14th Dynamic Positioning Asia conference and exhibition
The 14th Dynamic Positioning Asia takes place on 21 to 22 May 2026 at the Concorde Hotel in Singapore. DP vessel operators, technical experts, and the wider DP community must attend this event.
The MTS DP Committee and IMCA partner with us to deliver a two day conference featuring expert led workshops.
Conference program highlights
- Expert workshops: High impact sessions like "EBCV2, Evidence or Imagination?"
- Technical evolution: Latest on Optical Local Position Reference Sensors and LEO GNSS.
- Risk and performance: Insights into GNSS threats and hybrid DP power systems.
- Industry standards: Exclusive updates from IMCA on DP event reporting.
Date
21 to 22 May 2026
Location
Concorde Hotel Singapore
Address
100 Orchard Road, Singapore 238840
DP ASIA 2026 SPEAKERS
Conference Chairman
Joey Fisher
Managing Director
M3 Marine Expertise
Session 1
Thursday, May 21
Moderator & Session Chair
Suman Muddusetti
Chairman of MTS DP Committee
MTS
Panelist
Goh Boon Keong
Chief Executive Officer – Vessel Services International & Group Business Development
Cyan Renewables
Panelist
Bjorn Jalving
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Kongsberg
Panelist
Girish Sreeraman
Area Business Development Director for Maritime
DNV
Panelist
Jorma Koponen
Global DP Product Specialist
ABB
Panelist
Matthew Tremblay
Senior Vice President of Global Offshore
ABS
Panelist
Sobhith Hariharan
Head of Decarbonisation
AET
Panelist
Chandra Mohan
Senior General Manager : Shipyard
Marco Polo Marine
Panelist
Thibault Thiery
Director, Commercial East
Tidewater
Speaker
Dr. Sasha Heriot
Strategic Commercial Consultant
Furlong Sensing
Speaker
Michael Ellis
Business Development Manager
– Renewables
– Renewables
Sonardyne
Speaker
Keith Park
Senior Account Manager
Oceaneering
Session 2 & Lunchtime Presentation
Thursday, May 21
Session Chair
Aleks Karlsen
Senior Principal Specialist
DNV
Speaker
Jan Nilsen
Senior Sales Manager
Kongsberg Discovery Seatex
Speaker
Luca Pivano
Product Manager DP Simulations
DNV AS
Lunchtime Speaker
Sandeep Banger
Manager, Electrical and DP Authority
Tidewater Offshore Operations
Session 3 & 4 (Workshop)
Thursday, May 21
Session Chair & Facilitator
Dr. Steven Cargill
DPTA – Vice President, Marine Operations and Dynamic Positioning Services, Energy Systems
DNV
Speaker
Zachary Clark
Project Manager
Kongsberg Maritime AS
Speaker
Cinthya Lopes
Director Offshore Business Development
Simwave B.V.
Session 5 & Lunchtime Presentation
Friday, May 22
Session Chairman & Speaker
Richard Purser
Technical Adviser – Marine
IMCA
Speaker
Captain Qasim Masood
Head of Qualifications
The Nautical Institute
Speaker
Louise Engel
Marine Assurance Manager
New Wave Offshore Energy
Speaker
Capt. M.M.Nanjappa
General Manager
MOL Maritex
Speaker
Jennifer Evans
Technical Adviser – Marine
IMCA
Lunchtime Speaker
Mat Bateman
Senior Partner / Marine Consultant
Keelson Marine
Session 6 & 7 (Workshop)
Friday, May 22
Session Chair & Facilitator
Dr. Steven Cargill
DPTA – Vice President, Marine Operations and Dynamic Positioning Services, Energy Systems
DNV
Workshop Facilitator
Suman Muddusetti
Chairman of MTS DP Committee
MTS
Speaker
Jessica Kelly Silva de Jesus
Electrical Engineer
OneStep Power Solutions
Speaker
Alessio Lombardi
Global Director DP
ABL
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Conference Programme DP ASIA 2026
Thursday, May 21, 2026 (Day 1)
08:00 – 08:30 | Registration and Networking Breakfast
SESSION 1
Moderator and Session Chairman
Suman Muddusetti
Chairman of the MTS DP Committee and MTS DP Sub-Committee on Guidance and Standards
08:30 – 08:40
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Joey Fisher Managing Director – M3 Marine
Expertise; DP Asia Conference Chairman
08:40 – 09:30
Panel Session: Business Leaders Asia
Goh Boon Keong
Chief Executive Officer – Vessel Services International & Group Business Development, Cyan Renewables
Bjorn Jalving
Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Kongsberg
Girish Sreeraman
Area Business Development Director for Maritime, DNV
Joey Fisher
Managing Director, M3 Marine Expertise Pte Ltd
Jorma Koponen
Global DP Product Specialist, ABB
Matthew Tremblay
Senior Vice President of Global Offshore, ABS
Sobhith Hariharan
Head of Decarbonisation, AET
Chandra Mohan
Senior General Manager : Shipyard, Marco Polo Marine
Thibault Thiery
Director, Commercial East, Tidewater
09:30 – 09:50
To Target? Or not to Target? That is no longer the Question! A New Class
of Optical Local Position Reference Sensor for Safer Dynamic Positioning
Dr. Sasha Heriot Strategic Commercial Consultant, Furlong Sensing UK
09:50 – 10:10
SPRINT-Nav DP – A shallow water DP reference position system – Update
Michael Ellis Business Development Manager – Renewables, Sonardyne
10:10 – 10:30
Strengthening DP PRS Single Fault Tolerance Through LEO GNSS
Keith Park Senior Account Manager - C-Nav
Positioning Solutions, Oceaneering International Services
10:30 – 10:40
Q & A
10:40 – 11:05 | Coffee/Tea Break
SESSION 2
Session Chairman
Aleks Karlsen
Senior Principal Specialist Dynamic Positioning (DP) systems, DNV
11:05 – 11:25
GNSS Threats – Where are we?
