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Momoko Kitada

Professor (Nippon Foundation Post);
Head of Maritime Education & Training
World Maritime University

Professor Momoko Kitada is a former seafarer and was awarded a PhD in Social Science from Cardiff University, UK. She joined WMU in 2011 and serves as Full Professor and Head of Maritime Education and Training (MET). She coordinates and teaches in other MSc specializations, including Maritime Energy Management (MEM), as well as the Postgraduate Diploma in Maritime Energy and the Summer Academy on Maritime Decarbonization.

Dr. Kitada leads WMU’s collaboration efforts with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in terms of women’s integration in the maritime sector. She is a certified Gender Audit Facilitator as well as a certified Monitoring and Evaluation expert. She works for IMO during the joint evaluation and internal audit of the IMO’s gender activities.

Dr. Kitada actively incorporates gender perspectives in her interdisciplinary teaching in maritime subjects, including maritime education and training, maritime energy management, sustainable development, capacity building, digitalization and innovation, and research methodology. She has 18-year research experience in gender equality in the maritime and ocean sectors. Dr. Kitada has a good track record of publications and serves as academic reviewers for scientific journals and referees of project fundings in various research institutions.
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Aykut Ölcer

Professor, Nippon Foundation Chair, Director of Maritime Research, Head of Maritime Energy Management,
World Maritime University

Professor Dr. Aykut I. ÖLÇER is a naval architect and marine engineer holding the Nippon Foundation Professorial Chair in “Marine Technology and Innovation” at the World Maritime University (WMU). He is currently the Director of Research of WMU as well as the Head of Maritime Energy Management Specialization (MSc program). He served as the Editor-in-Chief of WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (JOMA) and Book Series between February’17 and February’19. Prior to joining WMU, he worked at Newcastle University (England), University of Strathclyde (Scotland) and Istanbul Technical University (Türkiye) within the fields of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. He played an important role in Newcastle University’s first international branch in Singapore to help the University achieve its objectives in teaching/learning and research activities in the UG and PG programs of Marine Technology.

For many years, he has conducted research independently/jointly and collaborated with other researchers, academics and students all over the world, in particular from Europe and Asia. Dr Ölçer was involved in numerous EU funded FP5, FP6, FP7, Horizon 2020 and EU Horizon projects and IMO projects as well as IAMU and regional projects in Scandinavia. He currently leads the research priority areas, namely “Maritime Energy Management” and “Marine Technology and Innovation”, at WMU. He has published results of his research in leading, internationally peer-reviewed journals such as “Journal of Cleaner Production”, “Fuel Processing Technology”, “European Journal of Operational Research”, “Computers and Operational Research”, “Applied Soft Computing”, “Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment” and so on. He is the main Editor of the book “Trends and Challenges in Maritime Energy Management (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-74576-3)”, which was one of the most downloaded Springer books in 2018. He delivered keynote speeches all over the world, in particular in the discipline of maritime decarbonisation.

Gerardo Borromeo

CEO, Philippine Transmarine Carriers

Gerardo A. Borromeo is the Chief Executive Officer of the Philippine Transmarine Carriers (PTC) Group of Companies, a diversified company with strategic initiatives and business interests in shipping and maritime services, real estate, energy and fuel distribution, healthcare and aviation. He serves as Vice President of the Filipino Shipowners Association (FSA) and has been reappointed as Vice Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). Mr. Borromeo is also a member of the Board of Governors of the World Maritime University (WMU) in Sweden and serves as Chairman of its Executive Board. For two consecutive terms, he served as President of InterManager, an international trade association of global ship managers; the only Filipino to be elected to this leading post. He was also the First Filipino to be awarded the distinguished Seatrade Personality of the Year Award at the Seatrade Maritime Awards Asia in 2015. For his valuable contributions and expertise in the Philippine maritime , Mr. Borromeo was honored by the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) with the TIMONEL Maritime Achievement Award in 2014. He currently serves as the Chairman of its Multi-Sectoral Governance Council.

