The 25th EMLO Annual Conference Shipping in 2019:

Time for a new direction?

Thursday 17 October 2019

Amathus Beach Hotel, 75 Amathounta Avenue, 4532 Limassol, Cyprus

20.00 - 22.00 Welcome Reception sponsored by the Cyprus Shipping Chamber followed by the Conference Dinner

Welcome address by Mr Dieter Rohdenberg, Vice-President of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber

The Rt. Hon. The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, KG. Chairman of EMLO

Friday 18 October 2019

Amathus Beach Hotel, 75 Amathounta Avenue, 4532 Limassol, Cyprus

09.00 - 09.25 Registration

09.25 - 16.30 Conference

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

EMLO would like to thank our sponsors for their support:

09.00 – 09.25 Coffee and Registration 09.25 – 09.30 Introduction to the Seminar from the Chairman of EMLO,

The Rt Hon. The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, KG 09.30 – 09.45 Stephen Lillie, CMG, British High Commissioner to Cyprus 09.45 – 10.15 Building up the Cyprus maritime cluster in the Eastern Mediterranean

Hon. Natasa Pilides, Deputy Minister of Shipping of Cyprus 10.15 – 10.45 International trade and competition challenges facing the FMC

Rebecca Dye, Commissioner, Federal Maritime Commission Washington 10.45 – 11.10 Coffee

11.10 – 12.00 Panel 1: Current maritime regulatory issues of Cyprus

Mark Clough, QC, Dentons Europe LLP, Brussels (Chair) ➢ Captain Eberhard Koch, Member of the Board, Cyprus Maritime Academy ➢ Prof. Eric Van Hooydonk, Legal Consultant to Cyprus Port Authority ➢ Prof. Toula Onoufriou, President of the Cyprus Hydrocarbons Company

& Professor at the Cyprus University of Technology ➢ Thomas Kazakos, Secretary General of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber

12.00 – 12.30 EU Maritime policy: regulatory trends and challenges

➢ Sandro Santamato, Head of Unit for Maritime Transport and Logistics, EU Commission

➢ Claes Berglund, Vice President of Stena Line & President Elect ECSA 12.30 – 13.30 Lunch 13.30 – 14.20 Panel 2: Environmental challenges for shipping

Matthew Levitt, Baker Botts, Brussels (Chair) ➢ Erwin Derlagen, Chairman of the CSC Marine Committee, COO of Enesel Ltd. ➢ Panos Zachariadis, Technical Director, Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Ltd.

14.20 – 14.50 Tea Break

14.50 – 15.45 Panel 3: New Competition law issues: global alliances,

feeder service consortia, maritime mergers, Shipping and competition law litigation Rob Murray, Mishcon de Reya, London (Chair) ➢ Henrik Mørch, Director, Transport, Ports and Other Services,

DG COMP, European Commission, Brussels ➢ Chris Welsh MBE, Independent Consultant ➢ Martin André Dittmer, Gorrissen Federspiel, Copenhagen

15.45 – 16.45 Question and discussion about the day’s sessions 16.15 – 16.20 Conclusions and close of seminar by Lord Phillips, Chair of EMLO

ABOUT EMLO: The "European Maritime Law Organisation" (EMLO) was established in 1991 to provide a neutral and independent forum for debate and research on issues of interest to those concerned with EU maritime affairs, including both owners and shippers, and the European Commission maritime transport and competition law directorates general. EMLO is an independent body and holds conferences and seminars on all aspects of EU maritime law, ranging from competition and trade to safety and the environment. EMLO holds its main Annual Conference in the autumn each year, sometimes in conjunction with local law societies. Since EU enlargement in 2004 it has held a series of local conferences in and around the EU.

REGISTERING FOR THIS EVENT IS SIMPLE: Go to the EMLO website and register online at www.emlo.org or send an email with your request to enquiries@emlo.org. Please you’re your payment through the website, by PayPal or by bank transfer. COST OF THE CONFERENCE:

EMLO members € 375 Non-members € 400 Students (conference only) € 60 Reception and dinner only € 90

CPD: CPD points 6 SRA. Quote: EMLO Cyprus 2019

EMLO MEMBERSHIP: If you would like more information about becoming a member please contact the Membership Secretary Tess Bright via the EMLO website. Individual membership costs £75 a year and entitles you to a discount for the Annual Conference and other EMLO events.

WELCOME RECEPTION & CONFERENCE VENUE: Amathus Beach Hotel, 75 Amathounta Avenue, 4532 Limassol, Cyprus

Please see the website for hotel accommodation details and if you need assistance, just email enquiries@emlo.org.

PROGRAMME CHANGES/CANCELLATION: No liability is assumed by the European Maritime Law Organisation or the other organisers and sponsors for changes in programme date, content, speakers or venue or cancellation of the event caused by events beyond their control (including serious travel disruption, social, financial or political disorder or disruption, strikes or other factors). Delegates are strongly advised to take out appropriate cancellation insurance. You may cancel your registration in accordance with following terms: you will receive a refund of conference fees paid to EMLO (not including membership fees) if you cancel your registration 14 days or more before the conference for reasons not set out above subject to an administration charge equivalent to 10% of the total amount of your fees. The full amount of your fee remains payable in the event that you cancel less than 14 days before the conference or if you fail to attend the conference.

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