8th Mare Forum Mykonos 2025

The conference will be held at the Saint John Hotel Villas and Spa***** in Mykonos. www.saintjohn.gr

Why Mare Forum Mykonos Is a Must-Attend Event

➤ Mare Forum is a Forum of Ideas
‍The Mare Forum conferences are renowned for their vibrant exchange of ideas and spirited debates. There are no long speeches, boring corporate sales, or predictable soundbites. We encourage open dialogue, the challenging of assumptions, and the free exchange of ideas between all participants.

➤ Who Will Be There
This event (limited seats) brings together a diverse group of participants, including Shipping Executives, Shipowners, and Ship Managers, Capital Providers, Investors, Traders, Logistics Providers, Energy Executives and Charterers, Regulators, Lawyers, Consultants, Shipbuilders, Classification Societies, and Forward-thinking Smart Entrepreneurs.

➤ Why You Can't-Miss.
This Mare Forum is not just a conference - it’s a dynamic, annual think tank. It’s where innovation meets strategy, where Brilliant Maritime Minds converge to shape the future of global shipping through open dialogue, insight-sharing, and collaboration. It’s where the future of shipping is discussed in depth. `

➤ If you want answers, connections, networking and inspiration, this is where you’ll find them. This is where the most relevant questions - and the most realistic answers come to light.

P R O G R A M M E ‍

At the Mare Forum Mykonos conferences, all registered participants serve as the discussion panellists. There are no long speeches, boring corporate sales, or predictable soundbites. We encourage open dialogue, the challenging of assumptions, and the free exchange of ideas between all participants. (see below)

TENTATIVE LIST OF PANELLISTS
- Theofilos Xenakoudis Chief Commercial Officer, IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
‍- Ioannis (Jannis) Kostoulas President, Mare Forum
‍- George Tsavliris Principal, Tsavliris Salvage Group
‍- Antonios Faraklas Managing Director, Chartworld Shipping Corporation
‍- Dimitris Monioudis Managing Director, Rethymnis & Kulukundis Ltd and Chairman, INTERCARGO Technical Committee
- Aliki Polemi, Director, Polforce Shipping Co. S.A.
- Vassilios Terzis Managing Director, Queensway Navigation Co. Ltd
- Nicolas Vernicos President Emeritus, ICC-Hellas
- Nicolo De Caro Operations Manager, ABC Maritime AG
- Nikolaos Karimalis Operations Manager, Pelagic Partners and Hartmann Holdings
- Geert Dokter CEO, Conoship International BV
- Dimitrios Tasios Chief Executive Officer, Polforce Shipping Co. S.A.
- Marina Christoulaki OPERATIONS FLEET MANAGER, NAVARONE SA
- Eleftherios Makaris DPA / Operations Manager, Efshipping Company SA
- Yiannis Fafalios General Operations Manager, Fafalios Limited and CEO of Care4C
- Spyridon Tarasis Maritime Business Operations Consultant, International Registries, Inc.
- Nemos Kostoulas CEO, Phaeste Innovation
- Panagiotis Fasiis Technomar Shipping Inc
- Nurettin Caliskan Board Member, President International Relations, Turkish Shipbuilders Association GISBIR
- Erhan Esinduy Foreign Relations Commission Member, Turkish Shipbuilders Association, GISBIR and Managing Director, ESKOMARINE
‍- Akis Tsirigakis CEO, Nautilus Offshore
- Paris Kokkaliaroglou Managing Director, Novimaris
- Rania Sifounopoulou Safety & Quality Manager, Dioryx Maritime Services Corporation
- Ioannis Pappas CEO, Green Evolution
- Ifigeneia Korompilia, Global Markets Solutions - Account Management Professional, National Bank of Greece
- Marina Tzoutzouraki CFO and co-founder, eShipfinance.com
‍- Dimitris Lyras Managing Director, Ulysses Systems
- Emre Ersoy Partner, ErsoyBilgehan Lawyers & Consultants
- Anouch Sedef Partner, All Seas Project Management
- Theodosis Stamatellos Global Technical Client Care Director, Lloyd's Register
‍- Jason Stefanatos Regional Decarbonization Director, DNV
‍- Dagfinn Lunde Chairman and Co-founder, eShipfinance.com, DagMar Navigation Ltd and Chairman Cleaves Securities AS
- Georgia Vasilaki Global Head of Indirect Procurement, Inchcape Shipping Services
- Konstantinos Melas Assistant Professor, University of Piraeus
‍- Maarten Sickler Director of Sales, Conoship International
- Ioanna Papoutsoglou Business Development Manager, South-Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East, Cayman Registry
- Georgios Kostoulas Executive Director, Mare Forum
- Dimitrios V. Lyridis Associate Professor, National Technical University of Athens
- Manuela Bottiglieri Insurance & Claims Manager, Alexandria Shipping (Hellas)S.A.
- Lucy I. Mylonaki Marketing Director, IRI/THE MARSHALL ISLANDS REGISTRY
- Ramazan Mengi Project Manager, Mengi Yay Yacht
- Alexandros Damianidis Partner, Watson Farley & Williams
- Philippos Piperas Manager, NESS MARINE BROKERS (HELLAS ) LTD
- John Belousis Managing Director, INDEPENDENT AVERAGE ADJUSTERS
- Konstantinos Oikonomou CEO, MARINE TOURS
- Helen Thanopoulou, Professor, Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport, University of the Aegean
- Dimitrios Beis Legal Director, Hill Dickinson International
- Theodore Chouliaras B.o.D. President & CEO , UPoilTankers Inc
- Michel Moore International Business Developer, Fleet Robotics
- Edi Yapar Business Partner, Group Inspection
- Vasiliki Vlachantoni CFO, LANGLOIS
- Ioannis Pastellas Commercial Director, Kaiko Systems
- Kleopatra Triantafyllidou CEO, Alfa Dikeve SA
- Evangelos Fragkoulis Head of Ship Design, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
- Katerina Nomicos Founder Partner, White & Blu Legal Ltd
- Mikhail Gerasimchuk CEO, NAVITRAMP SHIPPING
- Andreas Theodoropoulos Portofolio Manager, Pramadex S.A.
- Nechane Derderian Transactional Solicitor and Project Manager, All Seas Project Management
- Chrysa Voulgaridou Strategy & Risk Director, Crisis Monitor
- More panellists to be announced. Stay tuned
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‍ P R O G R A M M E

