The Climate Change Symposium will include papers with presentations, moderated panel discussions and breakout sessions for each of three tracks. The results of the breakout sessions will be the basis for technical research and related policy studies.
Schedule Information is subject to change, and will be updated here.
Tuesday, February 16
Opening and Keynote Remarks
8:30am Welcome and Introductory Remarks: Keith Michel, President of SNAME and Malcolm Mackinnon III, Chairman of the Marine Board
8:40am Keynote Speaker: Chris Grundler, Deputy Director of EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality and the Chief Executive of the National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Session #1: Energy Efficiency Design Index for New Ships
(Approved for 2.4 PDH Credit Hours)
9:15am Session #1 Introduction (Session moderators: Peter Weber, SeaRiver Maritime, Inc. and Keith Michel, Herbert Engineering Corp.)
9:20am “Climate Change Regulations – Consequences for Ship Design in a Rapidly Changing Environment,” D. Braxton Scherz, Det Norske Veritas
9:40am “Influence of Ship Design Parameters on the Calculation of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI),” John Larkin, Herbert Engineering Corp.
10:00am “An Evaluation of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) Baseline for Tankers, Containerships, and LNG Carriers” Yoshi Ozaki, American Bureau of Shipping
10:20 – 10:40am: Coffee Break
10:40am”Efficiency Metrics for New versus Existing Ships,” Hugh Harris, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
11:00am "Required future efficiency of container vessels to meet emission targets" by Stephen Gumpel, Vice President North America Germanischer Lloyd and Dr. Pierre C. Sames, Senior Vice President Strategic Research and Development, Germanischer Lloyds
11:15am-12:00 am Energy Efficiency Design Index Discussion Panel and Forum (authors and session moderators)
12:00 – 1:30pm Lunch at MITAGS Facility
Session #2: Maritime Economics of Market Based Mechanisms
(Approved for 3.2 PDH Credit Hours)
1:30pm Session Introduction (Session moderators, Peter Wallace, ConocoPhillips and Bruce Russell, JS&A Environmental Services)
1:35pm “A Global Cap-and-Trade Scheme for Maritime Transport,” Dr. Jasper Faber, CE Delft (Netherlands)
2:05pm “US Government Perspective on Market-Based Instruments for International Shipping.” Drew Nelson, U.S. State Department
2:40pm "Proposal to establish a Global Vessel Efficiency System (VES) through the IMO" Bryan Wood-Thomas, Vice-President, World Shipping Council.
3:00 – 3:20pm: Coffee Break
3:20pm “Marginal Abatement Costs of CO2 Emissions Reduction and Market Based Mechanisms and the Pricing of Credits,” and “An Example of Calculating the Marginal Abatement Cost of Employing Technologies and Operational Measures to Reduce Ship-Generated for CO2 Emissions,” Bruce Russell, Director, JS&A Environmental Services and Dr. Haifeng Wang, Maritime Economist, International Council on Clean Transportation
3:40pm “An Introduction to traded Carbon Markets” Lenny Hochschild Managing Director, Americas Carbon Evolution Markets, Inc.
4:00pm Market Based Measures Discussion Panel and Forum (authors and session moderators)
5:00pm Adjourn
5:30 – 6:30pm: President’s Reception (in the Memorabilia Room) and Poster Presentations (in the hallway outside the memorabilia room)
Wednesday, February 17
Session #3: Technical Measures and Operational Measures to Increase Energy Efficiency
(Approved for 3.2 PDH Credit Hours)
8:00am Session Introduction, Professor Jose Femenia, Master of Science in Marine Engineering Program Director, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and Robert North, RADM USCG (ret), President North Star Maritime, Inc.
8:05am “Carbon Foot Printing for Ports,” Sarah Flagg, Port of Seattle
8:30am “Optimizing Energy Efficiencies in the Terminal”, Michael Gaffney, Executive VP Alaris Companies, LLC
8:55am “Emission ABC's: Formation, Reduction, and Control plus Leading Marine
Engine Technologies", John Hatley, VP Wartsila, North America
9:20am "Hull and Propeller Performance Monitoring: Fuel Conservation and
Emission Reduction", Daniel Kane, VP, Propulsion Dynamics
9:45am “An Operator’s Initiatives to Mitigate Climate Change”, David Rodgers, Director New Buildings, Horizon Lines
10:20 – 10:30am: Coffee Break
10:30am Technical Measures and Operational Measures to Increase Energy Efficiency Panel and Forum (authors and session moderators)
11:30 – 1:00pm Lunch at MITAGS Facility
Breakout Sessions
1:00pm Breakout sessions to develop lists of recommended maritime industry GHG research topics (Session organizers: Alex Landsburg and Paul Cojeen)
2:30pm Breakout Session Reports from moderators, suggestions for future research
3:20pm Wrap up and path forward (Bruce Russell, Chair of Symposium Steering Committee and SNAME T&R Environmental Committee and Keith Michel, SNAME president)
3:30pm Adjourn