Daniele Cevola is a yacht designer, co-founder of Livrea Yacht and co-founder of OCORE S.r.l., an Innovative stratup which won the PNI 2017 – (National of Innovation Award in Italy).

OCORE S.r.l. produce optimized structures for high performance objects finalized in aerospace, automotive, marine, green energy and oil & gas.

Reporting to the President & Chief Executive Officer, Mr Kuik is responsible for the research and development of new products.

Prior to his current appointment, Mr Kuik was General Manager (Technology Development and Solutions) at Sembawang Shipyard, where he was in charge of the development and marketing of new products and services, and also the management of the yard’s Quality Control and IT departments. His past appointments at Sembcorp Marine included Quality Manager, General Manager (Engineering) and General Manager (Operations).

Mr Kuik has a Bachelor of Engineering in Marine Technology, with first class honours in Naval Architecture, from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

Vincent Wegener is an entrepreneur and is co-founder of RAMLAB. In 2016 the Port of Rotterdam Authority launched Rotterdam Additive Manufacturing Lab (RAMLAB). Together with more than 30 partners both from industry and academic institutions research is being done on the applications of AM for the port related industry. The first results look promising; within a year RAMLAB was able to manufacture the world’s first certified tug boat propeller with Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing technology; the WAAMpeller.

Matthew is CEO of 3D Metalforge, a leading additive manufacturing company that supports cutting-edge companies with their global metal printing requirements. 3D Metalforge is ISO 9001 certified and has its headquarters in Singapore, with technical support offices in US and UK.

Matthew built his career as a globally accomplished senior executive managing senior operational teams for over two decades with MNCs such as McKinsey & Co. and Keppel Integrated Engineering. While he has been based in Singapore for over 15 years and is now a Singapore citizen, he has worked extensively across Asia Pacific, Australia and Middle East with functional expertise in project management, EPC projects, planning, oil and gas and waste water EPC projects, large scale construction and shipping operations.

Wu Wenjin is a senior engineer with Keppel Technology and Innovation (KTI), where he is co-leading the group efforts on Additive Manufacturing (AM, also known as 3D Printing). He started his AM journey during his career at Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre, where he contributed to the establishment of the AM team. The team worked together to build up AM knowledge and capabilities to identify opportunities and applications for the offshore and marine industry. With the set up of KTI, the team has now strategised its efforts for group-wide adoption. In addition to these, he has also worked in the areas of shipyard productivity, energy efficiency and climate change.

Wenjin has a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, with first class honours, from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is currently pursuing his PhD with research interest in AM.

Hussain joined Lloyd’s Register’s Global Technology Centre (GTC) in Singapore last year from the Nuclear Development Group in London, where he was responsible for technology development, business development and technical support on the UK’s Advanced Boiling Water Reactor.

Reporting to the Vice President for Technology & Innovation; Hussain leads strategic technology and joint industry projects. He is also the commercial lead for digital and advanced manufacturing in Singapore. Hussain has established a strong Additive Manufacturing service delivery team in Singapore, which leverages Lloyd’s Register’s partnership with The Welding Institute (TWI) and £15 million in research investment.

Dr. Narasimalu Srikanth joined Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N) as a Senior Scientist and Programme Director, leading the Wind & Marine research team. He has more than 25 years of Industrial experience and earlier he was with Vestas Wind systems as a senior specialist in the Technology department, leading some of the key research activities related to aeromechanics and condition monitoring specialization of wind turbines.

Prior to this appointments, he also served ASM Technology Singapore leading the research and development of semiconductor equipment and with Tata engineering (TELCO) at Pune (India) focusing on heavy machinery design. He received his first masters from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India in machine design and his second masters in materials engineering and his first PhD in the area of mechanical engineering and a second PhD in Technology Management from National University of Singapore (NUS).

Dr. Narasimalu has published in more than 90 international journals and has more than 30 patents. His areas of technical research interests are wind & tidal resource mapping marine & turbine development, structural health monitoring and simulation methods. He is a member of OES, ASME, ASM, ASPE, IEEE and MRS(S).

Dr. Sastry Kandukuri is a passionate and experienced materials technology professional with 25 years of diverse experience in many different fields such as Maritime, Oil & Gas and Manufacturing sectors. Currently he is working as a global AM solution lead at DNV GL’s newly established Global AM Technology Centre of Excellence in Singapore. Dr. Sastry has been working intensely with Additive Manufacturing Technology service in DNV GL over the past few years for both Maritime and Oil & Gas and currently developing internal and external standards for qualification, certification and verification of 3D printed materials and components. He is the lead author of DNV GL class guideline (DNV GL-CG-0197) on “Additive Manufacturing – Qualification and Certification process for Materials and Components”.

Dr. Sastry obtained his PhD in Additive manufacturing/ 3D printing area from Katholic University Leuven, Belgium in 2006. Later he has worked in Canada with DaimlerChrysler/University of Windsor partnership in developing a 3D printing technique using cold spray technology.

