Innovation to Impact

In this special episode of Innovation to Impact, Safetytech Accelerator goes behind the scenes at Posidonia, one of the world’s most important maritime events. Across the week, we spoke with people from across Lloyd’s Register about why Posidonia matters, the role of Safetytech Accelerator, and how innovation can help the maritime industry respond to some of its biggest challenges. From safety and...

In this episode of Safetytech Accelerator Road Diaries , we’re in Athens during Posidonia 2026 with Marius Suteu , Managing Director of Safetytech Accelerator. Halfway through a packed week of meetings, events and conversations, Marius reflects on what Posidonia reveals about the future of maritime innovation — from emerging technologies and future energy solutions to the importance of collaborati...

In this episode of Innovation to Impact, we sit down with Shakib, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Lloyd's Register and Chairman of the Safetytech Accelerator Board, for a conversation that cuts through the noise around maritime innovation. We explore why so much technology looks promising on paper but fails to deliver at scale — and why data silos, not a lack of digital ambition, are th...

Recorded live at Singapore Maritime Week , this special episode of Innovation to Impact brings together voices from across the maritime ecosystem to explore one central question: what does it really take to move innovation from conversation to real-world adoption? Across a series of short reflections, industry leaders share their perspectives on the future of maritime, the importance of collaborat...

In this Road Diaries episode, we sit down with Kassie during the Cargo Fire & Loss Innovation Initiative anchor partner meeting in Athens to reflect on where the programme is now, what we heard from partners, and what comes next. Cargo fires remain one of the maritime industry’s most complex safety challenges. They are not simply a technology problem — they sit across the wider ecosystem of ca...

At Singapore Maritime Week, we spent time speaking with operators, startups, and industry leaders to understand a simple question: What’s actually holding innovation back? This episode of Innovation to Impact: Road Diaries captures a raw, on-the-ground reflection from the week — not focused on new technology, but on the real challenges behind adoption. Across conversations, a few themes kept comin...

In this midweek reflection recorded live at Singapore Maritime Week, Marius Suteu and Sam Somerville-Ryan share their early observations from across the event. Drawing on conversations with startups, operators, and industry stakeholders, they explore a central tension: innovation is everywhere — but adoption remains a challenge. The discussion focuses on the gap between building new technologies a...

What happens when innovation focuses on solving real problems instead of just looking innovative? In this episode, we sit down with Marius, Managing Director of Safetytech Accelerator, to explore what makes our approach different — and why that matters for the future of safety-critical industries. Marius breaks down how we evaluate technology from a vendor-agnostic position, focusing on whether so...