Who will be attending the 47th Motorship Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference 2026?
Meet the Experts Driving Shipping’s Energy Transition
The future of maritime propulsion is being shaped by the people you’ll meet on this stage. Hear directly from internationally recognised leaders, innovators and decision-makers as they share the latest breakthroughs, lessons learned and strategies for delivering safer, smarter and more sustainable shipping. Whether you’re evaluating new fuels, propulsion technologies or compliance pathways, these are the conversations you can’t afford to miss.
If you would like to speak at next year’s conference, please contact:
Events Team on +44 1329 825335
or email mlukemanknight@mercatormedia.com
Chairman: Lars Robert Pedersen
Deputy Secretary General, BIMCO
Chairman: Dr. Markus Münz
Managing Director, VDMA Large Engines
Moderator: Philipp Simmank
Technical Advisor for Climate, Marine Research & Digitalization; VDR – German Shipowners‘ Association
Moderator: Gavin Allwright
Secretary, International Windship Association (IWSA)
Boudewijn Pragt
Economics & Transition Finance Manager - Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
Anastasija Kuprijanova
Director, Business Development - Carbon Ridge
Josef Camilleri
Performance Analysis Manager - Anemoi
Kathleen Elward
VP Commercial Operations - Silverstream Technologies
Christian Altenhofen
Applications Engineering Manager - GAMMA Technologies
Dipl.-Ing. Torsten Mundt
Senior Government Official - Federal Ministry of Transport
Geir Terje Nevøy
Senior Project Manager, Newbuilding and Technology - Wilhelmsen Ship Management
Dr. Nicholas Ball
CEO - XFuel
Dr. Fabian Kock
Head of Environmental Technologies - DNV
Derek Munro
Project Lead - NOxFree.world.
Dave Lee
Executive Director - e1 Marine
Bram van Puijenbroek
Regional Business Manager - Alfa Laval
Dr Edmund Hughes
Representative to the IMO - IBIA - The International Bunker Industry Association
Andreas Hambücker
Head of Innovation & Development - TGE Gas Engineering
Kristian Mogensen
Promotion Manager - Everllence
Jimmy Lirvat
Head of Performance - GT Wings
Dr. Thomas Beard
Chartered Engineer & Clean Maritime Lead - BMT
Wolfram Guntermann
Director Regulatory Affairs - Hapag-Lloyd AG
Will Hopes
Simulation & Performance Engineer - BAR Technologies
Jez Sims
Technical Authority Nuclear - Marine and Offshore, Technical Directorate, Lloyd’s Register
Previous Speakers
Below are a collection of speakers from previous years’ Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference events.
Alberto Llopis Pascual
Head of Aerodynamics at bound4blue
Alfred Rapaport
Performance Engineer (Naval Architect), Oceanbird
Anders Bergh
Head of Fleet Performance at Manta Marine Technologies
Andreas Hambücker
Head of Innovation & Development, TGE Marine Gas Engineering GmbH
Archie Watts-Farmer
Chief Executive Officer, Carnot Engines
Benjamin Scholz
Ship Type Expert for Gas Carriers / LNG, DNV
Can Murtezaoğlu
Business Development Manager, EMEAI, Commercial Division, GTT
Captain Wolfram Guntermann
Director Regulatory Affairs, Hapag-Lloyd AG
Chairman: Dr. Markus Münz
Managing Director, VDMA Large Engines
Chairman: Lars Robert Pedersen
Deputy Secretary General, BIMCO
Chris Waddington
Technical Director, International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
David Cafarelli
Global Sales & Application Engineering Manager for Upgrades and Retrofits, Accelleron
David Surplus OBE, BSc, CEng, MIMarEST
Founding Director of B9 Energy Group
DI Peter Ranacher
Research Engineer, LEC GmbH
Dipl.-Ing. Torsten Mundt
Senior Government Official, Federal Ministry of Transport
Dr Edward Ng
General Manager – Technology, Gulf Marine
Dr Ulrich Malchow
Advisor Ionada GmbH
Dr. Andreas Schmid
Senior Advisor R&D, WinGD
Dr. Christoph Thiem
Head of Fleet Innovation & Projects, Hapag-Lloyd
Dr. Harry Conway
CHAIR, MEPC, IMO & Acting Permanent Representative of Liberia to IMO
Dr. Luca Lori
Fuel Supply Systems Global Sales, Alfa Laval
Dr. Olaf Doerk
Head of Technical Advisory, DNV
Dr. Olaf Doerk
Head of Advisory Center Hamburg, DNV, Maritime
Dr. Santiago Suarez de la Fuente
Ship Performance Manager, Lloyd’s Register
Dr. Uwe Hollenbach
Senior Principal Engineer, Ship Performance Center, DNV, Maritime Advisory
Dr.Eng. Thomas Bayer
Lead Specialist - Fuel Cell Technology, Lloyd’s Register Group Limited
Emanuele Della Ragione
Exceutive Engineer, Grimaldi Group
Emmanuel Delran
Vice President, Global Operations Efficiency
Erik Hofmeester
Head of Fleet Management, Samskip
Evangelos Fragkoulis
Head of Ship Design & Technology, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
Frédéric Le Moullec
Commercial Manager, Value Maritime
Fredrik Stubner
Co-Founder & CEO Green Marine Engineering
Georgios Atzampos
Ship Design Manager at the Maersk McKinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS)
Hamid Daiyan
Sustainability Manager, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Norway
Hannes Lilp
CEO and Founder, SRC Group
Hasso Hoffmeister, Dipl.-Ing.
