Program
March 3 - 5 | Palau de Congressos de Palma, Spain
Preliminary Agenda - Day 1 Tuesday 3rd March
09:00 – Registration and coffee
10:00 – Opening and keynote speech
10:15 – Session – Training and safety
Ocomp - Kurt Tofte Rusås - Next-Level Safety: Joint Training and Preparedness for Maritime Battery Fires
Akupalma – David O’Neill – Title TBA
FIFI4MARINE – Cor Meedendorp - What to do in case of a thermal runaway on board
11:30 – Session – Electrifying the Mediterranean
Balearia – Pablo Garcia - Title TBA
Consulmar – Ramón Zubiaga – Pioneering Electric Harbour Workboats: From the First Zero Emission Mooring Boat to the Electric Multipurpose Articulated Tug Barge (EMATB)
Sym Naval – Francisco Lage - Pioneering Electric Harbour Workboats: From the First Zero Emission Mooring Boat to the Electric Multipurpose Articulated Tug Barge (EMATB)
Vulkan - José Ignacio Cuenca - Electrifying an 8,000 DWT Chemical Tanker: Inside a Next-Generation Hybrid Project
12:30 – Lunch
13:30 – Session – Electrifying the Mediterranean
Ingeteam – Diego Caride Jalda & Oier Urrutia - Electrification Scaled for Large Battery Systems
Epropulsion – Santiago Crespo - Electrifying Small Commercial Fleets: Integration Challenges and Practical Solutions
Langh Ship – Laura Langh-Lagerlöf - Case study of Langh Ship's project to install batteries on three 1200 TEU vessels
Speaker TBA
15:00 – Coffee break
15:30 – Session – Port electrification
Cenex - Graham Hodgson - Supporting Vessel Electrification in UK Ports
Qinetiq Maritime Systems – David Gorshkov - Port Power Resilience of grid connections and introduce local mitigation
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Moderated by: Roland Teixeira de Mattos – European Onshore Power Supply Association (EOPSA)
17:30 – End of Day 1
Preliminary Agenda - Day 2 Wednesday 4th March
08:00 – Maritime Battery Forum – Annual General Meeting (MBF members only)
09:00 – Opening session – Expert panel
09:45 – Session – Battery technology developments
Echion Technology - David Keating - The Battery That Delivers More Maritime Value
Corvus Energy – Kjetil Dent Tranberg - Title TBA
Leclanché – Tunji Adebusuyi - NMCA high capacity cathodes for marine applications
Speaker TBA
11:00 – Coffee break
11:30 – Session – Safety
DBI Fire & Security - Iben Hansen-Bruhn - Understanding fire and explosion hazards through controlled battery fire testing: Lessons for Maritime Safety
Terma - Rafael Puig - Advanced Diagnostic Testing for Maritime Batteries Using Real-Time EIS Technology
Singapore Institute of Technology - Wen Qi Ong - Beyond Compliance: Using Experimental Data and CFD to Shape the Next Generation of Battery Room Safety Standards
Exponent – Kevin White - Title TBA
13:00 – Lunch
14:00 – Session – Large Battery Installations
ABB – Tomas Tengnér - Integrating Very Large Batteries Onboard Marine Vessels: Challenges and Solutions
DNV – Sverre Eriksen - The world biggest battery installation on a ship (so far)
Wärtsilä – Kristian Liknes - Powering the Future: Smart Integration & Electrification
15:30 – Coffee break
16:00 – Session – Sustainability
Sunlight Group – Nikolaos Tsiouvaras - Towards circularity in LFP Battery Systems: Refurbish, Reuse, Recycle
Bureau Veritas – Montserrat Espin - Digital Battery Passports for Maritime Batteries: Enhancing Sustainability and Traceability in the Maritime Sector
BorgWarner – Ninni Hed - "From Compliance to Confidence: Smart Monitoring for Marine Battery Lifecycle"
Discussion on Digital Battery Passport for Maritime Batteries
17:30 – End of Day 2
18:00 – 22:00 – Conference dinner at Club Nautico
Preliminary Agenda - Day 3 Thursday 5th March
08:30 – Opening session – Lloyd’s Register - The IACS development of instruments covering the use of batteries
09:00 – Session – Battery selection and integration
Foreship - William Nyström - Fit for purpose and objectivity: A framework for maritime battery selection
Delft University of Technology - Sankarshan Durgaprasad - From Decision Trees to Scenaria-Based Maritime Battery Sizing Enabled by EnergisedX
Kongsberg Maritime - Fermin Moliner Cantos - Unique benefits of integrated ESS development
10:15 – Coffee break
10:45 – Session – Integration and DC protection
VITO - Paul Van Tichelen - Enhancing Safety: Options for Detecting Arc Hazards in Hybrid Ships with DC Electrical Architectures
The Switch - Asbjørn Halsebakke - Taming 100 MWh: Safe Energy Management for Next-Generation Vessels
Astrolkwx - Peter van den Berg - Safe and Smart protection of DC Microgrids Onboard Ships
12:15 – Lunch
13:15 – Session – Use cases
Enova - Andreas Jahn - Electrifying coastal shipping - what are the key factors for projects to succeed?
Æro ferries - Johan Friderichsen & Thankgod Nnaji - Extending the life-time of maritime batteries - experiences and lessons learned from practical application
EST-Floattech - Ernst van Werkhoven - Return on investment and impact of the battery system
Echandia – Trevor Small - Delivered Energy, Regulatory Alignment, and Executional Complexity: Lessons from Phase One of the San Francisco Bay Ferry REEF Program
14:45 – Coffee break
15:15 – Session – Charging
Damen Shipyards – Peter Rampen - HYPOBATT - standardized MegaWatt charging - full power demonstration
DNV – Tomas Tronstad - Development of a Charging Infrastructure Roadmap
Crestwing - Ruth Bloom - Charging at Sea: Unlocking Marine Electrification with Floating Power