4th Hydra Shipping Conference

"The Course of Greek Shipping: From Aegean to Wall Street "

Saturday, September 15th 2012, Historical Museum - Museum of Hydra

​PROGRAM

Conference Coordinator: George Xiradakis, Managing Director, XRTC Business Consultants
10:00 - 10:30          Registration - Coffee
10:30 - 10:40          Greetings 
                                         Konstantinos Moussouroulis, Minister of Shipping and Aegean
                                         Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos, Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports
10:40 - 11:00          Opening the way to the English and American financial markets in the 19th and 20th century:
                                        From merchant bankers Rallis Brothers to Aristotelis Onassis
                                         Gelina Harlaftis, Professor, Dept. of History, Ionian University
11:00 - 11:20          The new dynamic face/aspect of Greek Shipping
                                         Martin Stopford, Managing Director (CRSL), Clarkson PLC
11:20 - 11:40           Greek Shipping in Wall Street
                                          Nathanael Mauclair, Senior Manager - International Listings, NYSE Euronext, Inc.
11:40 - 12:00           Rethink, refresh and restart
                                          Manolis A. Vordonis
12:00 - 13:30           Panel session: 
                                          Greek Shipping and international financial markets Martin Stopford, Managing Director (CRSL), Clarkson PLC
                                          Nathanael Mauclair, Senior Manager - International Listings, NYSE Euronext, Inc.
                                          Michael Bodouroglou, Chairman & CEO, Paragon Shipping Inc. 
                                          Dr. John Coustas, President & CEO, Danaos Corp.
                                          Ion G. Varouxakis, Chairman, President and CEO, FreeSeas Inc.
                                          Manolis A. Vordonis. 
13:30 - 15:00           Aspida Maritime Security Lunch

Afternoon Session:

15:00 - 15:20          Greek Piracy and corsairing in the Eastern Mediterranean to 1830: A complementary activity to merchant shipping?
                                         Gelina Harlaftis, Professor, Dept of History, Ionian University.
15:20 - 15:40           Armed Guards on Ships as a solution to Modern Day Piracy
                                          Panos G. Moraitis, CEO, Aspida Maritime Security Corp.
15:40 - 16:00           A personal testimony: 77 days of Hijack by pirates 
                                         John C. Evans, General Councel, Chartworld Shipping Corporation.
16:00 - 17:00           Panel session: 
                                         Modern-day piracy, its consequences and methods of confrontation Antonis Mavrakakis,
                                         Managing Director (CRSL), Clarkson PLC
                                        Panos G. Moraitis, CEO, Aspida Maritime Security Corp
                                       John C. Evans, General Councel, Chartworld Shipping Corporation
17:00                          Concluding Remarks by the Conference Chairman George Xiradakis

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