PRE-CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM | 4 OCT

Pre-Conference Symposium Chairman:  Adrian Tolson, Director, BLUE Insight Lead

DIGITAL BUNKERING

9.00am – 9.30am

MPA’s Update on Incentives, Grants, and Selection Mechanism for Innovation Projects

• Progress on digitalBunker@SG 
• Incentives and JIPs in the pipeline
• The experience with Industry Solutions (B2B) 

Thomas Ting, Chief Technology Officer, Deputy Director Innovation, Technology & Talent Development, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

9.30am – 10.15am:  Industry Panel

Digitalisation of Bunkering 

• Assurance through transparency
• Ship data-sharing, transparency, service efficiencies and decision making
• Competitiveness through synergies
• Carbon/GHG measurement, reporting and accounting

Moderator: Kenneth Juhls, Managing Director, ZeroNorth A/S

Panellists:

• Ali Jourabchi, Director, Prosmar
• Christian Plum, Head of Bunker Product, StormGeo – part of Alfa Laval
• Deanna MacDonald, Co-founder and CEO, BunkerTrace
• James Kim, Chief Operating Officer, ShipFocus

• Dr. Piyush Raj, Senior Director, Data Science and New Product Development, Alpha Ori

10.15am – 10.45am: Morning Coffee

10.45am – 11.15am: Automation for Operations Efficiency, Transparency and Visibility from Oil Terminals to Bunker Supplier/Crafts to Receiving Ships

Co-Presenters:

• Leonard Leong, Project Lead (Supply Chain Innovation), Vopak
• Edwin Ebrahimi, Managing Director, NxtPort International

11.15am – 11.45am: Digitised Documentation for Bunker Delivery

Abhinav Sahai, Co-Founder, SG Smart Tech

11.45am – 12.15pm: Automated and Secured Regulatory Reporting & Data Transmission from MFM

Tan Sian Lip, Founder & CEO, Halialabs

BUNKERING STANDARDS UPDATE

12.15pm – 1.00pm: Standards as a key pillar to accelerate digitalisation and enhance bunkering services

• Concerted efforts in the development of standard on electronic documentation and processes to track fuel quantity and quality across bunker supply chain to support the digitalisation of bunkering industry
• Internationalisation of bunker mass flow metering standards
• Updates on ISO 8217 review
• Local interim biofuels specifications

Moderator: Capt. Rahul Choudhuri, Chairman, Technical Committee for Bunkering (Ambient Liquid Fuels)

Panellist:

• Dennis Ho, Co-Convenor, Working Group on Electronic Documentation for Bunkering & Managing Director, ElbOil Singapore
• Diana Mok, Managing Director, Fratelli Cosulich Bunkers Singapore
• Dr. Prapisala Thepsithar, Member, Working Group on Marine Fuels Specification & Director, Research and Projects, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisations

• Ranabir Chakravarty, Assistant Director, Marine Fuel Standards and Investigation, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

1.00pm: Networking Lunch & End of Pre-conference Symposium

MAIN CONFERENCE | 5 OCT

9.00am – 9.10am: Opening Address by Guest of Honour

Mr. Chee Hong Tat, Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport, Republic of Singapore

9:10am – 9:30am:  Keynote Address: Energy Markets and Transition Outlook

Aw Kah Peng, Chairman, Shell Companies in Singapore

Trade and Supply Chains

9:30am – 10:15am

Shipowners’ Keynote Dialogue: Global Trade in a New World Order

• Trade rebound and longer-term volumes
• What does the supply chain reorder look like?
• Implications for shipping

Moderator: Thomas Knudsen, Chairman, Toll Group

Panellists:

• Indika Dassanayake, Chief Commercial Officer – APAC, CMA CGM
• Jacob Meldgaard, Chief Executive Officer / Executive Director, Torm
• James Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, Berge Bulk

10.15am – 11.30am: Opening of Exhibition and Networking Break

11.30am – 12.15pm: In conversation with the Charterers: Striking the Right Balance – Customer Demand, Climate Goals and Resilient Supply Chain  

• Addressing the current commercial needs
• Expectations from the marine fuels supply chain
• Fuel requirements and projected mix to 2030
• Demand timelines for low carbon fuels

Moderator: Simona Toma, Managing Director, Asia, OSM Maritime

Panellists:

