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Unni Åström unni.astrom@silja.com Senior Vice President Helsinki –Stockholm, Silja Oy Ab Silja Oy Ab is the leading passenger shipping company on the Baltic Sea with daily departures all the year round between Finland and Sweden and Estonia. Unni works as Senior Vice President with responsibility for the Helsinki – Stockholm route and its two flagships: Silja Serenade and Silja Symphony. She is a member of Silja Management Team. Unni left her position as General Manager at the first international casino in Stockholm, Casino Cosmopol, in September 2005 to join Silja. Prior that she worked several years at the Scandic/Hilton Hotels both in Sweden and Europe where her latest position was Senior Vice President for International Sales and Distribution and she was a member of Management Team. » Speech pdf Piergiacomo (Piero) BANDA piero.banda@fincantieri.it After studies in Naval Architecture at the Trieste University, he started his career in Fincantieri in the Data Processing dept. till 1986 with the responsibility of the CAD systems of the Company. This first experience was followed by his enrolment as commercial manager of Marketing & Sales of the Merchant Ship Business Unit.In the last years of his activity, he concentrated his efforts in the sale of ferries all around Europe. » Speech pdf Klas BROGREN brogren@shippax.se Still an amateur in golf (hcp 28.0), Klas is first and foremost dedicated to passenger shipping as a lifelong hobby. Not really understanding the border line of a hobby, it became his profession when, in 1977, his first assignment was for a project work with Tor Line in Gothenburg. It was followed by five years with shipbrokers in Stockholm where he was active in S&P and chartering, specialising in passenger shipping. In 1981, he returned to his hometown to become a partner in Marine Trading which for many years held the management contract for Prince of Fundy Cruises as well as Scarlett Line. As the need of market information expanded, he developed this in his own company Plus 2 Ferryconsultation AB, which later registered ShipPax Information as its marketing name. » Speech pdf » Speech Shippax Awards pdf Carl-Otto DAHLBERG carl-otto.dahlberg@stena.com Carl-Otto Dahlberg joined Stena RoRo AB as Managing Director in early 1990. Stena RoRo has two hats, one as owners of a fleet of RoRo’s and RoPaxes trading for 3rd parties and one as sale and purchase agent for sister company Stena Line . He is a graduated Naval Architecht from Chalmers in Gothenburg and has also attended the Stockholm School of Economics. After a few summer spells at sea Carl-Otto started his career with Kockums Shipyard in 1974. He joined the Kihlberg group, a conglomerate in shipowning, shibuilding and shipbroking in 1979 whereafter he had a short spell with Brax shipbrokers. During Carl-Otto’s time with Stena RoRo AB he has been active in modernising the fleet by ordering 16 RoRo and RoPax newbuildings as well as buying and selling a vast number of 2nd hand vessels maintaining Stena RoRos position as the market leader in these highly specialised segments. Carl-Otto is also a Board member of the Nordic Shipowners Defence Club in Oslo. » Speech pdf Magnus EHRENBERG m.ehrenberg@ehrenberg-kommunikation.com Was born in 1964 in Malmö where he also went to study for a degree in political science. From 1984 till 1987 he was the Mayor of Malmö’s press-secretary. Until 1988 Magnus Ehrenberg also served as member of Malmö’s town parliament. In 1989 he moved to Germany where he coordinated the PR-activities for the CDUparty in Hamburg. Having always been particularly interested in shipping, Ehrenberg joined the ferry-company EUROWAY in 1990. He worked at the company’s German dependancy until 1992. In 1993 he moved into the public relations market and founded his own company EHRENBERG Kommunikation, which in 2006 is working for six ferry-companies and three major ports, as well as a number of touristic destinations and other clients. » Speech pdf Bill GIBBONS W.Gibbons@psa-psara.org Williams Gibbons has been director of the Passenger Shipping Association (PSA) since April 1994. Since that time he has worked to actively promote the UK cruising industry to UK holidaymakers and the travel trade, through the PSA’s Passenger Shipping Association Retail Agents scheme (PSARA). The PSA is the trade association for both cruise and ferry companies based in the UK and currently has 38 cruise and 21 ferry members. The PSA is now seen as the main industry voice for commercial matters as well as a source of information and advice for the public. He is marketing director in European Cruise Council since 2002.” From 1990 to 1994 William was an independent management consultant, working particularly in the ferry industry, whilst also studying for an MBA degree. William previously held the post of general manager of Sealink Isle of Wight ferries, prior to which he was the service manager and then ferry line manager for the Harwich Hook of Holland ferry