In our latest IUMI podcast we speak with IUMI Secretary General Lars Lange about the upcoming IUMI annual conference, scheduled to take place on 2-15 September 2021. Lars highlights some of the upcoming presentations that will look at topics such as containership fires, sustainability, digitalisation, COVID-19, to name a few. Lars also discusses the positives and negatives of hosting an online event for the second year due to the ongoing travel restrictions.