A warm welcome to the S4M seminar on shipbuilding, sustainability and materials management. The seminar will take place in Auditorio Ruuma, Forum Marinum on Tuesday 25 November from 9.00 to 14.30.

Come and learn about the future of sustainable shipbuilding and materials management and hear the views of leading experts and company representatives. Presentations at the seminar will focus on tightening environmental regulations and their economic impact on the transport sector, the sustainability transition in shipyards, the promotion of sustainable materials management in the shipbuilding industry and practical emission reduction measures in maritime transport. Speakers include Ulla Tapaninen, Tomi Solakivi, Saija Bezuidenhout, Miikka Härö, Niina Järvinen and Nani Pajunen.

In addition, experts from Turku University of Applied Sciences will tell us what has already been done in the S4M Sustainable Material Management Maturity Model research project and what plans are in place for the future. The event will be bilingual: presentations will be given in both Finnish and English, according to the language indicated in the programme.

Programme

9.00–9.30	Morning coffee at the Fair
9.30	Welcome words Heli Aramo-Immonen, S4M principal investigator, Turku University of Applied Sciences
9.45	Tightening environmental regulations and their financial implication for transport Tomi Solakivi, Assoc. Professor (Tenure Track), Maritime Business & Policy, Operations & Supply Chain Management, Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku
10.15–10.30	Coffee break at the Fair
10.30	Material flow development pilot – increasing the throughput of equipment production and reducing material wastage Saija Bezuidenhout, Central Warehouse Manager, Meyer Turku Ltd; Miikka Härö, Logistics Specialist Central Warehouse Operations, Meyer Turku Ltd; Niina Järvinen, Supply Supervisor Procurement, Meyer Turku Ltd.
11.00	The sustainability transition in the shipbuilding industry – what does it mean for the shipbuilding ecosystem? Nani Pajunen, Senior Expert, Sustainability Solutions, SITRA & Senior Expert, Turku University of Applied Sciences
11.20–12.30	Lunch break at Restaurant Göran
12.30	Practical decarbonisation actions in shipping + Q&A Ulla Tapaninen, Tenured Full Professor, Maritime Transport, Estonian Maritime Academy, Tallinn University of Technology
13.15.	S4M – Sustainable Material Management Maturity Model research project – S4M in brief
13.45–14.00	Coffee break at the Fair
14.00	S4M – Sustainable Material Management Maturity Model research project – tracking-experimental presentation
14.30	Seminar ends

*Please note that the programme is subject to change.

The S4M Sustainable Material Management Maturity Model partnership research project is funded by Business Finland.