HACC-NACC SHIPPING CONFERENCE

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8:30 am       Welcome Remarks

                   Clay Maitland, Esq., IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
                   Conference Co-Chair, Master of Ceremonies

8:35 am       Remarks

                   Kitack Lim, Secretary-General, IMO

8:45 am       2021 Global Economic and Markets Outlook

                   Thomas Joyce, Mitsubishi UFG Financial Group (MUFG)

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9:25 am      Strategic & Political Turbulence

Panelists:     Kathleen Haines, Non-Executive Director Genco Shipping & Trading

                   Kristin Holth, Non-Executive Director, Maersk Tankers, GasLog, 

                   and Maersk Drilling 

                   Markos Kounalakis, McClatchy                 

                   Stefanos Roulakis, Blank Rome                 
Moderator:  John Stratakis Esq., Poles, Tublin, Stratakis & Gonzalez

10:05 am     Environmental & Regulatory Challenges
                 Impact on Present Industry Structure
Panelists:     Nick Makar, IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
                   David Morant, Scorpio UK
                   Semiramis Paliou, HELMEPA
                   Charlies Papavizas, Winston Strawn
                   Nick Prokopuk, DNV GL
Moderator:  Ole Christian Schroder, Scorpio Group

 

10:45 am     Seaworthiness in the aftermath of COVID-19

Panelists:     Cedric D'Souza, Liberian Registry
                   Boriana Farrar, The American P&I Club
                   Katerina Iliopoulou, Kyla Shipping
                   Capt. Vladimirs Sterbs, DNV GL
                   Gina Venezia, Esq., Freehill, Hogan & Mahar
Moderator:  George Tsimis Esq., GJT Consulting

11:25 am    Break-out Session: Port State Control and Flag State Inspections
                   Hosted by IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry

                  Rear Admiral Kevin S. Cook

                      Hans Krijger

                      Brian Poskaitis

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11:45 am    Ship Finance - Which Way Does the Current Flow?
Panelists:    Michael Kirk, RMK Capital
                  Martin Lunder, Nordea
                  Michael Parker, Citi
                  Christopher Rex, Danish Ship Finance           

Moderator: Larry Rutkowski, Esq., Seward & Kissel

12:25 pm    Digitization in the Shipping and Logistics Industry
Panelists:     Karyl Fowler, Transmute Industries
                   Matt Heider, Nautilus Labs
                   Kyle Henderson, Vizion
Moderator:  Marina Hadjipateras, TMV

 

1:05 pm      Shipowner Conversation

Panelists:     Elisabeth Grieg, The Grieg Group
                   Alexander Hadjipateras, Dorian LPG
Moderator:  Robert Shaw Esq., Sea Trade Holdings

1:45 pm      Closing Remarks
                      Marina Hadjipateras, TMV

1:50 pm    Break-out Sessions: 
 

                -“Foreign Policy in the Biden Administration"
                     Hosted by Blank Rome
                     Stefanos Roulakis

                -"U.S. Offshore Wind: Revolution not Evolution"              
                     Hosted by DNV GL 
                     Nick Prokopuk
 

Platinum Sponsor

The Marshall Islands Registry
 

Gold Sponsors
Blank Rome
DNV GL

Silver Sponsor

Navios Group
 

Bronze Sponsors

Core Assurance CR Marine

Dorian LPG

Jacq. Pierot Jr. & Sons

Jotun

M&N Management

NextWave Hellas

Nordea

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Poles, Tublin, Stratakis & Gonzalez, LLP

Seward & Kissel LLP

Skuld

Southern Star Shipping

The American P&I Club

The Liberian Registry
Watson Farley Williams
Winston Strawn

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Partners
Lloyd's List
Maritime TV
NYMAR

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For more information and sponsorship opportunities, contact:

Live Sletten Diakolios (NACC) | Live.Diakolios@naccusa.org | 917 797 2421

Alexandra Spyrou Mitsakis (HACC) | aspyroumitsakis@gmail.com

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