"In 2022, Chinese shipyards reached a market share of 47% and for the first time exceeded the combined market share of Japanese and South Korean shipyards", according to the BIMCO. It's reported that the delivered ships reached a record high of 14.6 million Compensated Gross Tonne (CGT), accounting for around 49% of the global delivery in last year.

The Maritime Manufacturing & Industrial Services Working Group is glad to invite you to join the 2023 Kick-off Meeting on Monday 20th March 2023, 14:00-16:00. In the first part of the meeting, Mr LI Xin, Vice Director of Innovation Center in Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI), will be invited to share insights on the development trend of ship design and low carbon technology outlook 2023.

The second part of the meeting will consist of the Chair Elections and Position Paper Discussion. Candidates running for the elections will introduce themselves and their goals for the Maritime Manufacturing & Industrial Services Working Group over the next 12 months. Please find below this year's Chairs candidates:

National Chair:

• Tiger Yong, Vice President of Government Affairs of China of MSC Group

National Vice Chair:

• Adnan Ezzarhouni, General Manager of GTT China

Please kindly note that the meeting will be in English only.

Tentative Agenda:

14:00-14:10          Opening Remarks

14:10-14:40          Keynote Speech: Development Trend of Ship Design and Low Carbon Technology outlook 2023

• LI Xin, Vice Director of Innovation Center in Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI)

14:40-15:00          Q&A

15:00-15:20         Chair Elections and Candidates Speeches

• Tiger Yong, Vice President of Government Affairs of China of MSC Group

• Adnan Ezzarhouni, General Manager of GTT China

15:20-15:40          2023/2024 Position Paper and Work Plan Discussion

15:40-15:45          Closing

Speakers

Mr. Xin Li

Vice director of innovation center, Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute

Mr. Xin Li

Vice director of innovation center, Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute

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Mr Xin Li is the vice director of innovation center in Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI), and has been ship design engineer for 12 years. Since 2012, he has been into R&D of low carbon ship types, smart ship, smart systems and AI solutions. In recent years, he and his team developed many low carbon ships for the industry. Most of those have been accepted by the market and will help the owners achieve the goal of making fleet greener.

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