PROGRAMME

Time	Programme
9.00am – 9.30am	SMI Forum Registration Morning Coffee and Tea
9.30am – 9.45am	Welcome Address Mr Kenneth Lim Assistant Chief Executive (Industry and Transformation) Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
9.45am – 10.30am	TED Talk with Chief Executive, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) Mr Teo Eng Dih Chief Executive, MPA Facilitator: Dr Chen Xinwei Deputy Executive Director, Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI)
10.30am – 10.45am	Letter of Award Signing Ceremony
10.45am –11.30am	Keynote Presentation: Data-Centric Engineering: New technologies to support efficient global shipping Professor Adam Sobey Programme Director of Data-Centric Engineering, The Alan Turing Institute; Professor of Data-Centric Engineering in the Maritime Engineering group, University of Southampton; and SMI Distinguished Visitor 2024 Question & Answer
11.30am – 12.15pm	Panel Discussion 1: Digitalisation and AI for Maritime Moderator: Dr Daniel Tan Senior Deputy Director (Multi-Domain Capability Development Hub), Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Panellists: Professor Adam Sobey Programme Director of Data-Centric Engineering, The Alan Turing Institute; Professor of Data-Centric Engineering in the Maritime Engineering group, University of Southampton Mr Ujjwal Kumar Lead Architect Microsoft Innovation Hub ASEAN Dr Manuel Baeuml Head of Industries Asia Pacific, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Dr Fu Xiuju Senior Principal Scientist II and Director of Maritime AI Research Programme, Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR
12.15pm – 1.00pm	Fireside Chat: Nurturing Research Talent Facilitator: Mr Ng Yi Han Director (Innovation, Technology & Talent Development) and Chief Transformation Officer, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Panellists: Associate Professor Ng Szu Hui Head, Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management, College of Design and Engineering, NUS; and SMI Fellow Dr Liu Ming Research Director, Maritime Energy & Sustainable Development Centre of Excellence, NTU; and SMI Fellow Mr Sharul Baggio Mohamed Roslan Doctor of Engineering, Singapore Institute of Technology, SMI-MaritimeONE Postgraduate R&D Scholar
1.00pm – 2.00pm	SMI Research Showcase Networking Lunch
2.00pm – 3.00pm	Research Presentations: Digitalisation and AI for Maritime Safety 4.0: AI-Driven Ship Safety Management System Assistant Professor Yuen Kum Fai Assistant Professor & Assistant Chair (Students), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University; and Co-Director, Maritime Energy & Sustainable Development Centre of Excellence Voyage planning for fully electric harbour craft Dr Ravindra Kudupudi Scientist Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore Maritime Port Infrastructure using AI for Digital Twin with Parallel O2DES Mr Riza Marhaban Senior IT Architect Centre of Excellence in Modelling and Simulation for Next Generation Ports Big data driven and learning based tugboat transit fuel consumption optimisation Dr Xiao Zhe Senior Scientist, Department of Systems Science Institute of High-Performance Computing, A*STAR
3.00pm – 3.45pm	Panel Discussion 2: New and Alternative Fuels Moderator: Mr Loh Yee Wei Senior Manager Singapore Maritime Institute Panellists: Mr Jan-Paul de Wilde Head, Decarbonisation, Energy Transition and Innovation, RINA Singapore Professor Chang Young-Tae Professor Emeritus, Asia Pacific School of Logistics, Inha University, Korea Professor Jason Xu Zhichuan President’s Chair Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University; and Centre Director, Maritime Energy & Sustainable Development Centre of Excellence Dr Sze Jia Yin Head of Technology, Centre of Excellence in Engineering R&D, Kuok Maritime Group
3.45pm – 4.30pm	Research Presentations: New and Alternative Fuels Methanol – Fuel Assurance and Fingerprinting Dr Yeoh Keat Ping Research Fellow Maritime Energy & Sustainable Development Centre of Excellence Dispersion Analysis and Simulations for Handling of Future Fuels Dr Nguyen Vinh-Tan Senior Principal Scientist Institute of High Performance Computing, ASTAR Infusing Immersive Technologies to enhance training for new fuels handling* Mr Lee Deng Siong Senior Manager Centre of Excellence in Maritime Safety
4.30pm	Closing Remarks Dr Chen Xinwei Deputy Executive Director Singapore Maritime Institute

*Programme is subject to possible changes.