Chairman
Dr. Markus Münz
Managing Director
VDMA Large Engines
Propulsion & Future Fuels 2026
About the conference
The maritime industry's most trusted forum on propulsion and future fuels
For nearly five decades, The Motorship’s Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference has brought together shipowners, engine designers, class societies, fuel suppliers and regulators to confront the defining challenge of our era: decarbonising deep-sea shipping.
The 2026 edition in Hamburg spans three days of technical papers, moderated panels and structured networking — covering alternative fuels, wind-assisted propulsion, engine efficiency, emissions regulation and the commercial realities of the energy transition.
- 3
- Days of industry expertise
- 25+
- Expert speakers
- 30+
- Countries represented
2026 Speakers
View all speakers Meet the voices shaping marine propulsion
Chairman
Dr. Markus Münz
Managing Director
VDMA Large Engines
Chairman
Lars Robert Pedersen
Deputy Secretary General
BIMCO
Moderator
Gavin Allwright
Secretary General
International Winship Asociation IWSA
Moderator
Philipp Simmank
Technical Advisor
VDR – German Shipowners‘ Association
Anastasija Kuprijanova
Director of Business Development
Carbon Ridge
Andreas Hambücker
Head of Innovation & Development
TGE Gass Enginnering
Boudewijn Pragt
Economics and Transition Finance Manager
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
Bram van Puijenbroek
Regional Business Manager
Alfa Laval
Christian Altenhofen
Applications Engineering Manager
GAMMA Technologies
Dave Lee
Executive Director
e1 Marine
Derek Munro
Project lead
NOX FREE
Diego Pauluzzi
Technology & Innovation Manager
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Italy and Monaco
Sponsors & Partners
Backed by the organisations driving the transition
Sponsors
Position your brand at the heart of the marine energy transition. A range of sponsorship and exhibition packages is available.
