IUMI 2026

Rotterdam Conference

PROGRAMME

TIMETABLE

Time Event Speaker Room
12.00 – 14.30 Education Forum Meeting IUMI Education Forum members only 11. J.F. Staal Room
11.00 – 18.00 Registration/Hospitality Desk
15.00 – 17.00 Audio Visual Preview For all conference speakers 6. Penn Room 1
15.00 – 17.30 Secretaries Meeting 12. Blue Room
18.30 Meet for President’s Dinner – Coaches to the Restaurant by Invitation only
18.30 – 22.00 President’s Dinner by invitation only TBC

Time Event Details/ Speaker Room
08.30 – 18.00 Registration/Information
09.00 – 17.00 Audio-visual preview For all conference speakers 6. Penn Room 1
12.00 – 18.00 Press Room 3. Mees Room
09.00 – 17.00 Committee Meetings Coffee served in the committee rooms
09.00 – 10.00 Nominating Committee 7. Leeuwen Room 2
09.30 – 12.30 Cargo Committee 11. J.F. Staal Room
09.30 – 12.30 Ocean Hull Committee 8. Leeuwen Room 1
09.30 – 12.30 Inland Hull, Fishing Vessels and Yachting Committee 9. Goudriaan Room 2
09.30 – 12.30 Facts and Figures Committee 14. Van Walsum Room
09.30 – 12.30 Legal and Liability Committee 10. Goudriaan Room 1
09.30 – 12.30 Loss Prevention Committee 12. Blue Room
09.30 – 12.30 Offshore Energy Committee 5. Penn Room 2
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch For IUMI Committee and Forum members only 17. Van Oldenbarnevelt Room
13.00 – 14.30 Informal lunch meeting For President, Members of the Executive Committee, Secretary General, Technical Committee Chairs and Liaison Officers with the Press 3. Mees Room
14.30 – 16.30 Policy Forum Meeting 9. Goudriaan Room 2
14.30 – 16.30 Data & Digitalization Forum Meeting 12. Blue Room
14.30 – 16.30 Salvage Forum Meeting 7. Leeuwen Room 2
16.45 – 17.15 Meeting for President, Secretary General and Committee Chairs for final details 11. J.F. Staal Room
17.15 – 18.15 First Timers’ and Young Professionals‘ Reception For First Timers, Young professionals, IPPs, EC, TC Chairs Conference Venue – Balcony
18.30 Transfer to Welcome Reception
19.00 – 22.00 Welcome Reception hosted by hosted by Verbond van Verzekeraars / Dutch Association of Insurers De Doelen

Time Event Details/ Speaker Room
08.00 – 18.00 Audiovisual Preview For all conference speakers 6. Penn Room 1
07.30 – 08.30 Speaker rehearsal in main conference room Rottedam Halls
08.00 – 18.00 Registration – IUMI Conference Office/Hospitality Desk Exhibition Hall
08.00 – 08.30 Tea and Coffee Start of the day
08.00 – 18.00 Press Room 3. Mees Room
08.00 – 18.00 Exhibition / Sponsors Exhibition Hall
08.30- 10.00 Opening Session
 Rotterdam Halls
08.30 – 08.35 Welcome, Introduction, call to order Frédéric Denèfle, IUMI President Rotterdam Halls
08.35 – 08.40 Welcome by the Host Association Rotterdam Halls
08.40 – 09.10 Keynote speaker Rotterdam Halls
09.10 – 09.40 Introduction of the Common Theme Frédéric Denèfle, IUMI President Rotterdam Halls
09.40 – 10.00     Report of the Secretary General

