Preliminary Program

11th Southeast European Freight Forwarders and Logistics Providers Congress

«SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN INTERMODALITY»

16th& 17th May,2013 / Athens, Metropolitan Hotel

1st day: Thursday 16th May

Arrivals, hotel check in

15:00 - 21:00 Conference Registration

17:00 – 19:00 Pre – Congress meeting

19:00 – 21:00Welcome Reception

2nd day: Friday 17th May

08:30 - 09:00 Conference Registration

09:00 – 09:30Opening Ceremony
Conference Greetings:

  • Mr Vassilis Barmpayiannis, President of the BoD of IFFAG&L
  • Minister for Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks*
  • Mrs Christina Sakellaridis, PANHELLENIC EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION - President
  • Mr Konstantinos Michalos, UNION OF HELLENIC CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY - ATHENS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY – President
  • Mr Vassilis Korkidis, NATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF HELLENIC COMMERCE -President
  • Mr Francesco Stanislao Parisi, FIATA Senior Vice President
  • Mr. Georges Babalis, Hellenic Association of Forwarding Agents - President
  • Mr Sotirios Trichas, ELLIΝΙKΙ ETAIREIA LOGISTICS – President
  • Representative, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises*

09:30 - 11:00 1st Session

INTERMODAL TRANSPORT: THE FUTURE FOR ROAD & RAIL TRANSPORT IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE

  • “INTERMODAL: The future of the land transportation”, Mr Nikolaos Simou, Representative IFFAG&L, KUEHNE+NAGEL SA - President & Managing Director - GREECE
  • Mr. Athanasios Ziliaskopoulos, TRAINOSE S.A. - President - GREECE
  • “Co-Modal Platforms – Freight Forwarders’ Tool for Single Wagon Load”, Dr Ivan Petrov, NSBS – Vice President - BULGARIA
  • “Assessment and future challenges for Pan-European Corridors IV, V & VII”, Dr. Vasileios Zeimpekis, Deputy Director DeOPSys Lab, University of the Aegean– GREECE
  • Mr. Turgut ERKESKIN - President of UTIKAD - TURKEY

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00 2nd Session

DEVELOPMENT’S PERSPECTIVES FOR THE PORTS IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE

  • “Smart & effective networks - As leverage tools for development in South East Europe Ports”,
    Mr Thomas Arvanitis – Vice President of the BoD of IFFAG&L, SCHENKER SA - Managing Director - GREECE
  • Mr Tassos Vamvakidis, PIRAEUS CONTAINER TERMINAL SA - Commercial Manager – GREECE
  • “S.E. Med - N.W. Europe: A Road-Sea-Rail Solution”Mr Francesco Stanislao Parisi, Chairman of Europa Multipurpose Terminals (EMT) srl, Trieste, ITALY
  • “Forwarding Development in Good Will”, Mr Thomas Savvides, CCFAA– President– CYPRUS
  • "Multimodalism in Europe, having as a backbone the Danube river and the European System of navigation on canals and rivers”, Mr Stefan D.Popa, USER – President – ROMANIA
  • Mr. Alp CAPA, Arkas Holding/Marport Trade & Customer Relations Manager- TURKEY

13:00 – 14:00 lunch

14:00 – 15:453rd Session

Platinum Sponsorship’s presentation – GRAS SAVOYE WILLIS

HUBS IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE: NECESSITY & PERSPECTIVES

  • “Logistics hubs in Greece”, Mrs Maria Kazanga, Member of the BoD of IFFAG&L,THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS FRAKAPOR HELLAS LTD - Marketing & Operation Director– GREECE
  • Stefanos Komninos, General Secretary of Commerce from Ministry for Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks - GREECE
  • “Necessity of logistics hubs and their future development in the region”, Mr Djino Shkrijelj, MIFA - President - FYROM
  • "Axes, nodes and transport modes in the South East Europe area", Aristotelis Naniopoulos, Professor AUTh, Transport Systems Research Group – GREECE
  • Mr. Turgut ERKESKIN, President of UTIKAD - TURKEY
  • Representative from Permanent Committee for Logistics from Ministry for Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks, Mr Jean Francois Arvis*
  • "Multimodal transport in Black Sea region. Viking train - Rail Bridge between Turkey and North Europe." Mr Ivan Liptuga- UKRAINE,

15:45 – 16:15Coffee break

16:15 – 17:304th Session

TRANSPORTATION OF EXPORTABLE PRODUCTS BY AIRPORTS IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE

  • «Intermodal Transport & Airfreight Through Greece»
  • Mr Panagiotis Pertsas, Treasurer of the BoD of IFFAG&L, DHL Global Forwarding Hellas A.E. – Chairman of Board & Managing Director - GREECE
  • Mr Alexios Sioris, ATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SA - Manager Cargo Development - GREECE
  • Mr Savvas Aslanidis, OLYMPIC HANDLING SA - Cargo Operations Director - GREECE
  • Mr. Halit Anlatan, Turkish Airlines Cargo - Vice President- TURKEY

17:30

  • Presentation of the Host of the next Congress_2015
  • Conclusion of the Conference

20:00 – 23:00 Gala Dinner

3rd day: Saturday 19thMay

Optional tours (half day & all day)

* TO BE CONFIRMED

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