Keynote speakers

James Corbett, University of Delaware, USA

Prof. Corbett has world-leading expertise on technology policy innovation for 21st Century freight systems, with a focus on international shipping and coastal marine policy. Among more than 175 publications, he co-authored three IMO studies on shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Katherine Mackey, University of California Irvine, USA

Dr. Mackey researches on marine biogeochemical cycles and explores how phytoplankton adapts to global change, with an emphasis on community responses to atmospheric deposition. Moving forward, she is interested in investigating the consequences of emissions from new Arctic shipping routes for primary production in the region.