• Fergus Eley, Head of Maritime – Enterprise, BHP
• Laure Baratgin, Head of Commercial Operations, Rio Tinto
• Olivier Josse, Marine Fuels Lead, Cargill

COMMERCIAL REALITIES

12.15pm – 1.00pm: Managing Structural and Market Complexities of An Evolving Marine Fuel Industry

• Trade routes scenarios in a new geopolitical era
• Expected emergence of new ports
• Integration with new fuels and new markets
• Carbon market requirements
• Compliance costs

Moderator: Unni Einemo, Director and IMO Representative, IBIA

Panellists:

• Frederic Meyer, Strategy Director, TotalEnergies Marine Fuels
• Ong Shwu Hoon, Asia Pacific Fuels Vice President, ExxonMobil & President, EXTAP
• Kenny MacLean, Chief Operating Officer, Peninsula

1.00pm – 2.00pm: Lunch

2.00pm - 2.50pm: Oil Markets Stability – Wishful Thinking?

• Current state of play and ability to deal with price shocks
• Price trends and outlook
• Inventory levels and demand return scenarios
• Marine fuel price drivers and projections to 2030

Moderator: Elizabeth Low, Asia Oil Trading News, Bloomberg LP

Panellists:

• Jens Maul Joergensen, Director Bunkers, Oldendorff Carriers
• Mads Bjørnebye, Manager, Bunker Services, Teekay Tankers
• Mark Russell, Co-Head of Fuel and Feedstock, Trafigura & Chief Commercial Officer, TFG Marine
• Peter Beekhuis, Global Head of Trading, Maersk Oil Trading

2.50pm – 3.40pm: Securing The Now – Demand, Transparency and Market Risk Management

• Medium-term volume projections
• Current trade market behaviours and risks
• Supply chain visibility and origination issues
• Credit

Moderator: Sinan Utlu, Head of Credit, Maersk Oil Trading

Panellists:

• Choong Zhen Mao, Executive Director, Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services
• Eddie Gauci, Global Head – bp Marine Fuels, bp
• Hamed Fathi, Director/Head of Legal, International Marine and Energy
• Kenneth Dam, Executive Director and Global Head of Bunkering, TFG Marine
• Peter Zachariassen, Chief Executive Officer, Bunker One

3.40pm – 4.10pm: Networking Tea Break

4.10pm – 5.00pm: Marine Fuel Quality and Dispute Resolution

• Challenges associated with verification and control mechanisms
• Recent trends in VLSFO, ULSGO quality and the guidance
• Problem arising during operations and remedies
• Claims and dispute resolution

Moderator: Paul Collier, Legal Director, Clyde & Co

Panellists:

• Lars Malmbratt, General Manager – Bunker Procurement, Stena Bulk
• Capt. Michael Behmerburg, Director Technical Office, Global Fuel Purchasing, Hapag-Lloyd AG
• Michael Green, Senior Quality Manager, Marine Technical, World Fuel Services
• Capt. Rahul Choudhuri, Managing Director AMEA, VPS

5pm – 6.30pm: The SIBCON Party

MAIN CONFERENCE | 6 OCT

9.00am – 9.45am: Keynote Conversation: Forecasting Bunkering Trends Towards 2030

• Role of technology
• Trends towards decarbonisation
• Energy efficiency and ship design trends
• Regulation, policy, and future developments
• Carbon tax regimes and implications for pricing

Moderator: Dr. Carlo Raucci, Marine Decarbonisation Consultant & Head of Energy Transition and Modelling, Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub

Panellists:

• Bill Bryant, Managing Director, APAC & MEA and Head of Sustainability, Stolt Nielsen
• Katerina Kontou, Marine Fuels and Lubricants Director, Angelicoussis Group 
• Louise Tricoire, Vice President Marine Fuels, TotalEnergies
• Melissa Williams, President, Shell Marine

9:45am – 10:35am: Current Affairs in LNG Bunkering

• Global demand and orderbook outlook
• Addressing the GHG debate
• Current government policy and infrastructure investment
• Medium term projections
• Emerging technology drivers

Moderator: Capt. Abhishek Asija, Managing Director, Ship Management Commercial APAC, V. Group

Panellists:

