The shipping freight market keeps surprising industry experts, and there are aspects of the shipping industry that are consistently moving to the center of the debate: shipping finance and new technologies have become mission critical concerns;
getting funded in shipping keeps getting more esoteric and demanding, but still available for those who know how to approach it; technology has the potential to disrupt the industry either via new trading platforms or mandatory new investment for compliance and regulatory reasons. All along, additional profound issues deserve considerable analysis in a rapidly changing geopolitical and trading environment around the world, issues that can materially impact the shipping industry.
Strongly encouraged and honoured by the great success, very positive feedback and high demand of the first Slide2Open Shipping Finance Conference 2018, The Way Forward, held in February 2018, hosted by Slide2Open with founding sponsor Karatzas Marine Advisors & Co of New York, we are delighted to announce plans for next year’s conference on shipping finance and technology to be held in Athens.
According to Despina Travlou, CEO, Slide2Open “building upon the proven success of the first conference earlier in 2018, we expect for January 2019 an extensive line-up of the highest caliber panelists, speakers, industry and thought leaders on an expanded agenda of topics relevant to shipping finance, new technologies and regulation, international trade, energy and commodities; a compendium of both academic and also commercial knowledge, with unique networking opportunities and actionable information for successfully navigating the new world of shipping finance, and much more!
We are looking forward to your attendance at the conference on Thursday 24 January 2019”.