For the last 11 years in DNV GL, he has been working with topics like ‘Approval of Manufacturer service’ as global responsible, providing expert technical support on Material certification, initiating and running Joint industry projects as project manager and team member and developing class rules, class programs and class guidelines and offshore standards. Other important task was developing Materials related courses and delivering ‘Materials Technology course globally to DNV GL employees and their customers. Dr. Sastry has received the Young Scientist / National Innovation Award from Prime Minister of India in 1999, the recipient of Belgian Government fellowship in Technical Metallurgy in 2001 and won best PhD thesis award by European Powder Metallurgy Association in 2008.

Jack Wu has been with EOS GmbH since 2010, first as General Manager of EOS Electro Optical Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., where he helped set up the China branch and operations in 2013. Jack is currently the Sales Director for Asia-Pacific since October 2017.

Prior to joining EOS, Jack had more than 10 years of sales, marketing, and product management experience at various US based multinational companies focused on delivering integrated factory automation solutions, including Computer Integrated Manufacturing system (CIM), Manufacturing Execution System (MES), automated material handling system, process control solutions for the High-Tech manufacturing industries, including Semiconductor, Flat Panel Display, LED and PV Solar industries.

Jack has a Bachelor Degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Davide Sher is Senior Analyst, 3DP Adoption Studies at SmarTech Markets Publishing and has built an extensive experience as a technology journalist and communication consultant. Davide was born in Milan, Italy and spent 12 years in the United States, where he received his BA from SUNY Stony Brook. He now lives in Milan and collaborates with several 3D printing news portals. He founded 3Dprintingbusiness.directory, currently the largest global directory of 3DP related companies, as well as the leading Italian 3DP news portal Replicatore.it

Capt M Segar is the Assistant Chief Executive (Operations) of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

He holds a Master (Foreign-going) Certificate of Competency and a Master of Science (Maritime Administration & Environmental Protection) from the World Maritime University, Malmo (Sweden). Prior to his current appointment in MPA, he was a Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) sponsored student and after his sailing career, he worked with the Port of Singapore Authority as a Harbour Pilot (1 Jan 90 to 1 Feb 96). He then joined MPA as a Marine Officer and was subsequently promoted as the Port Master, MPA (Jan 2001 to Jul 2008).

Capt Segar was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) (Bar) Pingat Pentadbiran Awam (Perak) (Lintang) at the National Day Awards 2017.

In his current capacity as the Assistant Chief Executive (Operations), Capt Segar oversees operational matters pertaining to the smooth and safe running of the Port of Singapore, so as to ensure that the world’s busiest port remains safe, secure and efficient, thereby facilitating the development and promotion of Singapore as a hub port and international maritime centre. Capt Segar also oversees the administration of our responsibilities as a Flag State, Port State and Coastal State, and the use of technology to enhance our operations.

Paul Guillaumot is the founder and CEO of Spare Parts 3D, company specialized on on-demand production for spare parts via additive manufacturing operating in various sectors including Home Appliance, Marine, Oil and Gaz, General industry. Paul firmly believes that additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is the leading driver of the 4th industrial revolution, enabling just-in-time, distributed and mass-customized production.

He started his career at Oliver Wyman, as strategy consultant and left upon the opportunity to join the spin-off called Theano Advisors. During his years in consulting, he got actively involved in many projects, including major transformation of international industrial companies such as Airbus or the French national railway Company, SNCF.

Holding a Master Degree in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from Arts et Métiers Paristech (France). Paul has an extensive knowledge in product development and manufacturing processes.

Malaika Ingram is the Manager for the Woodside Innovation Centre at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia (WICM). The WICM is tasked with investigating future technology for application at Woodside facilities, with an aim to reduce operating and production costs. As the Center Manager, Malaika oversees day-to-day operation of the WICM. She is also responsible for ensuring projects are on budget and on schedule. Malaika also acts as an industry liaison, ensuring smooth communication between Woodside and the WICM.

Prior to her current position, Malaika worked as a research engineer for Spirit AeroSystems (USA) where she was responsible for developing optimised manufacturing solutions for use in aircraft manufacturing. She also held positions in the public utility industry (Consolidated Edison – USA) as well as the agricultural solutions industry (Rubicon Water – Australia). With over ten years of industry experience, Malaika has experience across the entire product design cycle, from conceptual design to CAD to production of prototype components. Her skill-set is invaluable to converting WICM’s research to industry application.

Malaika holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Polytechnic University (USA) and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University (USA), as well as a Master of Science in Organisational Leadership (USA).

Graduated in Astrophysics in Uk, and after a number of years in technology development in European research facilities, Voula entered the Oil & Gas arena; after 27 years in the multiple disciplines within the great Oil & Gas business. Having worked all over the world for vendors as well as other operators and raised to the executive management role of VP with Aker Solutions, she moved to Perth for Woodside, currently holding the Technology manager’s role, managing all the engagements with the Woodside academic partners such as Monash, Univ. of WA, Curtin etc. enthusiastic for sharing collaboration in order to  Innovate in an accelerated pace.