SNAME President, Mr. Joe Comer opened the event followed by a keynote address, delivered by Dr. John Koustas, CEO and President of Danaos Corporation on, ”What Shipping Expects from Technology.” Three additional keynote speeches were presented by Dr. Jan de Kat, ABS Director of Energy Efficiency, Operational and Environmental, on ”Performance Efficiency & Optimization – Addressing Life Cycle Challenges;” Dr. Nikos Kakalis, Head of Maritime Research & Development, DNV GL Greece on ”Managing the Complexity of Ship Energy Systems’;” and Mr. Theodosis Stamatellos, Marine Area Manager GEMA, Lloyd’s Register on “Pulling the Regulatory Rope in a Tug of War.”

Among the speakers there were two of our members, Dr. G. Gougoulidis and Mr. N. Vasileiadis who presented a paper entitled “An Overview of Hydrodynamic Energy Efficiency Improvement Measures”