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T K Ramachandran
T K Ramachandran

Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, India

Sarbananda Sonowal
Sarbananda Sonowal

Minister for Ports, Shipping & Waterways, India

Shantanu Thakur
Shantanu Thakur

Minister of State, Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, India

John Kayode Fayemi
John Kayode Fayemi

Pioneer President, Forum of Regions of Africa, Nigeria

Christos Stylianides
Christos Stylianides

Minister of Maritime Affairs & Insular Policy, Greece

Amzath Ahmed
Amzath Ahmed

Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources, Maldives

R Lakshmanan
R Lakshmanan

Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, India

Harry Theoharis
Harry Theoharis

Member of Parliament, Greece

Rajesh Kumar Sinha
Rajesh Kumar Sinha

Additional Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, India

Sunil Paliwal
Sunil Paliwal

Chairman, Chennai Port Authority, India

Unmesh Wagh
Unmesh Wagh

Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority, India

M. Angamuthu
M. Angamuthu

Chairman, Visakhapatnam Port Authority, India

Madhu S Nair
Madhu S Nair

Chairman and Managing Director, Cochin Shipyard, India

Edwin Kleingeld
Edwin Kleingeld

Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Netherlands

Simone Smith-Godfrey
Simone Smith-Godfrey

Founder, Blue Heritage Chamber of Commerce, South Africa

Hsiang-Wen Huang
Hsiang-Wen Huang

Professor, National Taiwan Ocean University

Luc Arnouts
Luc Arnouts

Vice President, Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium

Anil Devli
Anil Devli

Chief Executive Officer, Indian National Shipowners’ Association, India

Ahmed Mohamed Hussein Selim
Ahmed Mohamed Hussein Selim

Senior Economic Research Specialist, Suez Canal Authority, Egypt

Siv Remøy Vangen
Siv Remøy Vangen

Managing Director, Norwegian Electric Systems, Norway

Bart de Jong
Bart de Jong

Special Advisor, International Cooperation, Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management, Government of the Netherlands

Sachin Chaturvedi
Sachin Chaturvedi

Director General, Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries, India

Arun Sharma
Arun Sharma

Advisor to the Chairman and Group Head for Sustainability and Climate Change, Adani Group, India

Helene Tofte
Helene Tofte

Executive Director, Norwegian Shipowners’ Association, Norway

Line Ollestad
Line Ollestad

Advisor, Norwegian Shipowners’ Association, Norway

Dhruv Kotak
Dhruv Kotak

Group Managing Director, J.M. Baxi Group, India

Sushil Kumar Singh
Sushil Kumar Singh

Chairman, Deendayal Port Authority, India

Renato Flôres
Renato Flôres

Director, International Intelligence Unit, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil

Erin Watson
Erin Watson

Managing Director, Baker & York, Australia

Christian Clauwers
Christian Clauwers

Ocean & Polar Explorer, Environmental Reporter, Documentary Photographer, Blue Earth Explorers, Belgium

Johannah Christensen
Johannah Christensen

Chief Executive Officer, Global Maritime Forum, Denmark

Linda Etta
Linda Etta

Senior Blue Economy Advisor, African Union Commission, Ethiopia

Matthias Catón
Matthias Catón

Managing Director, German Maritime Centre, Germany

Raimund Bleischwitz
Raimund Bleischwitz

Scientific Director, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT); Professor, Global Sustainable Resources, University of Bremen, Germany

Jens-Uwe Schröder-Hinrichs
Jens-Uwe Schröder-Hinrichs

Vice-President, Strategic Initiatives, World Maritime University, Sweden

Renato Salvatteci
Renato Salvatteci

Scientific Project Manager, Kiel University, Germany

Gunter Rieck Moncayo
Gunter Rieck Moncayo

Economic and Trade Policy Advisor, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Germany

Konstantinos Foutzopoulos
Konstantinos Foutzopoulos

Senior Programme Officer, Circle the Med Forum, Greece

Sanjeev Sanyal
Sanjeev Sanyal

Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, India

Roberto Danovaro
Roberto Danovaro

Professor, Polytechnic University of Marche - National Biodiversity Future Centre (NBFC), Italy

