PROGRAM

 

 

8.30 a.m. - 9.00 a.m. Registrations

GREETINGS

 

9.00 a.m. - 9.05 a.m.: Organizational Committee

09.05 a.m. – 09.10 a.m.: Leonidas Demetriades – Eugenides, President of Eugenides Foundation, IMO Ambassador in Greece

09.10 a.m. – 09:30 a.m.: Fotis Kouvelis, Minister of Maritime and Insular Policy

09.30 a.m. – 09.45 a.m.: Giannis Plakiotakis, Former President and Head of the Maritime Policy of the “Nea Dimokratia” political party

 

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

 

Theodore E. Veniamis, President of the Union of Greek Shipowners, President & Managing Director of the Golden Union Shipping Co. SA. (09:45 a.m. – 10.15 a.m.)

 

GREETING SPEAKERS

Nusrat Ghani – MP for Wealden and Transport & Maritime Minister UK  (10.15 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.)

George Pateras – President of Hellenic Chamber of Shipping   (10.30 a.m. – 10.45 a.m.)

 

10.45 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.: COFFEE BREAK

 

 

PRESS CONFERENCE

10.45 a.m. – 11.15 a.m. Theodore E. Veniamis, President of the Union of Greek Shipowners, President & Managing Director of the Golden Union Shipping Co. SA.

 

 

SESSION 1 - «2020: The wind of change and worldwide shipping»

 

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Panos Xenokostas, President & CEO ONEX SHIPYARD  (11.15 a.m. – 11.45 a.m.)

Magda Kopczynska, Director for Waterborne Transport, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission   (11.45 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.)

 

SPEAKERS  (12.00 p.m. - 13.30 p.m.)

 

- Harry Vafias, Founder of STEALTHGAS

- George Sp. Alexandratos, APOLLONIA LINES S.A.

- George Teriakidis, Area Manager, East Mediterranean & Black Sea, DNV GL Greece

- Maria Kyratsoudi, Global FOBAS Business Development Manager LLOYD'S REGISTER

- Dr. Ioannis Theotokas, Professor of Management of Shipping Companies at University of Piraeus

- Dimitris Matthaiou, Chairman of Green Award Foundation – CEO of Arcadia Shipmanagement Co. LTD and Aegean Bulk Co. Inc.

- Dr. John Kokarakis, Technology & Business Dev. Director Hellenic, Black Sea & Adriatic Zone – Bureau Veritas

- Marios Tsezos, Professor of Chemical Engineering

COORDINATOR: Minas Tsamopoulos, Shipping Journalist, “PROTO THEMA”

 

SESSION  2 - «2050: The shipowners odyssey!»

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 13.30 p.m. - 14.00 p.m.

Dimitris Fafalios, President of INTERCARGO

 

SPEAKERS (14.00 p.m. – 15.30 p.m.)

 

- George Xiradakis, President of Propeller Club, Managing Director XRTC

- Michalis Sakkelis, President of Greek Shipowners Association for Passenger Ships

- John N. Cotzias, President of Hellenic Shipbrokers Association (H.S.A.)

- Panos Zachariadis, Technical Director of Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Ltd

- Nikos Kakalis, Business Dev. Manager – Bureau Veritas Marine Fuel Services

- Antony Vourdachas, Principal Vessel Performance Analyst, ABS

- Dr. Paul Sclavounos, Professor MIT, member of USA NAVY DDT PANEL

- George Gaitas, Managing Partner, GAITAS & CHALOS, P.C. – USA

-Christos Kissas, Senior Financial Economist

 

 

COORDINATOR: Lambros Karageorgos, Journalist, “NAFTEMPORIKI”

 

 

15.30 p.m. – 16.30 p.m.: LUNCH

 

 

 

SESSION 3 - «From the first Clermont steamship to the ship intelligence»

 

 

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER (15.30 p.m. - 16.15 p.m.)

Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Ambassador of Japan in Greece (16.30 p.m. – 16.45 p.m.)

 

 

SPEAKERS (16.45 p.m. - 18.00 p.m.)

 

- Dr. Ioannis Lagoudis, Professor – Maritime University of Piraeus

- Helen Polychronopoulou, President of the Board, HEMEXPO

- Costas Th. Kontes, General Manager - V. Ships Greece Ltd.

- Panayiotis Mitrou, Technology & Innovation Manager, Marine & Offshore Business Development at Lloyd's Register South Europe

- Yannis Michailidis, Market Development Manager, Otesat Maritel

- Eirini Liadi, ICT Key Account Manager, OTE Group of Companies

- Panagiotis Gavalas, Director of Operations, IQ Solutions SA

- Dimitris Zisimopoulos, Business Development Manager, RINA Hellas Ltd.

- Costas Contantinou, Managing Partner, Moore Stephens Chartered Accountants SA

COORDINATOR: Giannis Lazarou, Journalist, “TheSeaNation”

 

 

 

 

SESSION 4 GEOPOLITICS, ENERGY & SHIPPING - «New Energy Routes - New Business Environment - New Challenges in Shipping»

by South East Energy & Defence Think Tank

 

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER (18.00 p.m. - 18.30 p.m.)

Panos Laskaridis, President of ECSA

 

 

SPEAKERS (18.30 p.m. - 19.30 p.m.)

 

- Ioannis Konstantinidis, Lt. Admiral (Ret.) Former Naval Attache Greek Embassy, Washington

- Ioannis Ginis, Lt. General (Ret.) Honorary Greek Army’s Chief of General Staff

- Dr. Helen Thanopoulou, Professor, Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport, University of the Aegean

- Dimitrios Kyriakos, Lt. General (ret.) ex-Director of Greek Army's Cavalry/Tank Directorate

- Evangelos Sampracos, Vice Chairman of the Department of Economics and Director of Transport Economics and Sustainable Mobility Laboratory

- Maria Loizidou, Professor at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Chemical Engineering Department and Head of Unit Environmental Science and Technology

 

COORDINATOR: Tassos Tsiplakos – South East Energy & Defense Think Tank

 

 

END OF CONFERENCE

 

 

The official language of the Conference is Greek.

Simultaneous interpretation will be provided Greek to English & English to Greek.