DECARBONISATION

• Overview of the recent regulatory framework and market dynamics
• Alternative Marine Fuels to meet ambitious targets
• Technology innovation to accelerate energy transition
• Challenges, opportunities and enabling actions towards decarbonization

Moderators of this roundtable discussion are:

• Helena Athoussaki, Head of ESG, Sustainability & Climate Change, Motor Oil Group
• Eleni Polychronopoulou, President, HEMEXPO – Hellenic Marine Equipment Manufacturers & Executive Vice President, EPE SA, Business Development Manager, ERMA FIRST
• Carola Yannouli, General Manager at Oceanking Technical & Trading SA
• Elpi Petraki, Operations & Chartering Manager, ENEA Management & President-  WISTA HELLAS
• Dimitris Anassis, Partner – FCIArb -Penningtons Manches Cooper
• Konstantinos T. Markou, General Manager -ClassNK Piraeus office
• Dinos Arcoumanis, Chairman of Academic Board – METROPOLITAN COLLEGE.
• Vicky Apostolopoulou, Business Development Executive School of Maritime Studies – METROPOLITAN COLLEGE
• George Teriakidis, Area Manager, East Mediterranean & Black sea – DNV
• Giannis Tsogkas,  Head of Bunkering & Trading  –  SEKAVIN
• Marianna Pirovolaki, Sales Manager  – SEKAVIN

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL ASPECTS / ESG

ESG – How does it affect the operations of a shipping company over and above the ship side Environmental requirements and more specifically how can they :

Incorporate ESG intο their strategy

1. Manage the expectations of their counterparties (Banks, Charterers, Insurers, Suppliers)
2. Comply with regulations (AML, KYC, GDPR, Governance, Transparency) in a clever and efficient manner.

Moderators of this roundtable discussion are:

• Costas Constantinou, Managing Partner | Global Maritime Leader – MOORE GREECE,
• Katerina Stathopoulou, Executive Director – INVESTMENTS & FINANCE
• George Kallianis, Founder / CEO Kallianis Bros Shipping S.A.
• Ioanna Vitta, Shipping law & International Disputes Specialist, FCIArb -Partner Penningtons Manches Cooper
• George Alexandratos, Vice President – Hellenic Chamber of Shipping
• Dimitrios Koutsoukos, General Manager – SEKAVIN

SMART SHIPPING

• Main areas of interest in Smart Shipping
• Energy efficiency of vessel operation & voyage optimization
• Asset health lifetime management (condition monitoring) & maintenance
• Autonomy
• Office operations & productivity improvements
• Departments affected within Shipping Companies & vessel/office interactions
• Relation with latest regulations on decarbonization
• Relation with Human Element (e.g., How can we improve tech literacy level?)
• What is missing from smart shipping solutions? – Where else should we focus on?
• Drivers / Barriers
• Next steps – What should be the key focus areas moving forward?

Moderators of this roundtable discussion are:

• Panos Theodossopoulos, Chief Digital Officer – OCEANKING
• Dimitra Giordamli, Corporate Affairs Associate – PRISMA ELECTRONICS
• Vasilis Kamitsis, Regional Technical Manager – IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
• Dimitris Sousoudis, Fleet Ops. Sales Manager – MARINETRAFFIC
• Philip Nielsen,Co-Founder – ORIANI
• Michalis Sariklis, Marketing Director- WinguSuite Cloud Communications Platform
• Dimitris Lambrinakos, Area Business Development Manager MARICHEM MARIGASES
• Despina Theodosiou, President – Electricity Authority of Cyprus,

Joint CEO -Tototheo Maritime & President – WISTA International

• Kostas Rokkos, Chairman & CEO – TST International SA

HUMAN ELEMENT

• Human Element and Human Performance during the 2 years of COVID
• Need for new skills? Digital and green skills for the Maritime / Training and re-skilling
• Do we need to focus on the enhancement of Safety Culture in order to improve the Human Performance?
• What about mental health and wellbeing? Have we made progress?
• How are our seafarers coping with COVID and geopolitical issues (e.g., the war in Ukraine)
• How can we increase the number of Greek seafarers?
• Next steps – What should be the key focus areas moving forward?

Moderators of this roundtable discussion are:

• Katerina Skourtanioti, Managing Director – VENLYS Maritime Specialisation Services
• Costas Kontes, Managing Director – V.Ships Greece Ltd.
• Kostas Karavassilis, Senior Loss Prevention Executive – Thomas Miller BV Greek Branch
• Maria Yiassa, Senior Marketing Manager – The Swedish Club Greece
• Elina Souli , Regional Business Development Director, V.P-FD&D Manager at The American P&I Club
• Nikos Themelaros, Vice Admiral HCG (r) & Head of Human Element Division at Palau International Ship Registry

MARITIME LOGISTICS

Impact of COVID pandemic on supply chains – how they affected Greek Shipping companies’ strategies related to Supply Chains

Indicative topics:

Procurement- purchasing / Logistics-forwarding? 

• Scrubbers/ BTS / changes in Tanking
• Inflation, fuel costs, prices
• Port choices / port calls

Ways to strengthen the Supply Chain System / Challenges

• Strategies that enable the resilience of the supply chain
• How to Keep transportation costs down.
• industry demands / Customize Logistics Network
• Sourcing consistent, reliable carrier capacity.
• Towards a new normal in the Supply Chain?

The effects of Russia’s attack on Ukraine and its effect in the Supply Chain

The Greek ports in the current context

• Impact of pandemic, impact of the war on attractiveness and operations
• Hinterland strategies

Moderators of this roundtable discussion are:

• Seraphim Kapros, Director – MBA in Shipping  – University of Aegean
• Kostis Achladitis, Managing Director – GOLDEN CARGO
• Nikos Doukas, Editor & Journalist – NAFS Magazine
• Giannis Pontikos, CEO – MARINE SUPPORT group of companies