"International, technical and scientific cooperation to ensure sustainable shipping and transit development in the Arctic"

Part 1. Opportunities for the shipbuilding industry to support new projects and enhance the efficiency of shipping in the Arctic

Discussion topics:

• The latest global and Russian trends in shipbuilding and designing for the Arctic
• State support and financial instruments to develop shipbuilding
• Technologies and solutions to safeguard shipping under Arctic conditions
• Demands of the formed freight base and arctic projects on new ships
• Revitalising icebreaking, freight, inland, fishing, cruise and auxiliary fleets
• Opportunities for unmanned and autonomous ships on the NSR
• Ship maintenance, repair and updating

Invited participants:

- O. N. Ryazantsev, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade // B. A. Kabakov, Director of the Department for the Shipbuilding Industry and Marine Equipment, RF Ministry of Industry and Trade

- G. G. Shirokov, Chairman of the St.-Petersburg Committee on Arctic Affairs

- V. A. Panov, Special representative of GC Rosatom on Arctic development, Deputy Chairman of the State Commission on Arctic Development

- V. B. Boitsov, Vice President for Technical Development, USC JSC

- M. M. Kashka, General Director of FSUE Atomflot // K. Yu. Knyazevsky, Deputy General Director for Fleet Construction, Head of the Atomflot Representative Office in St. Petersburg

- A. N. Ambrosov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of NOVATEK PJSC

- R. V. Trotsenko, Chairman of the Board of Directors at AEON Corporation

- S. I. Tseluiko, General Director, Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex LLC

- O. V. Savchenko, General Director of FSUE Krylov State Research Centre

- I. V. Vilnit, General Director CDB ME Rubin JSC

- Ye. M. Appolonov, General Director CDB LAZURIT JSC

- V. Yu. Dorofeev, General Director SPMBEM Malakhit JSC

Representatives from Hyundai Heavy Industries, Damen Shipyards Group, Samsung Heavy Industries, Aker Arctic, State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK), COSCO Shipping, Mitsui O. S.K. Lines, Gazprom Neft Shelf PJSC, MMC Nornickel PJSC, Sovcomflot PJSC, shipyards, design, research and financial organisations, marine equipment and system manufacturers

Moderator: Igor Pavlovsky, Chief Editor of Delovoy Peterburg newspaper, Director of the PORA (Project for the Development of the Arctic) Information and Analytical Centre

Part 2. Northern Sea Route: shipping development and prospects as an international transit corridor

Discussion topics:

• Fulfillment of the Infrastructure Development Plan for the Northern Sea Route before 2035
• The Northern Sea Route in the international transport corridor system
• Development of the port infrastructure in the Arctic
• Evolution of international maritime law
• Safeguarding shipping on the NSR: challenges and responses
• Changing climate impact on the development of sustainable shipping
• Logistics of major arctic projects
• Navigational and information support for shipping in the Arctic
• Transport support for the Northern delivery
• New fuel types for the Arctic
• Digital technologies to improve efficient organisation of shipping on the NSR

Invited participants:

V. V. Ruksha, Deputy General Director, Director of Northern Sea Route Directorate of SC Rosatom // M. V. Kulinko, Deputy Head of Northern Sea Route Directorate

A. I. Poshivay, Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation // V. V. Klyuyev, Acting Director of the Department of State Policy in Maritime and Inland Waterway Transport

G. G. Guseinov, First Deputy Minister for Development of the Russian Far East and the Arctic

N. V. Korchunov, Ambassador-at-Large at the RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

O. A. Kuznetsova, Deputy Governor of Murmansk Region

V. M. Ikonnikov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Arkhangelsk Region, Minister for Economic Development, Industry and Science

A. Yu. Klyavin, President of the Russian Chamber of Shipping

L. A. Irlitsa, First Deputy General Director – Shipping Director at FSUE Atomflot

S. N. Shishkarev, President of SC Delo Group

S. G. Popravko, First Deputy General Director – Chief Operating Officer of Sovcomflot PJSC

I. I. Sharkov, Branch Director of Dalnevostochnoye morskoye parokhodstvo PJSC in Vladivostok

A. A. Smirnov, General Director of FSUE Rosmorport

V. I. Chernov, Acting Head of FBI Marine Rescue Service

O. V. Kirdey, First Deputy General Director of Rusatom Cargo LLC, Director of Design Office Northern Sea Maritime Transit Corridor

R. S. Sementsov, Investment Director for Logistical and Transport Infrastructure of Corporation for the Development of the Far East and Arctic JSC

Yu. V. Chizhkov, Head of the Northwest Department of the International Academy of Transportation

Representatives from COSCO Shipping, Mitsui O. S.K. Lines, Gazprom Neft PJSC, Gazprom Neft Shelf PJSC, GMM Nornickel PJSC, FESCO PJSC, Sovfracht PJSC, Severnoye morskoye parokhodstvo PJSC, FASI Eastern State Planning Centre, Kontsern Granit-Elektron JSC, shipping companies, ports and stevedores, port and warehouse equipment manufacturers, logistics companies and freight forwarders, manufacturers of shipping safety, navigation and communications technologies.

Moderator: Igor Pavlovsky, Chief Editor of Delovoy Peterburg newspaper, Director of the PORA (Project for the Development of the Arctic) Information and Analytical Centre