ZESTAs is an international trade association of global game-changers developing true zero-emission ship technologies. The association is a bold voice impacting the industry, legislation, and regulation to uptake true zero-emission ship technologies and fuels.
90% of goods traded are transported by ship. If shipping were a country it would be the sixth-largest GHG polluter. The Paris Agreement will not be achieved unless the shipping industry urgently makes cohesive and aggressive headway towards true zero°.
‘Ship ZERO°: Charging to True Zero°’ brings together innovators, thought leaders, regulators, and first movers from the shipping and energy sectors to pinpoint collaborative development opportunities and identify pathways to enabling the large-scale deployment of true zero
technologies.
This high-profile event is an unprecedented opportunity to engage with leading international disruptors, aligning your brand with real-world solutions for mitigating and eliminating the climate impacts of commercial shipping.
What will ‘Ship ZERO°’ deliver?
The leading international collaboration platform for achieving true zero in the maritime sector, Zero Emissions Ship Technology Association (ZESTAs), is organizing a disruptive and interactive event coinciding with COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.
This hybrid face-to-face/virtual event is your COP26 opportunity to align with the razor’s edge of innovation, driving the maritime industry toward wave-breaking change.
‘Ship ZERO°’ will chart a course to true zero emissions using the waypoints of existing technologies and innovations, combining perspectives and experiences from a wide range of industry stakeholders to plot a course through the stormy seas of regulation, finance, new technological developments, and fuel uncertainty. The deliverable will be a collaborative and interactive navigational chart (‘Charging to True Zero°’), to be shared with COP26 delegates, shipping and energy industry stakeholders as well as being delivered to the IMO, in both written report and film formats.
The leading international collaboration platform for achieving true zero in the maritime sector, Zero Emissions Ship Technology Association (ZESTAs), is organizing a disruptive and interactive event coinciding with COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Day 2 – Finance and Innovation
08:45 –08:50 Chairs welcome and opening and overview
08:50 – 09:15 Keynote address
How Financiers, Insurers, and Cargo owners can enable innovation and accelerate the transition to true zero emissions.
Michael Parker, Chairman of Global Shipping, Citibank and Chairman of the Poseidon Principles Association.
SESSION 1: Financing Full Systems Change: Strategies & Initiatives
Moderator: D. Michael Adams, Ocean Assets Institute. Author, Shipping and Port Guidance, Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles, UNEP-FI.
09:15 – 10:00 Presentations
- Poseidon Principles – Impact to date and next steps: Paul Taylor, Vice Chairman of the Poseidon Principles, Managing Director & Global Head of Shipping and Offshore, Société Generale
- Blended Finance Solutions: Gregor Paterson-Jones, PJ & Company, Advisors on Infrastructure & Development Finance
- A Shipowner’s Journey toward Sustainable Finance of Decarbonisation: Oistein Jensen, Chief Sustainability Officer, Odfjell SE.
10:00 – 10:30 Presenters’ panel, audience Q&A.
Moderator: D. Michael Adams
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break – Sponsored by Ocean Assets Institute
SESSION 2: Raising Capital: From Early to Growth-Stage Technologies
Moderator: Stuart MacDonald, Managing Partner, Bride Valley Partners. Capital raising for alternative funds and technologies.
10:50 – 11:10 Presentations
- Success Stories – Starting with Investment Readiness: Andrew Smith, Partner, Greenbackers
- Funding Short-Term Emissions Reduction: Diane Gilpin, CEO, Smart Green Shipping
- The power of co-creation in accelerating the implementation of sustainable innovations: Nynke Visser, Owner, Innivity
11:10 – 11:40 Presenters’ panel, audience Q&A
Moderator: Stuart MacDonald
11:40 – 12:30 Brainstorming session
12:30 – 13:45 Buffet Lunch & Networking
SESSION 3: Energy Efficiency Innovations in Design
Moderator: Alisdair Pettigrew, Managing Director, BLUE
13:45 – 14:30 Presentations
- Air Lubrication: David Connelly, Silverstream Technologies
- CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) – How can we use CFD refined in ocean racing to optimize energy efficiency early in the design process?: Angus Gray and Stephens Meng, Cape Horn Engineering.
- Wind as main propulsion: Patrick Englebert, General Manager at PROPELWIND S.A.S., Zero-emission trimaran and monohull designs for commercial vessels using wind for main propulsion and green fuel for assistance
14:30 15:00 Presenters’panel, audience Q&A
15:00 – 15:20 Tea break
SESSION 4: Wind Propulsion Power Systems
Moderator: Amie Pascoe, Director, BLUE
15:20 – 16:05 Presentations
- The DynaRig, A commercial Shipping Solution: Damon Roberts, DynaRig Team Authority, Southern Spars. The presentation will describe the route to commercialisation of this highly successful solution.
- The Seawing, automated kite to power ships: Stéphanie Lesage, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, The Seawing is an automated kite system, able to tow the biggest ships, reducing fuel consumption and associated emissions on average by 20% their fuel (Virtual presentation)
- Suction Wing Sail: Frank Nieuwenhuis, CEO, Econowind – Containerised, on a flatrack, handled by the hatch crane of the ship, this technology can be retrofitted I the time it takes to load a container.
16:05 – 16:45 Presenters’ panel, audience Q&A
16:45 – 18:00 Brainstorming session
18:00 21:00 Brainstorming & Drinks Reception with Hors d’oeuvres
ZESTAs board of directors
Prasanna Colluru
Vice Chair
Prasanna is the Director of Corporate Strategy at Future Proof Shipping (FPS), a Netherlands-based company that provides zero-emissions (ZE) shipping services. FPS is a ZE vessel owner, offering inland and shortsea vessels for charter. FPS also provides advisory services (including project management) for ZE shipping projects.
At FPS, Prasanna is responsible for maintaining a strategic overview of alternative fuels and zero-emissions technology markets, assessing technologies (on their commercial, technical, operational, and financial) viability, and enabling holistic decision making on the choice of technology/solution for zero-emissions vessels.
Prior to FPS, Prasanna worked broadly in innovation and strategy in energy, design and retail in Europe and India. She holds a bachelor’s degree in design, and an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University, Netherlands).
Jogchum Bruinsma
Board member
Jogchum Bruinsma is Head of Maritime Applications at Nedstack.
Jogchum holds a Masters’s degree in Control Systems Engineering and a Bachelors’s in Industrial Automation of the HAN University of Applied Science. He is co-author of articles on the application of fuel cells and driving cycle characterization.
Jogchum Bruinsma has worked in several senior engineering and management positions at Boskalis and Huisman Etech Experts, where he was in involved in many innovative and challenging projects.
He is a board member of ZESTAs and actively involved in the Hydrogen Europe Maritime workgroup and the IEA-HIA task 39 expert group.
Johan Burgren
Board member
Business manager at PowerCell Sweden AB
Johan has over 20 years experience in marine sales and development of maritime engine technology, and possesses a high level of experience in service solution development. Throughout the years he has developed a broad network in the marine and industrial OEM marketplace.
