6th Mare Forum Mykonos

No boring company presentations, no long speeches, but only dynamic and lively discussions between the panellists


The participants will be: Shipping Executives, Ship-owners, Ship-managers, Charterers, Traders, Capital providers, Energy Executives, Regulators, Maritime Lawyers, Consultants, shipbuilders and repair managers, Classification Societies, Press, shipping services providers, and smart entrepreneurs.

It will be inspiring, Be There.

The conference will be held at the Saint John Hotel Villas and Spa*****

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P R O G R A M M E

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The tentative list of panellists as of today:
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- Vasiliki (Vicky) Loizou Secretary General for Private Investments, Ministry of Development
- George Gourdomichalis, President & Managing Director, Phoenix Shipping & Trading and CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN
- Ioannis (Jannis) Kostoulas, President, Mare Forum
- George Tsavliris, Principal, Tsavliris Salvage Group
- Theofilos Xenakoudis, Chief Commercial Officer, IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
- Nicolas A. Vernicos, President, Vernicos Maritime Group
- John-Kaare Aune, CEO, Wallem Group
- Spyros Tarasis, Vice Chairman, INTERCARGO
- Capt. Eberhard Koch BOD member, CYPRUS UNION OF SHIP OWNERS
- Kostas Vlachos Chief Technical Operations Officer, Castor Ships S.A.
- Clay Maitland, Managing Partner, IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
- Akis Tsirigakis, CEO, Nautilus Offshore
- Geert Dokter, Managing Director Conoship International BV
- Vanessa Tzoannou, Partner, Hill Dickinson LLP
- Nurettin Caliskan, President International Relations, Turkish Shipbuilders Association
- Tom Softeland, Chairman, Spinnaker
- Chris Vartzis, Partner, Stephenson Harwood
- Captain Alexandra Hagerty, MIT Executive, Hagerty Maritime Consulting LLC
- Harilaos Psaraftis, Professor, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
- Alexander Prokopakis, CEO, LNG PRO Bunkers Ltd.
- Minas Sorotos, Managing Director, Flynn Ventures Ltd, Athens
- Georgia Vasilaki, Global Head of Indirect Procurement, Inchcape Shipping Services
- Sophia Brown, General Manager, IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
- Rona Kaspi, Partner, AKT Law Firm
- Chloe Hekmati, Commercial Director FMC Globalsat | President, Youngship France
- Rania Sifounopoulou, Safety & Quality Manager, Dioryx Maritime Services Corporation
- Georgios (Ilios) Kostoulas, Executive Director, Mare Forum
- Anastasia Kiritsi Professor, Arden University
- Helen Thanopoulou Professor, Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport, University of the Aegean
- Lina Jasutiene Shipping attorney, Founder, and CEO, Recoupex a Global cargo transportation lawyers Hub
- Angelos Roupas Pantaleon Second Wind & Partners, European Mar LDA - Greek Representative
- Dimitrios V. Lyridis Associate Professor, National Technical University of Athens
- Andreas Theodoropoulos Portfolio Manager, PRAMADEX S.A
- Nikos Marmatsouris, Group Senior Marketing Manager, GAC Shipping SA
‍- Burcu Berrak, Atlas P&I | Board Member, Wista Turkey
- Paul Katsouris, Managing Associate, Stephenson Harwood (Dubai)
- Rosemary Rontiri Senior Partner, PPT Legal
- Theodore Chouliaras B.o.D. President & CEO. UPoilTankers Inc
- Christian Grotnes Halvorsen, Deputy Head of Mission, Norwegian Embassy in Athens
- Corrado Pesce, Chartering Broker, Marnavi spa
- George Xiradakis President of the Association of Banking and Financial Executives of Hellenic Shipping and CEO, XRTC Business Consultants Ltd.
- Jason Stefanatos Regional Decarbonization Director, DNV
- Theo Kourmpelis Director Strategic Key Accounts; Energy Transition & Sustainability Passionate, Lloyd's Register
- Ioanna Papoutsoglou Business Development Manager, South-Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East, Cayman Registry
- Erhan Esinduy Foreign Relations Commission Member, Turkish Shipbuilders Association, GISBIR
- Dimitris Lyras Managing Director, Ulysses Systems
- Maarten Sickler Director Sales, Conoship International
- Gina Panayiotou ESG Manager, West of England P&I
- Danial Kaabi CEO, Sea Horizon Offshore Marine Services
- Maria Stavropoulou In-House Legal Counsel
- Fay Catsiba PREMIUM CONSUL
- Apostolos Papastathopoulos, Chairman & Managing Director PLANACO shipyard, and
Managing Director NAVIGARE YACHTING GREECE
- Apostolos Poulovassilis Director / Director of Maritime Studies Ocean Technologies Group / Business College of Athens
- Yiannis Fafalios General Operations Manager at Fafalios Limited and CEO of Care4C
- Georgia Chalari Technical Coordinator, ABC Hellenic Management Ltd
- Konstantinos Melas Post doctorate Researcher in Supply Chain Finance, University of Western Macedonia.
- Athena Giannouli Partner, Giannouli Law offices
- Nigel Bowen Morris Managing Partner, Stephenson Harwood
- George Margetis CEO, MARGETIS MARITIME CONSULTING
- Andriana Giannouli Boukaouri LLB London School of Economics, LLM Student, The University of Law, London
- Emma Cianchette Sales agent Florida, FMC GlobalSat
- Nikos Sanakis Director, Momentum Shipmanagement S.A.