A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA where he earned his Bachelors and Masters Degrees, Mr. Borromeo represents MIT as a Regional Chair and Educational Counselor for the Philippines, while also serving as a member of the Executive Board of MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He was recognized with MIT’s George B. Morgan Award for sustained excellence in educational council activity in 2015 and in 2022 was awarded the Harold E. Lobdell Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his sustained service to MIT and the MIT Alumni Association.

Grunde Løvoll

Principal Researcher, DNV

Grunde Løvoll is senior principal researcher in the ship autonomy team in the Maritime Program in DNV’s strategic research unit. He is currently focusing on methodology and tooling for assurance of autonomous functions in shipping in general, and situational awareness systems for navigation in particular. Grunde is the coordinator of the SAFEMATE project, and holds a Dr.Sc. degree in physics from the University of Oslo. He has a broad research background and have been working in IT and data analytics related projects for more than a decade before joining DNV’s autonomy research team in 2021.

Jacqueline Smith

Maritime Coordinator, International Transport Workers’ Federation

Jacqueline Smith joined the ITF in October 2014 as the Maritime Coordinator.  Prior to joining the ITF Jacqueline had the honour of leading the Norwegian Seafarers’ Union (NSU) and its 11,000 members for almost 8 years.  

Jacqueline became an active member of the NSU in 1992 as a shop steward, securing a collective bargaining agreement for concessionaries, a first for the union.  In 1998 she was elected as a delegate to congress, then as a deputy on the national board, immediately followed by being invited to be the assistant director dealing with cruise ships in Miami, USA.  In 2002 she was asked to stand as elected secretary, so returned to Oslo, Norway.  Jacqueline was then elected NSU president in 2006 and re-elected in 2010.    

Since joining the ITF Jacqueline has continued to strive to ensure that seafarers internationally are covered by collective agreements and that they are upheld and enforced, as well as being totally committed to not losing national cabotage so that national seafarers can continue to operate in their own waters.  As well as supporting seafarers, Jacqueline works with the other maritime sections to improve the working lives of all maritime workers, ensuring minimum standards in global network terminals for dock workers and collective bargaining agreements for dep sea fishers.

In March 2021 Jacqueline became a member of the World Maritime University (WMU) Executive Board.

Jakob Larsen

Head of Maritime Safety and Security, BIMCO

Jakob P. Larsen is the Head of Maritime Safety & Security at BIMCO – the World’s largest association of shipowners with more than 2,100 members globally. Within the scope of his team are all matters related to maritime safety and security, including cyber security.

Jakob’s career began in 1990 in the Danish Navy, where he pursued a seagoing career as navigator and surface warfare officer. Having served in the fleet and subsequently ashore in the Ministry of Defence, Jakob left the Danish Navy in 2010 with the rank Commander to become Maritime Security Officer in BIMCO. After three years in BIMCO, he changed over to Nordic Tankers where he expanded his responsibilities over time to become Head of HSSEQ. In 2015 Jakob went to Maersk Line to become Global Security & Marine QA Manager. In parallel with his tenure at Maersk Line Jakob was elected and served two terms as Chairman of the Security Working Group of the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA). In 2018, Jakob returned to BIMCO, initially to head the Maritime Security department, and subsequently expanded the scope to also cover maritime safety matters.

Jakob holds several formal qualifications including Master Mariner, Principal Warfare Officer, Joint Command & Staff Course graduate, Company Security Officer/Ship Security Officer, and ISO 9001 lead auditor.

James Fanshawe CBE

Chair, UK Maritime Autonomous Systems Regulatory Working Group

James Fanshawe retired from the Royal Navy in 2005 after Commanding HMS HURWORTH, CLEOPATRA and FEARLESS, the UK Task Group and the Devonport Flotilla. 