• Chris Lu, Head of Marine Business, Vice President, Pavilion Energy
• Denis Bonhomme, Global Sales & Business Development Director, TotalEnergies Marine Fuels
• Nobuo Shiotsu, Managing Executive Officer for East/South-East Asia and Oceania, Mitsui OSK Lines
• Steve Esau, Chief Operating Officer, SEA-LNG

• Tahir Faruqui, Director, FueLNG & General Manager (Head of Downstream LNG), Shell

10:35am – 11.15am: Networking Tea Break

TRANSITION FUELS

11.15am – 12.00pm: Net Zero Pathways for Marine Fuels

• Implications of other energy consumer markets
• Projecting alternatives market share by 2030
• Role of ports and infrastructure
• Industry collaboration touchpoints
• Implications of CII compliance
• Propulsion revolution

Moderator: Prof. Lynn Loo, Chief Executive Officer, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation

Panellists:

• Chew Xiang Yu, Director, Marine & Offshore Business, APAC, Rolls-Royce Solutions Asia
• Joselito Guevarra, APAC Manager & Senior Environmental Advisor, The Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel

• Mike Muller, Head of Asia, Vitol

12.00pm – 12.45pm: Alternatives Business Case: Ammonia and Hydrogen  

• Current fuel policy and roadblocks
• Technology assessment for propulsion, carbon capture and storage
• Investment outlay and commercial strategy
• Pragmatic projections and business case for ammonia and hydrogen

Moderator: Cristina Saenz de Santa Maria, VP, Regional Manager South East Asia, Pacific & India, Maritime, DNV

Panellists:

• Murali Srinivasan, SVP and Commercial Head, Yara Clean Ammonia
• Capt. Peter Liew, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Eaglestar
• Capt. Raghav Gulati, Safety, Sustainability and Technical Operations Manager – Shipping, Anglo American & Chair of the Technical Committee, Sea Cargo Charter
• Takahiro Rokuroda, General Manager of Green Business Group, NYK Line

12.45pm – 1.45pm: Lunch

1.45pm – 2.30pm: Alternatives Business Case: Green Methanol, Biomethane and Biofuels

• Availability
• The case of using green methanol as a marine fuel
• The business cases of biomethane and other renewable gases for marine use
• Current work on standards
• The business cases of biomethane and other renewable gases
• Assessing engine and vessel operational performance against both fuels
• Commercial, operational and technical feasibilities

Moderator: Bart Hellings, Director, GoodNRG Group

Panellists:

• Berit Hinnemann, Head of Decarbonisation Business Development and interim Head of Green Fuels Sourcing, A.P. Moller – Maersk
• Farid Trad, Vice President Bunkering and Energy Transition, CMA CGM
• Hugh Roberts, Regional Marine Manager - EU & SA, bp
• Peter Björkborg, Manager, Sustainability & Transformation, Stena Bulk

SINGAPORE UPDATE

2.30pm – 3.15pm: Digitalising the Bunker Supply Chain

• The digital bunkering initiative
• The SGTraDex initiative
• Streamlining MFM data, transparency, and efficiency
• Cybersecurity, interoperability, data harmonization, digital identities
• Operational implications for industry

Moderator: Antoine Cadoux, Chief Executive Officer, SGTraDex

Panellists:

• Acasius Leong, Head of Digital Trade Engagement, DBS Bank
• Goh Chung Hun, General Manager, Fleet, Pacific International Lines
• Richard Ho, Deputy General Manager, Fuel, Ocean Network Express
• Thomas Ting, Chief Technology Officer, Deputy Director Innovation, Technology & Talent Development, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

3.15pm – 3:45pm: Networking Tea Break

3:45pm – 4:30pm: What’s Next in Singapore’s Marine Fuels Landscape

• Medium to long term vision of the industry
• Expected fuel mix to 2030
• Incentives and JIPs in pipelines to develop alternatives
• Innovation spotlights in Singapore

Moderator: Caroline Yang, Chief Executive, Hong Lam Marine & President, Singapore Shipping Association

Panellists:

• Alex Pattison, Regional Marine Manager – Asia & Middle East, bp
• Choong Sheen Mao, Director, Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services
• Capt. Daknash Ganasen, Senior Director, Operations & Marine Services, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

• Dr. Sanjay Kuttan, Chief Technology Officer, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation

4.30pm: Close of Conference

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