{"id":16364,"date":"2025-12-02T09:49:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slide2open.net\/?page_id=16364"},"modified":"2026-01-20T18:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:31:36","slug":"the-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.slide2open.net\/en\/shipping-finance-2026\/conference\/the-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"The Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"row text-center justify-content-center\" style=\"margin: 0 0 50px 0;\">\n<h3 class=\"sponsor-category text-center\" style=\"font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: bold; color: #009ba7; text-align: left;\">HIGH IMPACT NETWORKING EVENT<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 40px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>A unique experience<\/strong> where keynote presentations, interviews, and panel discussions seamlessly blend with workshops, and networking breaks.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>A gathering of top shipping executives<\/strong> where exclusive networking opportunities abound.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>An<\/strong> <strong>interactive conference<\/strong> featuring innovative, insightful, and thought-provoking content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #009ba7; padding: 25px; margin: 30px 0; border-radius: 8px;\">\n<p>Shipping is not diverging from its commitments; rather, the entire ecosystem is being challenged. The <strong>9th Slide2Open Shipping Finance Conference<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is where urgency meets leadership \u2014 and where the next phase of maritime strategy takes shape.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #009ba7; color: white; padding: 30px; margin: 40px 0; border-radius: 10px; text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"color: white; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px;\">9th Slide2Open Shipping Finance Conference<\/h2>\n<div style=\"font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 10px;\">Wednesday 4 March 2026, 10:00 \u2013 19:00 (\u0395\u0395\u03a4)<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: 500;\">\n<div>InterContinental Athenaeum Athens<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f8f9fa; padding: 25px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 30px 0;\">\n<h3 style=\"color: #009ba7; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: center;\">Leadership Team<\/h3>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><strong>Chairman of the Advisory Board:<\/strong> Leonidas Dimitriadis Eugenides, IMO Ambassador in Greece; President of Eugenides Foundation<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><strong>Conference Chairs:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Yuri Bender, Editor-in-Chief, PWM @ Financial Times; Regular contributor to FTfm of the FT newspaper<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Angelos Roupas Pantaleon, Greek Representative, EUROMAR; Founder, Second Wind &amp; Partners<\/div>\n<div><strong>Organizer:<\/strong> Despina Travlou, IEEE Standards Association Maritime Ambassador; Managing Director, Slide2Open Communications; Founder of the non profit organization AI IA NPO (CA U.S.A.)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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