Congress Chairs

Kostas J. Spyrou, Chairman (School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, NTUA)

Kostas Belibassakis, Co-chairman (Dean of School of Naval Architecture and Marine Eng., NTUA)
Nikolaos Liapis, Co-chairman (President of Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology)

Congress Secretary

Nikos Themelis (NTUA School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering)

IMAM Association Executive Committee

Selma Ergin, IMAM President – Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Kostas J. Spyrou IMAM Vice-President – National Technical University of Athens & representative of the Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology in IMAM, Greece
Ermal Xhelilaj – Vlora University, Albania
Petar Georgiev – Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria
Jasna Prpic Orsic – University of Rijeka, Croatia
Heba.W. Leheta – Alexandria University, Egypt
Fabien Remy – École Sup. d’Ingenieurs Marseille, France
Ermina Begovic – University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
Marco Altosole – University of Genoa, Italy
Carlos Guedes Soares – Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Elena-Felicia Beznea – University “Dunarea de Jos” of Galati, Romania
Fernando López Peña – Universidade da Coruña, Spain
Alexander Demidyuk – Odessa State Maritime University, Ukraine

Local Organizing Committee

George Andreadis, Marine Chief Executive, BV
Manolis Angelou, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, NTUA
Kostas Belibassakis, Dean, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, NTUA
Nikolaos Kavalieros, Secretary, Union of High-Speed and Cruise Ship Owners
Dimitrios Konovessis, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, NTUA
George Koubenas, Chairman, Union of Cruiseship Owners and Associated Members
Dimitrios Koubogiannis, Chairman of Department of Naval Architecture, UNIWA
Panos Kourkountis, Chairman, MARTECMA
John Kokarakis, Chairman, SNAME Greek Office
Nikolaos Liapis, Chairman, Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology
Angelos Pantouvakis, Dean, School of Maritime and Industrial Studies, Univ. of Piraeus
George Pateras – Chairman, Hellenic Chamber of Shipping
Charalambos Simantonis, Chairman, Hellenic Shortsea Shipowners Association
Kostas Spyrou, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, NTUA
Theodosis Stamatelos, Global Technical Client Care Director, Lloyd’s Register
Nikos Themelis, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, NTUA
Dionysios Theodoratos, Chairman, Association of Passenger Shipping Companies
Michael Valsamas, Naval Architecture Head, Ministry of Shipping and Insular Affairs
Panos Yiannoulis, Oceanking SA
George Zaraphonitis, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, NTUA
Spyridon Zolotas, Senior Director, RINA

