Time
Presentations
Speaker
8.00am
Registration opens and morning coffee
9.00am
Welcome, acknowledgements and housekeeping
Master of Ceremonies Di Darmody
9.05am
Welcome to Country
Whadjuk Noongar Leader Barry Winmar
9.15am
Welcome address
Pilbara Ports Chair Karlie Mucjanko
9.20am
Minister for Ports Opening Address
Minister for Ports Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC
9.30am
Pilbara Ports CEO Opening Address
Pilbara Ports Chief Executive Officer Sam McSkimming
9.45am
Opening keynote address
11.00am
Pilbara Ports Marine team update
The Marine team will provide an overview of risks and current challenges and solutions in progress to overcome them.
Theme: Leadership
Pilbara Ports Executive General Manager Marine Phil Christy
Pilbara Ports Marine Technical Authority Amanda Viljoen
Pilbara Ports Harbour Master East (Port Hedland) Behrouz Daeizadeh
Pilbara Ports Pilot Operations Manager Heath Daniel
Pilbara Ports Harbour Master West (Dampier) Mike Minogue
11.55am
Q&A discussion with the Marine Team
1.30pm
Panel 1
Safe shipping together: Aligning owners, operators and port users for excellence
Industry leaders will explore how collaboration between owners, operators and port stakeholders is delivering safer, more resilient maritime operations.
Theme: Collaboration
2.15pm
Presentation 1
2.45pm
Panel 2
Trust at sea: Building cultures that support crew welfare and safe performance
This panel will explore how supporting crew wellbing, physically, mentally and culturally, directly influences safety, performance, retention and operational reslielence.
3.30pm
Closing remarks and thanks
3.35-5.30pm
Networking function
Presenters
Welcome
9.35am
Presentation 2
Enabling the energy transition: Port of Port Hedland's role in clean marine fuels
This technical session explores the Port Hedland trial of the Pilbara Clean Fuel Bunkering Hub, highlighting the infrastructure, operational considerations and safety innovations shaping the future of marine supply.
Theme: Innovation
Panel 3
Beyond the trial: What comes next for clean fuel bunkering
Building on the technical presentation, industry leaders reflect on the Port Hedland trial, sharing lessons learned, challenges encountered and what it will take to scale clean fuel bunkering across global shipping.
11.15am
Deep Dive 1: Building capability for safer ships - Evolving training for a changing industry
Exploring how training, competency frameworks and workforce development must evolve to meet increasing operational complexity, safety expectations and future industry needs.
Deep Dive 2: Safer by design: How operational experience is reshaping the Newcastlemax
The session will cover how lessons from port operations are being fed into the new vessel design in collaboration with class and the shipbuilder, including
Theme: Collaboration, Innovation and Leadership
12.15pm
Lunch break
1:15pm
Panel 4
Global safety leadership: International lessons driving safer outcomes
Drawing on global regulatory, operational and port perspectives, this panel explores the key trends, challenges and innovations shaping maritime safety internationally, and what they mean for ports, operators and industry leaders in our region.
Theme: Innovation and Leadership
2.00pm
From insight to action: Deep dive report-back
Panel 5
Reimagining ports: Innovation shaping the next era of global trade
Bringing together global port leaders from Asia, Europe, the UK and North America, this panel explores how ports are evolving to meet the demands of decarbonisation, digitalisation, and growing trade complexity. The discussion will examine how leading ports are innovating at scale—and what it means for the future of port operations globally.
3.10pm
Event concludes