TRANSFORMATION THROUGH INNOVATION
20-21 SEPTEMBER 2022 ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
A forward-thinking event showcasing best practices for ship demolition and design, waste management, and material recovery.
Bringing together progressive stakeholders for insightful and inspiring presentations, panel debates, and networking sessions, the Ship Recycling Lab aims to boost engagement and commitment to finance capacity building and innovation for a new standard of ship recycling.
Speakers
JACQUELINE M.
CRAMER
Amsterdam Economic Board Member and former Dutch Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
MATTIA
PELLEGRINI
Head of Unit at Directorate General Environment, European Commission
BIRGIT
LIODDEN
Founder & CEO at The Ocean Opportunity Lab (TOOL)
JESPER JARL
FANO
Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager at A.P. Møller Mærsk
JACQUELINE M.
CRAMER
Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Cramer is member of the Amsterdam Economic Board, particularly in charge of the circular economy in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. Moreover, she is professor of sustainable innovation at Utrecht University. Before she was Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (2007 –2010). Her background is primarily related to industry, working as a consultant for many years with a great variety of companies on the implementation of sustainable entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility and circular economy. Moreover, she worked as part-time professor since 1990. She was and still is member of various (inter)national advisory boards of the government, industry and non-profit organisations, among which chairman of the Supervisory Board of Holland Circular Hotspot, Mayor of Circle City, Chairman of the Concrete Agreement and of the Building Agreement Steel.
MATTIA
PELLEGRINI
Mattia Pellegrini is currently Head of Unit for From Waste to Resources at DG Environment, European Commission. Previously he was Head of Unit for Raw Materials, Metals, Minerals and Forest-based Industries at the European Commission’s DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs. Previously, he worked as Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Nelli Feroci and as a Member of the Cabinet of the Vice President of the European Commission, in charge of Enterprise and Industry. Mr Pellegrini has a Master’s Degree in European Legal Studies obtained at the College of Europe, Bruges, and a postgraduate diploma in EC Law obtained at L.U.I.S.S. “Guido Carli”, University of Rome.
BIRGIT
LIODDEN
Birgit is the Founder & CEO for The Ocean Opportunity Lab (TOOL), a global ecosystem for innovators within ocean & renewable energy, which recently launched the world´s first interactive map and resource matching platform connecting innovators across startup and established industries. Chairperson of the Norwegian Association for Environmental Boats, zero emission mining company Kuniko Norway, and board member of TECO2030, Greenstat, Bellona Foundation and TheFactory - covering hydrogen infrastructure, sustainable finance and environment. She is also on the sustainability board of battery company Beyonder. She holds 17 years of experience from global leadership roles across the maritime sector. Birgit is former Director of Nor-Shipping, founder of YoungShip International, and former global project manager at Wilh. Wilhelmsen. She established the first global maritime entrepreneur award, and the first mentor program for women in maritime. In 2018 she interviewed President Barack Obama in Oslo, and she has been awarded a number of national and international prizes for her leadership, including several years on the Top100 ranking of Influential female leaders in global shipping.
JESPER JARL
FANO
Jesper has been working with international maritime law for over 10 years, including international and regional maritime environmental law. After his work at the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and at the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA), he joined A.P. Møller Mærsk. He is currently focussing on securing enforcement, through PSC and UNCLOS, of existing IMO environmental legislation, primarily Fuel-regulation (MARPOL Annex I-VI, esp. IMO2020 i.e. Annex VI), but also Ship Recycling, Piracy, Biofuel, Arctic etc. plus different matters pertaining to Public Affairs. Jesper has been teaching “International Law” at Copenhagen University since 2012, and is the author of several books and articles on maritime legislation.
Themes
Stuck in the sand
Breaking the global fleet on the beaches of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan causes irreversible damage to workers and the environment. Incremental changes will not address the global shipbreaking crisis.
A vision for today
Charting a course towards ethical circularity, new thinking integrates human values with life cycle management, including the design phase, and is leading toward more sustainable practices.
Tech for change
With the rise of new technologies, including innovative cutting techniques, state-of-the-art waste handling procedures, and clean steel breakthrough systems aimed at achieving a zero-carbon steel-making process, the shift towards a truly sustainable ship recycling model is already a reality.
Closing the gap
Systemic change, paired with innovative economic and policy instruments to drive an ethical circular economy, is crucial to shift the ship recycling sector towards sustainable practices and put a definite end to unsafe and dirty ones.
Venue
KUNSTHAL ROTTERDAM
Event organised in collaboration with the Rotterdam Mainport Institute.
Sponsors
Become a sponsor and ensure a cleaner and safer future for ship recycling!
Do you want to build valuable connections with other international forward-thinkers and gain valuable exposure for your ideas and brand? Become a sponsor of the first Ship Recycling Lab and join us in September 2022.
ABOUT US
The Ship Recycling Lab is organised by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform in collaboration with the Rotterdam Mainport Institute.
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform is a leading global coalition of organisations working to ensure the safe and environmentally sound dismantling of end-of-life ships worldwide.
Our vision is that vessels are recycled in facilities that ensure clean, safe and just practices and that provide workers with decent jobs. Our mission is to act as a catalyst for change by effectively advocating for clean, safe, and just ship recycling globally.