  • IMO from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
  • Secretariat’s Activities 2025/2026
  • IUMI Policy Statement
  • Announcements / Practical Information
 Lars Lange, IUMI SG, Hamburg Rotterdam Halls
10.00 – 10.30 Coffee Break
10.30 – 12.30 Workshop „Topic Workshop 1 (President’s Workshop): War Challenges for Marine Insurance“
 Team: Frédéris Denèfle (lead), Helga Hodne, Jun Lin, Sean Dalton, Ilias Tsakiris Rotterdam Halls
10.30 – 10.35 President’s introduction Frédéric Denèfle, IUMI President
10.35 – 10.45 IPP Presentation:
10.45 – 11.05 Presentation 1
11.05 – 11.25 Presentation 2
11.25 – 11.45 Presentation 3
11.45 – 12.30 Panel discussion with Q&A Moderator: Frederic Denefle, IUMI President, F-Paris
Participants: Workshop speakers
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Break (participants)
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch with Keynote Speakers, Members of the Executive Committee, SG, Committee Chairs, International Observers, Liaison Officers, Affiliates and IPPs with GIA Singapore Delegation (seated Lunch)

By invitation only
13.25 – 13.55 Speaker rehearsal in main conference room
14.00 – 15.30 Workshop „Facts & Figures“
14.00 – 14.15 Chair’s Report & Report on World Merchant Fleet and World Trade Jun Lin, Chair Facts & Figures Committee; Gard, UK-London
14.15 – 14.45 Global Marine Insurance Report Veith Huesmann, IUMI, Chief Analyst, GER-Hamburg
14.45 – 14.55 TBC
14.55 – 15.05 IPP Presentation:
15.25 – 15.30 Q&A /  Conclusion and Take away Jun Lin, Chair Facts & Figures Committee; Gard, UK-London
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon Break
16.00 – 17.30  Workshop “Legal & Liability”
16.00 – 16.05 Chair’s Report & Introduction Brian F. Murphy, Chair Legal & Liability Committee, Senior Vice President, Berkley Offshore Underwriting Managers, USA-New York
16.05 – 16.15 IPP Presentation:
16.35 – 17.20 Panel discussion: Moderator: Brian F. Murphy, Chair Legal & Liability Committee, Senior Vice President, Berkley Offshore Underwriting Managers, USA-New York

Panelist:
17.20 – 17.30 Q&A; Conclusion and Take away Brian F. Murphy, Chair Legal & Liability Committee, Senior Vice President, Berkley Offshore Underwriting Managers, USA-New York
17.45 – 18.15 Meeting the Press
18.30 Coaches to Secretaries Dinner by Invitation only
19.00 – 22.30 Secretaries‘ Dinner
 by Invitation only TBC

Time Event Details/ Speaker Room
08.00 – 18.00 Audiovisual Preview For all conference speakers 6. Penn Room 1
07.30 – 08.30 Speaker rehearsal in main conference room Rotterdam Halls
08.00 – 18.00 Registration/Information
08.00 – 18.00 Press Room 3. Mees Room
08.00 – 08.30 Tea and Coffee Start of the day
08.00 – 18.00 Exhibition  / Sponsors
08.30 – 10.00 Workshop “Cargo”
08.30 – 08.40 Chair’s Report & Introduction Mike Brews, Chair Cargo Committee, Horizon Underwriting Managers, ZA-Johannesburg Rotterdam Halls
IPP Presentation: Rotterdam Halls
Panel Discussion: Rotterdam Halls
Q&A Rotterdam Halls
09.55 – 10.00 Conclusion and Take away Mike Brews, Chair Cargo Committee, Horizon Underwriting Managers, ZA-Johannesburg Rotterdam Halls
10.00 – 10.30 Coffee Break
10.30 – 10.40 “Meet the Sponsors”

IUMI President + Host Country Organizing Committee Representative

 Rotterdam Halls
10.40 – 12.30 Workshop „Topic Workshop 2: Logistics and Tradey“
 Team: Matthias Kirchner (lead), Mariella Dauphinee, Carla Scott, Christian Dierks, Max Liu Rotterdam Halls
Workshop Introduction Rotterdam Halls
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IPP presentation: Rotterdam Halls
12.20 – 12.30 Q&A, polling, Conclusion and Take away Rotterdam Halls
12.30- 14.00 Lunch Break (participants)
12.30 – 14.00 Meeting of the Secretary General with the Organising Committee of the 2026 Rotterdam Conference and with representatives of the  Japan (2027), Belgium (2028) and Hong Kong (2029) Organising Committees (Buffet Style)