Zeina Obeid
Zeina Obeid

Partner, Litigation & Arbitration, Obeid & Partners, Lebanon

Juita Mohamad
Juita Mohamad

Resource Person, All-Party Parliament Group on the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development, Malaysia

Mohamed Nasheed
Mohamed Nasheed

Former President, Maldives

Mads Qvist Frederiksen
Mads Qvist Frederiksen

Executive Director, Arctic Economic Council, Norway

Luisito delos Santos
Luisito delos Santos

Director, Planning and Policy, Maritime Industry Authority, Government of Philippines

Tomasz Łukaszuk
Tomasz Łukaszuk

Researcher, University of Warsaw; Former Ambassador of Poland to India, Poland

Ruben Eiras
Ruben Eiras

Secretary-General, Fórum Oceano, Portugal

Carl Bildt
Carl Bildt

Former Prime Minister of Sweden and Co-Chair, European Council on Foreign Relations, Sweden

Nwabisa Matoti
Nwabisa Matoti

Research Director, South African International Maritime Institute, South Africa

Anna Maria Corazza Bildt
Anna Maria Corazza Bildt

Former Member, European Parliament, Sweden

Henk Smith
Henk Smith

Co-founder, Marine Masters, Netherlands

Harrie De Leijer
Harrie De Leijer

Partner, Nestra, Netherlands

Mehdi Jomaa
Mehdi Jomaa

Former Prime Minister of Tunisia

Feride Gulsen İnan
Feride Gulsen İnan

Director, Centre for Geoeconomic Studies, The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey, Türkiye

Brent Sadler
Brent Sadler

Senior Research Fellow, Naval Warfare and Advanced Technology, Allison Center for National Security, The Heritage Foundation, United States of America

Bruce Jones
Bruce Jones

Senior Fellow, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, The Brookings Institution, United States of America

Jungho Nam
Jungho Nam

Senior Research Fellow, Korea Maritime Institute, South Korea

Jamie Allan Williamson
Jamie Allan Williamson

Executive Director, International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers Association (ICoCA), Switzerland

Malini Shankar
Malini Shankar

Vice Chancellor, Indian Maritime University, India

Ayoade Alakija
Ayoade Alakija

Chair, Board of Directors, FIND; Co-Chair, G7 Impact Investment Initiative in Global Health, United Kingdom

Peter Aukamp
Peter Aukamp

Senior Advisor, goodcarbon, Germany

Weliswa Matekenya
Weliswa Matekenya

Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

Fernando Brancoli
Fernando Brancoli

Associate Professor, University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Nadeem Nazurally
Nadeem Nazurally

Associate Professor, University of Mauritius, Mauritius

Julie Leuzinger
Julie Leuzinger

Founding Partner and Managing Director, Ghost Partners, New Zealand

Rizwan Soomar
Rizwan Soomar

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Middle East, North Africa & Indian Subcontinent, DP World, United Arab Emirates

Yuvraj Narayan
Yuvraj Narayan

Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, DP World, United Arab Emirates

Ayla Bajwa
Ayla Bajwa

Group Senior Vice President, Sustainability, DP World, United Arab Emirates

Marco Dreosto
Marco Dreosto

Senator of the Republic, Italy and Secretary of the Permanent Committee of the Senate for Foreign Affairs and Defence, Senate of the Republic of Italy, Italy

Oda Korneliussen
Oda Korneliussen

Programme Manager, Avfall Norge, Norway

Angelos F. Vlachos
Angelos F. Vlachos

Chief Executive Officer, Kavala Port Authority S.A., Greece

Geoffrey E. Kaituko
Geoffrey E. Kaituko

Principal Secretary, State Department for Shipping & Maritime Affairs, Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy & Maritime Affairs, Kenya

Witold Sobków
Witold Sobków

Minister Plenipotentiary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland

Sophie Deyon
Sophie Deyon

Senior Project Manager, Team Lead Policy and Government Engagement, Global Maritime Forum, Denmark

Maria Lorena Villaverde
Maria Lorena Villaverde

National Representative for the Province of Rio Negro, Argentina

Mohamed Aslam
Mohamed Aslam

Former Minister of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure and Energy, Maldives