Pioneering the future of shipping - Opportunities
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🕙 09:30 – 10:00 | REGISTRATION &
NETWORKING

🕙 10:00 – 15:30 | THE FORUM

🕗 20:00 – 22:00 | NETWORKING RECEPTION

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10:00

Opening and welcome

- Ioannis Kostoulas President,Mare Forum
- Dimitris Monioudis Managing Director, Rethymnis & KulukundisLtd,- Chairman, INTERCARGO Technical Committee and [CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN]
- Theofilos Xenakoudis Chief Commercial Officer, IRI/The MarshallIslands Registry
- George Tsavliris Principal, Tsavliris Salvage Group

10:30
Session 1

Mastering Global Waters Under Threat

- Geopolitics First!
The Game Change Navigating through Global Uncertainty in Trade and Shipping
‍- Smart Investment Moves:  
Where to invest your money? - Opportunities in Shipping and Commodity Markets
- Maritime Energy Transition:
Progress, Setbacks, and the Road Ahead, Energy transistion and security, alternative propulsion systems and fuels, carbon capture and nuclear, new ships new designs, building new short sea ships,etc
‍- Finance & Strategy:
What Owners  Want - And What  Capital Providers Think

🕙 12:30 – 13:40 | THE NETWORKING BREAK

13:00
Session 2

New Technologies,  Human Capital trends, realities, perceptions and views on the future

‍- Next-Gen Technology:
‍Innovations, AI, Robotics, in Trade, Logistics, and Shipping
- People First:
Investing in Human Capital, Creating the FutureTalent in Shipping, Trade and Logistics, Entrepreneurship Imperatives
- Shipowners’ Strategies:
Growth, Public or Private,  Consolidations or stand-alone, Future Fleet Visions

14:00 - 15:30
Session 3

Maritime Greece Rising – Design the Future Greece’s Maritime, Energy, luxurious maritime life, and Finance hub Future

- Greece’s Maritime, Energy, and Finance hub Future:
Greece’s emergence as a global powerhouse for shipping, yachting, energy, finance, logistics, and professional services
....and more.

🕗 20:00 – 22:00

THE NETWORKING RECEPTION

End the day in style—join us for a relaxed and elegant evening reception, where connections are deepened and new partnerships begin.

It will be inspiring. Be there.
 


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➤ How to Book a Room at the Saint John Hotel Villas and Spa.

If you wish to stay and book a room at the hotel at discounted rates offered to Mare Forum, please (copy and paste) the link below:

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