- Evangelos Chatzigiannis, Senior Trader, GMS

- George Nikou, Partner, KSi Greece

- Areti Skandami, Lawyer, Aegean Cargo Management

- Dracoulis Gourdomichalis, Phoenix
- more to be announced
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P R O G R A M M E

09:30

Registration


10:00

Session 1

Opening and Welcome

- George D. Gourdomichalis President & Managing Director, Phoenix Shipping & Trading 
and
CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN

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- Georgios (Ilios) Kostoulas Executive Director, MARE FORUM

- Theo Xenakoudis Director, IRI / The Marshall Islands Registry

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
- Vasiliki (Vicky) Loizou Secretary General for Private Investments, Ministry of Development 

- George Tsavliris Principal, Tsavliris Group

10:30

Session 2

Opportunities ahead
 - Who is afraid of the future?
The shipping markets, trade, regulations, geopolitics

THE ROUND TABLE PANELLISTS (tentative):



‍- George Tsavliris, Principal, Tsavliris Salvage Group
- Nicolas A. Vernicos, President, Vernicos Maritime Group
- John-Kaare Aune, CEO, Wallem Group
- Capt. Eberhard Koch BOD member, CYPRUS UNION OF SHIP OWNERS
- Clay Maitland, Managing Partner, IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
- Theodore Chouliaras B.o.D. President & CEO. UPoilTankers Inc
‍- Corrado Pesce, Chartering Broker, Marnavi spa
- Alexander Prokopakis, CEO, LNG PRO Bunkers Ltd.
- Maarten Sickler Director Sales, Conoship International
- Gina Panayiotou ESG Manager, West of England P&I
- Theofilos Xenakoudis, Chief Commercial Officer, IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
- Ioanna Papoutsoglou Business Development Manager, South-Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East, Cayman Registry
- Nurettin Caliskan, President of International Relations, Turkish Shipbuilders Association
- Danial Kaabi CEO, Sea Horizon Offshore Marine Services

Session 3

The right way ahead to Decarbonisation - Lessons to be learned
Adapting the New Technologies - Who bears cost and risk?
Where to invest your money today?

THE ROUND TABLE PANELLISTS (tentative):



- Spyros Tarasis, Vice Chairman, INTERCARGO
- Harilaos Psaraftis, Professor, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
- Kostas Vlachos Chief Technical Operations Officer, Castor Ships S.A.
- Theo Kourmpelis Director Strategic Key Accounts; Energy Transition & Sustainability Passionate, Lloyd's Register
- Geert Dokter, Managing Director Conoship International BV
- Jason Stefanatos Regional Decarbonization Director, DNV
- Minas Sorotos, Managing Director, Flynn Ventures Ltd, Athens
- Dimitris Lyras Managing Director, Ulysses Systems
- Dimitrios V. Lyridis Associate Professor, National Technical University of Athens
- Alexander Prokopakis, CEO, LNG PRO Bunkers Ltd.
- Helen Thanopoulou Professor, Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport, University of the Aegean

12:10
 - 12:40 Break

Session 4

Where does the money come from to finance decarbonization, and how do you get it?
What are the benefits of the features of alternative Finance and other models to the global shipping industry?

THE ROUND TABLE PANELLISTS (tentative):



- George Xiradakis President of the Association of Banking and Financial Executives of Hellenic Shipping and CEO, XRTC Business Consultants Ltd.
- Akis Tsirigakis, CEO, Nautilus Offshore
- Angelos Roupas Pantaleon Second Wind & Partners, European Mar LDA - Greek Representative
- Vanessa Tzoannou, Partner, Hill Dickinson LLP
- Tom Softeland, Chairman, Spinnaker
- Chris Vartzis, Partner, Stephenson Harwood
- Rona Kaspi, Partner, AKT Law Firm
- Theodore Chouliaras B.o.D. President & CEO. UPoilTankers Inc
- Andreas Theodoropoulos Portfolio Manager, PRAMADEX S.A
- Paul Katsouris, Managing Associate, Stephenson Harwood (Dubai)
- Konstantinos Melas Post doctorate Researcher in Supply Chain Finance, University of Western Macedonia.

Session 5

The human factor trends in shipping - imperatives

Shipping needs talented and charismatic people - where will they come from?
What are the perceptions of the new young shipping generation, and how can the shipping industry adapt to their requirements?
Do we need new skills and expertise plus more diversity in shipping?



