11th Hydra Shipping Conference by the Fraternity of the Athenian Hydriots
11th Hydra Shipping Conference by the Fraternity of the Athenian Hydriots
11th Hydra Shipping Conference by the Fraternity of the Athenian Hydriots
11th Hydra Shipping Conference by the Fraternity of the Athenian Hydriots
The 11th Hydra Shipping Conference, was completed on September 5th, 2020, in the open space of the Sunset Restaurant near the historic cannons, under the auspices of the Ministry of Shipping, the Naval Chamber of Greece, the Hellenic Association for the Protection of the Marine Environment (HELMEPA), of the Association of Brokers Shipping Contracts (HSA), the Association of Banking and Financial Executives Hellenic Shipping, the Piraeus Shipping Club, of the Hellenic Nautical Club, the International Propeller Club of the United States, Project Connect with Adopt a Ship program and the British Chamber of Commerce Greece.
The conference included two main sections: first section, Geopolitics, [Pre-pandemic and mid-pandemic] and second section, Reduction Carbon Dioxide Emissions.
Mr. John Sahinis, President of the Fraternity of the Athenian Hydriots, inaugurated the proceedings of the conference, informing about the purposes of the Fraternity since its inception of the late 19th century, which are: interventions on the national issue, the promotion of Hydriots offer to the nation, maintaining contact with the philhellenes, charitable activity, the protection of the environment and architecture heritage and especially the attraction of young people in Greece to the Shipping profession. The honored person was the ship owner Mr. Panos Laskaridis for the important contribution and his donation to the Navy.
Mr. G. Tsavliris introduced the speakers Dr. George Prevelakis, Peer Professor of Geopolitics at the Sorbonne University, Dr. George D. Father, President of the Shipping Chamber of Greece and Vice President Contships Management Inc., Mr. Dino Arkoumanis, President of the Academic Council of the Metropolitan College, Mr. Kostis Stampolis, Executive Director of the Energy Institute for South East Europe (IENE) and Mr. Ioannis Patiniotis, Chief Financial Officer of Carras Hellas SA.
Mauro Rinaldi, Evi Peristeri, Antonis Papagiannidis, Tony Vamvakidis, Melissa Verykiou, Irene Notia, Haris Karellis also participated in the Conference.
