VANCOUVER MARITIME CENTRE FOR CLIMATE
GREENSHIP
2023
North America’s leading conference focused on maritime shipping and transportation decarbonization.
Our Esteemed Speakers
Learn from the experts who are navigating new waters in maritime decarbonization.
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M.K Anand is currently the Energy and Sustainability Manager for Global Container Terminals leading their decarbonization and climate action efforts. He has over 15 years of engineering experience in sustainable infrastructure having worked in decarbonization and energy planning for First Nation Communities and landmark projects such as the Kitimat Aluminum smelter, Watts Bar nuclear power plant and the Hanford Waste Nuclear Waste Treatment Plant in the US.
M.K. Anand
Energy and Sustainability Manager
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GCT Global Container Terminals
Erik Johnston joined Robert Allan Ltd. in 2004 after graduating from the University of British Columbia. Erik holds a B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, with Thermofluids Option, and is a registered Professional Engineer in BC.
Erik leads Robert Allan Ltd.’s activities relating to the design of all sizes of workboats for the offshore wind industry. Over the last 15 years Erik’s primary responsibility has been the design and engineering of vessels’ propulsion, machinery, and ships systems. Erik is currently a Project Manager, Team Lead Mechanical Engineering.
Paul Blomerus
Executive Director
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ClearSeas
Bryan Buggey
Executive Vice President
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Invest Vancouver
Juliana Cury is an Energy Engineer with post-graduation and specialization in Energy Management and Renewable Energies. Juliana's career journey began in Brazil, where she had the chance to work over two years for the government on pivotal projects related to energy regulation, compliance, and power generation inspection.
Juliana's role at Seaspan Corp is focused on overseeing the implementation of the ESG strategy, ensuring compliance with regulation and reporting standards, and driving Seaspan's sustainability efforts.
Janelle Caballero
Director of Cluster Workforce Growth
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Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
Wayne Chiu
Key Account Manager
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HEMPEL
Juliana Cury
ESG Program Coordinator
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Seaspan Ship Management
Dr. Eleanor Kirtley is the Senior Program Manager for Green Marine, North America’s leading environmental certification for the maritime industry. She joined the program and opened their West Coast office in 2014. Before that, Eleanor worked as an ocean engineer for six years at Glosten. She was a Project Manager and Principal Investigator for vessel traffic and risk assessment studies. Eleanor serves on the Washington State Board of Pilotage Commissioners and on the Board of Washington Maritime Blue. In 2008, Eleanor completed her PhD in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan and moved to Seattle, Washington.
With more than 30 years business leading and sales experience in the marine, shipbuilding and oil & gas industry - about 15 years ago, in the very early phase of introducing LNG as a marine fuel, Frank Harteveld started his explorations on greenifying the shipping sector.
A strong awareness of the need for creating “cleaner horizons” contributing to a more sustainable society, made Frank to strongly advocate the further introduction of renewable fuels for shipping – all to be based on realistic, but ambitious pathways.
In addition to his current position in Wärtsilä, Frank is representing the company as a member of the board in the SEA-LNG coalition.
Sheldon Fernandes
Director, Strategy & Innovation
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Brightspot Climate
Neil Fraser is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with over 25 years of experience in the maritime industry. From an Engineering Apprentice, through his university education, Neil’s extensive career has led him to assume Senior Management positions within DNV, including several Technical Management, Project Management, and Managerial roles, with particular focus on Integrity Management, Ship Classification, Technical Verification, Marine Warranty, and Advisory solutions.
Neil Fraser
Business Development, Key Account Manager
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DNV
Anthony Gray
Interim Chief Engineer, Multi Purpose Vessels
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Seaspan
Anthony Gray serves as the Interim Chief Engineer, Multi Purpose Vessels at Seaspan, a role he stepped into in 2023. With 25 years of experience in ship design and construction, his expertise is both deep and wide-ranging. Anthony is a Chartered Engineer with the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) and a Professional Engineer in British Columbia.
Frank Harteveld
General Manager Sales & Strategic Development
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Wartsila
Erik Johnston
Project Director, Mechanical Engineer
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Robert Allan Naval Architects
Bryan is a senior executive with more than three decades of experience as a business leader in entrepreneurship, sustainability, innovation, and economic development. Since 2006, Bryan has been interested and passionate about the economic opportunities afforded by the necessary transition to a low-carbon economy and has led teams in charge of projects and programs aimed at supporting those goals including the circular economy, decarbonization, innovation, investment, and equity & diversity. This includes concepts in economic transformation in the urban and regional context.
Patrick Kirchen
Associate Professor
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University of British Columbia
With 24 years of professional experience in the protective coating field, Wayne Chiu has had the privilege of working in both Asia and North America marine segment. His journey has been marked by a deep passion for maritime expertise and a commitment to excellence. Throughout Wayne’s career, he has not only accumulated extensive experience but has also become SSPC protective coating specialist and AMPP senior coating inspector, further enhancing his ability to contribute effectively in the marine industry.
Jennifer Kroll
Executive Director
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Ministry for Energy, Mines, and Low Carbon Innovation
Eleanor Kirtley
Sr. Program Manager
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Green Marine
Christine Rigby has worked in the air quality and climate change field for 23 years, nearly 19 of which have been spent leading air programs for the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority in Vancouver, Canada.
At the port authority, Christine’s focus is on local, regional and international collaboration, and the development and implementation of emission reduction policies and initiatives that emphasize flexible, results-based approaches. Prior to joining the port authority, Christine spent four years with the British Columbia Ministry of Environment working on air quality related issues.
