“Confrontations and Geopolitics in Shipping: Changing the Rules of the Game”
09.30 am – 10:00 am Arrival
10:00 am – 10:05 am Welcome Yiannis Sachinis, President, Brotherhood of Hydraeans of Athens George A. Tsavliris, Conference President
10:05 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Greetings by George Sp. Alexandratos, President, Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, General Manager, Apollonia Lines SA
10:10 a.m. – 10.55 a.m. – Section I: Geopolitics in Shipping Speaker: George Prevelakis, Emeritus Professor of Geopolitics, Sorbonne University (Paris 1), Distinguished Visiting Professor, Hellenic American University, former Ambassador Commentators: –Panos Laskaridis, President, Catherine Laskaridis Foundation –Emmanuil Vordonis, former Executive Director, Thenamaris Ship Management Inc. –Andreas Andrianopoulos, Politician, Author
10:55 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. – Module II: Fuels of the Future in Shipping Moderator: Philippos Philis, former President, European Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Lemissoler, Honorary Doctor, School of Management and Economics / Special Scientist, Department of Maritime Affairs Discussion topics:
– Institutional and regulatory framework
– Finance & Financing
– Environmental Policy & Sustainability
Participants:
– Dinos Arkoumanis, President, Academic Council of Metropolitan College
– Panos Laskaridis, President, Ekaterini Laskaridis Foundation
– George Pateras, Vice President, Contships Management Inc.
– George Teriakidis, Regional Manager Southeast Europe, DNV Maritime
11:55 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. – Section III: Future Energy Trends and Geopolitical Implications
Speaker – Presenter: Kostis Stambolis, Chairman & Executive Director, Institute for Energy of SE Europe (IENE) Participants:
– Spyros Vlassopoulos, Managing Director, IONIC
– Michael Bodouroglou, Chairman, ALLSEAS MARINE SA
– Nikos Triantafyllakis, Managing Director, W Marine Inc
12:35 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. : Coffee break
12:50 pm – 1:50 pm – Section IV: Challenges, Youth and Shipping Maritime Experience and Human Factor
Speaker: Andromache Dimitriou, Second Captain, Stena Line
Moderator: Danae Bezantakou, CEO, Navigator Shipping Consultants & Concept-Founder, YES Forum
Participants:
– Lia Vrontisi, Operations Manager, United Overseas Trading LLC
– Alkistis Kyriakopoulou, Chief Business Officer, DeepSea Technologies
– Dr Ioannis Patiniotis, President, High Tech co PYLI-NET
– Capt. Socrates Tigos, Crew Manager, Safe Bulkers
– Marina Drosou, Officer of the Watch Candidate MCA, Capital Gas
13.50 – 13.55 -Section V: The optimization of shipping routes and the Artificial Intelligence revolution
Speaker: Michael Tsamados, UCL, Dept. of Earth Sciences
13.55 – 14.55 : Discussion – analysis of issues Participants:
– George Alexandratos, President, Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, General Manager, Apollonia Lines SA
– Haris Antoniou, Founder & Managing Director, Neptune Maritime Leasing Ltd
– Alexandra Gana, Ganmar Shipping
– Costas Constantinou, Managing Director, Moore Stephens Certified Auditors S.A.
– Panos Nomikos, Deputy Managing Director, Danaos Management Consultants SA
– Dimitris Patrikios, VShips, Intertanko Hellenic Med Panel Chairman
– Yiannis Trifillis, Executive Member, Hellenic Chamber of Shipping
– Stavros Hadjigrigoris, Advanced Engineering Services
14.55 – 15.10 : Final comments – Conclusions Emmanuel Vordonis, former Executive Director, Thenamaris Ship Management Inc. George Tsavliris, Principal, Tsavliris Salvage Group
Lunch will follow at the restaurant “I Oraia Hydra”*
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*Beautiful Hydra – in free translation
