Time
Presentations
Speaker
8.00am
Registration opens
8.45am
Welcome, acknowledgements and housekeeping
Master of Ceremonies James Lush
8.50am
Welcome to Country
Whadjuk Noongar Leader Barry Winmar
9.00am
Welcome address
Pilbara Ports Chair Karlie Mucjanko
9.05am
Minister for Ports Opening Address
Minister for Ports Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC
9.15am
Pilbara Ports CEO Opening Address
Pilbara Ports Chief Executive Officer Sam McSkimming
9.30am
Opening keynote: Global alignment to local action - safety set internationally, delivered nationally and locally
Australian Maritime Safety Authority Chief Executive Officer Kaylene Dale
10.00am
Keynote: Future skills and pilot training, entry points into the industry, mentoring programs and mental wellbeing for pilots
Australasian Marine Pilots Institute President Josephine Clark
11.00am
Pilbara Ports Marine team update
Executive General Manager Marine Phil Christy (Facilitator)
Marine Technical Authority Amanda Viljoen
Harbour Master East Behrouz Daeizadeh
Pilot Operations Manager Heath Daniel
Harbour Master West Mike Minogue
12.00pm
United Kingdom Ports and Marine Facilities Safety Code - a gold standard for ports
Marine Consultant Captain Kevin Richardson
1.20pm
Speaker presentation
Perdaman Chairman Vikas Rambal
1.35pm
AI-driven risk mitigation: reducing human error, enhancing safety
Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Group Managing Director, Operations and Shared Services Swapnodeep Mondal
1.50pm
Ammonia in the Pilbara and the new applications of clean ammonia in, for instance, the maritime realm
Yara Pilbara Chief Operating Officer Laurent Trost
2.05pm
Panel discussion: international safety perspective faciliated by Ports Australia Chief Executive Officer Mike Gallacher
Ports Australia Chief Executive Officer Mike Gallacher (Facilitator)
Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Group Mananging Director Operations and Shared Services Swapnodeep Mondal
Yara Pilbara Chief Operating Officer Laurent Trost Maritime Industry Australia Ltd Chief Executive Officer Angela Gillham
Pilbara Ports Chief Executive Officer Samuel McSkimming
2.35pm
Break
2.50pm
Closing keynote
The Mission to Seafarers Secretary General Peter Rouch
3.20pm
Closing remarks and thanks
Pilbara Ports Executive General Manager Marine Phil Christy
3.30-5.30pm
The Mission to Seafarers networking function
Presenters
Welcome
Opening keynote: What’s going on with shipping?
Campbell University Associate Professor and YouTube Salvatore Mercogliano
Keynote: Promoting Maritime Digitalisation and Decarbonisation
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Assistant Chief Executive (Corporate and Strategy) Hoe Soon Tan
9.50am
Pilbara Clean Fuel Bunkering Hub
Pilbara Ports Executive General Manager Customer and Strategy Karlene Bylund
Oceania Marine Energy Managing Director Nick Bentley
NH3 Clean Energy Chief Executive Officer Stephen Hall
Rio Tinto Senior Manager Strategy Garrett Ripa
11.15am
Practical insights and recent initiatives to enhance shipboard safety, operational compliance, and collaboration with port stakeholders in the region
Republic of the Marshall Islands Deputy Commissioner of Maritime Affairs Gaurav Dewan
11.30am
Mitsui O.S.K Lines' initiative for building value chain for the next-generation energy – towards social infrastructure company
Mitsui O.S.K Lines Senior Expert, Carbon Solution Development Unit Shinichi Taguchi
11.45am
Ensuring mooring safety and compliance in port operations
Wilhelmsen Ships Service Vice-President Mooring Solutions Veronika Aspelund
Svitzer Global Head of Innovation Thomas Bangslund
12.15pm
Q&A Discussion with Guarav Dewan, Shinichi Taguchi, Veronika Apeslund and Thomas Bangslund
12.35pm
Lunch break
1:30pm
Enhancing crew welfare and safety standards through operational resilience
Rio Tinto Manager, Marine Safety and Vetting Madhu Thottankara
1.45pm
The psychological toll of regulatory compliance on seafarers
Navios Maritime Partners Senior Vice President Maritime Compliance Michael Lignos
2.00pm
Newly published ship management guidelines - making maritime transportation safe and effecient from human centred view
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) General Manager, Management Systems and Maritime Training Certification Department Captain Naoki Saito
2.15pm
How owners and operators can collaborate with industry stakeholders and subsequently relay these learnings to onboard teams to ensure safe and efficient operations
Bocimar/CMB.TECH Head of Global Operations Tord Brath
Bocimar/CMB.TECH General Manager Operations Vinod George
2.30pm
Q&A Discussion with Madhu Thottankara, Michael Lingos, Naoki Saito and Tord Brath
3.00pm
Event concludes