming arena where top minds dive into the real issues, openly, honestly, and interactively.

Engaging Discussions:
‍Forget monotonous, boring presentations. Mare Forum is all about meaningful dialogue, where panellists and audience participants engage in stimulating, unscripted conversations.
Thought Leadership:
Explore key topics such as the future of shipping, trade patterns, logistics, geopolitics, energy transition, decarbonization, investment strategies, ship finance, and human capital imperatives.
Networking Opportunities:
Connect with industry leaders, including shipowners, capital providers, investors, charterers, logistics professionals, energy executives, regulators, and other decision-makers shaping the maritime world.
Realistic Solutions:
If you are in shipping and want to know what will happen next, come to Mare Forum. The good answers will be there.

➤ Topics that Matter

- Global trade, geopolitics, and maritime strategy
- Decarbonisation, energy transition & security
- Investments, ship finance, risk, and reward
- The Human Factor and the leadership imperative
- Innovation, digitalization, and the next frontiers

➤ Who Will Be There?

Join a powerful gathering of top maritime leaders for an exclusive, high-impact dialogue on the future of the shipping industry. An exclusive mix of:
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- Shipowners & shipping executives
- Charterers & commodity traders
- Investors & capital providers
- Energy industry leaders
- Maritime regulators & consultants
- Shipbuilders, class societies, lawyers & tech pioneers
- Visionary entrepreneurs and maritime media

➤ Why You Can't-Miss

This Mare Forum is more than a conference; it’s an annual think tank where innovation meets collaboration. It’s where the future of shipping is shaped. `
If you want answers, connections, and inspiration, this is where you’ll find them.

➤ The Mare Forum Experience

Lively debates. Unfiltered discussions. No fluff. Just the ideas and people shaping the future of the shipping industry.
It’s inspiring. It’s personal. It’s powerful.
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Be There. Be Heard. Be Part of It.

We look forward to meeting you in Singapore ‍‍

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P R O G R A M M E

[The detailed programme, including the list of discussion panellists, will be published soon. Stay tuned]

Join shipowners, charterers, financiers, innovators, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and visionary leaders for an afternoon of high-level debates, networking, and strategic insights shaping the future of shipping and trade industries.



Singapore is the power centre of global shipping and trade - be part of it.

08:00 – 09:00

‍Registration
Executive Networking
Warm conversations to start the day. Connect with leaders from across the maritime world.

09:00 – 09:20


Session 1

Setting the Scene - Opening & Welcome - Keynote Perspectives


‍A dynamic start featuring visionary leaders who will frame the global, regional, local and industry challenges ahead.

A roadmap for a day filled with strategy and forward-thinking dialogue.

09:20 – 10:00
Session 2:


Geopolitics First: The Game Has Changed – The Singapore views , Mastering Global Waters Under Threat

10:10 – 10:40
Session 3:

Is the Maritime Energy Transition Under Siege? Between Ambition and Reality - Where Do We Stand?

10:40 – 11:00
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The Networking Break
- Conversations. Insights. Deals.

11:00 – 11:40
Session 4: 


Smart Investments: Where Should the Money Go in 2026 and Beyond? What Owners and Charterers Want — What Capital Providers Expect

11:40 – 12:20

Session 5:

Investing in People, Creating the Future Talent in Shipping, Trade and Logistics

12:20 – 13:00
Session 6


The Gamble for Tomorrow – The Singapore View: 

-The Shipowners - Charterers – Regulators - Capital Providers, Dialogue

- Enhancing the Singapore Maritime Competitiveness.

13:00 – 13:10


Roadmap for the future, 
Strategic Conclusions and Recommendations

Conclusions - Recommendations - Food for thought to carry beyond Singapore