Registration and coffee

Welcome address from Riviera 

Platinum sponsor welcome address

Opportunities and challenges for OSV owners 2025-2030

• What is the status of the market and what are the latest trends?
• What are the challenges and opportunities in a flourishing market?
• What impact is the energy transition having on business?
• How will offshore wind developments impact oil and gas?
• A look to the future: what will the next few years look like?

What is the future of offshore oil and gas in the region

• Global offshore update: E&P spending
• Drilling and field development activity in the region
• What does production look like and who will drive it?
• What impact has the recent suspension and cancellation of contracts had?
• Is there a future for offshore wind in the Middle East?

Jesper Skjong, Senior Market Analyst, Fearnley Offshore Supply

Status and opportunities for OSV owners in the region

• Vessel trends and implications for OSV owners
• Review of the different OSVs and their market dynamics
• Will charter rates continue to rise?
• Are there any fleet expansion plans on the horizon?
• Status of available assets for the subsea sector
  

Todd Jensen, Senior Offshore Analyst, Maritime Strategies International

Evaluating geopolitical matters and their impact on the offshore and OSV markets

• Significance of recent global events on energy markets and consequences for the maritime industry in the Middle East
• Impact of security: what measures are necessary for OSVs in the region?
• The changing global business landscape – what impact is geopolitical polarisation, technological revolution, the energy transition and climate emergency having? Regional stability outlook for the Middle East in light of these trends
• Key geopolitical and macroeconomic trends for 2025 and their likely impact on energy markets and the maritime industry
• Navigating future unknowns in uncertain times
  

Sorana Parvulescu, Partner, Global Risks Analysis , Control Risks

Session Q&A

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Overview, outlook and availability of offshore jack-ups in the Middle East

• Status of the market: importance of jack-ups in the region
• Trends and drivers
• Rates in the region
• Renewal of the Middle East jack-up fleet: how far do we still have to go, and is there a future for older tonnage?
• What does the future look like?

Newbuilds: what’s going on?

• The market needs newbuilds but when will they see them: is time running out?
• Vessels are ageing, within the next five years there will be hundreds of old vessels: what will get the required fleet renewal moving?
• What age will be the oldest OSVs that NOCs will allow in the Middle East?

FSIVs: the future for offshore transport?

• Status of the crew boat sector, trends and drivers
• Why switch out helicopters for crew boats?
• Review of recent innovations and what these mean in terms of speed and fuel savings compared with traditional designs
• What are the operational and economic benefits of crew boats
• Design considerations for next-generation crew boats

Q&A 

Networking lunch 

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How AI is charting a new course for the offshore industry

• Where will AI be utilised in the maritime space?
• What technology already exists that can benefit from AI?
• How AI can help facilitate improved safety and operations
• How data standardisation will help

Kris Vedat, Head of Technology and Logistics, P&O Maritime Logistics 

Digitalisation - product or enabler? How much is the data in shipping worth?

• Digitalisation as an enabler in the marine business
• Digital products for ship propulsion systems
• Quality of data and big data analytics: equipment health management in practice

Phil Kordic, Sales Manager, Ferry & Offshore, Rolls-Royce Solutions GmbH

Digital solutions for smart offshore support vessels

• Digital technology and the decarbonisation of the maritime industry
• Recent investments towards to a zero-carbon future
• Vessel performance monitoring

Erwin Guérand, Business Development Director, Ascenz Marorka

Innovations in vessel DP management systems

Peter Solvang, Managing Director, DP and Marine Assurance Norway AS

Q&A 

Panel session Maritime 4.0: the future of the industry

• Harnessing digitalisation, big data and AI to optimise operations and lower emissions
• Key drivers for adopting digital solutions
• How digital technologies are driving smart operations in the Middle East
• Integrating solutions and planning for future technologies
• Latest developments in connectivity and communications
• New technologies on the horizon

Panellists:

Roger Harfouch, Sales Director MEA, Marlink

Audra Drablos, Market Development Director, Inmarsat Maritime

Ranvijay (Ron) Singh, Managing Director, Maritime Expertise

Nathan Ankersen, Strategy Manager, Caterpillar Marine 

Networking refreshment break

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Carbon culture: decarbonising through human behaviour

Capt. Abhay Nimbalkar, CEO, Greenfield Marine Technologies

Holistic solutions to ensure concrete decarb results, not systems fatigue

• Real change is built, by having the right insight and close working relationships
• Modern and integrated services along the entire fuels and emissions value chain
• Controlling what you burn, how you burn it, what you emit
  

Next-gen innovations for offshore vessels: pioneering future concepts and retrofits

• Hybrid systems
• Alternative fuels
• Integration
• Summary of completed projects

Panel session: Decarbonisation and future fuels: the bigger picture 

• Decarbonisation considerations unique to the Middle East
  
• Are European and North American decarbonisation strategies applicable in the Middle East?
  
