The Royal Academy of Engineering and BAE SYSTEMS jointly hosted this online event. Delegates heard from leaders in industry and research about the top priorities for achieving a sustainable shipping sector and how they are being tackled.
A sustainable shipping sector needs to rapidly decarbonise alongside addressing other social and economic issues such as the end-of-life impacts of decommissioned ships and off-shore structures. There is no one-size-fits-all solution for decarbonising shipping, but it is clear the industry needs to end its reliance on fossil fuels and shift to zero and low carbon fuels and develop the infrastructure required for this.
Cathy Davis
Cathy Davis is Head of Strategy, Sustainability, Simulation & Synthetics for BAE Systems and is responsible for driving group strategies to enhance on the company’s position as a technology leader. One particular area of focus is leading sustainable product innovation across the company. Cathy has over 25 years’ experience in the defence sector and has held a variety of engineering and business transformati on roles within the Maritime sector. More recently Cathy managed a companywide technology innovation and investment fund that developed new products with particular successes in the areas of maritime autonomy and advanced manufacturing. Cathy holds a degree in Mathematics, is a chartered engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology.
Dervilla Mitchell CBE FREng
Dervilla Mitchell is the Executive Chair of the UK, India, Middle East and Africa Region of Arup and a member of their Global Board. She has led the business through the pandemic, changing how the firm operates and providing advice to clients on their response to the pandemic. Over the course of her career. Dervilla has been involved in a wide range of projects largely in the built environment. A significant part of her career has been involved with airports at Heathrow, Dublin and more recently at Abu Dhabi airport on their Midfield Terminal. She is a member of Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology. She has a strong interest in diversity and inclusion in th e engineering profession. She received a CBE for services to engineering in 2014.
Katharine Palmer
Katharine Palmer is the global head of sustainability for Lloyd’s Register Maritime and currently seconded to the UN High Level Climate Champion team as the Shipping Lead. With nearly 20 years’ experience in the shipping industry she is an established th ought leader and expert on environment and sustainability issues within the maritime value chain. Katharine is on many industry forums including the Getting to Zero Coalition and is currently the C oC hair of the IMarEST Technical Leadership Board and an elected trustee on the Board of the Sustainable Shipping initiative.
Professor Susan Gourvenec FREng
Susan is a member of the Programme Board for the Engineering X Safer End of Engineered Life programme and Theme Lead for Safer Decommissioning of Offshore Structures and Ships. Susan holds a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies in Intelligent & Resilient Ocean Engineering, which drives activities to create a step change in ocean engineering design to support responsible, sustainable and economic ocean development. Susan has an established track record of International Standards development for offshore infrastructure through roles with the ISO, BSI, API and LR. Susan is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers Susan is based at the University of Southampton, where she is Professor of Offshore Geotechnical Engineering of the Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute. and Deputy Director
