Meet The Panellists

Dirk Hoek

Dirk Hoek, Global Technical Product Manager at Shell Marine, is passionate about transforming marine operations through digital innovation.
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Igor Damming

Igor Damming is the Energy Analytics Officer at Seatrade Groningen B.V., where he leads the company's compliance and analytics strategy for DCS, MRV, FuelEU, ETS, and CII.
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Alexandra Kenworthy

Director, Maritime & Energy at Eutelsat OneWeb
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Jan Hedeman

Jan Hedeman is Business Manager for EMEA at SSI. He leads SSI's European subsidiary and works with shipyards across the region to advance digital transformation and make shipbuilding more efficient.
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Yunus Kaya

Solution Sales Manager. Yunus Kaya holds a bachelor's degree in Maritime Transportation and Management Engineering, providing a strong foundation for his career in the maritime industry.
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Tije Vos

Tije Vos is the Chief Commercial Officer at VSTEP Simulation, where he leads the company’s global commercial strategy and oversees sales, partnerships, and market development.
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Maximilian Schroer

Maximilian Schroer is a maritime decarbonization expert with over a decade of experience in energy transition, regulations, and sustainability.
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Hans-Christoph Burmeister

Head of Department “Sea Traffic and Nautical Solutions” at Fraunhofer-Center for Maritime Logistics and Services CML in Hamburg, Germany.
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Sofien Kerkeni

Sofien Kerkeni is the founder and CEO of D-ICE Engineering, a deep-tech company pioneering advanced navigation and decision-support systems for the maritime and offshore industries.
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Kunal Sharma

Senior Surveyor, Indian Register of Shipping. Kunal Sharma is a Marine Engineer and is working at Indian Register of Shipping since 2011.
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Ryan Verhagen

Ryan Verhagen is the Chief Commercial Officer of Simwave, where he drives the organisation's commercial vision with a strong focus on customer-centric strategies.
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Sarah Rollings

Sarah Rollings works for Shell Marine to build out Shell's marine fuel strategy focusing on biofuels, LNG and bioLNG to enable shipping customers to realize their decarbonization targets.
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Sjoerd de Jager

CEO, co-founder PortXchange. Sjoerd de Jager leads PortXchange, a Rotterdam-based company focusing on digital solutions for maritime logistics.
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Charles Watkins

Charles Watkins is a Clinical Psychologist and the CEO of Mental Health Support Solutions (MHSS).
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Kristian Osnes

Kristian Osnes is the recently appointed Program Director for Autonomous Bridge Systems at Kongsberg Maritime.
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Ryan Lee

Ryan Lee is Global and Regional (SEAP) Hull Performance Category Manager at Jotun.
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Jessica Hofmann

Jessica Hofmann is an energy technology expert specializing in sustainability certification, lifecycle emissions, and the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors.
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Léon Gommans

CEO/Co-founder of Teqplay. With more than 10 years in the maritime industry, Léon Gommans combines strong leadership with a focus on innovation, collaboration, and technology.
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Naoki Saito

Naoki Saito is presently General Manager of ClassNK’s Management Systems and Maritime Training Certification Department.
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Øyvind

Øyvind has served as CTO at NORMA Cyber for the past five years, where he has been working on building the company's security operations monitoring service for both IT and OT environments as well as doing strategic IT decisions in the company.
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Alisha Fredriksson

Alisha is the Co-Founder and CEO of Seabound, a London-based climate tech startup that builds onboard carbon capture equipment for ships.
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Elena Matzaridou

Elena Matzaridou is a maritime professional with over 15 years of industry experience, based in Piraeus, Greece.
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Nick Lurkin

Nick Lurkin works since 2014 as a Senior Adviser Climate & Environment with the Royal Association of Netherlands' Shipowners.
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Youri Hart

Youri Hart is Vice President of Products & Solutions for Marlink Cyber and CEO of Port-IT B.V., an M(S)SP specializing in cybersecurity strategy and product innovation to protect maritime networks.
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Aakash Dua

Aakash is Regional Business Development Director, at DNV, with over 16 years’ expertise across marine engineering, fleet operations, audits, and strategic business development.
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Erik van Ballegooijen

Discover how VAF’s advanced sensors and digital solutions help shipowners reduce fuel consumption, lower emissions, and optimize operational costs.
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Captain Dmytro Chekhovskyy

Capt. Dmytro Chekhovskyy is the General Manager of OKEE Shipmanagement GmbH & Co. KG and Co-Founder of Marine ERP.
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Wouter Deknopper

President and General Manager of Maritime at Iridium Communications Inc., a satellite communications company that offers truly global voice and data coverage.
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Gerbrand Schalkwijk

Vize President Portfolio and Commercial Management, Marlink
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Sasan Mameghani

Product Owner, UniSea AS
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Bob Van Veen

Head of Data Science at C-Job Naval Architects
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Dirk Höflich

Naval Architect and Key Account Director at Norsepower.
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Torbjørn Lie

Business Development Manager, Evigo
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Minas Diacakis

Senior Engineer II, Global Ship Systems Center, MTF member-American Bureau of Shipping
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Wouter Buck

Head of Port & Supply Chain Performance at Port of Rotterdam.
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Toine Cleophas

Managing Director Damen Digital Solutions, Damen Global Support B.V.
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