| PROGRAMME* | |
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Thursday, 26 May 2022 |
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| 09.00-9.30 | Registration of Participants and distribution of the conference material – Eugenides Foundation |
| 09.30-10.00 | Opening of the Conference by the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Mr. Ioannis PLAKIOTAKIS Address to the Conference Participants from the President of the Piraeus Bar Association, Mr. Ilias I. KLAPPAS |
| FIRST SESSION (morning) |
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| Chairperson: Leonidas DEMETRIADES-EUGENIDES, President of Eugenides Foundation | |
| 10.00-10.25 | Lars Robert PEDERSEN, Deputy Secretary General - BIMCO Key regulatory and commercial challenges for 2022 Shipping Industry and the appropriate solutions. |
| 10.25-10.50 | Tomas HEIDAR, Vice-President – International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) Private claims made by Flag States in respect to the operation of ships, within the UNCLOS framework: The Jurisprudence of ITLOS. |
| 10.50-11.15 | Lia ATHANASSIOU, Professor – Athens Law School, Attorney-at-law, President of the Organizing Committee The impact of COVID-19 on ships’ operation: legal assessment.< |
| 11.15-11.40 | Discussion |
| 11.40-12.10 | Coffee break |
| SECOND SESSION (morning) |
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| Chairperson: Lorenzo SCHIANO DI PEPE, Professor – University of Genoa |
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| 12.10-12.30 | George THEOCHARIDIS, Professor of Maritime Law & Policy - World Maritime University, Malmö, Sweden - Attorney- at-law The problem of fraudulent registration and its repercussions for shipping. |
| 12.30 -12.50 | Vincent POWER, Vincent POWER, Chairman – European Maritime Law Organization, Attorney-at-law1 How may those in the Shipping Industry Co–operate and Consolidate Lawfully under EU Competition Law? – A Practical Guide. |
| 12.50-13.10 | Victoria ATHANASSOPOULOU, Assoc. Professor – Aegean University, Attorney-at-law The applicable law to foreign shipping companies established in Greece. |
| 13.10-13.40 |
Discussion |
| THIRD SESSION (afternoon) |
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| Chairperson: Yosef TSALAGANIDIS, Emeritus President of the Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) |
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| 16.30-16.50 | George LELOUDAS, Assoc. Professor – University of Swansea Autonomous ships: Regulatory challenges and contractual revisions. |
| 16.50-17.10 | Frank STEVENS, Assoc. Professor – Erasmus School of Law Smart contracts in shipping operations: Legal issues. |
| 17.10-17.30 | Michael NOLAN Q.C.2 Impact of technology on sea carrier’s obligations. |
| 17.30-18.15 | Coffee break |
| FOURTH SESSION (afternoon) |
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| Chairperson: Angeliki FRANGOU, Chairperson & C.E.O – Navios Maritime Holdings S.A. |
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| 18.15-18.40 | Frederick KENNEY, Director of Legal and External Affairs – IMO Transparency at IMO and in shipping: rule changes and recent developments. |
| 18.40-19.00 | Baris SOYER, Professor – University of Swansea, Director of the Institute of Shipping and Trade Law “Cyber risks”: Liabilities and Insurance Law issues. |
| 19.00-19.20 | Manolis KONSTANTINIDIS, Dr.jur., Attorney-at-law The impact of sanctions on charterparties. |
| 19.20-20.30 | Discussion |
| Friday, 27 May 2022 | |
| FIFTH SESSION (morning) |
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| Chairperson: Fokion KARAVIAS, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – EUROBANK SA | |
| 9.30-9.50 | Theodore SYRIOPOULOS, Professor-Chair, Ports Management and Shipping Dpt. NKUA, Visiting Professor - LL.M Maritime Law, Athens Law School Alternative Financing Instruments in shipping business: An economic approach. |
| 9.50-10.10 | Stephen GIRVIN, Professor, National University of Singapore, Director, Centre for Maritime Law The modern forms of shipping finance: Legal implications. |
| 10.10-10.30 | George IATRIDIS-RAMANTANIS, Attorney-at-law Demise charter: navigating between finance and operation. |
