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Day 1 - 10th May 2022
Morning
8:45 - Registration, morning coffee and networking
9:30 - Welcome and Opening Ceremony
A welcome to all attendees – both in-person and online. A brief overview of what can be expected at the Safer World Conference and a celebration of 10 years of making the world a safer place.
- Professor Richard Clegg, Chief Executive, Lloyd's Register Foundation
10:00 - Learning from the Crisis: Safety in a post-Covid World
Keynote talks exploring what we have learned during the pandemic and how we can make the world a safer place after Covid.
- Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President, World Maritime University
- Theo Damoulas, Team Lead, LRF Data-Centric Engineering Programme, The Alan Turing Institute
- Seth Schultz, Executive Director, Resilience Rising
11:00 - Morning break
11:30 - Keynote: Ocean Futures
A keynote looking at how we build a safe, sustainable and inclusive future ocean that creates economic growth and security for all citizens.
- James Michel, Executive Chairman of the James Michel Foundation, former President of the Republic of the Seychelles and author of 'Rethinking the Oceans – Towards the Blue Economy'
11:50 - Panel Discussion: Safer Oceans
Our panel of thought leaders will be discussing how we can build a safe sustainable future for our oceans.
- Nick Brown, Chief Executive Officer, Lloyd's Register
- Dr Ruth Boumphrey, Director of Research and Strategic Programmes, Lloyd's Register Foundation
- Daniela V Fernandez, CEO, Sustainable Ocean Alliance
- Erik Giercksky, Head of Sustainable Ocean Business, United Nations Global Compact
- Professor Mark Cassidy, Dean of the Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne
13:00 - Lunch break
Afternoon
14:00 - Keynote: The History of the Ocean Economy
A perspective on the history of the ocean economy and what we can learn in shaping the future of the sector.
- Professor Laleh Khalili, Author of 'Sinews of War and Trade', Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary University of London
14:20 - Panel discussion: The Seaweed Revolution
This session will explore the potential of macroalgae and show how safety is fundamental for the responsible development of “The Seaweed Revolution.”
- Vincent Doumeizel, Senior Advisor, United Nations Global Compact and Director, Food Program, Lloyd’s Register Foundation
- Professor Elizabeth Cottier-Cook, Professor of Marine Biology, Scottish Association for Marine Science and University of the Highlands and Islands, United Kingdom
- Dr Flower Msuya, Senior Researcher, University of Dar es Salaam Botany Department, Tanzania
- Gabriella D'Cruz, Global Youth Champion and Founder of The Good Ocean
15:30 - Afternoon break
16:00 - Keynote: Grow the Pie
This session will explore how great companies can deliver both profit and purpose.
- Professor Alex Edmans, Author of Grow The Pie, Professor of Finance and Academic Director, Centre for Corporate Governance, London Business School, United Kingdom
16:15 - Panel Discussion: Can Businesses Create both
Profit and Social Purpose?
How can business make the world a better place? Our experts discuss how business growth coupled with positive social impact can deliver profit for purpose and help create a better, safer world for all.
- Professor Richard Clegg, Chief Executive, Lloyd's Register Foundation
- Professor Alex Edmans, Author of Grow The Pie, Professor of Finance and Academic Director, Centre for Corporate Governance, London Business School, United Kingdom
- Kyle Dupont, CEO, Ohalo
- Lesley King-Lewis, Director, The Benefact Trust
- Katie Hill, CEO, B Lab Europe
17:30 - Afternoon Drinks and Dinner Reception
An opportunity to network and socialise in partnership with NEST, Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s Network to Engineer a Safer Tomorrow.
19:00 - Film Premiere: 'Searchlight'
A screening of ‘Searchlight’, the second film in Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s Ocean Citizens documentary film series, including a Q&A with the RNLI's Jamie Chestnutt and award-winning journalist Dan McDougall.
- Dan McDougall, Miran Media
- Jamie Chestnutt, Director of Engineering & Supply, RNLI
The Hub
The Safetytech Hub in partnership with Safetytech Accelerator and the FT
10:00 - 11:00 - Using Safetytech to Reduce Risk, Increase Safety and Create Value
This session, in partnership with the Financial Times is for business leaders responsible for safety, risk and growth in industrial sectors, including energy, transport and construction and will explore ways to build resilience and achieve better, safer and more sustainable outcomes for your workforce, organisation and the wider world. The session will be moderated by the Financial Times hosting business leaders from across industry sectors. You can attend this event virtually by registering with the Financial times via the Safer World Conference (in-person or virtual).
Moderated by Harry Dempsey, Industry Reporter at The Financial Times:
- James Pomeroy, Director Global Health and Safety ahe Financial Timt ARUP
- Maurizio Pilu, Managing Director at Safetytech Accelerator
- Pradeep Chawla, Managing Director, Group QHSE and Training at Anglo-Eastern Ship Management
- Emily Whitcomb, Director, Work to Zero, National Safety Council
11:30 to 12:30 – Being a Safetytech Entrepreneur
Safetytech are digital technologies applied by businesses to tackle safety, risk and resiliency challenges. In 2020 Lloyd’s Register Foundation estimated that Safetytech could be worth hundreds of billions dollars globally. We all know about tech entrepreneurs, but what is different about being an industrial safetytech entrepreneur? What are the opportunities and challenges in industrial safetytech? In this session, moderated by Safetytech Accelerator, we will discuss what we mean by industrial safetytech, and then move on to a panel discussion with four safetytech entrepreneurs.
Moderated by Nadia Echchihab, Head of Innovation Programmes at Safetytech Accelerator.
- Hao Zheng, CEO & Founder at Robok
- Johnny McCord, CEO & Founder at Loadsure
- Daniel Ng, CEO & Founder at Cyber Owl
- Dor Raviv, CTO & Co-Founder at ORCA AI
14:00 to 15:00 – Meet the Safetytech Accelerator
Please join the Safetytech Accelerator team for session on safetytech and the exciting technologies and sectors we work with. We will tell you about what we do, with real examples and case studies. There will also be a chance to ask your questions directly. This will be a live session only at the Safer World Conference.