Register Now for the CSN London Maritime Forum “Shipping: Predicting an Unpredictable Future”, 13 October 2026

10.00 Panel discussion: “International Rule of Law; Is it a thing of the past?”

Moderator: Neville Smith, Managing Director – Mariner Communications

Panellists

• Dorota Lost‑Sieminska, Director, Legal Affairs and External Relations Division – International Maritime Organization
• Karrie Trauth, President – UK Chamber of Shipping 
• Thomas A. Kazakos, Secretary General – International Chamber of Shipping

11.00 Coffee break

Session 1: Marine Insurance and Risk Management

11:30 Key Note Speech – Setting the Scene

• Anna Vourgos, Co-Managing Director – Aphentrica Marine Insurance Brokers

11:35 Panel discussion: The reality of keeping up with geopolitical volatility and its impact on the industry

Moderator: Anna Vourgos, Co-Managing Director – Aphentrica Marine Insurance Brokers

Panellists:

• Andrew Moulton, Chairman – Joint War Committee
• Suzanne Byrne, Group Head of Claims – WEST P&I
• David Mckie, Partner – Preston Turnbull

12:30 Lunch sponsored by Pioneer Marine

Session 2: Ship Financing and Investment

13:30 Green Finance and Shipping Decarbonisation. Challenges and Opportunities

• Nikos Nomikos, Professor of Shipping Finance and Risk Management Director, Modular Executive MBA – Bayes Business School 

13:45 Transactional banking is what keeps the ships moving

• Andrew Karantzis, Chief Sales Officer – ISX Financial