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DNV GL North American Committee Meeting 2020

Virtual TEAMs Event

Date: October 21, 2020

Time: 10:00 AM to 13:00 (Houston time)


Though the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly affected our ways of working and presents numerous challenges, we in DNV GL, together with our industry have been very resilient in finding solutions to support business continuity. Our foresight to invest and innovate in the past decade enabled us to be ready to offer our services without much interruption when we were presented with challenges. As we are still amidst the pandemic in North America, we will host our North American Committee Meeting virtually this year in the morning of Wednesday, 21st October 2020 using Microsoft Teams platform.

The  primary purpose of the DNV GL North American Committee is to provide a forum for Maritime leaders to discuss DNV GL activities and provide input to DNV GL.
Our industry partners will be joining us to provide cutting edge and topical insights for the maritime industry. The forum also provides:

  • A venue for DNV GL to share knowledge and experience with committee members and
  • A mechanism for committee members to evaluate and comment on both the scope and quality of DNV GL services

We look forward to your participation in this collaborative industry forum to discuss the key issues we face in today’s market

Date: October 21, 2020

Time: 10:00 AM to 13:00 (Houston time)


Though the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly affected our ways of working and presents numerous challenges, we in DNV GL, together with our industry have been very resilient in finding solutions to support business continuity. Our foresight to invest and innovate in the past decade enabled us to be ready to offer our services without much interruption when we were presented with challenges. As we are still amidst the pandemic in North America, we will host our North American Committee Meeting virtually this year in the morning of Wednesday, 21st October 2020 using Microsoft Teams platform.

The  primary purpose of the DNV GL North American Committee is to provide a forum for Maritime leaders to discuss DNV GL activities and provide input to DNV GL.
Our industry partners will be joining us to provide cutting edge and topical insights for the maritime industry. The forum also provides:

  • A venue for DNV GL to share knowledge and experience with committee members and
  • A mechanism for committee members to evaluate and comment on both the scope and quality of DNV GL services

We look forward to your participation in this collaborative industry forum to discuss the key issues we face in today’s market

Agenda

DNV GL North America Committee Meeting

Welcome Address

Round table introductions

Speaker

Ms Nathalie Sykora

Chairperson of DNV GL North America Committee, VP Global Fleet Management at The CSL Group Inc

Opening Address

  • DNV GL Update
  • Focus Areas 2020

Speaker

Mr Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen

CEO Maritime, DNV GL

DNV GL Updates

  • Maritime Forecast to 2050
  • Energy Transition Outlook (ETO) 2020

Speaker

Mr Trond Hodne

Sales & Marketing Director, DNV GL

Owners perspective on Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG)

Speaker

Mr William Hung

Executive Vice President, Strategic Development, Teekay Corporation

BREAK

Business Continuity

Digital Class updates contributing to Business Continuity under COVID-19 environment

Speaker

Mr Geir Dugstad

Director of Ship Classification & Technical Director, DNV GL

Cruise Industry Update

Infection Control & Prevention

Speaker

Mr Jan Solum

Area East Manager North America, DNV GL

Challenge of Crew Changes during the Pandemic

IMO update and Risk Assessments

Speaker

Ms Kathrine Ilje Nerland M.Sc.

Principal Engineer, Regulatory Affairs

Mr. Simon Mockler

Head of Advisory Americas, DNV GL

Input from Committee members

Plenum discussions

Speaker

Mr Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen

CEO Maritime, DNV GL

Closing remarks

Speaker

Ms Nathalie Sykora

Chairperson of DNV GL North America Committee, VP Global Fleet Management at The CSL Group Inc