Scientific Committee

Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Germany
Hakan Akyıldız, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Ahmet Dursun Alkan, Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Olga Aneziri, NCSR Demokritos, Greece
Manolis Angelou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Makoto Arai, Yokohama University, Japan
Felice Arena, University of Mediterranean of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Igor Backalov, DST, Germany
Barış Barlas, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Eugen Bârsan, Constanta Maritime University, Romania
Ermina Begovic, University of Naples, Italy
Vadim Belenky, David Taylor Model Basin, USA
Kostas Belibassakis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Giovanni Benvenuto, University of Genoa, italy
Carlo Bertorello, University of Naples, Italy
Marco Biot, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy
Dario Boote, University of Genoa, Italy
Rui Carlos Botter, Univ de São Paulo, Brazil
Stefano Brizolara, Virginia Tech, USA
Leonardo Brunori, RINA, Italy
Gabriele Bulian, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy
Emilio Campana, INSEAN, Italy
Aida Campos, IPMA, Portugal
José Antunes do Carmo, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Francisco del Castillo, Fundación Soermar, Spain
Dino Cervetto, RINA, Italy
Ionel Chirica, University of Galati, Romania
Mohamed Chagdali, University Ben M’Sik Casablanca, Morocco
Andrea Cogliolo, RINA, Italy
Gianfranco Damilano, ATENA, Italy
Nastia Degiuli, University of Zagreb, Croatia
George Dimopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Teresa Dinis, Algarve University, Portugal
Leonard Domnisoru, UGAL, Romania
Cesar Ducruet, Paris Geo CNRS, France
Oral Erdoğan, Piri Reis University, Turkey
Ahmet Ergin, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Selma Ergin, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
R. Cengiz Ertekin, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Nikša Fafandjel, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Pierre Ferrant, Ecole Centrale Nantes, France
Stefano Ferraris, Fincantieri, Italy
Massimo Figari, University of Genoa, Italy
Juana Fortes, LNEC, Portugal
Yordan Garbatov, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Petar Georgiev, Technical Univ. of Varna, Bulgaria
Theodoros Gerostathis, Univerity of West Attica, Greece
Marcos Míguez González, University A. Corunha, Spain
José Gordo, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Omer Goren, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Gregory Grigoropoulos, NTUA, Greece
Rajko Grubisic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Paola Gualeni, University of Genoa, Italy
Mesut Güner, Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Ioannis Hatjigeorgiou, National Technical University of Athens
Stein Haugen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
İsmail Hakkı Helvacıoğlu, Piri Reis University, Turkey
Miguel Ángel Herreros, UPM-ETSIN, Spain
Atilla Incecik, University of Strathclyde, UK
Stamatis Kalligeros, Associate Professor, Greek Naval Academy
Rumen Kishev, Bulgarian Ship Hydrodynamic Centre, Bulgaria
Dimitrios Konovessis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Emin Korkut, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Ercan Köse, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey
Pentti Kujala, Aalto University, Finland
Jean-Marc Laurens, ENSTA BRETAGNE, France
Heba Leheta, Alexandria University, Egypt
Indigo Losada, University of Cantabria, Spain
Dimitrios Lyridis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Eden Mamut, Ovidius University of Constanza, Romania
Adolfo Marón, CEHIPAR-Madrid, Spain
Ould El Moctar, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Luigi Mor, Nuovi Cantieri Apuania, Italy
Lorenzo Moro, Memorial University, Canada
Alberto Moroso, Associazione Italiana di Tecnica Navale, Italy
Nikitas Nikitakos, University of the Aegean, Greece
Vladimir Nikitin, Krylov State Research Centre, Russian Federation
Zoe Nivolianitou, NCSR Demokritos, Greece
Luis R. Núñes Rivas, ETSIN Univ Poli Madrid, Spain
Barry O’Neill, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Denmark
Andrea Orlandi, Consorzio LaMMA, Florencia, Italy
Murat Özkök, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Turkey
Antonio Paciolla, University of Naples (Federico II), Italy
George Papadakis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Christos Papadopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Josko Parunov, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Mathias Paschen, Rostock University, Germany
Fernando LÓPEZ PEÑA, University of A Coruña, Spain
Francisco T. Pinto, University of Porto, Portugal
Lorenzo Pollicardo, Federagenti Yacht, Italy
Kostas Politis, University of West Attica, Greece
Floriano C.M. Pires Jr, Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jasna Prpic-Orsic, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Daniel Priour, IFREMER, France
Vincent Rey, Univ Toulon, France
Cesare Rizzo, University of Genoa, Italy
Enrico Rizzuto, University of Naples, Italy
Germán A.R. Rodríguez, Univ Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Spain
Eugen Rusu, UGAL, Romania
Bahri Şahin, Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Antonello Sala, CNR, Italy
Masimmo Musio-Sale, University of Genoa, Italy
Manolis Samouelidis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla, Universitat Politécnica De Cataluña, Spain
Kadir Sarıöz, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Antonio Scamardella, Univ di Napoli “Parthenope”, Italy
Luca Sebastiani, CETENA-Genoa, Italy
Lev Shemer, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Carlos Guedes Soares, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Oğuz Salim Söğüt, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Takvor Soukissian, Hellenic Center of Marine Research, Greece
Kostas Spyrou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Metin Taylan, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Ângelo Palos Teixeira, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Pandeli Temarel, University of Southampton, UK
Nikos Themelis, NTUA, Greece
Antonios Trakakis, RINA, Greece
Nikos Tsouvalis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Yasin Üst, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey
Nikos Ventikos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Michele Viviani, University of Genoa, Italy
Klaas Visser, TUD, Netherlands
Leszek Wilchynski, CTO Gdansk, Poland
Xinping Yan, Wuhan University of Technology, China
Panos Yannoulis, OCEANKING Technical & Trading SA, Greece
Hüseyin Yılmaz, Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Tamer Yılmaz, Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Ermal Xhelilaj, University of Vlore, Albania
Georgios Zaraphonitis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Anna Zervaki, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Kalman Ziha, University of Zagreb, Croatia