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Power of Gender Diversity on the Agenda at Seatrade Maritime Middle East

The power of gender diversity will certainly be amongst numerous topical conversation factors at this year's Seatrade Maritime Middle East, readied to be held at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from October 29-31, which creates component of the UAE Maritime Week.

Backed by HRH Princess Sarah Al Saud, Womens International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) UAE's Ambassador, the session on day three of the global shipping event will certainly check out whether the delivery market is still unwilling to offer tasks to women in what has actually mostly been a male-dominated industry. It will additionally discuss ways to encourage females in the maritime field, among various other subjects.

A number of high-profile speakers have committed their time to this essential session. This include H.E. Hessa Bint Ahmad Al Malik, Executive Director of Maritime Transport Sector, Federal Transport Authority for Land and Maritime(FTA); Julian Abril Garcia, Head Facilitation, Subdivision for Maritime Security and Facilitation, International Maritime Organization; Dr. Noura Al Dhaheri, Chief Executive Officer, Maqta Gateway, Abu Dhabi Ports; Mohammed Al Muallem, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director UAE Region, DP World; Ali Shehab Ahmad, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC); Ksenia Zudinova, Director of Emirates Zone; Jasamin Fichte, Managing Partner at Fichte & Co and President of WISTA, UAE and Effat Mostafa, Managing Partner, Tactics Maritime Media & Marasi News. The session will be moderated by Eithne Treanor, Founder and Managing Director, E Treanor Media.

Emma Howell, Global Head of Advertising, Seatrade, stated: "Like all of the various other sessions at Seatrade Maritime Center East, we are eager to address what is topical; what challenges are dealing with the industry and also some other hard conversation points.

Keeping on the topical theme, some of the problems now dealing with worldwide delivery are highly complicated, producing commonly varying views from throughout the industry. To address one such relevant problem - Smart Delivery - a Seatrade Parliamentary Discussion will happen, sponsored by ABS.

Following the practice of discussion in parliaments and colleges all over the world, a major concern which separates viewpoint in the maritime world - 'This house thinks that the delivery market is not prepared to embrace wise delivery' - will be debated.

Audio speakers for and against an activity will be welcomed to advance their opinions, before opening the discussion to all participants. The debate wraps up with a ballot by all attendees, as well as the activity will certainly either be brought (i.e. the majority will certainly agree that the sector is not prepared for clever shipping) or defeated (the bulk will agree that it is ready for wise shipping).

Speakers for the movement include Khalid Hashim, Managing Director, Precious Shipping; Ali Shehab Ahmad, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) and Captain David Stockley, COO, Oman Shipping Company.

Speakers against the movement consist of Rene Kofod-Olsen, CEO, Topaz Power Marine; Oskar Levander, SVP Concepts & Technology, Rolls-Royce Marine and also Drew Brandy, SVP Maritime Market Method, Inmarsat.

In association with DP World, digitalization will be discussed. Prominent gamers in the area's maritime as well as logistics market will sign up with innovation pioneers in discussing the industry's path towards digitalization, and also what the brand-new cutting edge innovations might indicate for the future.

Resolving key concerns, the discussion will certainly consist of speakers: Julian Abril, Head of Facilitation, Subdivision for Maritime Security and Facilitation International Maritime Organization; Dr Noura Al Dhaheri, Chief Executive Officer, Maqta Gateway, Abu Dhabi Ports; Abdulla Bin Damithan, Chief Commercial Officer, UAE Region, DP World; Howard Fireman, SVP and Chief Digital Officer ABS; Peter McLean, Senior Vice President, Kalmar Asia Pacific; and Pieter Zylstra, Regional Director, Digital Transformation, MEA Orange Business Services.

Seatrade Maritime Middle East is widely recognised as the area's biggest gathering of shipping and also maritime market decision makers. The three-day international exhibition and also conference draws in nearly 8,000 participants from across 90 countries that especially utilize this platform to do business with shipowners, ship operators, ship managers, charterers, superintendents, senior administration and other market experts associated with the purchase of devices as well as solutions within the maritime, offshore, oil and also gas and ports markets. This year, more than 70 audio speakers across three days will certainly deal with 21 sessions-- and also all of them complimentary to attend. For additional information on Seatrade Maritime Center East, please go to: https://www.seatrademaritimeevents.com/stmme/

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