Dry bulk’s annual summit has recruited its best speaker line-up to date.

Geneva Dry, set to return to the Hotel President Wilson on April 28 and 29 next year, has managed to attract a unique blend of charterers and shipowners for its highly anticipated third edition.

Emily Koo, group managing director of Hong Kong bluechip owner TCC Group, Jonathan Canaan, global ocean freight director at grains giant ADM, along with Torbjørn Gjervik, CEO of Oslo’s Western Bulk, Kalli Livanos, chief commercial officer at Greece’s Kyla Shipping, Mads Petersen, COO at US operator Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Malgorzata Gill, chartering manager, at cement powerhouse Holcim Trading, and Robert Haggquist, charterer and decarbonisation lead at Australian miner South32 are the latest names to be added to Geneva Dry’s stellar speaker line-up, ensuring it will be one of 2026’s highest calibre shipping gathering.

This year’s edition saw 825 delegates from more than 40 countries attend the two-day event with organisers forced to issue a Sold Out sign in the weeks leading up to the April event.

Commented John Xylas, the chairman of INTERCARGO, the international association for dry bulk, shipping’s largest sector: “Geneva Dry has quickly established itself as a must-attend event on the maritime calendar. As a speaker representing INTERCARGO, I found it to be a unique platform for honest, high-level discussion on the future of dry bulk shipping. Geneva Dry delivers sharp insight and meaningful dialogue, a standout event in the maritime year and Switzerland is the perfect host.”

The 2026 version – due to be held on April 28 and 29 – opens with the Commodities Shipping Outlook and is followed by a risk management session then a special looking at AI, digitalisation and the dry bulk workforce, before closing out day one with the always popular hour devoted to the future of fixing. Day two starts with a digital drivers panel before moving onto the dry decarbonisation session, at which point the conference closes out with cargo specific panels on minor bulks, agri-commodities, coal and iron ore.

Confirmed speakers for Geneva Dry 2026 include:

Alex Albertini, CEO, Marfin Management
Andrea Olivi, Global Head of Shipping, Trafigura
Bas Van Steijnen, Chief Risk Officer, Nova Marine Carriers
Emilie Nourry, Head of Shipping and Deputy Logistics Director, Eramet
Emily Koo, Group Managing Director, TCC Group
Jason Martinet, Head of Trading, Triton Bulk
John Michael Radziwill, Chairman, CTM
John A. Xylas, CEO, Ariston Navigation and Chairman, INTERCARGO
Jonathan Canaan, Global Ocean Freight Director, ADM
Kalli Livanos, Chief Commercial Officer, Kyla Shipping
Karim Coumine, Head of Commercial Shipping – Minor Bulk, Anglo American
Mads Petersen, COO, Pangaea Logistics Solutions
Malgorzata Gill, Chartering Manager, Holcim Trading
Melinda Moore, VP Innovation and Commercial Development, Ivanhoe Atlantic
Michelle Gonzalez, Head of Chartering, Long Term Contracts & Ops / APAC ME, Vale
Milena Pappas, Commercial Director, Star Bulk and Head, Oceanbulk Maritime
Olivia Lennox-King, COO, Cetus Maritime
Paul Pathy, President and CEO, Fednav and President, BIMCO
Peter Lye, Executive Head of Marketing – Shipping & Safety, Anglo American
Peter Weernink, Chairman, SwissMarine
Rob Aarvold, Global CEO, SeaTrek Bulk
Robert Haggquist, Charterer and Decarbonisation Lead, South32
Stamatis Tsantanis, Chairman and CEO, Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. and United Maritime Corporation
Tabitha Logan, Director – Projects, Cetus Maritime
Tim Huxley, CEO, Mandarin Shipping
Torbjørn Gjervik, CEO, Western Bulk
Willem Vermaat, Shipping Director, Heidelberg Materials Trading
William Fairclough, Managing Director, Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings

The full Geneva Dry agenda can be accessed here.
Geneva Dry registration, at just $880, can be accessed here.
Special Geneva Dry hotel room rates can be found here.