James chairs the UK’s Maritime Autonomous Systems Regulatory Working Group, which has released the Industry Code of Practice for the safe operation of Maritime Autonomous Ship Systems. He is a member of the UK MASG Council, NFAS and ICMASS. He is the moderator for the UNECE work on Autonomy on Inland Waterways.  He works within a mixed commercial portfolio. He is a Director of ZULU Associates and The Anglo Belgian Shipping Company.

Jihyeon Gina Kim

Liaison Assistant, International Transport Workers’ Federation

Ms. Jihyeon Gina Kim is a daughter of an ex-seafarer who spent forty-three years at sea as a cook, experiencing the impact of changes in international regulations since her birth.

She has a bachelor’s degree in marine biology and pursued her first master’s degree in fisheries biology, doing a research project was to review regulations over catch periods and limitation lengths of file fish stock for sustainable fishing.

Her second master’s was to acquire meaningful language education methodologies for her students while working at a language school. She implemented new assessment methods using positive reinforcement.

Her third master’s degree was in maritime education and training at the World Maritime University, which was an endeavour to understand her life as a seafarer’s daughter and her father’s career. She developed a guidance for referencing IMO instruments in academic writings during an IMO internship, which assisted finalisation of her dissertation on international seafarers’ job security.

When a seafarer’s voice is delivered at the high level international regulatory field, that is a small step for all global seafarers and their families. Jihyeon Gina Kim’s goal is to deliver their voices and ensure they are considered at the IMO and in relevant bodies’ discussions. 

Since January 2018, as an IMO liaison assistant to the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), she coordinate nearly all IMO annual meetings for affiliated union representatives, participate developing ITF technical policies in line with the ITF’s directions and advocating for those policies in the IMO and relevant forums.

Jasmine Siu Lee LAM

Professor, Technical University of Denmark

Professor Dr. Jasmine Siu Lee Lam is Maritime Chair Professor at Technical University of Denmark. Jasmine’s research interests include maritime and port logistics, data analytics, sustainability, and risk management. Leading an R&D team and working closely with the industry and government agencies, Jasmine has completed over 75 technical and consultancy/ industrial projects. She is an active researcher having more than 350 technical publications in leading journals and conferences.

Regarding professional service and leadership, she holds prestigious international appointments, such as Expert Advisor to organisations, scientific programme chair, Vice President and Council Member of International Association of Maritime Economists. She is the Associate Editor of journals Maritime Policy & Management and Transportation Research Part D, as well as serves as the editor/board member of 8 other international journals, including WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs. Jasmine is also a passionate mentor who promoted 11 PhD graduates as their sole supervisor, and currently supervising 5 PhD candidates and many other post-doctoral fellows/ researchers.

She has chaired PhD students’ examination panels, acted as an examiner and advisory committee member of other 30 PhD students. She is honoured being among the world’s top 0.3% of scientists according to a global list published by Stanford University. Furthermore, Jasmine is the recipient of many awards, including Erasmus Mundus Faculty Scholar Award awarded by the European Commission and 8 times Best Paper Awards.

Juntae Kim

Principal Surveyor of Cybersecurity, Korean Register

Mr. KIM Juntae is a skilled surveyor with expertise in maritime cybersecurity and ICT technology based on various knowledge and experience in drawing approval for electric and control systems of ships, cybersecurity technical services, and National R&D projects for more than 18 years since joining the Korean Register (KR) in 2006.

He began his carrier as a technical staff for drawing approval of electric and control systems of ships and equipment for more than 10 years from 2006 to 2016.

In 2017, he was transferred to the R&D Division and participated in the Korean e-Navigation R&D project, successfully completing the development of the VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) which is next-generation maritime digital radio-communication technology. In addition to this, he has performed the conformity certification for the cyber security of ships or systems and consulting work for building the cyber security management system of ships. He is currently in charge of the technical support and customer response to cyber resilience of ships and systems in KR.