| 10.30-11.00 | Discussion |
| 11.00-11.20 | Coffee break |
| SIXTH SESSION (morning) |
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| Chairperson: Stefano ZUNARELLI, Professor - University of Bologna |
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| 11.20-11.40 | Regina ASARIOTIS, Chief of Policy & Legislation Section, Division on Technology & Logistics, UNCTAD Climate Change Impacts on ports – some considerations arising for commercial maritime law. |
| 11.40-12.00 | Ellen EFTESTÖL, Professor - University of Helsinki, adjunct Prof. Univ. of Oslo, Greening shipping - EU and IMO on different paths? |
| 12.00-12.20 | Ioannis ANDROULAKIS, Ass. Professor – Athens Law School, Attorney-at-law Modern risks and criminal liabilities in shipping business. |
| 12.20-13.00 | Discussion |
| SEVENTH SESSION (afternoon) |
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| Chairperson: Grigoris TIMAGENIS, Ph.D., Attorney-at-law, President - Hellenic Maritime Law Association |
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| 16.30-16.50 | Gaël PIETTE, Professeur – Université de Bordeaux En quête d’uniformité en matière des documents entraînant application des Règles Hague–Visby |
| 16.50-17.10 | Charles DEBATTISTA, Counsel/Arbitrator, former Professor - University of Southampton Can Carriers still limit their liability? Judicial restrictions on limitation and how to get out of them. |
| 17.10-17.30 |
Loukas ZYGOUROS, Dr.jur., Attorney-at-law |
| 17.30-18.00 | Coffee break |
| EIGHTH SESSION (afternoon) |
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| Chairperson: George GERAPETRITIS, Professor, Athens Law School – Minister for Cabinet | |
| 18.00-18.20 | Gaute SIVERTSEN, Director - IOPC Funds The international maritime liability regimes: Future Challenges. |
| 18.20-18.40 | Nikos KONSTANTINIDIS, Dr.Jur., Attorney-at-law, Legal Department - Piraeus Port Authority Seeking a suitable regulatory framework for compensating pollution damages caused by drilling platforms: a risk of massive claims. |
| 18.40-19.00 | Christopher DAVIS, President - Comité Maritime International (CMI), Attorney-at-law3 Protecting foreign shipping companies under US insolvency proceedings (US Chapters 11 & 15). |
| 19.00-20.00 |
Discussion |
| 20.00 |
Reception at the Foyer of the Eugenides Foundation |
| Saturday, 28 May 2022 | |
| NINTH SESSION (morning) |
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| Chairperson: Sir Bernard RIX, f. Lord Justice of Appeal, Visiting Lecturer – Queen Mary University |
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| 09.00-10.00 | Dieter SCHWAMPE, Professor – University of Hamburg, Attorney-at-law, Vice President - Comité Maritime International (CMI) Breaking the owner’s right to global limitation – the latest Unified Interpretations of December 2021 revisited. |
| 10.00-10.20 | Vassilis VERNICOS, LLM, Attorney-at-law Issues arising from the distribution of limitation funds. |
| 10.20-10.40 | Philippe DELEBECQUE, Professor, Université Paris I-Panthéon -Sorbonne Les effets extraterritoriaux de la constitution du fonds de limitation |
| 10.40-11.15 | Discussion |
| 11.15-11.30 | Coffee break |
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TENTH SESSION (morning)
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| Chairperson: Christos TZANERRIKOS, Vice President, Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) |
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| 11.30-11.50 | Kyriakos OIKONOMOU, Former Judge, Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) “Inverse” piercing of the corporate veil and maritime claims. |
| 11.50-12.10 | Nikolaos KATIFORIS, Assoc. Professor – Athens Law School, Attorney-at-law Assessment of the danger justifying ship’s arrest under the 1952 Arrest Convention. |
| 12.10-12.30 | Dimitrios TSIKRIKAS, Professor- Athens Law School, Attorney-at-law The opposability of arbitration clauses to third parties in maritime transactions. |
| 12.30-13.15 | Interventions – Discussion |
| 13.15 | End of the Conference |
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* The program may be subject to minor modifications. |
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