PROGRAM

09:00 – 09:30 Registration

09:30 – 10:00 Welcoming Addresses:

Capt. Dimitris Bezantakos, President of NAVIGATOR Shipping Consultants

Danae Bezantakou, Managing Director of NAVIGATOR Shipping Consultants

Opening Address:

Kostis Mousouroulis, Minister of the Hellenic Ministry of Shipping and the Aegean

10:00 – 10:50 Market Trends and Piracy Session, moderated by Nigel Lowry of Lloyd’s List

Panel Members:

Pottengal Mukundan, Director International Maritime Bureau / ICC-Commercial Crime Services

Panos G. Moraitis, CEO of Aspida Maritime Security

Nicholas Kosmatos, President, SEA LINK NAVIGATION Ltd.

Irina Taka-Michaelides, General Counsel, Capital Maritime &Trading Corp. /

Capital Product Partners L.P.

Despina Panayiotou Theodossiou, Chief Financial & Operating Officer, Tototheo Group

George A Tsavliris, Principal of Tsavliris Salvage Group

George Xiradakis, Director of XRTC LTD.

Spyridon Zolotas, Country Manager Greece, Italian Registry (RINA)

10:50 – 11:00 Dimitris Efraimoglou, Managing Director of the Foundation of the Hellenic World:

Presentation on the Foundation activities

11:00 – 11:45 Foreign Ambassadors Session, moderated by Emmanouel Vordonis

Panel Members:

H.E. the Ambassador of the United States, Mr. Daniel B. Smith

Dr. David Landsman OBE, British Ambassador

11:45 – 12:00 Coffee Break

12:00 – 13:00 Maritime Labour Session: addressing the challenges that lie ahead, moderated by Ilias Bissias,

Director of NAFTIKA CHRONIKA Magazine and Member of the Research in Shipping and Ports

Laboratory (RESHIP/ EDINALE) of the University of the Aegean

Panel Members:

• John Couyou, Deputy CSOM – ISM / ISPS / MLC of Bureau Veritas

• Natassa Pavlou, Partner Executive Search Services, Boston Hamilton Greece

• Dr. Maria Progoulaki, Maritime HR Consultant / Research Associate, Shipping and Ports

Laboratory (RE-SHIPS), University of the Aegean, Dept. of Shipping, Trade and Transport

• Michalis Sigalas, Senior ILO Specialist / Marine auditor – Marine Management Systems Office

South Europe, Middle East & Africa Area of Hellenic Lloyd’s S.A.

• Capt. Georgios Tsouris, General Secretary of Masters and Mates’ Union of Greek Merchant Marine

13:00 – 13:15 H.E. Mrs. Jenny Bloomfield, Ambassador of Australia on “The Australian Shipping Industry and

reforms, and opportunities for cooperation”

13:15 – 14:00 Market Trends and Technical Issues Session, moderated by Prof. John Tzoannos

of Athens University of Economics and Business

Panel Members:

• Helena Athoussaki, CEO of Carbon Positive

• Raghuvir C. Bhavnani, Vice President – Global Marketing of VISWA LAB

• Francesc Dianez, Manager of Next Maritime

• Capt Spyros Dovelos, Business Development Manager of FURUNO HELLAS S.A.

• Stelios Drakakis, Marine Risk Coordinator, International Shipping Bureau (Hellas) Ltd.

• Jean-Paul Lebot, Navigation Solutions Sales Manager, TRANSAS Mediterranean SAS

• Dr. Nicos Porfiris, Deputy Chief Operating Officer of HELLENIC EXCHANGES S.A.

• Jason Scholey, Admiralty Product Manager, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

• Magnus Sodersten, Manager Sales and Technical support MacGregor – Cranes

• Imran Vohra of Diabos Global Fze

14:00 – 14:15 Cultural Event: Nikos Ververidis, Founder & Managing Director of ελculture cultural organisation:

Presentation of Aegenale and Sea Bonds projects

14:15 – 15:00 Cocktail / Lottery of Travel Gifts

Technical Forum 1

15:00 – 15:45 ADMIRALTY Technical Forum

15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 – 16:45 FURUNO Hellas S.A. Technical Forum

Technical Forum 2

15:00 – 15:45 MacGregor Technical Forum (part 1)

15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30 MacGregor Technical Forum (part 2)

Technical Forum 3

15:00 – 15:45 VISWA LAB Technical Forum (part 1)

15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 – 16:45 VISWA LAB Technical Forum (part 2)

We welcome H.E. the Ambassador of Italy, Mr. Claudio Glaentzer, H.E. the Ambassador of Royal

Norwegian Embassy, Mr. Sjur Larsen, the Ambassador Designate and General Counsul of Panama,

Mr. Aymard Jimenez Granda, the Spanish Defence Attache, Capt. SN Javier Rodriguez, and

Mrs. Jaana Oikarinen – Vasilopoulos, Commercial and Media Officer of the Embassy of Finland,

who shall attend the Conference