route. William was previously assistant shipping and port manager for the Port of Harwich and worked on the Channel Island services from Portsmouth. William has two children and lives in London and Dorset. » Speech pdf Gustaf GRÖNBERG ggustaf@starcruises.com.my Captain Gustaf Gronberg is 47 years old and started his seagoing career in 1974. He graduated with a Master’s License from Stockholm’s Maritime Academy in 1985 and joined Viking Line. He was given his first command on a ferry operating between Finland and Sweden in 1990 and left the company in 1993 when the Swedish affiliate of Viking Line, Slite AB was declared bankrupt. Captain Gronberg has been with Star Cruises Malaysia Ltd. since the company was established in 1993 and today holds the position of Senior Vice President, Marine Operations, with responsibility for Nautical, Technical, Port Operations, Quality Assurance and the Manning office in Stockholm. He has had the opportunity to be part of the tremendous growth of the cruise market in Asia. The Star Cruises group now operates 22 ships and is the third largest Cruise Company in the world. Captain Gronberg’s special interest is in the development of the best Nautical Procedures and was the project leader for the establishment of the first Full Mission Bridge Simulator to be owned and operated by a Cruise Company. In 2004 Captain Gronberg initiated and headed the Napa Power fuel economy software system project on the Superstar Virgo which was running for 18 months, comparison data reveals substantial savings of more than 21tons heavy fuel oil per week which translates to 4.3 percent of the fuel used for propulsion. » Speech pdf Alfons GUINIER guinier@ecsa.be Up to 31/12/91: Different administrative and commercial positions within the Belgian Shipping Group C.M.B. as a Member of the Direction - Belgian representative in different European and international shipping organisations - Spokesman for the Belgian Shipowners Association in the Belgian Industrial Board (Fédération des Entreprises de Belgique) - Appointed conciliator for Belgium for the U.N. Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences As from 1/1/92: - Secretary General of the European Community Shipowners’ Associations - Co-ordinator of Transport/Shipping/Services of the Maritime Industries Forum - Member of the Joint Committee for Maritime Transport » Speech pdf Pekka J HELIN Pekka.Helin@silja.com Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Silja Oy Ab Silja Oy Ab is the leading passenger shipping company on the Baltic Sea daily departures all the year round between Finland and Sweden and Estonia. Pekka works as Senior Vice President with the responsibility of marketing and sales. He is a member of Silja Management Team. The main markets of Silja are Finland and Sweden. In addition to these, Silja has a strong business operation in Estonia and a strong sales and marketing presence in Russia and in Germany. Prior to joining Silja in 2000 Pekka worked in the FMCG industry for the Finnish dairy company Valio and for Lever Fabergé, the homecare unit of Unilever. Pekka has a degree of Master of Economic Sciences at the Turku School of Economics. » Speech pdf Yiota Krasakopoulou krassakopoulou@attica-group.com Yiota is Legal Advisor, Corporate Relations & Public Affairs for ATTICA GROUP, parent company of SUPERFAST FERRIES and BLUE STAR FERRIES. Since 2002 she advises the Group on EU affairs, corporate issue management, government relations and public policy. In 2005 Yiota was appointed Legal Advisor to the Association of Greek Coastal Shipping Companies, in order to support industry’s efforts towards liberalisation of the Greek cabotage market and to re-define industry’s political and legislative positioning. Prior to joining Attica Group, Yiota practiced Law in Athens until 1999. She subsequently spent three years in Brussels representing corporate, institutional and trade association clients in the fields of Competition, International Trade, Maritime and Intellectual Property Law. Member of the Athens Bar, Yiota graduated from the Athens Law School in Greece in 1996 and holds a post-graduate degree in International and European Relations from the Amsterdam School of International Relations (ASIR), the Netherlands. » Speech pdf Stefan Krüger krueger@tu-harburg.de Is professor at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg. He studied Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture at Hannover/ Hamburg and graduated 1987 as Naval Architect. PhD in 1992 at Hamburg, Institut für Schiffbau. From 1993 he worked at Flensburger Schiffbau- Gesellschaft, first EDP-Development, later Manager Basic Design. Since 2001 Professor at the Hamburg University of Technology leading the Institute of Ship Design and Ship Safety. His main field of interest is the transfer of scientific computational methods from the research stage into practical and competitive ship designs. kruger_stefan.pdf » Speech pdf Paul KYPRIANOU kyprianou.paul@grimaldi.napoli.it After a degree in Economic and