Sense and Non-sense about Fuels 2

Sense and nonsense about alternative fuels...

This theme will be discussed in a roundtable consisting of leading local and International Executives of the maritime industry chair-holdes . They will exchange their thoughts, ideas, and visions and try to answer the following questions (see below).
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There is a need for a holistic maritime approach towards shipbuilding, shipping, ports, capital, energy security and energy transition, alternative fuels, people, digitalisation, AI, tech industries, finance, investments and regulations.

THE PANELLISTS (tentative)
The final panellists will be published soon. Stay - tuned

➤ Dimitris Monioudis Managing Director - Rethymnis & Kulukundis Ltd, INTERCARGO Technical Committee Chairman and [MODERATOR]
➤ Fanny Lossy Senior Director - Climate, Environment and Maritime Safety at ECSA (European Community Shipowners' Associations)
➤ Panos Zachariadis Fleet Technical Director, Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Ltd.
➤ Caspar van Overklift Business Development & Manager ESG, ForestWave Navigation
➤ Ann-Christin Stucke Sustainability en circularity expert, ABN AMRO Bank
➤ Evangelos Fragkoulis Head of Ship Design, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
➤ Joep Gorgels CFO / CBDO – Chief Financial and Business Development Officer, EST- FLOATTECH
➤ Alexander Prokopakis Executive Director, International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA)
➤ Stephen Walsh Head of Brokerage, SCB Environmental Markets SA
➤ More panelists to be announced stay-tuned

AGENDA

➤ Sense and nonsense about alternative fuels
➤ Are there good predictions on alternative fuel production, capacities, rates, ports, and infrastructure?  
➤ How will the need to scale up the production of clean fuels and innovative technologies for shipping in Europe be realised?
➤ How are alternative fuel suppliers preparing to provide carbon-neutral and zero-carbon fuels for shipping at scale?
➤ What are the alternative fuels producers' requirements?
➤ Will the need to use the ETS revenues generated under the EU ETS to organise the transition of the shipping sector, particularly for the uptake of clean fuels and technologies?
➤ How do we incentivise early movers but also create effective global regulations that will take more time?
➤ Is regional regulation a bad thing in the meantime?
➤ Will repair yards have the capacity to handle an upcoming wave of retrofits?
➤ How are they preparing for the challenge?
➤ What can we do now to help accelerate the availability of zero-carbon ships while at the same time reducing shipping’s footprint: slow steaming, retrofits, ESG reporting, and verification
➤ New technologies, new ships, new ideas, Perceptions and realities
➤ Who will design the zero-carbon ship of the future, and who will build the zero-carbon ship of the future?
➤ Where does the money come from to finance (green)ships, and how do you get it
➤ What are the incentives from the government and the finance industry to renew European (short sea) shipping?
➤ What steps must be taken to enhance circularity and ship recycling in Europe?
➤ What are the shipowners' requirements?
➤ Successful Decarbonization achieved - lessons to be learned  

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