08:50 – 09:45

REGISTRATION & COFFEE

09:45 – 10:00

OPENING REMARKS

SESSION 1

New Ship Recycling Hubs on the Horizon

Across the globe, visionaries are repurposing dry docks and existing infrastructure into sustainable recycling hubs. As we dive into the motivations behind these efforts, we also explore how progressive legislation can bolster circular hubs and technological advancements.

10:00 – 11:15
PRESENTATIONS

• New Ship Recycling Capacity in Portugal – Claudia Spranger, Lisnave
• Recycling Solutions in the Middle East – Rein Amels, Elegant Exit Company
• Petrobras’ Recycling Policy and Decom Pilot Project – Edson Valverde, Petrobras
• EU Fleet Demolition Scenarios – Francesco Tola, University of Tuscia
• EuRIC Ship Recycling Working Group – Veronica Plazinic, EuRIC

11:15 – 11:45

COFFEE BREAK

11:45 – 12:00
PRESENTATION

• The Sevilla Process under the Industrial Emissions Directive – Georgios Chronopoulos, European Commission JRC

12:00 – 13:00
PANEL DEBATE “Are Dry-Docks the New Norm?” moderated by Paul Horsman

• Bryce Lawrence, Leviathan
• Bert van Grieken, Sea2Cradle
• Dimitris Ayvatoglu, Leyal Ship Recycling
• Antonio Barredo, EuRIC Ship Recycling Working Group

13:00 – 14:00

ROOFTOP LUNCH

SESSION 2

Tech for Change

Innovative processes and industry collaborations and synergies across sectors are enhancing material circularity and operational efficiency. Learn first-hand how companies, researchers and investors are finding solutions for improved lifecycle management and developing techniques for a fully automated and digitalised sector.

14:00 – 16:00
PRESENTATIONS AND Q&A moderated by Romain Benoit

• Green Marine Europe – Romain Benoit, Surfrider
• Improving Circularity / Circles of Life – Dewi Wesselman, Damen
• ReCab Project – Mareike Tippe, DLR
• ShipRec Project – Daniela Köster, EurA AG 
• Innovative Waste Solutions – Johannes Thrane, Af Decom
• IHM Authentication Research & Development – Frederik De Wit, Rotterdam University of Applied Science
• RFID Tech for IHMs – Prof. Newton Pereira, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)
• Automated Techs – Evren Samur, SHEREC
• Plasma Cutting – Ferdi Simsek, DTM Marine Machinery Ltd
• Water Jet Cutting – Till Weber, Applied New Technologies (ANT)

16:00 – 16:30

COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 3

Setting a New Industry Standard

Can the shipping sector pave the way for best practices? What can shipping learn from other sectors? Join us for presentations and a lively panel discussion featuring industry frontrunners committed to raising the standards for ship recycling, re-evaluating asset values and leveraging industry synergies to shape tomorrow’s capacity for ethical and sustainable ship recycling.

16:30 – 16:45
PRESENTATION

• O&G Decom – Ping Teo, IOGP

16:45 – 17:50
PANEL DEBATE moderated by Hugo De Stoop

• Giulio Venier, SRTI
• Carlos Castilho, Petrobras
• Wolfram Guntermann, Hapag-Lloyd
• Ping Teo, IOGP

17:50 – 18:00

CLOSING REMARKS

18:00 – 18:20

DOCUMENTARY SCREENING in collaboration with WaterBear

Speed of Rust by Skye Fitzgerald

18:20 – 21:30

DRINKS & DINNER at Praça

08:30 – 09:00

COFFEE

SESSION 4

Finance

Learn how blue bonds can fund capacity building in ship recycling, supporting safer, more sustainable practices. By directing investment towards cleaner recycling processes, blue bonds can reduce environmental impact and promote economic growth in coastal regions.

09:00 – 09:25 
PRESENTATION and Q&A moderated by Ingvild Jenssen

• Blue Bonds – José Gamito Pires, IFC – World Bank Group

SESSION 5

Carbon-Accounted Steel in Demand

Will the demand for scrap steel drive the ship recycling revolution? Explore how ethical sourcing practices and new material recovery policies are pushing industry decarbonisation, and why access to scrap steel from ships has become a strategic priority for steel companies globally.

09:25 – 10:20
PRESENTATIONS 

• Ship Recycling Hub: Green Jobs, Just Transition, and Economic Growth – Emanuel Herold, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
• Estimating Future Stocks And Readiness For Green Steel Transformation – Prof. Raimund Bleischwitz, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT)
• Responsible Recycling of Metals – Ladin Camci, CARES
• Decarbonisation Strategy in Turkey – Dursun Baş, Sabancı University

10:20 – 11:00
 PANEL DEBATE moderated by Russell Hall

• Ladin Camci, CARES
• Prof. Raimund Bleischwitz, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT)
• Dursun Baş, Sabancı University

11:00 – 11:20

SESSION 6

Intro to Breaking Out Sessions moderated by Sara Sköld

Paving the way towards clean, safe and just ship recycling: a solution-oriented session.

11:20 – 11:45

COFFEE BREAK

11:45 – 13:10

SESSION 6

Breaking Out Sessions moderated by Sara Sköld

Paving the way towards clean, safe and just ship recycling: a solution-oriented session.

13:10 – 13:15

CLOSING REMARKS

13:15 – 14:15

ROOFTOP LUNCH