9.15am – 9.30am CDT, 1 October 2025 ‐ 15 mins
Keynote
121st President of IMarEST & Managing Director, Deepblue Consultancy and Engineering
121st President of IMarEST & Managing Director, Deepblue Consultancy and Engineering
Yves De Leeneer is a Naval Architect, a European Engineer (EUR ING), a Chartered Engineer (C.Eng., C.Mar.Eng.), a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering science and Technology (IMarEST) and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA).
He is the owner and managing director of DEEPBLUE (Est. 2008) an Engineering & Consultancy company specialised in Offshore projects.
He is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the University of Newcastle for Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
Finally, he is the 121st President of IMarEST.