Jan Nilsen Senior Sales Manager / Technical
Advisor, Kongsberg Discovery Seatex
11:25 – 11:45
Data Driven Verification and remote testing, JDP on DP consequence
analysis. An overview of recent digital initiatives of DNV
Luca Pivano Senior Principal Specialist DP
Simulations Product Manager DP tools and services,
DNV AS
DNV AS
11:45 – 12:00
Q & A
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break
12:20 – 12:40
LUNCHTIME PRESENTATION: Learning From DP Events
Sandeep Banger Manager, Electrical and DP
Authority
Tidewater Offshore Operations
Tidewater Offshore Operations
SESSION 3
Session Chairman
Dr. Steven Cargill DPTA – Vice President, Marine Operations and Dynamic Positioning Services, Energy Systems, DNV
13:00 – 13:20
Assessing Statistical Variability in Short Duration DP Operations
Zachary Clark Project Manager, Kongsberg Maritime
AS
13:20 – 13:40
Model-Based Testing combined with Dynamic Positioning simulations for
potential hidden failures
Cinthya Lopes Director Offshore Business
Development, Head of Simulation, Simwave B.V.
13:40 – 13:45
Q & A
SESSION 4 - MTS DP WORKSHOP
Workshop Facilitators
Dr. Steven Cargill
DPTA - Vice President, Marine Operations and Dynamic Positioning Services, Energy
Systems, DNV
13:45 – 15:30
EBCV2, Evidence or Imagination?
Dr. Steven Cargill DPTA – Vice President, Marine Operations and Dynamic Positioning Services, Energy Systems, DNV
WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION – USING EBCV2 & DPSI Tools
15:30 – 15:50 | Coffee/Tea Break
15:50 – 17:00
WORKSHOP – USING EBCV2 & DPSI Tools
17:00 | END OF DAY ONE
Friday, May 22, 2026 (Day 2)
08:00 – 08:30 | Registration and Networking Breakfast
SESSION 5
Session Chairman
Richard Purser Technical Adviser – Marine, IMCA
08:30 – 09:30
IMCA DP Update
Richard Purser Technical Adviser – Marine, IMCA
09:30 – 10:00
Developments in Training and Certification for the Offshore DP Sector
Captain Qasim Masood Head of Qualifications,
Marine & Offshore, The Nautical Institute
10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee/Tea Break
10:30 – 10:50
Preparing DP Operations for the Alpha Workforce
Louise Engel Marine Assurance Manager, New Wave
Offshore Energy
10:50 – 11:10
DP Simulations and Model-Based Testing
Captain M.M.Nanjappa General Manager – Asia
Global Business Development / DP Training and Development, MOL Maritex
11:10 – 11:40
IMCA DP Event Reporting
Jennifer Evans Technical Adviser – Marine, IMCA
11:40 – 12:00
IMCA Q & A Session
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break
LUNCHTIME
LUNCHTIME PRESENTATION: CPD – An Update from Keelson Marine
Mat Bateman Senior Partner / Marine Consultan,
Keelson Marine
SESSION 6
Session Chairman
Dr. Steven Cargill
DPTA - Vice President, Marine Operations and Dynamic Positioning Services, Energy
Systems, DNV
13:00 – 13:20
Proving DP Safety Through Power Testing and Evidence
Jessica Kelly Silva de Jesus Electrical
Engineer, OneStep Power Solutions
13:20 – 13:40
Regulatory Framework and Practical Challenges of Hybrid DP Power
Systems with DC Main Switchboards and Energy Storage
Alessio Lombardi Global Director DP and
Critical Systems, ABL
13:40 – 13:50
Q & A
SESSION 7 - MTS DP WORKSHOP
Workshop Facilitators
Suman Muddusetti
Chairman of the MTS DP Committee and MTS DP Sub-Committee on Guidance and Standards
Dr. Steven Cargill
DPTA - Vice President, Marine Operations and Dynamic Positioning Services, Energy
Systems, DNV
13:50 – 14:30
WORKSHOP – DELIVERING VALUE THROUGH DP ASSURANCE
14:30 – 15:00 | Coffee/Tea Break
15:00 – 17:00
WORKSHOP – DELIVERING VALUE THROUGH DP ASSURANCE
Chairman’s Concluding Remarks and Close of Conference
17:00 – 18:00 | Networking Cocktail Reception
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