Shipbuilding & Ship Management
Event Opens (Online): 16th January
Day 1: 23rd January (GMT)
Day 2: 6th February (GMT)
Stage 1: Solutions for the Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Production, and Build
Stage 2: Solutions for the Management, Operations, and Performance of the Vessel
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08:30 | Networking and meetings
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08:55 | Day 1: Welcome
Jake Rigby, Global Head of Innovation & Research, BMT
09:00 | Designing with Machines: Ethics, Skill, and AI‑Accelerated Ship Design
Nigel Dawson, Head of Ship Design Programme, BMT, and David Andrews, Professor of Engineering Design, UCL
09:25 | How Robots Drive Efficiency in Modern Shipyards
Tom Rodenberg, Area Sales Manager, KRANENDONK
09:50 | AI‑Ready Digital Thread: Turning Shipbuilding Data into Fleet Advantage
Andreas Grave, Director of Regional Sales Central Europe, Aras
10:15 | Floorganise AI Roadmap: Shaping the Future of Shipyard Operations & Control
Ronald de Vries, Managing Director, Floorganise
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10:40 | Networking and meetings
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11:00 | Empowering MBSE with Simulation for Shipbuilding
Wouter Van Der Velden, SIMULIA Industry Process Expert Senior Manager, Dassault Systèmes
11:25 | Platform approach for integrated naval architecture
Ludmila Seppälä, Product Research Director, NAPA
11:50 | Turning shipyard complexity into control
Atte Peltola, Lead PLM Consultant, Cadmatic
12:15 | NeuralShipper: Generative AI for Modern Ship Design and Engineering
Shahroz Khan, CEO, Compute Maritime
12:15 | Maximising performance and sustainability at every stage: From vessel design to Maritime operation
Matthew R. Miller, Marine Industry Principal, and Gauthier Stonestreet, AVEVA
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13:05 | Networking and meetings
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13:20 | Unlocking Europe’s Unique Shipbuilding Advantage: Efficient, Collaborative Shipbuilding Through Digital Transformation
Jan Hedeman, EMEA Business Manager, SSI
13:45 | "Black Box" to full visibility - Real-life benefits of digital newbuilding supervision
Mateusz Mielcarek, Customer Value Engineer, Seavizor®
14:10 | Navigating the design space: identifying optimal ship designs for complex requirements
Mattia Brenner, Chief Commercial Officer, FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS
14:35 | Engineering Complexity in Naval Defense Projects
Manuel Tortosa, Engineering Director, and Antonio Diaz del Río, Director, Ferrol Office, Abance Engineering
15:00 | The Power of AI within the Shipbuilding Engineering Product Lifecycle
David Hughes, Business Development Director, Roy Clarke, Solutions Consulting Technical Fellow, and Theo Boudewijns, Solutions Consulting Technical Fellow, PTC
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15:25 | Networking and meetings
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15:30 | Advancing Pipe Welding Excellence: SWR-TIPTIG Technology for Enhanced Efficiency and Quality on Exotic Alloys
Jackie Nolan, Senior Sales Engineer, Novarc Technologies
15:55 | Design to Dock: Unlocking Value with Service Lifecycle Management in Shipbuilding
Stuart Best, Key Account Manager, Sales, CAD-IT UK
16:20 | Digital Ship - On-board Sensors and AI for Ship Maintenance and Performance Optimization
Ken Wong, Project Manager, Innovation, and Ethan Velikov, Technical Lead & Senior Software Developer, Innovation, Seaspan ULC
16:45 | Day 1 Summary & Close
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16:50 | Networking and meetings
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10:55 | Welcome
John Hudson, Strategic Advisor, Maritime Research and Innovation UK (MarRI-UK)
11:00 | Tackling Biofouling With Data Science and Image Segmentation AI
Michael Stein, Founder and CEO, Vesselity Maritime Analytics
11:25 | Operation in polar waters - Everyone watches the ice, but who checks the temperature?
