SMI Annual Conference 2023 - Presentations

The SMI Annual Conference was a highly informative event that provided a wealth of knowledge and insights on the latest trends, research, and best practices in the industry. The conference featured a wide range of expert speakers, including top executives, industry leaders, and academic researchers, who presented their cutting-edge findings, case studies, and perspectives on various topics, such as marketing, innovation, customer engagement and technology. Please find all presentations below:

Day 1 - NSO Symposium

The Government Pipeline - Across the Year and Future Opportunities 
Rod Paterson, Deputy Director National Shipbuilding Office

The Skills Challange
HR Director at Babcock, apprentices from Babcock, Ferguson Marine & BAE, and speech from Skills Minister.
Panel Discussion on progress and emerging solutions of the UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce 

Trends in global demand and its drivers (Digital transformation, decarbonisation & green tech)
Ramin Hassan, Department for Business & Trade

An Exports Industry Perspective
Ken Houlberg, CEO OCEA (UK)

Harnessing the Offshore Renewables Opportunity
Led by:
Rod Paterson, Deputy Director National Shipbuilding Office
Talks from:
Andrew MacDonald, Offshore Wind Growth Partnership Programme Director
John Davies and Luke Hendriksen, BP
Lauren Hadnum, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Clean Maritime Innovation in the UK
Neale Ryan, InnovateUK

MJR Power present their CMDC 2 project
Ryan Reilly, MJR Power

Coastal Workboats present their CMDC 3 project
Julie Pogson and Brian Pogson, Coastal Workboats

How advanced manufacturing, digital manufacturing and industry 4.0 have benefited comparable large fabrication work
Joe Darlington, Director Technology, Manufacturing Technology Centre

After Dinner Speaker

Britain - Not Always a Maritime Nation
Dr Anton Howes, Historian of Innovation
Read more from Anton here.

Day 2 - SMI Annual Conference

BAE Systems Maritime - Programmes and Future Vision
Geoff Searle, Programme Director - Future Business & Technology, BAE Systems Maritime Naval Ships 

Babcock International Group Programmes and Future Vision
Jonathan Walton, VP Business Development, Babcock International Group

Cammell Laird and A&P - Supporting the Royal Navy
Linton Roberts, CTO, Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders Limited and Atlantic and Peninsula Limited 

Delivering Social and Economic Value - Kongsberg Maritime's contribution to UK prosperity
Mark Bruce, VP Regional Sales UK & Ireland, Kongsberg Maritime 

Providing, Safeguarding & Developing Ferries & Harbours 
Kevin Hobbs, CEO, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited

Keeping Britain Trading in 2030
Tim Morris, Group Head of Corporate Communications, Associated British Ports

Subsea Transformation - Driving autonomy and decarbonisation into subsea operations
Alistair Fox, Subsea Transformation Manager, BP

Creating a Diversified UK Shipbuilding Portfolio
David Tydeman, CEO, Ferguson Marine

Regulating Hydrogen in Maritime
Dr Parag Vyas, Regulatory Horizons Council

A data-driven approach to Assuring successful deployment of MAS 
Andre Burgess, National Physics Laboratory 

Trustworthy AI: An operator’s view (but a systems-engineering approach)
Ben Keith, Frazer-Nash Consultancy  

Case Study: How safe is safe-enough?
Thomas Howe & Will Alexander, BMT Group