HIGH IMPACT NETWORKING EVENT
- A unique experience where keynote presentations, interviews, and panel discussions seamlessly blend with workshops, and networking breaks.
- A gathering of top shipping executives where exclusive networking opportunities abound.
- An interactive conference featuring innovative, insightful, and thought-provoking content.
Shipping is not diverging from its commitments; rather, the entire ecosystem is being challenged. The 9th Slide2Open Shipping Finance Conference serves as a catalyst for this essential alignment. We bring together shipowners, charterers, financiers, policymakers, shipyards, port authorities, classification societies, and technology leaders to bridge the gap between regulatory uncertainty and commercial reality. Our mission is to foster the renewed dialogue necessary to ensure shipping remains resilient, affordable, and climate-aligned.
This is where urgency meets leadership — and where the next phase of maritime strategy takes shape.
9th Slide2Open Shipping Finance Conference
Wednesday 4 March 2026, 10:00 – 19:00 (ΕΕΤ)
InterContinental Athenaeum Athens
Leadership Team
Chairman of the Advisory Board: Leonidas Dimitriadis Eugenides, IMO Ambassador in Greece; President of Eugenides Foundation
Conference Chairs:
Yuri Bender, Editor-in-Chief, PWM @ Financial Times; Regular contributor to FTfm of the FT newspaper
Angelos Roupas Pantaleon, Greek Representative, EUROMAR; Founder, Second Wind & Partners
Organizer: Despina Travlou, IEEE Standards Association Maritime Ambassador; Managing Director, Slide2Open Communications; Founder of the non profit organization AI IA NPO (CA U.S.A.)
