Maritime security, for a long time a specialised field solely the responsibility of naval forces, is now omnipresent. While the Ever Given or Freemantle Highway accidents were accidents, the warlike events in the Black and Red Seas threaten the entire maritime industry.
Maritime security is now an issue all over the world, and not just for the defence sectors. From piracy to illegal fishing, trade and free sea routes are under threat. SMM (Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology) organised by Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH offers a forum for these topics: the MS&D (Conference on maritime security and defence).
MS&D is the leading international conference bringing together users, manufacturers and developers from the maritime sector with a focus on the security and defence sector. It offers state-of-the-art technology at the forefront of the world and strengthens cooperation between various players such as authorities, navies, industry, start-ups and research institutions.
MS&D is integrated into SMM in Hamburg. As such, it attracts its own exhibitors, guests and speakers and reaches all of the trade fair’s visitors thanks to the new implementation concept of event partner DMI (Deutsches Maritimes Institut). In 2022, 40,000 participants and 2,000 exhibitors from 100 nations visited SMM.
With the theme “Challenges of Transition in the Naval and Maritime Domain”, prominent personalities from politics, industry, science and navies will appear in four panels and around 20 open lectures on 5 and 6 September 2024 as part of MS&D. Debates and opportunities for dialogue will provide a great opportunity for open international exchange.
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Challenges of Transition in the Naval and Maritime Domain
Thursday, 5 September 2024
10:30-10:40 Opening Remarks: Plotting the Course of MS&D
Rear Admiral (ret.) Karsten Schneider, President, DMI (confirmed)
10:40-11:00 Keynote
Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, Chief of German Navy (confirmed)
11:00-12:00 Panel 1: Current Challenges in the Maritime Domain
Moderation: Professor Dr. May-Britt Stumbaum, George C. Marshall Center for Security Studies & Director, The SPEAR Institute (confirmed)
10 minutes per speaker, 25 minutes Q&A
New Technologies and Their Impact on Maritime Security:
Yemen and the Black Sea in Perspective
Captain (Navy) Sebastian Hamann, German Navy (confirmed)
Asymmetrical Threats Against Commercial Shipping
Irina Haesler, Head of EU Representation / Member of the Executive Board, German Shipowners’ Association (confirmed)
Maritime Aspects of Military Logistics – New Challenges
Captain Stuart Robertson, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff Operations Support, Royal Navy Maritime Operations Centre (confirmed)
12:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-14:10 An Innovative Perspective on Maritime Domain Awareness
Speaker TBD (Proposal from the start-up pool, POC: Dr. Moritz Brake)
14:10-15:10 Panel 2: Maritime Domain Awareness & Multi Domain Ops – Above and Under Water
Moderation: Rear Admiral (ret.) Karsten Schneider, President, DMI (confirmed)
10 minutes per speaker, 25 minutes Q&A
New Trends & Technologies
Lisa Edvardsen Haugan, President Kongsberg Maritime (confirmed)
Critical Undersea Infrastructure
Rear Admiral Christian Walter Meyer, Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, German Navy Command (confirmed)
The Maritime Contribution to Multi Domain Operations
Major General (ret.) Mick Ryan, Senior Fellow for Military Studies, Lowy Institute (Sydney); Adjunct Fellow, Australia Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington DC) (confirmed)
15:10-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-16:30 Maritime Innovation Challenge
Innovation and disruptive technologies as a strategic imperative: Pitches of innovative small companies and start-ups addressing the pressing needs in maritime security and defence.
Moderation:
- Moritz Brake, Managing Director and Co-Founder, Nexmaris GmbH; Senior Fellow for Maritime Security and Strategy, CASSIS Think-Tank, University of Bonn
- Bertrand Mignot, Managing Director and Co-Founder, Nexmaris GmbH
Nexmaris GmbH, partners of DMI, www.nexmaris.eu
18:00-19:00 Reception
Friday, 6 September 2024
10:30-11:30 Panel 3: Asymmetric Naval Responses – The Illusion of Low-Intensity Warfare at Sea
Moderation: Dr. Sarah Kirchberger, DMI Vice President & Director ISPK, Kiel (confirmed)
10 minutes per speaker, 25 minutes Q&A
Technological Responses to Maritime Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Area
Dr. Jyh-Shyang Sheu, Assistant Research Fellow, Taiwan Institute for National Defense and Security Research
Dr. Jyun-yi Lee, Associate Research Fellow, Taiwan Institute for National Defense and Security Research
(both confirmed)
Asymmetrical Warfare Against Conventional Navies
Admiral (ret.) Igor Kabanenko, PhD, President of Ukrainian Advanced Research Project Agency, former Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine (confirmed)
11:30-12:00 Coffee Break
12:00-13:00 Panel 4: Trends in Naval Shipbuilding
Moderation: Heinz Schulte, DMI Board Member (confirmed)
10 minutes per speaker, 15 minutes Q&A
Trends in Naval Shipbuilding – A German Perspective (Title TBD)
Vice Admiral Carsten Stawitzki, Head of Equipment Department at the German Ministry of Defense (positive response, confirmation pending)
Asymmetrical Threats: Drone Carriers – the Answer?
Magiel Venema, Managing Director of Damen Naval Germany GmbH (confirmed)
Engineering and Design Trends in Naval Shipbuilding
Jochen Stiehle, Managing Director of NVL Group (confirmed)
Application of AI in the Naval Shipbuilding Industry
Jonas Neustock, Team Lead Operations Artificial Intelligence at TKMS (confirmed)
13:00-13:15 Summing Up MS&D / End of Conference
Rear Admiral (ret.) Karsten Schneider, President, DMI (confirmed)
