46th Motorship Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference 2025
Please see below a list of all speakers attending this year’s Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference.
If you would like to speak at this year’s conference, please contact:
Events Team on +44 1329 825335
or email tmetcalfe@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)
Rasmus Stute
Vice President, Area Manager Germany, DNV, Maritime
Dr. Uwe Hollenbach
Senior Principal Engineer, Ship Performance Center, DNV, Maritime Advisory
Sebastian Ebbing
Group Sustainability Officer, MPC Container Ships GmbH & Co. KG
Vladimir Shnurkov
Technical Manager, Gulf Marine
Dr.Eng. Thomas Bayer
Lead Specialist - Fuel Cell Technology, Lloyd’s Register Group Limited
Lauren Eatwell
Head of WindWings®, BAR Technologies
John Cooper
CEO of BAR Technologies
Can Murtezaoğlu
Business Development Manager, EMEAI, Commercial Division, GTT
Stefan Fahrnholz
Manager R&D - Decarbonisation, Carnival Maritme
Captain Wolfram Guntermann
Director Regulatory Affairs, Hapag-Lloyd AG
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
Archie Watts-Farmer
Chief Executive Officer, Carnot Engines
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)
Dr Edward Ng
General Manager – Technology, Gulf Marine
Dr Ulrich Malchow
Advisor Ionada GmbH
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 Advisory Center Hamburg, DNV, Maritime
Dr. Santiago Suarez de la Fuente
Ship Performance Manager, Lloyd’s Register
Emmanuel Delran
Vice President, Global Operations Efficiency
Erik Hofmeester
Head of Fleet Management, Samskip
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
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
Jorge Manuel Gomes Antunes
CEO, Tecnoveritas
Kjeld Aabo
Senior Advisor, Maritime Transport, Methanol
Kristian Mogensen
Promotion Manager, MAN Energy Solutions
Manfred Lebmeier
Environmental Engineer and Senior Environmental Advisor
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
Oskar Levander
VP Strategy & Business Development, Kongsberg Maritime Finland OY
Patrizio Di Francesco
North Europe Business Development Manager, RINA
Rasmus Stute
Vice President, Area Manager Germany, DNV, Maritime
Remco de Witte
Global Application Manager, Fuel & Lubrication Oil treatment, Alfa Laval
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 Maritme
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
