Presentation: Reimagining Ship Inspection with AI and Robotics
Explore how legged robots, AI vision, and advanced control systems are transforming inspection processes in shipyards, improving safety, efficiency, and data-driven decision-making.
Presenters: Qin Geng, Managing Principal Engineer;
Dr Liang Wenyu, Senior Scientist, I2R
Presentation: Unlocking Energy Efficiency and Emissions Reduction Through Shipping Asset Optimization
This session will show how data-driven asset optimization can deliver practical efficiency gains and emissions reductions, enabling smarter and future-ready operational decisions.
Presenters: Ilias Soultanias, ABS Sustainability Development Manager;
Gim Kok Yeoh, ABS Senior Engineer I, Sustainability
Presentation: Solving the LCO₂ Transport Puzzle: A Fleet Planning & Scheduling Optimization Approach
This presentation outlines ABS's two-level framework: a long-term model for network design and fleet sizing, and a short-term model for vessel scheduling - how the approach delivers practical investment and operational insights from planning through execution.
Presenter: Wang Shu Hong, ABS Senior Engineer I, Technology
This panel event held alongside WISTA Singapore will share perspectives from distinct sectors including ports, technologies, class and more to explore how AI will reshape safety, decarbonisation, and operational efficiency—along with the data, governance, and skills required to make that transformation real.
The discussion will focus on likely future use cases, standards and regulations, and the concrete steps industry players should take now to ensure AI is ideally integrated into maritime's future.
Moderator: Namrata Nadkarni, CEO and Founder, Intent Communications
Panelists: • Su Yin Anand, CEO, GlobalOre • Rotem Battat, Vice President Business Development, Captain's Eye • Matthew Mowrer, Vice President of the ABS AI Center of Excellence, ABS Consulting • Daisy Radford, Founding Co-President, Sponsors in Tech and Board Member, British Tech Advisors • Lina Soho, Chair of Wista International Technology Committee and Co-founder of Sea Teknik Robotics
Presentation: Autonomous In-Water Hull Cleaning and Inspection
This presentation introduces a fully autonomous in-water hull cleaning and inspection ecosystem combining robotics, AI analytics, and class validation to enable data-driven maritime maintenance.
Presenters: Qin Geng, Managing Principal Engineer, Head of Singapore Innovation and Research Center (SIRC), ABS; Talia Zaverdinos, Application Engineering Manager, Fleet Robotics
Industry Insights Session
ABS and Phi Earth Technologies
2:30 to 2:45 p.m.
Presentation: Soil to Oil: Building Purpose-Built Biomass Feedstocks and Digital Twin Infrastructure for Marine Biofuels
Alongside Phi Earth Technologies, this session will highlight ABS's role in providing technical advisory support to emerging marine biofuel solutions, offering insights into how robust frameworks, standards, and digital approaches can help de-risk adoption and accelerate industry readiness.
Presenters: Michael Ma, ABS Senior Manager, Global Sustainability; Theo Davies, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Phi Earth Technologies; Sean M. Holt, President, International
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