By invitation only

 16. Captain’s Lounge
13.25 – 13.55 Speaker rehearsal in main conference room Rotterdam Halls
14.00 – 15.30 Workshop “Policy Forum”:  The nuclear option
14.00 – 14.10 Chair’s Report & Introduction Neil Roberts, Chair Policy Forum and LMA, UK-London Rotterdam Halls
IPP Presentation: Rotterdam Halls
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15.15 – 15.30 Conclusion and Take away Neil Roberts, Chair Policy Forum and Head of Marine & Aviation, LMA, UK-London Rotterdam Halls
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.30 Workshop “Inland Hull, Fishing Vessels and Yachts”
16.00 – 16.10 Chair’s Report & Introduction Rick Salway, Chair IFY Committee and Great American Insurance Group, USA-New York
IPP Presentation:
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Panel discussion with the speakers and Q&A

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Time Event Details/ Speaker Room
07.00 – 15.30 Audiovisual Preview For all conference speakers
07.00 – 08.00 Speaker rehearsal in main conference room
07.00 – 16.00 Registration/Information
08.00 – 18.00 Press Room
08.00 – 08.30 Tea and Coffee Start of the day
08.00 – 15.30 Exhibition Hall / Sponsors
08.30 – 10.00 Workshop “Offshore Energy”
08.30 – 08.35 Chair’s Report and Introduction Michele Cibrario, Chair Offshore Energy Committee, Swiss Re, Co-Head Energy, CH-Zurich
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09.40 – 10.00 Conclusion and Take away Michele Cibrario, Chair Offshore Energy Committee, Swiss Re, Co-Head Energy, CH-Zurich
10.00 – 10.30 Coffee Break
10.00 – 10.30 Council Meeting

  • Minutes of the 2025 Annual Conference Singapore
  1. Council Approvals / Decisions
  • Finances: Approval of the annual Accounts 2025
  • Report External Auditor 2025
  • Determine Membership Fee 2027
 Lars Lange, IUMI SG, Hamburg
10.30 – 12.00 Workshop “Loss Prevention”
10.30 – 10.40 Chair’s Report and Introduction Pascal Dubois, Chair, Loss Prevention Committee and CEO CESAM, FRA-Paris Rotterdam Halls
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11.55 – 12.00 Q&A; Conclusion and Take Aways Pascal Dubois, Chair, Loss Prevention Committee and CEO CESAM, FRA-Paris
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch Break (participants)
12.10 – 13.30 Working lunch for President, Members of the Executive Committee with Sponsor Representatives (Buffet Style)

By invitation only

 17. Van Oldenbarnevelt Room
12.55 – 13.25 Speaker rehearsal in main conference room
13.30 – 15.00 Workshop „Ocean Hull“
13.30 – 13.40 Chair’s Report & Introduction Ilias Tsakiris, Chair, Ocean Hull Committee and CEO, American Hellenic Hull, CY-Limassol Rotterdam Halls
IPP Presentation:
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Q&A
Conclusion and Take away Ilias Tsakiris, Chair, Ocean Hull Committee and CEO, American Hellenic Hull, CY-Limassol
15.00 – 15.30 Final Session
Thanks and Wrap-up Frédéric Denèfle, IUMI President
Address by the new President New IUMI President
Announcment Council meeting results/ new EC + Nominating Committee Isabelle Therrien, Chair of the IUMI Nominating Committee, Executive Vice President, Head of Cargo, Falvey Insurance Group, CAN-Toronto
Handing over of the IUMI flag to the Japanese Delegation Netherlands: Anneke Kooiman, DUPI; Marko van Leeuwen, Verbond van Verzekeraars; Victor van de Lest, Corins; Jenny Groeneveld, HDI; Simon Laros, Nationale-Nederlanden

Japan: tbc
Information on the Yokohama Conference 2027 tbc
Closing of the Conference Frédéric Denèfle, IUMI President
16.00 – 17.00 Wrap-Up Meeting Workshop Chairs  with members of the Executive Committee (old and new)
17.20 Coach transfer to Dutch Evening
18.30 – 22.30 Dutch Evening Cruise Terminal
From 22.00 Coach shuttles back to hotel