the main deck agenda
Discover global trends & opportunites from industry leaders
Below you can find the topics featured in the Main Deck Conference at AXL 2025.
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Workshop Autonomous Sailing
10:00 - 11:30
10:00 - 11:30
- Main Deck
Klaas De Hert
Faculty Coordinator Nautical Sciences at Antwerp Maritime Academy
Climate action is ocean action: unlocking the ocean’s potential in your sustainability strategy.
11:30 - 12:00
11:30 - 12:00
- Main Deck
Trends in the breakbulk industry
13:00 - 14:00
13:00 - 14:00
- Main Deck
Jo Van der herten
Key Accountmanager Terminals at Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Digitalisation and breakbulk: Cybersecurity: a real threat or highly overrated? Does becoming more digital mean becoming more efficient, or not at all?
14:00 - 16:00
Main Deck14:00 - 16:00
- Main Deck
Philippe Van Dijck
Lawyer (partner) at AMBOS LAWYERS
10:00
10:15
10:30
10:45
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
12:30
12:45
13:00
13:15
13:30
13:45
14:00
14:15
14:30
14:45
15:00
15:15
15:30
15:45
16:00
Preventing Ship Strikes on Endangered Whales: A Data Driven Whale Routing app
11:30 - 12:00
11:30 - 12:00
- Main Deck
Erik Roscam Abbing
Global Delegate at Whale Guardians
Regulatory and design trends for Heavy Lift MPPs
13:00 - 14:00
Main Deck13:00 - 14:00
- Main Deck
Jost Bergmann
Business director Multi-purpose vessels at DNV SE
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
12:30
12:45
13:00
13:15
13:30
13:45
14:00
14:15
14:30
14:45
15:00
15:15
15:30
Workshop Autonomous Sailing
10:00 - 11:30
10:00 - 11:30
- Main Deck
Jonathan Van Cauwenberge
Port of the Future Advisor at Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Karen Van Brussel
Port of the Future Advisor at Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Geopolitical tensions and their impact on breakbulk: A downward spiral or new opportunities for military cargo? How should we respond to the impact of geopolitical events?
13:00 - 16:00
Main Deck13:00 - 16:00
- Main Deck
Philippe Van Dijck
Lawyer (partner) at AMBOS LAWYERS