Preliminary Program presented by Main Sponsor ADONIS
Time 08:30 – 13:00 | Pre Summit-Blu Star Ferries visit to Port of Pireaus and Blue Star Ferries/Attica Group
Busses from and back to Royal Olympic hotel.
Location: Piraeus
08:00 | Set up exhibitors stands.
Location: Royal Olympic hotel
13:30 | Registration
Location: Royal Olympic hotel
15:00 -15:20 | Summit opening
Bo-Lennart Thorbjörnsson & Dr. Georgios Pateras (Chairman of the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping)
Location: Royal Olympic hotel
15:20 -16:45 | Session 1 – Panel debate Ropax/Roro Ferry executives
Topic: Industry strategies next 3 years. Innovative And operational solutions.
Speakers:
- Mathieu Girardin – EVP DFDS
- Matteo Della Valle – Sal/Mark Dir GNV
- Brian Thorsted – CEO FJORD LINE
- Panos Dikaios CEO Attica
- Achille Onorato – CEO Moby line
- Juan Pablo Molina – Technical Director Baleària
- Paul Kyprianou – External relations manager Grimaldi group
16:45-17:45 | Session 2 – Solutions for the industry.
- Efficient and seamless crewing system – Adonis
- Cloud based cost-efficient booking system – Lighthouse
- Alan Tofte, Digitizing ports – Adaptive Recognition
- Marco Pavoncelli, Efficient freight and port terminal systems – E-DEA
Location: Royal Olympic hotel
17:45-18:15 | Coffee break
Location: Exhibition room Royal Olympic hotel
18:15 -19:15 | Session 3 – Solutions for the industry
- Smart port terminal management – Brock Solutions.
- Safe navigation systems – Anschütz
- TBN
- TBN
Location: Exhibition room Royal Olympic hotel
21:00 | Walking Dinner
Sponsor – TBN
Location: Cave of Acropolis restaurant
08:15 – 09:00 | Session 4 – Solutions for the industry
- TBN – RINA
- TBN – Paula Gill, Sales & Marketing Manager – Ferryhawk
- Making ferries green, Christer Bruzelius. Sen. Partner Gotland Tech
Location: Royal Olympic hotel
09:00-10:00 | Session 5 – Port panel debate 4 ports 2 ferry executives.
Speakers:
- Björn Boström CEO | Port of Ystad
- Andrew Williamson Head of Cruise and Ferry | Port of Portsmouth
- Panagiotis Anastasopouios CEO | Port of Patras
- TBN | Port of Pireaus
- TBN | Port of Thessaloniki
Location: Royal Olympic hotel
10:00-10:45 | Session 6 – Solutions for the industry
Speakers:
- Safe return to port – Gustav Berggren Svensson | Kockumation group
- The most durable and safe marine battery – Morten Larsen | Echandia
Location: Royal Olympic hotel
10:45-11:15 | Coffee break
Location: Exhibitor room Royal Olympic hotel
11:15-12:15 Session 7 – Short Sea panel 5 executives
Speakers:
- Robbie Drummond, Chief Executive Calmac
- Ross Barrett, Directer P&O ferries
- Christos G Spanos CEO | Dodekanisos Seaways
Location: Royal Olympic hotel
12:15-12:45 | Farewell and welcome 2025
Location: Royal Olympic hotel
12:45 | walking lunch in exhibitors’ room.
Location: Exhibitor room Royal Olympic hotel
14:00 | Post Summit event
Location: Athens, Greece