Arctic Shipping Summit 2025

Arctic Shipping Summit 2025

ACI’s 12th Arctic Shipping Summit will be taking place on the 19th and 20th of November 2025 in Montreal, Canada. The two-day event will consist of a number of informative presentations followed by interactive Q&A sessions and panel discussions, bringing together key industry stakeholders including ship-owners, ship-managers & associated solution providers, coastguards and governmental transport authorities, meteorologists, consultants & technology providers.

The primary goal of enhancing a client's bottom line is usually a result of careful analysis of existing business problems and development of suitable plans for improvement. They are committed to making an organisation more successful by offering help to improve performance; operating primarily through the analysis of existing organisational problems and implementing plans for improvement.

Join us at the 19th edition of the summit which will once again bring together leading executives and experts from across the entire value chain including ship-owners, ship-managers & associated solution providers, coastguards and governmental transport authorities, meteorologists, consultants & technology providers for two days of informative presentations, interactive Q&A sessions, panel discussions and networking opportunities.

Speakers Include:

• Jason Edmunds, Director, Adventure Canada
• Erik Almkvist, Head of Ice Operations, Viking Supply Ships
• Mark Keneford, Managing Director, Wartsila
• Alexis Dorais, Senior Manager, Ice Services, FEDNAV
• Marius Kruse, Founder/Managing Partner, Mariem Solutions GmbH
• Paul Cordeiro, Polar Ice Navigator, Northwest Passage Marine
• Kyle Ereaux, Director, Marine Transport Services
• Keld Qvistgaard, Head of Ice Services, Danish Meteorological Institute
• Adam Turner, Chief Expeditions Officer, Oceanwide Expeditions
• Andy Moorhouse, VP, Economic Development, Makivik Corporation
• Kenneth Boda, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
• Steve Jones, Director of Fundraising & Operations, ORCA
• Phillip A. Buhler, Partner, Moseley, Prichard, Parrish, Knight & Jones
• Patrick Marchesseau, Captain, Ponant
• Martin Røymo Skedsmo, Key Account Manager, Kongsberg Satellite Services
• Ivana Kubat, Director R&D, National Research Council Canada
• Christian Haas, Professor, University of Bremen & Alfred Wegener Institute
• James Craig, Chief Development Officer, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
• Randy Billard, President/CEO, Virtual Marine
• Niclas Karlsson, Owner, Clean ship Scandinavia AB
• Hilu Tagoona, Senior Arctic Advisor, Oceans North
• Peter Scholz, Project Manager, Scout Engineering & Consulting Ltd
• Mustapha El Jaaba, Principal Engineer, DNV