UK DAY @ SHANGHAI PUDONG INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING WEEK 2026

08:30

Registration

09:00

09:15

Welcome remarks
COLIN COLAS, Head - East China, Department for Business, Innovation, Science & Trade, UK Government
DONG XIAOLING, Deputy Director, Shanghai Pudong Commission of Commerce

Keynote speeches
JOHN DENHOLM, Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping and Chairman of J&J Denholm Ltd
LARS LIPPUNER, Director, UK Maritime Services, Maritime Coastguard Agency
HUI CHEN, Executive Deputy Secretary General, China Shipowners’ Association

10:00

Session 1
How Geopolitics Is Reshaping Global Trade and Shipping: Routes, Risks and Resilience

Shipping has always faced risk. Today, the challenge is that risks are increasingly interconnected. Geopolitical, regulatory, technological, cyber, climate and financial events can rapidly cascade across trade routes, markets and operations. This discussion explores how the industry can build resilience in a world where risks no longer occur in isolation.

Moderator: MARK WILLIAMS, CEO, Maritime London

Navigating Disruption in Shipping presentation
SANSHRAY AGARWAL, Lead Data Scientist, London Stock Exchange Group

Panellists:
CHEONG JIN YU, Head, Baltic Exchange Asia
DINGJING HUANG, Underwriting Director, UK P&I Club/Thomas Miller & Board Member, Chinese Shipping Association of London
MARK LLOYD, Partner, Marine, Global Risks, DWF Law LLP
WAQAS SAMAD, CEO, Lloyd’s List Intelligence
NICK SHAW, CEO, International Group of P&I Clubs

11:10

Networking break

11.30

Session 2: Maritime Arbitration

in partnership with

London, and the LMAA in particular, remains by some margin the market leader in maritime dispute resolution. This session will introduce the LMAA and explain its continuing relevance to Chinese shipping and trade and explode some myths about the experience of Chinese parties in London arbitration. It will in addition highlight the uses and dangers of AI in arbitration. A Q&A session will follow the presentations.

Participants:
CLIVE ASTON, Arbitrator, Former President, LMAA
IAN GAUNT, Arbitrator, Former President, LMAA
WENHAO HAN, Solicitor Advocate, Partner, Dispute Resolution & International Arbitration, Spencer West LLP
DR MELIS ÖZDEL, Head of Maritime Law, UCL Faculty of Laws

13:00

Networking lunch

14:30

Session 3: Technology Showcase
UK companies demonstrate tech and data solutions for operational performance and commercial risk management

Compere: GRAHAM CANDY, Assistant Director UK Shipping Concierge, Maritime Coastguard Agency

Presenters:
CARTER YANG, Head of Greater China, Lloyd’s List Intelligence
MATTEO CONTU, Channel Manager, Chelsea Technologies
WANG YAOYAO, China Commodities Sales, London Stock Exchange Group 
STEVE YEOH, APAC Sales and Partner Manager, SpecTec

15:40

Session 4: The Efficient Ship: Combining Maritime Hardware, Data and Digital Intelligence

in partnership with

Shipping’s transition cannot depend on future fuels alone. This panel will explore proven technologies that can cut fuel consumption and emissions today, separating verified performance from modelled claims and examining how practical solutions can be deployed across existing fleets and newbuildings.

Moderator:
WONG KAI CHEONG, Senior Technical Manager & Country Manager (China & Hong Kong SAR), INTERTANKO

Keynote Address:
DEBORAH OWENS, Deputy Director - Maritime Environment and Decarbonisation, Department for Transport, UK Government

Panellists:
JOE BAKER, Productions Operations Manager, Anemoi
JOEY NG, Head of Decarbonisation, Braemar Shipping plc
XIAODONG ZHANG, Head of Global Engineering Discipline, Product & Certification, Lloyd’s Register
JULIAN ZHU, Chief Regional Officer – Asia, Silverstream Technologies

16:50

Networking break

17:10

Session 5: Ship & Infrastructure Finance: Capital, Transition Finance and Other Innovative Solutions

Shipping faces a capital-intensive transition. Fleet renewal, retrofits and new technologies must be financed amid volatile markets, regulatory uncertainty and rising costs. This session explores how bank debt, leasing, export credit, bonds, private capital and sale-and-leaseback structures can support maritime's transition, including future opportunities in tokenised finance.

Moderator: MARK WILLIAMS, CEO, Maritime London

Participants:
GEORGE XIRADAKIS, Deputy Director of Shipping Finance Committee, China Institute of Navigation, President, Association of Banking & Financial Executives of Hellenic Shipping and Founder & Managing Director, XRTC Business Consultants
QI ZHU, Founder & CEO, Yingxing Financial Leasing

17:45

London International Shipping Week 2027 – an Open Invitation
ANDY SNELL, Commercial & Operations Director, London International Shipping Week

18:00

Networking Reception 
in partnership with 

20:00

Ends