Jorge Lobo
Senior Manager, LCT & LNG Operations
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FortisBC
With 30 years of experience in port, fisheries and environmental management, Jason Scherr is responsible for the overall development and implementation of the environmental sustainability plan, monitoring programs and environmental initiatives at the Port of Prince Rupert. He has led the development of the port’s environmental sustainability plan and carbon strategy. He has recently completed a climate change risk assessment for the port as well as the expansion and commissioning of shore power at Fairview Terminal. Jason is a member of VMCC’s steering committee and Green Marine’s West Coast Advisory Committee.
Jennifer Kroll is an experienced leader and business strategist with over 22 years of proven success in the public and private sectors.
Jennifer leads the development and implementation of British Columbia’s low carbon fuel policies, the single largest contributor to meeting CleanBC targets. Formerly, Jennifer was the Director of the Innovative Clean Energy Fund, leading on initiatives related to the funding and direction on emerging clean and innovative energy technologies.
Arvind Ramakrishnan
Director, Sustainability & Climate Change
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Deloitte
Christine Rigby
Manager, Climate Action and Air Quality
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Vancouver Fraser Port Authority
John Uhren is Managing Director, Sustainable Finance, at BMO Capital Markets. He leads product development and strategic initiatives across the enterprise, including raising capital and providing sustainable finance opportunities to clients. John is also a member of the Bank’s Energy Transition Group.
Christine VanDerwill is Associate, Partnerships at BMO Radicle. With over a decade of experience in sustainability, Christine supports transportation hubs to engage their value chains to prepare for and thrive in the growing low carbon economy. Working at the nexus of policy and business engagement, she passionately believes that maritime businesses and ports are essential to driving the energy transition and accelerating innovation. Christine holds a MA in International Studies with a concentration in environmental policy from Simon Fraser University (SFU).
Jason Scherr
Manager, Environmental Sustainability
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Port of Prince Rupert
Janelle is an accomplished educator, coach, and DEI advocate with a wealth of experience in workforce development across multiple industries, including university career advising, careers in the construction industry, and talent development in the blue economy. As an ICF PCC coach, PROSCI change management consultant, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), and Project Management Professional (PMP), she brings a unique blend of skills to her work. Holding a PGCE and an M. Ed degree, Janelle is recognized as a leading voice in blue economy workplace development, spanning from youth to adult career placement.
Dhaval Shah
Associate Dean, Marine Campus
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BCIT
Dhaval Shah is a Master Mariner with a Master of Business Administration degree, Corporate Finance Institute certification, ISO internal and external auditor certification, and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification. His extensive knowledge of the marine industry, coupled with his professional connections both locally and internationally, positions him well to provide invaluable leadership to the BCIT Marine Campus.
John Uhren
Managing Director, Sustainable Finance
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BMO Capital Markets
Paul Blomerus leads the team at ClearSeas as they work to create a sustainable marine shipping sector that is safe, vibrant, and inclusive. Before joining the organization in 2020, he worked in a variety of industry roles including engineering, supply chain, research and business development positions for Westport Innovations and Rolls-Royce Aerospace. He holds a PhD in engineering science from the University of Oxford.
Christine VanDerwill
Associate, Partnerships
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BMO Radicle
Sheldon Fernandes has over 10 years of experience working across Canada to develop and implement innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing energy, climate, and sustainability issues. Sheldon has particular expertise in helping clients navigate through the increasingly complex web of climate and energy policy and programming in Western Canada.
Juvarya Veltkamp
Senior Advisor, Green Ports Forum
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C40
Brook Walker is a local marine executive with a deep interest in the human condition. Brook has performed a variety of roles across his 20 years in the marine industry, including Deckhand, Mate, and Master, on coastal and international vessels. Ashore, Brook has supported Operations Planning, Marine Personnel, Logistics, Safety & Environment (SHEQ), Vessel Operations, and Labour Relations.
Brook Walker
Director of Operations
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Saam Towage
Drawing on 20+ years’ experience in economic development, sustainable cities, green buildings, purpose-driven business, and climate action, Juvarya is currently Senior Advisor with C40 Cities' Green Ports Forum, where she convenes a network of the world’s leading port cities and their ports working to cut emissions in half before 2030.
Prior to this, from 2010 to 2020, Juvarya helped to write and implement the City of Vancouver's ambitious Greenest City Action Plan and green economy strategy, which stimulated innovation, attracted investment, and transformed Vancouver’s economy to double the number of good, green jobs in the city while reducing carbon emissions.
Jorge Lobo has been with FortisBC for more than 12 years in areas such as energy efficiency and Renewable Natural Gas project management. For seven years, he led the development of innovative LNG delivery systems for industrial customers including mining, power generation and marine, from initial concept, design and implementation to operation and maintenance.
Jorge leads the teams in charge of LNG Asset Operation and Maintenance, LNG Logistics and Safety, Education and Compliance within the FortisBC Low Carbon Transportation (LCT) group.
Arvind is a Director at Deloitte in our Climate & Sustainability practice and leads the Hydrogen pillar under the energy transition practice for Deloitte Canada. Arvind is currently involved in leading many engagements focussed on helping clients understand and prioritize technologies and fuels adoption for mobility, ports, airports and marine applications including green shipping corridor initiatives. Of particular importance and interest for this session, would be the work that Arvind & the Deloitte team is delivering for Prince Rupert Port Authority to develop a comprehensive carbon plan to meet their 2030/2050 climate targets.
Dr. Patrick Kirchen is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia, where he leads the Thermochemical Energy Conversion Lab. His lab has developed a unique optical engine facility for detailed characterization of alternative fuels and their combustion processes.
He is co-leading the UBC Urban Freight Emissions Program to characterize air quality and GHG emissions from current and future low-carbon intensity fuels through partnerships with freight operators, regulators, and other local stake and rightsholders.
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