Register now for the Flagship conference, European Shipping Week 2020

The highlight of the European Shipping Week is its Flagship Conference, which will feature the following discussants from the industry, the regulators, NGOs and other stakeholders, who will be engaging in an open debate about the future of European shipping.

20 February 2020, Thursday
08:30 – 17:00
The Hotel, Brussels

Click here for the full programme online.

Join our speakers, panellists and discussants to explore the various opportunities and challenges that the European shipping industry is taking on.


Adina Vălean, European Commissioner for Transport	Kitack Lim, Secretary General, IMO	Claes Berglund, President, ECSA	Josip Bilaver, State Secretary, Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, Croatia

Norbert Brackmann, Maritime Coordinator, Federal Government Germany	Charo Coll, General Manager Salvage Division, Boluda Corporación Marítima	Stephen Cotton, General Secretary, International Transport Workers’ Federation	Pierre Jean Coulon, President, EESC Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and Information Society

Bud Darr, Executive Vice President, MSC Group	Margareta Jensen Dickson, Head of People, Stena Line	Martin Dorsman, ECSA	Kostas G. Gkonis, Secretary General, Intercargo

Guilhem Isaac Georges, Sustainable Development Director, CMA CGM	Emanuele Grimaldi, Managing Director, Grimaldi Group / President & CEO, Finnlines / Vice Chairman, ICS	Henrik Hololei, Director General, DG Move, European Commission	James Hookham, Secretary General, Global Shippers Forum

Annika Hult, Trade Director North Sea, Stena Line		Lasse Kristoffersen, President & CEO, Torvald Klaveness / President, Norwegian Shipowners Association / Vice Chairman, ICS	John Lyras, President, Paralos Maritime Corporation S.A. / Board Member, ECSA

Annaleena Mäkilä, Managing Director, Finish Port Association / Vice Chair, ESPO	Carla Olival, President, WISTA Portugal	Natasa Pilides, Shipping Deputy Minister, Cyprus	Giannis Plakiotakis, Minister, Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Greece

Luisa Rodriguez, Economic Affairs Officer, Transport Section, UNCTAD	Livia Spera, Secretary General, European Transport Workers’ Federation	Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, President, WISTA International

William Todts, Executive Director, Transport & Environment	Henna Virkkunen, MEP, EPP	Diederik Samson, Head of Cabinet Executive Vice-President Mr Timmermans, European Commission	Magda Kopczynska, Director for Waterborne Transport, DG Move, European Commission

Vera Tax, Member of the European Parliament, S&D	Maja Markovčić Kostelac, Executive Director, European Maritime Safety Agency	Captain Kimmo Lehto, President, European Tugowners Association	Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President, World Maritime University