WHERE? Gotlandsbolaget's PEARL SEAWAYS NORDIC PEARL
ROUTE? Copenhagen-Oslo-Copenhagen
WHEN? 2-4 April 2025

• ~500 delegates, +230 companies
• Two days of programme with industry expert speakers
• Intimate, approachable and efficient networking
• A proper exhibition area
• Value-for-money. All events, meals and cabins included
• Educational and fun

BOOK EARLY, SEATS ARE LIMITED

We are now in the short time period when most of the registrations for our conference occur, so if you want to secure a seat/cabin and/or exhibition stand/sponsorship of your choice, now is the time to register.

BOOK HERE

PEARL SEAWAYS NORDIC PEARL offers an excellent exhibition area, so don’t miss to book an exhibition area and/or sponsorship early to ensure a favourable place.

THEME

"Increased efficiency, standardisation and sustainability"

MAIN PROGRAMME SESSIONS

Moderators:
Frederik Erdmann - Moderator and contributing correspondent Shippax
Alan Lam - Co-moderator and correspondent and analyst Shippax

Ro-pax executives panel debate 1
Torben Carlsen - CEO DFDS Group
Matteo Catani - CEO GNV
Håkan Johansson - CEO Gotlandsbolaget
More TBA

Ro-pax executives panel debate 2
Eric Grégoire - CEO Scandlines
Mary Ann Pastrana - Chairperson Archipelago Philippine Ferries
Björn Blomqvist - CEO Eckerö Group
Phil Delaney - Commercial Director Wightlink
Achille Onorato - Vice chairman Moby S.p.A and CEO Moby S.p.A
More TBA

Keynote speakers
Anders Borg - Former Swedish minister of finance, financial advisor
More TBA

New ships & projects
Robert Clifford - Chairman Incat
Gjermund Johannessen - Managing Director Norwegian Ship Design
Gotlandsbolaget - Speaker TBD
More TBA

Ferry industry performance and megatrends
Frederik Erdmann – Moderator and correspondent for Shippax
Alan Lam - Co-moderator and correspondent and analyst Shippax

New technologies and inspirations
ABB - Speaker TBD
Expian - Speaker TBD
NAPA - Speaker TBD
Rina - Speaker TBD
Carsten Seeburg - Key Account Manager Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & CO.KG
Telenor Maritime - Speaker TBD
Wärtsilä - Speaker TBD
More TBA

Opportunities of modular concepts on the road towards zero-emission ro-pax operations
David Surplus - Managing Director of B9 Energy Ltd
More TBA

Crewing and generation Z seafarers
Ronny Øksnes - Advisor Norwegian Seafarers' Union
Angelica Andreasson - Crewing and project management Stena Line Maritime Academy
More TBA

Opportunities (and limits) of digitalisation for the ro-pax industry
Barbara Poli - Chief information technology officer GNV
More TBA

Shipbrokers' talking table
Olof Berndtsson - Director and shipbroker Nordvik Shipping
Brax Shipping - Speaker TBD
Angelika Nieder - Shipbroker and managing owner Macholl & Specht GmbH

Interferry update
Mike Corrigan - CEO Interferry
Tim Mooney - President/Owner Fire Island Ferries, Chairman of Interferry

Shippax Awards
Frederik Erdmann, Alan Lam

PEARL SEAWAYS © Maritime Photographic

Gotlandsbolaget official welcome

"On behalf of Gotlandsbolaget and our colleagues on the Oslo-Copenhagen route, I want to extend a warm welcome to PEARL SEAWAYS NORDIC PEARL for the Shippax Ferry Conference 2025.
We are honored to have the opportunity to welcome you to the conference – following our take-over from DFDS in November 2024. It will also be an opportunity for us to share the ships’ refurbishments, as we are planning large investments in cabins to be carried out in time for the conference. The crew of PEARL SEAWAYS NORDIC PEARL stand ready to make sure the conference and your experience will be worth remembering."

Håkan Johansson, CEO Gotlandsbolaget

WHAT'S IT LIKE?

See photos from the 2024 conference