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5TH March 2015
Aalborg Congress
& Culture Center
Aalborg, Denmark
MBO 2015: Maritime Business Opportunities
New technology, innovation and vessel operation optimisation
Join your maritime colleagues, get updated and inspired on trends, opportunities and challenges within
the maritime clean tech market and enjoy B2B talks at the annual MBO 2015 conference in Aalborg!
Comprehensive environmental requirements demand significant investments by shipowners and others.​
This constitutes powerful business opportunities for maritime companies including shipyards, equipment suppliers, service and repair providers, ship design companies, consultants, and educational
institutions. The MBO 2015 conference aims to update participants’ knowledge of the many business
opportunities, enabling companies to be first-movers in the green maritime market place.
Sessions
Service & Repair (Retrofit) – trends, solutions
and legislation
The North Atlantic Ocean Cluster Alliance –
what’s going on and possibilities?
Green Ports - are green ports a competitive
parameter and what kind of investments in
green technology is required from customers?
Ship Construction in Alternative Materials and
with Electric and Hybrid Propulsion
Program
Wednesday 4TH March
17:00 – 19:00
Guided bus tour at Port of Aalborg A/S
19:00 – 22:00
Get-2-Gether dinner at DESMI
PumpingTechnology A/S, Aalborg
Thursday 5 March
09:00 – 16:30 Conference at Aalborg Congress
& Culture Center
Prices
in DKK and ex. Danish 25% VAT
Members of EMUC, MARCOD, The Transport
Innovation Network or Danish Society for
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
1.500,-
Non member
1.800,-
TH
Prices includes all food and drinks during the conference, guided tour at Port of Aalborg
and Get-2-Gether dinner at DESMI
Info, Exhibition and Sponsorships
Henriette Dybkær, Project Manager
hd@maritimecenter.dk
www.maritimecenter.dk / www.marcod.dk
The conference is organized by:
Partners:
Registration & Hotel:
www.conferencemanager.dk/MBO2015
Supported by:
March 4
March 5
17:00 – 19:00 > Guided bus tour at Port of Aalborg A/S. Departure by bus from
Aalborg Congress & Culture Center (ACCC), Europa Plads 4, 9000 Aalborg
19:00 – 22:00 > Visit and Get-2-Gether dinner at DESMI Pumping Technology A/S,
Tagholm 1, 9400 Nørresundby. Bus will return to ACCC after dinner
The conference is held at Aalborg Congress & Culture Center (ACCC), Europa Plads 4, 9000 Aalborg
09.00 - 09.30 > Registration and light breakfast
09.30 - 09.40 > Welcome by Poul Knudsgaard, Vice President, MAN Diesel & Turbo
09.40 - 10.00 > Keynote speech by Gitte Lillelund-Bech, CEO, Danish Ports
Track 1
Track 2
10.15 - 12.00 > Green Ports
10.15 - 12.00 > Service & Repair (Retrofit)
– Trends Solutions And Legislation
Facilitator: Christine Lunde, CEO, MARCOD
Agneta Nilsson, Communication Manager, Port of Trelleborg
“Development of a port and a city in harmony with the environment
in mind”
Brian Dalby Rasmussen, Port of Aalborg A/S
“Port of Aalborg - Improving environmental performance through
customer and supplier relations”
Gert Balling, Director, Fjordline Danmark A/S
“A pioneer’s experience being the first ship owner in Denmark using
LNG on a large scale”
Rene Andersen, Schneider Electric
“Shore Power/Port - Partners and Suppliers how can they work
together”
Facilitator: Steen Sabinsky, CEO, EMUC
Michael Lassen, Segment Director, Marine & Offshore, DESMI
“Improving ship owners ROI installing Energy Saving Systems (ESS)
and scrubber pumps for retrofit and new building”
Jens-Christian Strate, Key Account Manager, VLT Drives, Marine
Denmark Danfoss A/S
“Reliable Marine Retrofitting Solutions - Danfoss VLT® Drives”
Jakob Axel Bejbro Andersen, Ph.d. Researcher, DTU Mechanical
Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
“New maritime business opportunities for retrofit solutions”
12.00-13.00 > Lunch
13.00 - 13.20 > Keynote speech
12.00 - 13.00 > Lunch
Marie Bruun Skipper, Director, Danish Shipowners’ Association
13.00 - 13.20 > Keynote speech
13.20 – 14.30 > Service & Repair (Retrofit)
– Business Opportunities
Marie Bruun Skipper, Director, Danish Shipowners’ Association
13.20 - 16.30 > Ship Construction in Alternative
Materials and with Electric and Hybrid Propulsion
Facilitator: Steen Sabinsky, CEO, EMUC
Facilitator: Erik Møller, Mech. Engineer M.Sc., MARCOD
Anders Ørgård Hansen, CEO, OSK-Shiptech A/S
“Retrofit for dummies - opportunities and threats”
Kristoffer Jensen, Design Director, Danish Yachts A/S
“Lightweight potentials and challenges within ship design and
propulsion. Experience and development”
Stefan Sletting Nielsen, Sales Manager, Hans Jensen Lubricators A/S
“Retrofit of Cylinder lubrication systems, Lubrication is one of the
most expensive costs in connection with vessel operation”
Dan Lauridsen, M.Sc. Civil Eng. Danish Institute of Fire and
Security Technology
“Development, testing and approval of lightweight materials.
Facilitating Business opportunities with new materials”
Discussion, debate and questions
14.30 -14.45 > Coffee
Tomas Tronstad, Principal Engineer, Technical Advisory, Machiney
& Systems, DNV GL - Maritime Advisory Norway
“Hybrid & battery technology in shipping. Lessons learned from
demo- and commercial projects and classification Rules update”
Signe Jensen, Lector, SIMAC
“News from the Aeroe Green Ferry Vision project: Opening up for
business opportunities through EU funding of ship development and
full scale realization”
14.30 -14.45 > Coffee
14.45 – 16.30: The North Atlantic Ocean Cluster
Alliance (NAOCA)
Facilitator: Steen Sabinsky, CEO, EMUC
The idea behind the Cluster Alliance (NAOCA). The objective of the
alliance is to support growth and development in ocean related fields
by increasing international cooperation. A platform for distributing
knowledge and identifying new business opportunities.
Thor Sigfusson, CEO, Iceland Ocean Cluster
“Iceland Ocean Cluster: New green technology development in Iceland’s fleet and production companies, The Green Trawler project”
Dana B. Eidsness, Director, Maine North Atlantic Development Office
(MENADO)
”New green technology from US special tidal and offshore energy
technologies being developed in Maine, US”
16.30 – 17.00 > Summary and conclusion
Save the date March 10 TH
– See you in 2016!