Clean Maritime Day
The Department for Transport (DfT) invites you to attend the Clean Maritime Day at the QEII Conference Centre on the morning of Thursday 14 September, as part of London International Shipping Week.
Recording now available
During Clean Maritime Day, the DfT will be highlighting British maritime decarbonisation efforts, including presentations and panel discussions on the Clean Maritime Plan, an update on the UK SHORE programme and the latest on Green Shipping Corridors.
Agenda
0900 – 0930: Arrival
0930 – 1000: Welcome – DfT Keynote Speech
1000 – 1100: Clean Maritime Plan panel
Chaired by Eamonn Beirne, Deputy Director for UK SHORE, DfT, with confirmed panel members including:
- Katherine Palmer, Shipping Lead, UN Climate Champions
- Rear Admiral Paul Carroll, Director for Innovation and Future Capability, Defence Equipment & Support, MoD
- Francesco Sandrelli, Director of Environment, UK Chamber of Shipping
1100 – 1130: Coffee break
1130 – 1300: UK SHORE update
Covering:
- Green Corridors panel discussion
- Clean Maritime Research Hub overview
- Update on UK SHORE funded R&D projects, including opening of the CMDC2 showcase
Speakers including:
- Jo Shanmugalingam, Second Permanent Secretary, DfT
- Professor Sarah Sharples, Chief Scientific Adviser, DfT
- Mike Biddle, Executive Director, Net Zero, Innovate UK
- Alexandra Beaumont, Head of UK SHORE, DfT
- Jane Sykes, Head of Energy and Decarbonisation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1300 – 1400: Lunch and ‘Ask the Expert’ session
A chance to ask questions one-on-one to clean maritime and innovation experts, including representatives from:
Experts include representatives from:
- Department for Business and Trade
- Innovate UK
- Innovate UK KTN
- Connected Places Catapult
- Maritime Coastguard Agency
- National Shipbuilding Office
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Global Maritime Forum
1300 – 16:00: CMDC2 Showcase Event
A showcase of the 2nd round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition projects. A separate registration to attend the showcase is available here.
1400 – 1500: Operation Zero Event
A chance to hear about the work going on to deliver a COP 26 industry and government coalition commitment to deploy zero emission operations and maintenance vessels in the North Sea area by 2025. This session will outline the work so far, including publishing a challenges paper, and what the next steps are.