Program

Conference Program

Summary Agenda
Time Topic
09:00 – 10:00 Arrival – Registration – Coffee
10:00 – 10:05 Conference Opening
10:05 – 10:40 Welcome – Introductory Speech & Official Greetings
10:45 – 11:10 Interventions
11:10 – 11:30 Firechat: Infrastructure, Transport & National Strategy
11:30 – 12:00 Panel: Geopolitical Developments & Greek Shipping
12:00 – 12:25 Coffee Break
12:25 – 12:35 Speech
12:35 – 13:05 Blue Economy & Competitiveness
13:05 – 13:15 HANWHA OCEAN Presentation
13:15 – 13:45 Firechat: Greece as an Energy & Industrial Hub
13:45 – 14:15 Panel: Nuclear Energy – SMRs, Defense & Security
14:15 – 15:00 Light Lunch
15:00 – 15:10 Speech
15:10 – 15:20 Tugboats, Salvage & Operational Readiness
15:20 – 15:30 Greek Shipbuilding Industry in Transition
15:30 – 15:40 ONEX Shipyards – Repair & Conversion Experience
15:40 – 16:10 Panel: Innovation, R&D & Dual-Use Technologies
16:10 – 16:20 Firechat
16:20 – 16:45 Break – Coffee
16:45 – 17:20 Panel: National Defense Industry
17:20 – 18:00 Panel: Maritime Financing & Competitiveness
18:00 Conference Closing
Detailed Program
09:00 – 10:00
Arrival
Arrival – Registration – Coffee
10:00 – 10:05
Conference Opening
  • Andriana Paraskevopoulou (Journalist)
10:05 – 10:40
Welcome & Greetings
Welcome – Introductory Speech & Official Greetings
  • Panos Xenokostas – President of the Hellenic Shipyards Association & Chairman and CEO of ONEX Group
  • Takis Theodorikakos – Minister of Development
  • Niki Kerameus – Minister of Labour & Social Insurance
  • Michalis Katrinis – PASOK – KINAL MP
  • Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle – US Ambassador (video)
  • Ju-seong LIM – Ambassador of the Republic of Korea
10:45 – 11:10
Interventions
  • Dimitrios Choupis – General / Chief of HNDGS
  • Dimitrios Skalaios – President of EELEAA
  • Charlie SC Eoh – President / COO Naval Ship Business, Hanwha Ocean
  • Ioannis Bouras – Major General / Director, GDDIA
11:10 – 11:30
Firechat
Infrastructure, Transport & National Strategy
  • Konstantinos Kyranakis – Deputy Minister of Transport
Moderation: Andriana Paraskevopoulou
11:30 – 12:00
Panel
Geopolitical Developments & Greek Shipping – The Next Day
  • George Sp. Alexandratos – President, Hellenic Chamber of Shipping
  • Vasilis Korkidis – President, PCCI / Vice President, EEN
  • Dionysis Theodoratos – President, SEEN
Moderation: Maria Tsilinikou – SKAI/CNN.gr
12:00 – 12:25 | Coffee Break
12:25 – 12:35
Speech
  • Vasilis Kikilias – Minister of Maritime Affairs & Insular Policy
12:35 – 13:05
Blue Economy
Blue Economy & Competitiveness
  • Kostis Fragkoulis – President, Propeller Club
  • George Pratikakis – President, ELINT
  • Danae Bezantakou – Vice President, Propeller Club
  • Panagiotis Anastasopoulos – President, ELIME
Moderation: Andriana Paraskevopoulou
13:05 – 13:15
Presentation
HANWHA OCEAN
13:15 – 13:45
Firechat
Greece as an Energy & Industrial Hub in the New Geoeconomy of Shipping
  • Panos Xenokostas – Chairman & CEO, ONEX Group
  • Alexandros Exarchou – Chairman & CEO, AKTOR Group
Moderation: Minas Tsamopoulos – Proto Thema
13:45 – 14:15
Panel
Nuclear Energy: SMRs, Defense & Security
  • Konstantinos Filis – Professor of International Relations
  • George Laskaris – Deon Policy Institute
  • Dr. Christos Chousiadas – President, Greek Nuclear Energy Commission
Moderation: Nikos Filippidis – SKAI
14:15 – 15:00 | Light Lunch
15:00 – 15:10
Speech
  • Thanasis Davakis – Deputy Minister of National Defense
15:10 – 15:20
Presentation
Tugboats, Salvage Operations & Port Operational Readiness
  • Nikos Ventikos – Professor, NTUA
15:20 – 15:30
Presentation
Greek Shipbuilding Industry in Transition: Structures, Challenges & Prospects
  • Alexandros Kanonis – EY Parthenon
15:30 – 15:40
Presentation
ONEX Shipyards – Repair & Conversion Experience
  • Charis Karellis – Managing Partner, Carell
15:40 – 16:10
Panel
Innovation, R&D & Dual-Use Technologies in Defense Shipbuilding
  • Georgios Panousis – Major General, HNDGS
  • Pantelis Tzortzakis – CEO, Hellenic Center for Defense Innovation
  • Marinos Giannopoulos – CEO, Enterprise Greece
  • Nikos Papatsas – Vice President, EELEAA
Moderation: Christos Mazanitis
16:10 – 16:20
Firechat
  • Konstantinos Floros – Retired General, Former Chief of HNDGS
Moderation: Christos Mazanitis
16:20 – 16:45 | Break – Coffee
16:45 – 17:20
Panel
National Defense Industry: Extroversion & International Cooperation
  • Christoforos Boutsikakis – CEO, Hellenic Defense Systems
  • Grigoris Koutsoyiannis – CEO, EFA Group
  • George Papageorgiou – Managing Director, Theon International PLC
  • Kostas Papadopoulos – Executive Director SE Europe, Lockheed Martin Greece
Moderation: Christos Ktenas
17:20 – 18:00
Panel
Infrastructure, Maritime Financing & International Competitiveness
  • Vangelis Kyriazopoulos – Secretary General for Shipping
  • Jaap Gebraad – Secretary General, Waterborne Platform
  • Dimitris Peirounakis – Marine Sales Manager, Eltrak
  • Charis Antoniou – Managing Partner, Neptune Maritime Leasing
Moderation: Giannis Theodoropoulos – NAFTIKA CHRONIKA
18:00 | Conference Closing — Andriana Paraskevopoulou