FINAL AGENDA

09:00-09:30

Registration – Coffee

09:30-09:35

Yannis Perlepes, General Manager, NAFTEMPORIKI

09:35-09:40

Irini Athanassiadou, President, NAFTEMPORIKI

Welcome

09:45-10:00

Theodore Ε. Veniamis, President, Union of Greek Shipowners

Introductory Remarks

Session 1:

The continual contribution of greek shipping to the greek economy and society – Assessing the past, anticipating the future

Shipping capital investments on land: From energy to construction, from tourism to banking, from transportation to technology
The reinforcement of the greek flag’s competitiveness
The contribution of the greek shipping industry through social solidarity programmes of beneficiary institutions and private charities

10:00-10:30

Gikas Hardouvelis, Minister of Finance

10:30-10:45

Thomas Rehder, President, European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA)

The contribution of shipping to global economy

10:45-11:00

Leonidas Dimitriadis-Eugenides, President & Managing Director, Eugenides Group of Companies, President, Eugenides Foundation

11:00-11:15

Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, Minister of Shipping and the Aegean

11:15-11:30

Panos Laskaridis, Managing Director, Laskaridis Shipping Co. Ltd.

11:30-11:45

Charalampos Simantonis, Managing Director, Silvermar Management & Trading Co, President, Hellenic Shortsea Shipowners Association (EENMA)

11:45-12:00

Captain Panayotis Tsakos, Founder Tsakos Group

Q&A

Coordinator: Yannis Perlepes, General Manager, NAFTEMPORIKI

12:00-12:30

Coffee Break

Session 2:

Financing – From merchant bankers Rally Brothers to contemporary bank shipping finance and from Wall Street to private equity funds

The new ways banks have adopted to finance the shipping industry
Opportunities offered by capital markets and the competitiveness between hedge funds and private equities
The emerging trends in ensuring sources of liquidity to shipping companies

Keynote Speakers

12:30-12:45

Platon Monokroussos, , Chief Market Economist, Eurobank

12:45-13:00

Meyer “Sandy” Frucher, Vice Chairman, NASDAQ OMX
US capital markets and Greek Shipping

13:00-14:30

Konstantinos Vassiliou, General Manager Group Corporate & Investment Banking, Eurobank Group

Harry Vafias, President and CEO, Stealthgas Inc.

Spyros Capralos, Chairman, Star Bulk Carriers Corp.

Dr. John Coustas, President & CEO, Danaos Corp.

Dimitris Konstantinou, Global Head of EY’s shipping network

Adam Kostyàl, Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Client Group, Listings & Capital Markets, NASDAQ OMX

Ted Petropoulos, Head of Petrofin Research PSMI, Greece

Q&A

Coordinator: George Xiradakis, CEO, XRTC Business Consultants Ltd.

14:30-15:30

Networking Lunch

Session 3:

Greece as an international shipping centre and the role of shipping’s supporting services

15:30-15:45

Yiorgos Anomeritis, President & Managing Director, Piraeus Port Authority SA

A new port development policy

15:45-16:30

Dr. Ioannis Mertzanis, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Space Hellas

Innovative technological solutions for shipping

Dorothea Ioannou, Managing Director, SCB Hellas

The unique world of P&I and its bond with Greece

Ilias Tsakiris, CEO, Hellenic Hull Management (HMA) Limited

The future of marine related services – Means of growth of the Greek economy – Infrastructure, investments, pathogenies, modernization

Eleni Polychronopoulou, President, HEMEXPO
The Greek industry of maritime equipment: Present situation & future perspective

Athina Vezyri,Chairwoman & CEO, SRH Marine Greece, Director, Comité Internationale Radio-Maritime (CIRM)

Satellite and communication technologies for the 2020s

Q&A

Coordinator: Antonis Tsiblakis, Journalist

16:30-16:45

Coffee break

Session 4:

Freight markets and new sea routes – Barriers, challenges and prospects

The recession in the global economy and the crisis in shipping industry - Forecasting the future
Indicators of the freight market, the decline in worldwide demand and volume increase
Operating cost control, performance indicators and efficiency improvement

Keynote Speakers

16:45-17:00

Giorgos Stathakis, Prof. of Economics, Member of the Greek Parliament, SYRIZA

17:00-17:15

Dr. Martin Stopford, President, Clarkson Research

International trade and future trends in shipping

17:15-18:25

Anthony Argyropoulos, Managing, Seaborne Capital Advisors Ltd.

Ion G. Varouxakis, Chairman & Managing Director, FreeSeas Inc.

John Dragnis, Chief Executive Officer, Goldenport Group

John Cotzias, Sales and Purchase Director, Intermodal Shipbrokers, President, Hellenic Shipbrokers Association

Michael Bodouroglou, Chairman and CEO, Paragon Shipping Inc. and Box Ships Inc.

Q&A

Coordinator: : Lambros Karageorgos, Journalist, NAFTEMPORIKI

18:25-18:30

Concluding Remarks

Lambros Karageorgos, Journalist, NAFTEMPORIKI

18:30-20:00

Cocktail reception offered by FreeSeas Inc.