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Shipping stands at a pivotal crossroads. As trade routes shift, energy transitions accelerate, and global power balances evolve, shipping becomes the strategic nexus where finance, innovation, and geopolitics converge.
Geopolitical uncertainty, economic realignments, regulatory mandates for decarbonisation, and the accelerating pace of technological innovation are redefining the fundamentals of the maritime industry.
As global trade patterns shift and investment flows are reshaped, the shipping sector faces the challenge — and the opportunity — to reinvent itself.
“The Shipping Nexus – The Era of Convergence” will bring together shipowners, charterers, financiers, policymakers, shipyards, port authorities, classification societies, and technology leaders to exchange views, align perspectives, and chart a unified course for the future of global shipping.
This is where ideas converge, strategies align, and the next chapter of maritime transformation begins.
Chairman of the Advisory Board - Speaker
IMO Ambassador in Greece
President of Eugenides Foundation
Keynote Speaker
General Manager
Apollonia Lines SA
President
Hellenic Chamber of Shipping
Advisory Board Member - Speaker
President/Director, Fafalios Shipping SA; Secretary of the BoD, Union of Greek Shipowners; Honorary Chairman, Intercargo
Advisory Board Member - Speaker
Governor of Eugenides Foundation
Emeritus Professor, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Advisory Board Member - Speaker
Special Advisor to the CEO and former Managing Director of IEEE Standards Association
Advisory Board Member - Speaker
Deputy Chairman, Contships Management Inc., f. Chairman of the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping
Advisory Board Member - Speaker
Professor, ΝTUA; Head of the Industrial Connection Activity Sustainable Maritime of ΙΕΕΕ; Chairman of IMarEST MESIG
Conference Co-Chair
Greek Representative, EUROMAR; Founder, Second Wind & Partners
Advisory Board Member - Speaker
Director - New Initiatives at IEEE Standards Association
Organizer
IEEE Standards Association Maritime Ambassador
Managing Director, Slide2Open Communications