Commercial Studies at Luiss Rome 1991, Paul went on as a Commercial Manager in a manufacturing company near Rome. Thereafter, he went back to further education as a Master of Science in Shipping, Trade and Finance at City University Business School in London. As from 1995, he is linked with Grimaldi, first being promoted as Commercial Executive at Associated Oceanic Agencies Ltd, at the Grimaldi Group in London. Since 1997, he headed external relations at the Naples headquarters and became the Area Manager for Greece and Cyprus. Paul Kyprianou was in charge of the PACT (Pilot Actions for Combined Transport) and Marco Polo projects presented by the Group in 1998 – 2003 and funded by the European Commission. He was also appointed a delegate representing the Grimaldi Group Naples at the High Level RoRo Carriers Action Group, Special Committee of ECSA (European Community Shipowners’ Associations), and became its chairman since November 2003. Paul has been a member of the board at Scandinavian Auto Logistics AS in Denmark and now holds similar positions with Grimaldi Belgium n.v., Antwerp Euro Terminal n.v. (Belgium), and is since January 2005 Managing Director of Grimaldi & Louis Dreyfus Lines. » Speech pdf » Panel pdf Kai LEVANDER kai.levander@akeryards.com Kai Levander is in charge of Naval Architecture at Aker Yards Finland. The department work with R&D, concept development, feasibility studies and newbuilding projects for the Aker shipyards in Turku, Helsinki and Rauma. Kai Levander graduated in 1967 as a Naval Architect from the Helsinki University of Technology. He has been with Aker Yards, Kvaerner Masa-Yards and Wärtsila Marine since 1969, mostly working with research and development tasks. He has been the innovator in many ship projects such as the Finnjet Gas Turbine ferry, the cruise ferry Silja Serenade, with the indoor atrium street and the Color Fantasy, a “Cruise Ship with Car Deck”. Among his cruise ship projects the All-Outside-Cabin concept of MS Royal Princess, the Windstar sailing cruise ship, the Diamond SWATHCruiser and the Carnival and Costa Panamax vessels can be mentioned. Through his career Kai Levander been involved in the development of new cruise vessels for Royal Caribbean Cruises, including the Genesis cruise vessel of 220 000 GT. He also participated in the creating the. Since 1995 Kai Levander is Assistant Professor in Ship Design at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. » Speech pdf Oskar LEVANDER oskar.levander@wartsila.com Oskar Levander graduated with honours from Helsinki University of Technology in 2000, with a Master of Science in Naval Architecture. He has since been working with Wärtsilä Corporation and is in his current position as General Manager heading the “Conceptual Design” department, which is part of the Ship Power business unit. Prior to this he has held positions as an R&D Engineer and later as a Project Manager. He has been working with the development of new propulsion solutions for various ship types. He was the innovator behind the CODED machinery concept, which was presented in 2001 in a fast RoPax vessel with CRP propulsion. He also headed the ENVIROPAX project, a joint industry R&D consortium focusing on CRP propulsion development. He is also working with the development of marine fuel cells and LNG fuelled vessel concepts. » Speech pdf Johan NYSTRÖM johan.Nystrom@napa.fi Was born in 1974 in Gothenburg where his father worked as a new building superintendent for Sally Rederierna. Influenced by his grandfather and father he saw his future profession in shipping. He graduated in Helsinki as a 3rd generation Naval Architect 1998. Johan began working for Onboard-Napa Ltd in Helsinki as a Project Engineer, taking care of stability software preparation, installations and user training. After 2 years and more than 80 ship visits he started to work as a Sales Engineer. In the year 2001 he was appointed Sales Manager. Carsten ORT LOFF ortloff@fsg-ship.de Spending big parts of his childhood in the construction of Lego ferries, he always saw his future profession in the developing of real ferry general arrangements. Starting to go a straight way towards his goal, he completed a 2-years industrial education in technical draughting after school. Afterwards, he studied naval architecture at the University of Duisburg (Germany) where he graduated in 1999. He paused his studies for 1 year when the German navy called him for military service as navigator on a frigate. From 1999 to 2000 he worked in the technical sales and distribution department of Hoogovens Aluminium in Germany, when the company was the main supplier for aluminium extrusions for Australian’s catamaran builders Austal and Incat. In 2000, he started his career in the product development group of Flensburger Shipyard. Being mainly involved in stability within the first 3 years, he became technical project coordinator and naval architect in charge of the BC-Ferries Super C-Class project in April 2004. » Speech pdf Erik ØSTERGAARD eoe@dtl-dk.dk Erik Østergaard (46) is CEO of the Industry Organisation Danish Transport and Logistics (DTL) representing around 3.800 Danish Transport and Logistics Companies. A position he took over 1st. of February 2005. Erik Østergaard has 27 years of experience in the shipping and ferry industry of which 14 years has been spent with the Scandlines AG group in various management positions, the latest 5 years as Operations Director with responsibility for the ferry- and port operations, HR and commercial operation of Scandlines extensive route network . Mr. Østergaard has previously been working for shipping company Knud I. Larsen, BR Marine Consult A/S and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Originally trained in shipping, Erik Østergaard later studied international economics and management at some of the worlds leading business schools such as IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, USA from where he earned a degree as Master of Business Administration Mr. Østergaard holds a number of board positions which includes listed ferry company Mols-Linien A/S, Maritime Development Center of Europe, the Danish Maritime- & Trade Museum, Transportbranchens Uddannelsescenter A/S, Institute for Transport Studies as well as a number of governmental committee positions. » Speech pdf Antti PANKAKOSKI antti.pankakoski@silja.com Antti Pankakoski qualified as LLM from the University of Helsinki and started his working career as a legal counsel at the Wärtsilä Group in Finland in 1979. He was appointed Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs of Wärtsilä Marine Industries Inc. in 1986. From 1989 to 1996 he was Executive Vice President of Kværner Masa-Yards Oy. Then followed many years abroad. Antti Pankakoski was Chairman and CEO of Cunard Line Ltd. in New York 1996-1997. From New York he moved to London where he acted as Vice President of Kværner ASA 1997-1999 and as Head of Shipbuilding Division 1999-2000. During 2000 and 2001 he was Director at Nordea Securities AB in London. Antti Pankakoski moved back to Finland in 2003 when he joined Silja Oy Ab as CEO. » Speech pdf Kell ROBDRUP krobdrup@norfolkline.com Kell Robdrup (44) director of the Norfolkline Ferry Division since 01.05.2001. Kell Robdrup grew in Elsinore, Denmark, after finalising school he joined the agency of the Danish shipping company The East Asiatic Company in Copenhagen in 1980 as a trainee. In 1992 he joined the A.P. Moller Group and has over the years held a variety of senior management positions within shipping and road/rail transportation in Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Holland.” » Speech pdf Michael THAMM michael.thamm@seetours.de Michael Thamm (42) was appointed President of AIDA Cruises in June 2004. Since 1993 Thamm, who has a bachelor of commerce degree, has been a significant force in the establishment and expansion of the AIDA fleet. As Senior Vice President of Operations at AIDA Cruises, he was responsible for all aspects of operation of the cruise ships including the deck, engine, hotel and entertainment areas. In addition, he was in charge of the development, building and the putting into operation of newbuilding projects. With the present four AIDA club ships and a capacity of 5,400 beds in total, AIDA Cruises is one of Europe‘s leading cruise providers. For the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 three new vessels have been ordered. The growing company belonging to the Carnival Group with its place of business in Rostock is, with 233,000 passengers a year, the uncontested market leader in Germany. Michael Thamm is married and lives with his wife and two children in Rostock. He chairs the Cruise Council of the German Travel Organisation (DRV). » Speech pdf Bo-Lennart THORBJÖRNSSON consulting@shippax.se After gaining a Bachelor of Commerce at Lund University in 1972, he was appointed to Marketing Management Assistant with Lion Ferry AB, Sweden. Three years later, he was promoted to Marketing Manager which included management of the Varberg- Grenå (Denmark) route. In 1978, he became International Passenger Manager with overall sales and marketing responsibility for all Lion Ferry’s routes. In 1981, he moved to DFDS Helsingborg as Line Manager. After two years, he became Managing Director of DFDS in Hamburg, Germany, where his contribution to management changes and restructuring led to the company becoming profitable again. Continuing with DFDS, but this time being based in Copenhagen, in 1984, he became Group Director and head of all DFDS Seaways’ passenger routes. In the year 2000, he was appointed CEO and Managing Director for DFDS Seaways and Director of DFDS Group Executive Board, again based in Copenhagen. After seventeen years working away from his family Monday-Friday, he decided to leave DFDS and instead work as a Management Consultant based in Halmstad, using his many years of international experience. » Speech pdf Tel +46 35 218370 Fax +46 35 130129 E-mail: conference@shippax.se |
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