The 2016 GREEN4SEA Athens Forum is due on Wednesday, 6th of April in Eugenides Foundation, followed by cocktail reception and you might be interested in!

This is a PRO BONO/ NON PROFIT event aiming at a target group of more than 1,000 Delegates / 450 Organizations (Mainly Safety, Technical, Operations, marine departments of Shipping Operators and relevant associated Industry Organizations).

Event Timetable

Welcome Coffee & registration [ 08:00 – 09:00 ]

Panel # 1 – Green Shipping Perspectives [ 09:00 – 10:00]

Apostolos Belokas, Founder & Managing Editor, GREEN4SEA – Overview of Environmental Challenges
Jan Fransen, Managing Director, Green Award Foundation – Towards Sustainable Shipping
J. (Rob) Witte, Senior Consultant, Traffic & Environment, DGMR – Noise in Ports
Dimitrios V. Lyridis, Associate Professor, School of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, NTUA – Electrification of ships and ports

Panel Discussion & Questions Open to the floor

Panel # 2 – Ballast Water Management [ 10:00 – 11:15]

Alec Kyrle-Pope, Senior Claims Executive, Thomas Miller (Hellas) Ltd. – The Ballast Water Management Convention
Leif Eric Caspersen, International Sales Director ERMA FIRST – Towards USCG Type Approval
Tom Perlich, Founder and President, Ecochlor – Towards USCG Type Approval
Paul Jinhwa Kim, International Sales & Marketing Manager, Europe, PANASIA – A study for higher disinfection efficacy of Ultra Violet technology
Craig Patrick, General Manager – Sales, Wartsila Environmental services – Ballast Retrofit: the Engineering Challenge

Panel Discussion & Questions Open to the floor

Coffee Break [ 11:15 – 11:45 ]

Panel # 3 – Energy Efficiency [ 11:45 – 12:45]

Zois Dagkaris, Head of Fleet Energy Management, EURONAV Ship Management (Hellas) Ltd. – Energy Efficiency Initiatives
Serafeim Katsikas, CTO, LAROS – The key role of Information Intelligence towards Greener Vessels Operation
Konstantinos Kanellakis, Marine & Shore Connection Business Development, Schneider Electric – Smart panels and energy audits: Optimize the electrical consumption of a vessel

Panel Discussion & Questions Open to the floor

Panel # 4 – Emissions MRV [ 12:45 – 14:00]

Julien Dufour, CEO, VERIFAVIA & VERIFAVIA SHIPPING Verifavia Shipping – EU Shipping MRV Regulation: A status update
Anastasia Kouvertari, Senior Environmental Business Development Specialist, Hellenic Lloyd’s S.A. LR – Understanding MRV
Stamatis Fradelos, Principal Engineer ABS – EU MRV Future Challenges
Panos Zachariadis, Technical Director, Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management – The ship manager perspective towards EU MRV and future MBMs
Sotiris Raptis, Policy Officer, Transport & Environment – EU & IMO post-MRV developments

Panel Discussion & Questions Open to the floor

Lunch Break [ 14:00 – 15:00 ]

Panel # 5 –Current fuel challenges to meet future requirements [ 15:00 – 16:10]

Marco Dierico, Business Development Manager Europe DuPont – Full operational flexibility with the cheapest available fuel
Nicholas Confuorto, President & COO – CR Ocean Engineering LLC – Scrubbing systems & using HFO as fuel
Andrea Carli, Sales and Marketing Manager Air life SRL – Using Selective Catalytic Reduction to comply with NOX Tier III
Dimitrios Tsalapatis, Director, COSTAMARE Shipping Company S.A. – NOX Tier III Considerations form the ship manager perspective

Panel Discussion & Questions Open to the floor

Panel # 6 – Gas as a fuel [ 16:10 – 17:20 ]

Victor Alessandrini, Business Development Manager GTT – Innovative solutions for LNG fueled commercial ships
George Dimopoulos, Principal Research Engineer, DNV GL Maritime DNV GL – Developing & Operating Better LNG Ships
Antonis Trakakis, Technical Manager, Arista Shipping – Ship Manager Considerations for a practical LNG Bulk Carrier Design
John Kokarakis, VP Technology & Business Development, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division – Green FSRU for the future

Panel Discussion & Questions Open to the floor

GREEN4SEA Awards Ceremony [ 17:20 – 17:45 ]

Cocktail Reception [17:45 – 19:00]