DAY 1 (MONDAY OCTOBER 4)

8:00 am Registration and Welcome Coffee
9:00 am Welcome message and introduction

Bernard Schopfer, founder, Maritime Transport Efficiency Conference
9:10 am Welcome message

Richard Watts, MTEC moderator
9:20 am Opening keynote presentation
MODULE 1 - FUTURE FUELS
09:40 am Overview of sustainable marine fuels

Chester Lewis, Managing Consultant, E4tech
10:00 am Is ammonia a realistic and sustainable solution?
10:20 am COFFEE BREAK
11:00 am Methanol : Challenges and Opportunities
11:20 am Biofuels
11:40 am Hydrogen: Sustainable ``fashion`` or Realistic Solution?
12:00 am New Engines for Alternative Fuels
12:20 pm Panel discussion: How to break the ‘chicken or egg’ dilemma of alternative fuels?
1:00 pm Lunch break and networking in the lake view restaurant Glow
MODULE 2: ALTERNATIVE PROPULSION SYSTEMS
2:30 pm Wind propulsion: Topical presentations about inflatable sails, wind rotors and solid rigs
3:20 pm Coupling technologically leading aero and hydro simulation programs to produce advanced VPPs and models for wind driven ships
3:40 pm COFFEE BREAK
4:15 pm Nuclear Power: Great Potential, Great Fears
4:35 pm When will electric propulsion reach long range?
4:55 pm Energy storage: the biggest challenge!
5:15 pm Fuel Cells : A sustainable solution ?
5:15 pm Panel discussion wrapping up the day: Ship owners' strategy and plan to address 2030 and 2050 environmental objectives.
7:00 pm Transfer to the evening reception
7:30 pm Evening Reception

DAY 2 (TUESDAY OCTOBER 5)

8:30 am Morning coffee, networking, exhibition
09:00 am Opening remarks

Richard Watts, Chair
9:05 am Keynote presentation
MODULE 3: NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR BETTER EFFICIENCY
09:25 am Topical presentation tbc
09:45 am Energy saving / fuel saving solutions
10:05 am Route optimisation solutions
10:25 am Digital collaboration / Journey to digital shipping future
10:45 am COFFEE BREAK
11:20 am Terminal efficiency: The need for harbours and ship owners to work together to improve efficiency and reduce waiting periods in and off ports
11:40 am Vessel design / concept
12:00 am Technology for energy performance: Aerodynamics / hydrodynamics / composites / foils / propeller designs
12:15 pm Generating innovation through pioneering achievements

Presented by Syroco
12:30 pm Topical presentation tbc
12:45 pm Lunch break and networking in the lake view restaurant Glow
MODULE 4: COMPLIANCE AND LEGISLATION
2:00 pm A Swiss perspective, by OFEN - Office Fédéral de l'Energie

Benoît Revaz, Director, OFEN – Office Fédéral de l’Energie
2:20 pm Panel discussion - Regulatory changes ahead
3:05 pm Shipping regulations compliance
3:25 pm The impact of EU regulations on shipping companies
3:45 am COFFEE BREAK
4:10 pm Diving into the sources of funding for technological developments.

Olivier Straub, Secretary General, Swiss Shipowners Association
4:30 pm Panel discussion: Carbon offset or inset?
5:15 pm Topical presentation tbc
5:30 pm End of the conference