Panos is the Sector Manager for Construction and Built Environment in the Health & Safety Executive Science and Research Centre. Panos collaborates with world-class scientists to address a range of occupational risks.  Panos served the Hellenic Navy from 1989 to 2011 as a Naval Engineer Officer.

He is a Fellow of IMarEST, a Chartered Engineer, and a Chartered Scientist. He holds a degree in Marine Engineering, a Master’s in Public Health, an MBA in Shipping and a PhD in Analytical Chemistry and Fire Safety. Panos sits on and chairs various academic and industrial boards and is a passionate coach and mentor.

Nick Dowden is a master mariner and head of the Investigations Department at the Bahamas Maritime Authority, conducting no-blame casualty investigations in The Bahamas and on Bahamas-flagged ships worldwide.

Nick is the Assistant Chair of the Marine Accident Investigators’ International Forum (MAIF) – an international organisation dedicated to the advancement of maritime safety and the prevention of marine pollution through the exchange of ideas, experiences and information acquired in marine accident investigation. Its purpose is to promote and improve marine accident investigation, and to foster cooperation and communication between marine accident investigators.

Championing human-centric safety in maritime decarbonisation, Ilse Houting is a Senior Human Factors Specialist and Head of Human Factors at the Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub (Decarb Hub). With a background in Human Movement Sciences and a postgraduate in Human Factors (VU Amsterdam), she brings over two decades of experience designing complex, safety-critical environments across aviation, maritime and process industries.

At the Decarb Hub, the focus is on embedding human-system integration into the safe adoption of zero and near-zero emission fuels (ZNZ fuels). With her team, she works across system boundaries – uniting regulators, designers, training providers, and operators – to develop risk-informed safety models, human factors-aligned tools, including training and competency frameworks. Their mission is to ensure that as the maritime sector transitions, it remains not just compliant on paper but truly safe and effective in practice.

Her work combines structured methodologies with practical, goal-driven approaches. Leading the development of innovative change-management tools – including supporting organisations navigating digitalisation and automation. From a human factors perspective, she has been a pioneer in designing remote-control workstations and semi-autonomous systems, helping shape the next generation of remote and automated maritime operations.

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