Marius Kruse, Master Mariner/Founder/Managing Partner, mariem solutions
11:50 | CFD Applications for Fleet Performance Improvement
Adrián Sarasquete, Managing Director, VICUSdt
12:15 | Mobile devices on the shipyard floor: easy reporting, better progress visibility
Sebastian Greshake, Founder, Seavizor®
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12:40 | Networking and meetings
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13:20 | Cost-effective Deployment of Smarter Fleet Monitoring Paul Geiger, Senior AI Scientist, Maya HTT
13:45 | Biofouling, Performance Loss, and the Case for Proactive In-Water Hull Cleaning
Kirstin Collins, EverClean Implementation Team Lead, Greensea IQ
14:10 | 3D Propeller Inspection: How Shipyards Can Survey Propellers for Damage in Dry Docks
Adam Kaplan, Chief Technical Officer, TrueProp Software, LLC
14:10 | Practical Decarbonisation Now: The Business Case for Energy Saving Devices (ESDs)
Jonathan Lane, Head of Sustainability, RightShip
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15:00 | Networking and meetings
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15:30 | Another Ropewalk from Hamburg - Providing Digital Threads to the Shipbuilding Industry
Matthias Grau, Account Manager Shipbuilding Industry, and Carsten Zerbst, Manager Systems Integration, PROSTEP
15:55 | Building the Digital Thread for Shipbuilding: A Software Engineer’s Guide to Next-Gen Maritime Software
Jonathan Girroir, Senior Director, Marketing, Tech Soft 3D
16:20 | Improving the ships’ sustainment and readiness
Daniel Stanley, NESAR Program Manager, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
16:45 | Day 1 Summary & Close
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16:50 | Networking and meetings
SBSM 2026 Opening | 16th January
Day 1 | 23rd January
Stage 1 | GMT
Stage 2 | GMT
Stage 1 | GMT
Stage 2 | GMT
Day 2 | 6th February
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08:20 | Networking and meetings
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08:25 | Maritime EAM for Shipbuilding & Fleet Operations: Closing the Lifecycle Loop
Jean-Philippe Alexandre, Senior Solution Consultant, Hexagon
08:55 | Day 2: Welcome
Jake Rigby, Global Head of Innovation & Research, BMT
09:00 | Engineering Excellence for Shipyards
Alberto Rosin, Sales Department, and Lorenzo Cimolai, Sales Representative, Cimolai Technology
09:25 | Mission Modularity using ISO container sized modules
Søren Nordby, Naval Advisor, SH Defence
09:50 | Automating class-compliant ship construction design using AI - A new paradigm for ship design automation
Gijs van Beek, Project Manager, and Jacques Hoffmans, Director, MasterShip
10:15 | Session reserved for Gefertec
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10:40 | Networking and meetings
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11:00 | Adoption of virtual twin by the French Navy - from requirements to operational scenarios simulation
Alain Marianne, Marine Solution Experience Senior Manager, Dassault Systèmes, and Commander Florentin Dhellemmes, French Nacy
11:25 | Practical experiences on ship energy system simulations
Jouni Savolainen, Director, Digital Twins, Semantum
11:50 | Ultra-fast 3D visualization for shipbuilding
Patrick Klintworth, Senior Sales Manager, KISTERS
12:15 | Automation in Shipbuilding – Riveting to Cobots
David W Millar, Worldwide Business Development Manager, Gullco International
12:40 | Own the Flow: Bridging the Gap between Fuel Consumption and Performance
Thomson John, Managing Director - Middle East, Aquametro Oil & Marine
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13:05 | Networking and meetings
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13:20 | Maritime Nuclear: Application in Commercial Vessels
Martin King, Nuclear Systems Manager, Naval Solutions
13:45 | Performance vs noise: Can ships perform better and be quieter?
Donald MacPherson, Technical Director, HydroComp, Inc
14:10 | NEMOSHIP: Digital Platform for optimal BESS use Calin Husar, RTD Engineer, and Roberta-Luliana Luca, Software Developer, Siemens Industry Software
14:35 | Roundtable Discussion
15:35 | Day 2 Summary & Close
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15:40 | Networking and meetings
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10:55 | Welcome
Patrick Carnie, Strategic Advisor, Maritime Research and Innovation UK (MarRI-UK)
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11:00 | Beyond Paint: How Modern Coatings and Monitoring Drive Fuel Savings
Stavros Sklavounos, Head of Hull Performance Management, Hempel
11:25 | Improving vessel health monitoring using smart analytics
Tadeusz Kaniewski, Service Delivery Engineer, Jungle AI
11:50 | Building Cyber-Secure Ships: The Engineering Perspective
Luis F Montero Ruiz, Senior Consultant Engineer, Ghenova
12:15 | Transforming Shipyards for a Greener Future
Dimitrios V. Lyridis, Professor, EcoShipYard
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12:40 | Networking and meetings
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13:20 | Managing Maritime Challenges with LFAM
Simone Barbera, On Demand & Services Director, Caracol, Albert Chamorro Sanchez, CEO, V2 Boats, Huzefa Zavery, Product Design Engineer, Jome Engineering, and Fabio Botti, Industrial Engineering Supervisor, Ferretti Group
13:45 | Closed-Loop Control for Large-Scale Robotic Fabrication
Robert Francis, Founder/CEO, Automated Technologies Intl
14:10 | UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE) – how can you apply for funding in 2026?
James Lovett, Innovation Lead – Future Maritime Technologies, Innovate UK, and Ian Salisbury, Head of R&D for Maritime Environment (UK SHORE), Department for Transport (DfT)
14:35 | Day 2 Summary & Close
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14:40 | Networking and meetings
