2016 GREEN4SEA Forum

6 April 2016, Athens

The 2016 GREEN4SEA Athens Forum is due on Wednesday, 6^th 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).

Verifavia along with Ecochlor, Erma First, Panasia and Schneider Electric will be the lead sponsor for the event. You can also catch Julien Dufour, CEO, Verifavia Shipping speaking on MRV Regulation at the event.

WHO CAN ATTEND:

This is a must attend event for all companies and individuals interested in Maritime Environmental Excellence and Sustainable Shipping, including:

Ship owners
Ship Manager Company Staff (Technical, Marine, Operations, Safety & Quality)
Designated Person Ashore (DPA)
Maritime professionals
Regulatory & government authorities
Flag state representatives
Marine insurers & P&I executives
Maritime Environmental professionals

AGENDA:

Discussions in 2016 GREEN4SEA Forum will be focused on many environmental issues including:

Regulatory Developments (IMO, EU, USA)
Air Emissions, Fuel Options & Alternatives
Energy Efficiency Ballast Water Management
Green Shipping Best Practices
Sustainable Shipping
Green Financing & Economics

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 – Energy Efficiency using smart sensors
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 [17:30 – 17:45]

Cocktail Reception [17:45 – 19:00]

PLACE:
Eugenides Foundation, Athens, Greece (387 Syggrou Ave) www.eugenfound.edu.gr