• Fossil fuels are here to stay, but what does this mean for decarbonisation?
• Are crews ready to embrace new fuels and technologies?
• Charterer’s willingness to pay and contribute to the decarbonisation drive
  
• Improving energy efficiency and utilising today’s available fuels
• Decarbonisation as a data challenge

Arnstein Eknes, Segment director OSV and Special ships, DNV Maritime

Andrew McGregor, Vice President - International, SEACOR Marine

Kris Vedat, Head of Technology and Logistics, P&O Maritime Logistics 

Fazel A. Fazelbhoy, Chief Executive Officer, Synergy Offshore

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Registration and coffee

Welcome address from Riviera

Keynote Address

A global perspective of the OSV sector and how it relates to regional opportunities

Fadi Diab, Managing Director, Tidewater 

UAE

Mark Kachouh, Managing Director – Middle East, All Energies Services

Robert Lawrence, Partner, HFW

Qatar

Bab Reijntjes, Chief Operating Officer, Sea Horizon Offshore Marine Services

West Africa

Capt. Sunil Chaudhary, Director, C.S. Maritime DMCC

Q&A 

Networking coffee break in the exhibition area

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Industry spotlight: Contractor’s view of the market

• The role of contractors enabling projects in today’s market
• Active and upcoming projects for SURF, pipeline, construction and installation 
• Experiences and expectations with working with NOCs and charterers within the Middle East
• Contractor requirements

Francesco Calanca, Senior Director Marine Operation – Middle East Offshore, McDermott International

Subsea and offshore construction markets: opportunities and challenges

• Status of the market and sector drivers
• Are there sufficient vessels available to meet the forecast growth?
• Where will the vessel shortages be?
• Subsea vessels under construction
• What does the next 12 months look like?

Marwan Mubarak, Strategic Business Development Director. Murbarak Group

Have you bought the right bucket?

• What bucket does your insurance fall into?
• How can contractual agreements affect your Limit of Liability insurance?
• What are the trends within traditional and alternative energy contracts?
• What can be done to mitigate balance sheet exposure?

Harry Byrne, Regional Head of Marine – Middle East & Africa, Howden Broking

Panel Session: Financing in the Middle East maritime space

• What makes the market investable; what are institutional investors looking for?  
• Will sufficient capital (debt and equity) be available for the OSV market?
• Who will replace traditional lenders?
• Does the ESG and decarbonisation drive risk the outlook for a bright future for the OSV market?
  

Panellists:

Bilal Hasan Ashraf, Head of Energy and Marine, National Bank of Fujairah (NBF)

Konstantinos Kanellopolous, Vice-President for Maritime & Offshore, Alantra

Knut Mathiassen, Managing Partner, Oceans 8 Consulting

Industry leaders’ panel session: Capitalising on a ‘supercycle’

• Lack of newbuild orders and an ageing fleet: what is being done to address the challenge?
• Newbuilds: what will get the required fleet renewal moving?
• How is the journey to environmentally responsible OVSs being explored?
• Impact of consolidation in the region
• The crewing challenge
• Over-emphasis on the energy transition and the premature death of hydrocarbons
• Diversity and inclusion
• What will the next 12 months look like?

Mark Kachouh, Managing Director – Middle East, All Energies Services

Fazel A. Fazelbhoy, Chief Executive Officer, Synergy Offshore

 
Vivek Khabya, Managing Director, Arus Jaya Oil & Gas Pte Ltd

Captain Alex Brykalov, Vice President Commercial, ADNOC Logistics & Services

Chairman’s concluding remarks

Networking lunch and close of conference

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Mark Kachouh

Managing Director - Middle East

All Energy Services (AES)

Capt Sunil Chaudhary

Director

C.S. Maritime DMCC l C.S. Offshore DMCC

Arnstein Eknes 

Segment Director – Special Ships

DNV

Capt Abhay Nimbalkar

CEO

Greenfield Marine Technologies 

Fazel Fazelbhoy

CEO

Synergy Offshore

Fadi Diab

Managing Director

Tidewater Marine 

Capt. Mohamed Ajjan

Fleet Manager OSV

Zakher Marine International Inc.