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**Please note this conference will be conducted in dual language English/Mandarin with simultaneous translation on site.
**Access to Digital Ship does not also include access to Marintec. Please register separately for this.

Digital Ship is excited to be heading to Shanghai, for the first time, to deliver our Maritime CIO Forum. The focus of this forum is on Smart Shipping and the impact of innovation and digital advancement in the maritime industry and the future of shipping. The aim is to provide a forum for shipping industry leaders and executives to discuss initiatives, ideas, outlook, opportunities and indeed challenges that face the shipping sector – as well as a chance to talk about how we can best harness digital transformation in our shipping operations.

Event Summary:
The Maritime CIO Forum in Shanghai has been developed to address the issues and trends that technology leaders face in an increasingly changing and continuously developing business environment.

Staying ahead of the innovation curve, and with the digitalisation of the maritime sector at the core of this changing landscape, Digital Ship is pleased to be heading to China this year with our Maritime CIO Forum, where the focus is on how to harness opportunities, and how to address the challenges and questions which advances in technology are posing to our industry.

Confirmed speakers to date:

Wei Fan, Manager of International Maritime Research Department, Shipbuilding Information Center of China (SICC) (Digital Ship Programme Advisor)
Wei Zhuang, Regional Manager of Asia, BIMCO (Digital Ship Programme Advisor)
Peter Fuhrman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, China First Capital
Eric Jan Bakker, Head of Sales Asia Pacific, Marlink
Ralph van der Hoeven, General Manager, Klaveness Shipping (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Steve Saxon, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Stephan Vetter, Vice President (Maritime Industries), KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH
Ranjan Varghese, Director - Naval Architect, Steel Ships Ltd
Scott Pilkington, Partner, HFW
Shengwei Qian, VP Sales Asia, Inmarsat Maritime
Brent Bruun, Chief Operating Officer, KVH Industries
Wouter Deknopper, Vice President & General Manager, Maritime Line of Business, Iridium
Matthew Galston, Senior Director, Product Management, Cobham Satcom
Rob O’Dwyer, Editor, Digital Ship

Through an opening scene setter, and four key focus sessions and interactive panel discussions, we will ask how the industry is responding to change and investigate what technology and digital transformation can do for us.