Kanishka Narayan
Kanishka Narayan

Member of Parliament, United Kingdom

Dawoon Jung
Dawoon Jung

Lecturer, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, Australia

Abla Abdel-Latif
Abla Abdel-Latif

Executive Director and Director of Research, Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, Egypt

Samir Saran
Samir Saran

President, Observer Research Foundation, India

Sunjoy Joshi
Sunjoy Joshi

Chairman, Observer Research Foundation, India

Harsh V. Pant
Harsh V. Pant

Vice President – Studies and Foreign Policy, Observer Research Foundation, India

Anusha Kesarkar-Gavankar
Anusha Kesarkar-Gavankar

Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India

Jhanvi Tripathi
Jhanvi Tripathi

Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India

Aaja Chemnitz
Aaja Chemnitz

Chair, Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region; Member, Danish Parliament, Denmark

Ahamed Saïd Abass
Ahamed Saïd Abass

Special Envoy, Government of Comoros

José Digerónimo
José Digerónimo

Professor, Maritime Chamber of Panama, Panama

S Senthilkumaran
S Senthilkumaran

Head, Platforms, Information Services, Reliance Foundation, India

Signe Brudeset
Signe Brudeset

Director General, Regional Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

Stella Mantzari
Stella Mantzari

Managing Director, A.S. Marine, Greece

Sherine El Naggar
Sherine El Naggar

Chief Executive Officer, Naggar Maritime Ltd., Egypt

Arjun Chowgule
Arjun Chowgule

Executive Director, Chowgule and Company, India

Ishita Sharma
Ishita Sharma

R&D Manager, Port of Esbjerg, Denmark

Lord Karan Bilimoria
Lord Karan Bilimoria

House of Lords, United Kingdom

Malini V Shankar
Malini V Shankar

Vice Chancellor, Indian Maritime University, India

Senthilkumaran Krishnan
Senthilkumaran Krishnan

Head, Platforms, Information Services, Reliance Foundation, India

Nancy Karigithu
Nancy Karigithu

Advisor, Blue Economy, Executive Office of the President, Kenya

Jaibal Naduvath
Jaibal Naduvath

Vice President and Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India

Dhaval Desai
Dhaval Desai

Senior Fellow and Vice President, Observer Research Foundation, India

Kabir Taneja
Kabir Taneja

Deputy Director and Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India

VAdm G Ashok Kumar (Retd.)
VAdm G Ashok Kumar (Retd.)

National Maritime Security Coordinator - National Security Council Secretariat, India

Susanta Kumar Purohit
Susanta Kumar Purohit

Chairman, V O Chidambaranar Port Authority, India

Shyam Jagannathan
Shyam Jagannathan

Director General of Shipping, Directorate General of Shipping, India

Malshini Senaratne
Malshini Senaratne

Assistant Head of Department, University of Seychelles,, Seychelles

Nicole van Spronsen
Nicole van Spronsen

Project Manager, Maritime Research Institute Netherlands, Netherlands

Alexis Papathanassis
Alexis Papathanassis

Rector and Professor, Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences, Germany

John Ulanga
John Ulanga

Director of Economic Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tanzania

Vishal Surbun
Vishal Surbun

Senior Law Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Paritosh Chakor Deshpande
Paritosh Chakor Deshpande

Associate Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

Erkki Parkkinen
Erkki Parkkinen

Mayor, Municipal Council of Salla, Finland

Rolf Rødven
Rolf Rødven

Executive Secretary, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program, Arctic Council, Norway

Martin Røymo Skedsmo
Martin Røymo Skedsmo

Key Account Manager, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), Norway

Venkata Ramana Akkaraju
Venkata Ramana Akkaraju

Chairperson, New Mangalore Port Authority, India

Reshma Nilofer Visalakshi
Reshma Nilofer Visalakshi

Master Pilot, India’s First Woman River Pilot and Nari Shakti Awardee, 2018 by the President of India

Vijay Kumar
Vijay Kumar

Chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India, India

Capt Radhika Menon
Capt Radhika Menon

India's First Merchant Navy Captain and Nari Shakti Awardee, 2022 by the President of India

Youssef Houmaidi
Youssef Houmaidi

Head of Maritime Transport Division, Ministry of Transport and Logistics, Morocco