Meet the Speakers
Official Addresses
Fotis Kouvelis
Minister of Shipping
Ioannis Plakiotakis
Chief Of Maritime Sector of Nea Dimokratia
Theodore Chouliaras
President of the Institute of Maritime &Economic Strategy (IMES)
Kostas Foteinopoulos
Managing Director & Partner, CareerStream Maritime Recruitment Experts
Key Speeches
Harris Geronikolas
President of City Unity College & Arab Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Development
Introduction
Dr. Captain Ahmed Youssef
Director of International Forum for Maritime Transport
Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime Transport
Key Speech: "Maritime Human Element"
Platinum Sponsors
1st Session
Theodore Chouliaras
President of IMES
Moderator
Prof. Helen A. Thanopoulou
Head of Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport, University of Aegean
Dionysios Polemis
Assistant Professor at Maritime Studies dept., University of Piraeus
Prof. Dinos Arcoumanis
President of the Academic board of Metropolitan College
Dr. Ioannis Patiniotis
Finance Manager CARAS HELLAS SHIPPING
Alexandra Gana
Operations Manager at Ganmar Shipping
Nikolaos A. Themelaros
Academic Director Department of Maritime Studies, NEW YORK COLLEGE
Vice Admiral H.C.G. (rd)
2nd Session
Konstantinos Kyranakis
Deputy spokesman, Nea Dimokratia
Moderator
Prof. Angelos Pantouvakis
Chairman - Head of department of Maritime Studies, University of Piraeus
Danae Bezantakou
Managing Director, Navigator Shipping Consultants LTD
Founder of YES Forum
Niκolas Theodorou
Managing Director, EQnomics Consulting
Irene Notias
Managing Director, Prime Petroleum Services
Director Project Connect
Dimitris Mavrikos
Commercial Director & Partner, CareerStream Maritime Recruitment Experts
3rd Session
1st Panel
Harris Petrakakos
Managing Director at P&P Marine Consultants Inc.
Moderator
John Kokarakis
Vice President Technology & Business Development Hellenic-BS-ME Zone at Bureau Veritas
Dr. Marina Papaioannou
Manager Maritime Academy Greece, DNV GL
Maro Varvate
Business Development Manager, RINA
2nd Panel
Kalliopi Lyrintzi
Managing Director at K.C. LYRINTZI
Moderator
Capt. George A Vlachos
Training Consultant at COSMOS NAUTICAL TRAINING CENTER and MEDITERRANEAN MARITIME ACADEMY
Capt Vassilios Velmachos
Training Manager, COSTAMARE Training Services
Capt. Emmanouel Sarlis
COO & Partner at STS Marine S.A / Education and Training Manager at STS Marine Academy
Humberto Makris
Managing Director at International Maritime Services
Yiannis Maroulis
Maritime Sales Manager at SQLearn