Maritime Zone Program

In the Maritime Zone you will find a mini stage filled with enlightening talks. It is not possible to preebook seats for these talks.

Wednesday, November 8, 2023
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
New business models and the future of maritime. Making waves for the blue transition and entrepreneurship

• Thyra Traberg, Founder of Dockme: Smart harbour. For the advancement of recreational sailing
• Chaired by Nana Christiansen, Senior Innovation Consultant & Business Developer

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Reduction of CO2 with rotating sails and data collection for safety and sustainability

• Kim Diederiksen, CEO at ANEMOI: Using rotor sails on the large vessels in bulk and tanker, on all ships larger than 50.000 tons
• Christian Treu, SVP at Danelec Connect & Digital Business: Maritime safety,
data collection and smart shipping technologies
• Chaired by Anne Malberg, Co-Founder & Director of DTU Board education

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Security og cyber security omboard and beyound. How can the university research and startups deliver on that?

• Michael Kirkedal Thomsen, Ass. Professor at DIKU & University of Oslo: From a research establishing a decentralised platform facilitating secure and reliable information exchange
• Bodil Biering, PhD, founder of Cyberjuice: Combines three of the most important pillars of cybersecurity; strategy, compliance and awareness
• Chaired by Anne Malberg, Co-Founder & Director of DTU Board education

Thursday, November 9, 2023
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Sustainability in water by measuring, learning and taking the right actions

• Maria Bakali, Co-Founder at Anemo Robotics: Measuring the impacts and effects of wind farms on biodiversity and marine life. Venture Cup Denmark awarded Anemo Robotics the best University Start-Up in 2023.
• Alexander Rydberg, CCO at Vaquita Technology: Monitoring system that predicts what will happen in a water reservoir.
• Hans Henrik H. Heming, Founder at Moonjelly: Giving local and Indigenous communities the resources they need to protect and restore the ocean.
• Chaired by Anders Kjær, Deep Tech Fund Director at PSV DeepTech

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Improving the maritime and offshore sector with advanced technology

• Mads Jørgensen, CEO & Co-founder at Upteko: Improving the offshore sector with advanced arial & robotics technology
• Morten Beier, CEO & Co-Founder at Uvision: 3D scanner for underwater inspections
• Chaired by Magnus Gary, Project Director at ShippingLab

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Optimising and rethinking the full journey of goods from the supplier to the customer. Applied AI. How can startup and universities help?

• Rune Møller Jensen, Ass. Professor & head of Maritime Hub at ITU, CEO at Sealytix. The Maritime Hub is a new Danish Maritime center in ITU that will make the blue Denmark visible to students and researchers in the IT-Universitety of Copenhagen
• Niels Gorm Maly Rytter, Head of section for Engineering Operations at SDU. Director at LinerGame: Optimising trailer transport
• Chaired by Hanne Breddam, Tech Entrepreneur, Board and Angel Investor