Thursday 15.4.

INNOVATIVE SHIP SOLUTIONS

8:30                Registration and coffee

Chairman: Professor Pentti Häkkinen, Turku University of Applied Sciences

SESSION V: CHALLENGES IN SHIP BUILDING INDUSTRY

9.00                CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTION

9.10                HOW IS EUROPE’S SHIP BUILDING INDUSTRY MANAGING THE DOWN TURN

Dr Reinhard D. Lüken, Secretary General, Community of European Shipyards´Associations (CESA)

9.40                FUTURE OF CRUISE SHIPS AND AREAS

Professor Kai Levander, SeaKey Naval Architecture

10.10              Break

SESSION VI: NEW TECHNOLOGIES

10.25              CRUISE SHIP CONSEPT DESIGN

Mr Juhani Pitkänen, Director, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd

11.05              NEW CHALLENGES FOR THE SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY IN THE LONG RUN

How to build safer, environmentally friendly and cost efficient ships – especially passenger vessels

Mr Johan Snellman, Vice President, Sales, Cruise & Ferries, STX Europe

11.35              SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS WITH GREEN SHIPS IN THE WHITE ARCTICA

Mr Mikko Niini, Managing Director, Aker Arctic

12.05              Lunch

14.00              MARINE EXHAUST GAS EMISSION CONTROL

                      • legislation •SOx reduction • NOx reduction •PM reduction

Mr Torbjörn Henriksson, General Manager, Product Centre Ecotech, Wärtsilä Finland Oy

14.30              REDUCED FUEL CONSUMPTION AND CO2 EMISSIONS WITH AZIPOD

PROPULSION

Mr Antti Lehtelä, Marketing Manager ABB Marine, Propulsion Products

14.50              ELECTRIC DRIVES FOR SIDE-ROLLING HATCH COVERS: AN ENVIRONMENT-

FRIENDLY AND ECONOMIC SOLUTION

Mr Tuukka Laakso, Manager, Electric Systems R&D, Cargotec Finland Oy

15.10              Coffee break

SESSION VII: ADVANCED SHIP CONCEPTS TO MEET CONFLICTING CONSTRAINTS

15.40              FUTURE ROAD FERRIES

Mr Janne Kosomaa., Uudenkaupungin Työvene Oy

16.10              CHALLENGES IN GREEN SHIPPING

Ms Susanna Airola, Environmental Coordinator, Viking Line Abp

16.40              THE MERCHANT SHIP IN 2050

Mr Henrik Bachér, Vice President, Consulting and Engineering, Elomatic Oy

17.10 -            DISCUSSION AND THE END OF THE CONFERENCE
17.30           

Organiser reserves the right to make changes to the programme.