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 Chief Executive Officer Opening Address
Pilbara Ports Chief Executive Officer Sam McSkimming
9.45am
Opening keynote address
People, Systems and Ships: Closing the Gaps in Maritime Safety
Lloyd's Register Chief Operating Officer Mark Darley
11.00am
Pilbara Ports Marine team update
Pilbara Ports Executive General Manager Marine Phil Christy
Pilbara Ports Harbour Master East (Port Hedland) Behrouz Daeizadeh
Pilbara Ports Pilot Operations Manager Heath Daniel
Pilbara Ports Harbour Master West (Dampier) Mike Minogue
Pilbara Ports Marine Technical Authority Amanda Viljoen
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
Rio Tinto Head of Commercial Operations Laure Baratgin
Berge Bulk Chief Executive Officer James Marshall
Starbulk Chief Operating Officer Nicos Rescos
FMG General Manager Port and Rail Operations John Brereton
Odyssey Group Chief Executive Officer Wesley Van Der Spuy
Pilbara Ports Chief Executive Officer Samuel McSkimming
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 wellbeing, physically, mentally and culturally, directly influences safety, performance, retention and operational resilience.
Mission to Seafarers Secretary General Peter Rouch
Intercargo Chairman - Technical Commitee Dimitris Monioudis
Fleet Management Chief Executive Officer Capt. Rajalingam Subramaniam
Australian Maritime Safety Authority Executive Director, Operations Greg Witherall
3.30pm
Closing remarks and thanks
3.35-5.30pm
Networking function
Presenters
8.45am
Welcome
8.50am
CMB. Tech Chief Executive Officer Alexander Saverys
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
Pilbara Ports Acting Executive General Manager Projects Karlene Bylund
Pilbara Ports Acting Executive General Manager Customer and Strategy Ash Puri
Deep Dive 1: Solving for safer shipping
Theme: Collaboration, Innovation and Leadership
Pilbara Ports Executive General Manager Safety, People and Environment Emma Fensom
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:
12.15pm
Lunch
Panel 3
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
Maritime Coastguard Agency Chief Executive Officer Virgina McVea
Right Ship Chief Executive Officer Steen Lund
DNV Vice President, Business Director - Bulk Carriers Morten Lovstad
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) General Manager and Head of Cyber Security Capt. Naoki Saito Pilbara Ports Executive General Manager Marine Phil Christy
Panel 4
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.
Port of Hamburg Chief Executive Officer Jens Mier
Port of Antwerp-Bruges Vice President, International Relations & Networks Luc Arnots
Port of Rotterdam Authority Director International Martijn Thijsen
Port of London Authority Director of Corporate Affairs Sian Foster Port of Seattle Managing Director, Maritime Stephanie Jones Stebbins
3.10pm
Event concludes