THE ROUND TABLE PANELLISTS (tentative):



- Lina Jasutiene Shipping attorney, Founder, and CEO, Recoupex a Global cargo transportation lawyers Hub
- Captain Alexandra Hagerty, MIT Executive, Hagerty Maritime Consulting LLC
- Burcu Berrak, Atlas P&I | Board Member, Wista Turkey
- Christian Grotnes Halvorsen, Deputy Head of Mission, Norwegian Embassy in Athens
- Chloe Hekmati, Commercial Director FMC Globalsat | President, Youngship France
- Spyros Tarasis, Vice Chairman, INTERCARGO
- Rania Sifounopoulou, Safety & Quality Manager, Dioryx Maritime Services Corporation
- Sophia Brown, General Manager, IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
- Anastasia Kiritsi Professor, Arden University
- Erhan Esinduy Foreign Relations Commission Member, Turkish Shipbuilders Association, GISBIR
- Geert Dokter, Managing Director Conoship International BV
- Maria Stavropoulou In-House Legal Counsel
- Georgia Vasilaki, Global Head of Indirect Procurement, Inchcape Shipping Services
- Nikos Marmatsouris, Group Senior Marketing Manager, GAC Shipping SA
- Apostolos Poulovassilis Director / Director of Maritime Studies Ocean Technologies Group / Business College of Athens
- Yiannis Fafalios General Operations Manager at Fafalios Limited and CEO of Care4C
- Rosemary Rontiri Senior Partner, PPT Legal
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Session 6

Designing the bright future of Greece
Why is Greece on the way to becoming the leading shipping and maritime hub in Europe and the world?
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- Opportunities ahead
- The competitiveness of the Greek shipping Cluster
- What has been done, and what to do next?
- A maritime and shipping regional/global financial and trading services hub?
- The Maritime Tourism expansion – infrastructure, regulations, creating incentives
- Energy hub, gas, exploration, distribution, energy alternatives and exports.
- The creation of Startups and Entrepreneurial environments in Greece. What is more needed?
- Taxes, Incentives, and quality business environment
- What must be the role of the State?
- What is needed from the industry?

THE ROUND TABLE PANELLISTS (tentative):


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‍- George Tsavliris, Principal, Tsavliris Salvage Group
- Nicolas A. Vernicos, President, Vernicos Maritime Group
- George Xiradakis President of the Association of Banking and Financial Executives of HellenicShipping and CEO, XRTC Business Consultants Ltd.
- Apostolos Papastathopoulos, Chairman & Managing Director PLANACO shipyard, and
Managing Director NAVIGARE YACHTING GREECE
- Akis Tsirigakis, CEO, Nautilus Offshore
- Spyros Tarasis, Vice Chairman, INTERCARGO
- Harilaos Psaraftis, Professor, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
- Kostas Vlachos Chief Technical Operations Officer, Castor Ships S.A.
- Dimitris Lyras Managing Director, Ulysses Systems
- Tom Softeland, Chairman, Spinnaker
- Clay Maitland, Managing Partner, IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
- Fay Catsiba PREMIUM CONSUL
- Helen Thanopoulou Professor, Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport, University of the Aegean

14:55

Session 7


Conclusions and recommendations
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- George D. Gourdomichalis, President & Managing Director, Phoenix Shipping & Trading S.A.
and Conference Chairman
- 
Ioannis (Jannis) Kostoulas President, MARE FORUM


15:00

end

20:00 - 22:00

Reception

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Mare Forum and Christian Dior collaborate on an exclusive event for Mare Forum Mykonos participants.

‍Attendees are invited to a 'Shop and Champagne' experience on Thursday 31st of August or Saturday 2nd of September. Also will they receive an exclusive gift with any purchase made on these days. Invitations will be send my email to all Mare Forum Mykonos attendees.

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HOTEL BOOKING at the Saint John Hotel Villas and Spa

For those who want to make a booking (discounted rates) at the Saint John Hotel Villas and Spa go to website: https://www.saintjohn.gr/

How to make a booking using the special Booking Code:

- When at the website, press book now on the top right corner.
- Input your arrival date, number of nights and number of people and press Booking Code (it is the second green button from left).
- On the pop-up "Enter a Code" write MARE23 and click apply code.
- Then you can choose your room of preference and book it.
Kindly note, tat the availability of Garden View rooms is extremely limited.

If for any reason you get an error when you choose your preferred room type, saying that the voucher code is expired, no worries! Just close the notification and proceed to the booking, you will see that the discounted rate will not change.
When making a booking on a mobile version of our website, you should input the dates that interest you and then click on the three lines icon on the top right of the browser in order to open the side menu and input your booking code.

The conference will take place in an open, daring and stimulating environment combined with transparent discussions, with executives actively participating, discussing, debating and will exchanging their thoughts, ideas, visions, and roles in (green) shipping, energy transition, decarbonization, financing, and investing models for today and the future and how Greece can design its bright maritime future.