Event programme
Monday 18 November 2024
HK Conference and Exhibition Centre
Room S421, Level 4
08:00-08:45 Registration
08:45-09:25 Welcome and Opening Keynote Remarks
Emanuele Grimaldi, Chairman, International Chamber of Shipping
Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary General International Maritime Organization (video address)
Secretary Sai-hung Lam GBS, JP, Secretary for Transport and Logistics of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR
Angad Banga, Chairman Hong Kong Shipowners Association, Hong Kong SAR; COO, Caravel Group, Hong Kong SAR
Andreas Nordseth, Chair, Consultative Shipping Group
Moderator: David Shukman, Former BBC Science Editor and Visiting Professor in Practice, London School of Economics, UK
09:25-10:10 Session 1 – Risk and Resilience in an Age of Disruption
(Moderated Ministerial/Industry panel discussion)
In today’s world of increasing geopolitical tensions, the proliferation of national subsidies and sanctions, is the international rules-based order in danger of unravelling?
This opening panel of ministers and industry CEOs will discuss the challenges facing global trade in today’s age of disruption.
Key questions to be addressed:
- Is protectionism affecting shipping and the efficiency of the world economy?
- What is the impact of today’s security challenges on maritime trade and the global economy?
- Are trade policies, tariffs and sanctions adversely impacting trade volumes and shipping costs?
- How can trade policy help decarbonisation?
Moderator: David Shukman, Former BBC Science Editor and Visiting Professor in Practice, London School of Economics, UK
Panellists
The Honourable Elmer Francisco U. Sarmiento, Undersecretary for the Department of Transportation, Republic of the Philippines
The Honourable Marina Hadjimanolis, Shipping Deputy Minister to the Republic of Cyprus
Sabrina Chao, BBS, JP, Past President BIMCO, Hong Kong SAR
Wellington Koo, JP, Chairman, Promotion and External Relations Committee, Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board, Hong Kong SAR
Mohamed Safwan Othman, Chairman, Malaysia Shipowners’ Association (MASA), Malaysia
10:10-10:25 Keynote Presentation
John McDonald, President and COO, ABS, USA
10:25-11:10 Session 2 –The Maritime Value Chain – The Catalyst of Global Trade
(Moderated panel discussion)
Maritime trade is critical to international trade and the global economy with over 80% of the volume of international goods transported by sea. The maritime economy has proved itself resilient to repeated global crises, from geopolitical conflicts, global economic fragmentation, and increasingly restrictive trade policy to the climate emergency, and energy transition. How can the maritime industry and policymakers work together to ensure a resilient and robust maritime economy?
- What policy levers are required to support future maritime trade flows?
- What institutions and processes work well, and which need support?
- How can the shipping industry enhance national and international resilience to disruption to supply chains?
- What are the challenges to global rules for shipping presented by unilateral regulation, including with regard to charges for GHG emissions?
- How does shipping play a role in national/international security?
- What policy and regulatory support is required to help the shipping industry deal with climate change and the energy transition?
Moderator: Lynn Loo, CEO, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation, Singapore
Panellists
H.E. Shaikh Qaiser Ahmed, Minister for Maritime Affairs, Pakistan
Gaby Bornheim, Managing Director, Peter Döhle Schiffahrts, Germany
Bud Darr, Executive Vice President Maritime, MSC, Switzerland
Andreas Enger, CEO, Höegh Autoliners ASA, Norway
Nick Shaw, CEO International Group of P&I Clubs, United Kingdom
11:10-11:55 Session 3 – The Way Ahead
(Moderated Ministerial/Industry panel discussion)
- How can dialogue between maritime policymakers be maintained and improved?
- What can policymakers do to better support global free trade?
- What can the maritime sector do to better support global free trade?
- What can producers do to better support global free trade?
- What can consumers do to better support global free trade?
- What is the legacy of this Summit?
Moderator: David Shukman, Former BBC Science Editor and Visiting Professor in Practice, London School of Economics, UK
Panellists
The Honourable Chris Bonett, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Public Works, Republic of Malta
Bjørn Højgaard, CEO, Anglo-Eastern Univan Group, Hong Kong SAR
André Kroneberg, Chief Underwriting Officer Asia, Gard, Hong Kong SAR
Kenneth Lam, Founder & CEO, SeaKapital, Hong Kong SAR
Andreas Nordseth, Chair, Consultative Shipping Group
Caroline Yang, Vice-Chair, International Chamber of Shipping & Chair, ICS Shipping Policy Committee
11:55-12:05 Forging Partnerships for the Future
Johanna Hill, Deputy Director General World Trade Organization in conversation with David Shukman, Former BBC Science Editor and Visiting Professor in Practice, London School of Economics, UK
12:05 Close of Conference