YES FORUM – PROGRAM 2018

10.30 – 12.30: YES Tour @ Posidonia Exhibition (limited seats)

                                    or

11:30 – 12.30: Introduction Panel – Logistics

Moderator

Kostis Achladitis, Managing Director – Golden Cargo

Speakers

Christos Bravos, General Manager – Golden Cargo

Pantelis Sarantis, Marine Solutions-Air & Sea Product Development – Golden Cargo

Sebastian Ostermann, Global Industry Manager Industrial Spare Parts – LUFTHANSA

13.00 – 13:15: Official Opening  Address  Theodoros Veniamis, President – Union of Greek Shipowners

1st Panel

13:15-14:15

Ship-owners Panel

Moderator

Georgios Teriakidis, Regional Business Development Manager – DNV GL MARITIME

Speakers

Nikolaos Veniamis, CEO –  Starboard Shipping and Trading, Director – GOLDEN UNION

Ioanna Procopiou, Managing Director –  PROMINENCE MARITIME S.A. & SEA TRADERS S.A

George Papagiannopoulos, Principal – COMMON PROGRESS COMPANIA NAVIERA  S.A.

Basil Sakelis, Managing Director – ALASSIA NEWSHIPS MANAGEMENT INC

14:15 – 14:30: YES Forum presentation

2nd Panel

14:30 – 15:30 

Mapping the Youth Shipping Organizations and presenting the Greek Shipping History

Moderators

Danae Bezantakou, CEO – NAVIGATOR SHIPPING CONSULTANTS LTD.

Katerina Stathopoulou, Executive Director – INVESTMENTS AND FINANCE LTD.

Speakers

George Alexandratos , Managing Director – APOLLONIA LINES S.A. & Vice-President  – Hellenic Chamber Of Shipping

Filippos Ioulianou , Founder & Vice  President – YoungShip Cyprus – Member of Bod YoungShip International

Petros Kokkalis, Local Councilor for Local Growth & Entrepreneurship, Piraeus Municipality

Co-Founder Aephoria.net – BlueGrowth Initiative.

Markos Kiosseoglou , Co-founder and Board Member – Reload Greece

Michael Foustanos , Director –  Greek Shipping Miracle

15:30 – 15.45: Presentation of YES Forum Research by Xenia Kourtoglou, Founder & Managing Director  – FOCUS BARI

15.45. -16.00: Presentations of the winning projects of ECONOMIA Competition “THE FUTURE OF GREEK SHIPPING”

3rd Panel

16:00 – 16:50 

Shipping Executives Panel    

Moderator 

George Xiradakis, Managing Director of XRTC BUSINESS CONSULTANTS LTD. and President of THE PROPELLER CLUB (PORT OF PIRAEUS)

Speakers

Athena Kanellatou, Regional Director – MACGREGOR

Dorothea Ioannou, Chief Commercial Officer SCB Inc., Manager -The American P&I Club

Costas Kontes, General Manager – V.Ships Greece Ltd.

Costis J. Frangoulis, CEO – FRANMAN GROUP

Wanda Costopoulou,  Managing Director  – ARKAS HELLAS