Senior Principal Engineer, DNV, Maritime
Henning Dicks
Managing Partner, agriportance GmbH
Henning Steffen
Sales Director Europe, bound4blue
Jan A. Opedal
Project Manager, Odfjell
Jarco Van den Brink
Product Portfolio Manager, ABB
Jeremy Bowman
CTO of Hypermotive Ltd
Joe Bettles
Climate Policy & Analysis Manager, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
John Cooper
CEO of BAR Technologies
Jorge Manuel Gomes Antunes
CEO, Tecnoveritas
Julien Ducarne
Chief Technical Officer at Computed Wind Sail
Kjeld Aabo
Senior Advisor, Maritime Transport, Methanol
Kristian Mogensen
Promotion Manager, MAN Energy Solutions
Lauren Eatwell
Head of WindWings®, BAR Technologies
Manfred Lebmeier
Environmental Engineer and Senior Environmental Advisor
Maria Skipper Schwenn
Director of Environmental Regulatory Affairs, Group Commercial, Bunker Holding Group
Martin Kálecký
Product Manager for Marine Systems, Chart Industries
Martin Linder
Merchant Fleet Business Development Manager – Northern Europe, Thordon Bearings
Martin Wattum
Head of Energy and Operational Efficiency, Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC)
Matthias Reichmann
Global Product Manager, Upgrades – Accelleron
Matthias Winkler
Managing Director of CM Technologies GmbH
Mia Elg
R&D Manager, Deltamarin
Moderator: Gavin Allwright
Secretary, International Windship Association (IWSA)
Moderator: Philipp Simmank
Technical Advisor for Climate, Marine Research & Digitalization; VDR – German Shipowners‘ Association
Mr. Odd Rune Malterud
Assistant Director & Technical Manager Norwegian Union of Marine Engineers
Muhammad Usman
Product Manager, Fuel Advisory at Lloyds Register
Mustafa El Zein
Learning Partner & New Fuels Advisor, Glander International Bunkering
Ole Frydek
Project Manager in Solutions Sales, Caterpillar
Oskar Levander
VP Strategy & Business Development, Kongsberg Maritime Finland OY
Patrizio Di Francesco
North Europe Business Development Manager, RINA
Paul Herbert
Principal Technology Specialist, Lloyd’s Register
Pernille Dahlgaard
Chief Regulation & Policy Impact Officer, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
Ralf Garrn
Managing Director, OceanScore
Rasmus Holm Bidstrup
Director and Head of Two-Stroke Promotion for newbuildings, Everllence
Rasmus Stute
Vice President, Area Manager Germany, DNV, Maritime
Remco de Witte
Global Application Manager, Fuel & Lubrication Oil treatment, Alfa Laval
René Sejer Laursen
ABS Director – Fuels & Technology, Global Sustainability Copenhagen
Reto Schmid
Senior Project Manager - Retrofit Solutions, WinGD Ltd.
Rob Mortimer
Founder & CEO, Fuelre4m, Energy Innovator, Sustainability Strategist
Sami Kanerva
Global Product Manager, ABB Marine & Ports
Sara Ravazza
Managing Director of Future Proof Shipping
Sebastian Ebbing
Group Sustainability Officer, MPC Container Ships GmbH & Co. KG
Sergey Gribanov
Area Business Development Manager Germany, DNV
Stefan Fahrnholz
Manager R&D - Decarbonisation, Carnival Maritime
Steve Price
MAMII Programme Director, Safetytech Accelerator, Lloyds Register
Stian Aakre
General Manager, Technical and R&D, Wärtsilä Exhaust Treatment
Thomas Werner
Customer Support Manager iCER
Thorbjoern Thade Petersen
Chief Technical Officer and Co-Owner, Smart-Marine
Vladimir Shnurkov
Technical Manager, Gulf Marine
