Scientific Board

of the Sustainable Shipping Days

Scientific Board of the Sustainable Shipping Days has been formed to guide the Sustainable
Shipping Days (SSD) 2026 in technical and policy matters. The following 8 distinguished experts have
accepted to serve on the Scientific Board of the Sustainable Shipping Days:

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Ahmed Abdelhakim, Global Product Manager, Onboard DC Grid™ System,
ABB Marine & Ports


Syed-Asif Ansar, Board Chair, Head of Department Energy System Integration, Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics,
German Aerospace Center (DLR)


Jan Egbertsen, Manager Strategy Innovation, 
Port of Amsterdam


Laurence Grand-Clément, Founder and CEO, 
Persee


Steffen Knodt, Founder of Deepblue Earth, and Head of Business Development at the DLR,
Member of the German Ocean Decade Committee


Øystein Ulleberg, Chief Scientist, 
Institute for Energy Technology (IFE)


Berend van Veldhuizen, Power System Researcher, 
Feadship


Kevin Koosup Yum, Senior Vice President, 
HD Hyundai Europe R&D Center


Malte Zeretzke, Head of R&D, 
Carnival Maritime

*Board Chair