Stellar speaker list confirmed for TACCC conference

Following the huge success of last year’s inaugural event, The Maritime Standard is organising the second Transportation and Climate Change Conference (TACCC) which will be held on September 26th in Abu Dhabi at the Saadiyat Rotana Resort. An exciting panel of influential and expert speakers has been assembled for all three of the conference sessions, making it an incredibly valuable and important occasion.

Session 1, moderated Former BBC News Anchor’ David Eades, will focus on Facilitating Transportation’s Transition to Net Zero, and features Capt. Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Managing Director and Group CEO, AD Ports Group; Abdulla Bin Damithan CEO and Managing Director of DP World GCC; Eng. Yasser Nasr Zaghloul, Group CEO, NMDC Group; Dr Ibrahim Al Nadhairi CEO, Asyad Shipping and Drydocks; Oscar Roijals Rodriguez, Chief Commercial Officer of Noatum, Logistics Cluster, AD Ports Group; Dr. Saleh Ali Albalushi, Vice President, Health, Safety & Environment at Drydocks World; Dr. Marko Filijovic Senior Fellow at the Center for United Nations Constitutional Research (CUNCR); Justin Murphy, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, ADNOC Logistics & Services and James Frew, Business Consultancy Director, Lloyds Register.

After a break for lunch, Session 2 will sustain the momentum, looking at Embracing New Operational and Service Solutions. Lined up for this important session, which will be moderated by Rania Tadros, Global Head of Maritime and Offshore and Office Managing Partner at Stephenson Harwood, are Capt. Saif Al Mheiri, CEO - Abu Dhabi Maritime & Acting Chief Sustainability Officer, AD Ports Group; Theo Xenakoudis, Chief Commercial Officer, Managing Director, Piraeus office, International Registries; Dr. Noura Al Dhaheri, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Cluster and CEO, Maqta Gateway, AD Ports Group; Omar Alsebeyi, Executive Director, Commercial and Performance, Etihad Rail; Capt. Savraj Mehta, Chief Commercial Officer, NorthStandard; Espen Martinsen, Executive Vice President of Sales, StormGeo; Daniel Berasategui, Managing Director, Noatum Logistics - Middle East Region & CEO, Noatum Project Cargo, AD Ports Group; Dr. Abdullah Sulaiman Al-Abri, VP Sustainability, SOHAR Port and Freezone; Navin Kumar, Director, Maritime Research, Bulk Shipping, Drewry; Karl W. Feilder Founder, Neutral Fuels Holdings.

Session 3, which will cover Transportation Technology - Overcoming the Barriers to Sustainability, will be moderated by Ali Shehab, Global Director of Special Projects and Services, DNV. Alongside him on the panel will be Bård Poulson, Divisional Director, Marine, Middle East & Africa, Gallacher RE; Abdul Fahl, Director, TTMS; Capt. Abhay Nimbalkar, CEO, Green Field Marine Technologies; Ali Riaz, CEO, OrbitMI, Inc; Sidharth Prekash, eCommerce IT Project Lead, DHL Express; Chris Peters, Senior Executive Officer, Montfort Investments Ltd; and Sharjah Maritime Academy Vice Chancellor, Professor Syamantak Bhattacharya.

■ Contact: TACCC https://tmstaccc.com/