Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Sadeq Emamian’s presence at the Ocean Dialogue Summit in India
The Ocean Dialogue Summit was held in India from 27-29 October 2025, welcoming prominent figures from across the world, from policymakers and industry leaders to academia and research institutions. The Summit is an annual international event focusing on topics such as the blue economy, maritime logistics, ports, shipping, waterways and the global ocean economy. Hosting this major event in India demonstrates the country’s determination to play an effective role in the global ocean economy by networking stakeholders in ocean-based development, attracting investment and harnessing the potential of the Indian Ocean.
Dr. Seyed Mohammad Sadeq Emamian, a faculty member of the Faculty of Management, Science and Technology and the Center for Maritime Business Development, delivered a speech at the conference as one of the panelists present at the Global Trade Geometry: Creating New Paths through Emerging Frameworks, regarding regional economic cooperation frameworks.
He referred to the tensions and restrictions in the global south, especially West Asia, and the impact of unilateral US sanctions on Iran and South-South cooperation frameworks. He continued by considering the Iranian government’s special attention to the development of renewable energy, especially solar energy, as a sign of Iran’s commitment to the energy transition approach, and raised the impact of sanctions on the lag in the development of the oil industry and maintaining oil market share as challenges that have intensified Iran’s efforts to find alternative solutions.
Explaining that the green transition is undoubtedly a global priority in the maritime industry, Dr. Emamian saw the geographical location and the presence of the President’s Special Representative for Maritime Development as an opportunity that could, through regional cooperation frameworks and exemption from US sanctions, pave the way for sharing Iran’s scientific and technological capabilities with regional countries, especially India, on the path of the green transition.
At the end of his speech, he emphasized the need for trust-building and mutual respect for the formation of cooperation, and considered approaches such as Trump’s unilateral and transactional views to be obstacles to the development of South-South cooperation. Accordingly, he suggested that instead of relying on traditional tools such as SWIFT, cooperation be defined in regional financial and banking platforms so that, while benefiting South-South countries, security considerations such as privacy and the implementation of digital policies are provided.