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Top new speakers join the ESW 2020 Flagship Conference line-up
European Shipping Week brings together the major players in the European shipping industry with the key legislators and policymakers of the European Commission, European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers. The primary aim is to promote the strengths and importance of shipping.
The week features many themed seminars, between them covering every aspect of trade and competition, safe and social shipping, and shipping and the environment. It also includes a high-powered Flagship Conference and Gala Reception and Gala Dinner, plus an exclusive guided tour of the Port of Antwerp*
Flagship Conference speakers so far announced include:
- Conference Moderator: Carla Olival, President WISTA Portugal, Legal Counsel, EUROMAR
- Adina Ioana Vălean, EU Commissioner for Transport
- Oleg Butković, Minister of Maritime Affairs & Transport Transport, Croatia
- Guilhem Isaac Georges, Sustainability Director, CMA CGM Group
- Emanuele Grimaldi, Managing Director Grimaldi Group, Vice Chairman, ICS
- Lasse Kristoffersen, Chairman, NSA & Vice Chairman, ICS
- Charles (Bud) Darr, Executive Vice President, MSC Group
- Natasa Pilides, Shipping Deputy Minister to the President, Cyprus
- Stephen Cotton, General Secretary, International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)
- Norbert Brackmann, Federal Government Coordinator for the Maritime Industry, Germany
- Ioannis Plakiotakis, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Greece
- Henrik Hololei, EU Director General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE)
- Claes Berglund, President of the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA)
- Agnes Jongerius, Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats, Coordinator of the Committee on Employment & Social Affairs (EMPL)
- Annaleena Mäkilä, Managing Director of the Finnish Port Association and Vice Chair of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO)
- William Todts, Executive Director of Transport & Environment (T&E)
- Dimitrios Fafalios, President and Director of Fafalios Shipping SA, Chairman of INTERCARGO and Board Member of the Union of Greek Shipowners
- John Lyras, President of Paralos Maritime Corporation S.A, Board Member of ECSA, ICS and the Union of Greek Shipowners
- Charo Coll, General Manager Offshore and Salvage at Boluda Corporación Marítima
- Annika Hult, Trade Director – North Sea at Stena Line
- Jan Hoffmann, Chief of UNCTAD’s Trade Facilitation Section
- James Hookham, Secretary General of the Global Shippers’ Forum
- Livia Spera, Secretary General of the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF)
- Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, President of Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) and CEO of Tototheo Maritime
- Margareta Jensen Dickson, Group Head of People at Stena Line
- Pierre Jean Coulon, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and Information Society
*Please note: ESW Flagship Conference delegates are welcome to attend many of the themed events on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday free of charge, subject to availability. Visit event calendar for details.
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