(Hours in CET – Central European Time or UTC+1)

Tuesday, 23 of November

10:00 – 10:30 Opening session

Fernando Nieto Conde – Project Manager at European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency – European Commission
Philip Easthill – Secretary General of the European Boating Industry
Federico Cardona – MedSkippers project coordinator

10:30 – 12:00 Round Table. Case of study: International license recognition in the Western Mediterranean.
(Simultaneous translation into Spanish, English and French will be provided for this session)

Francisco Javier Benítez Martínez – Head of the Maritime Training Service Unit. Ministry of transports, mobility and urban agenda (Spain)
Sébastien de Maria – Maritime Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of the Sea (France)
Liza Aggoune – Maritime Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of the Sea. Unit of employment (France)
Hatem Fekih – General Directorate of Maritime Transport and Ports. Ministry of Transport (Tunisia).
Giovanni Greco  – Director of the Coast Guard station in Ravenna
José María Bertrán Basauli – President of the Spanish National Association of Professional Skippers
Sara Teghini – Secretary and co-founder of the Italian National Association of Professional Skippers

Moderator: Matteo Bocci – WestMED Assistance Mechanism Central Team

12:00 – 13:00 Charter Sector Trends

• A b2b perspective. Martina Hrsak – COO at MMK Systems.
• A b2C perspective. Gonzalo León Álvarez – Industry Manager at Zizooboats
• The charter sector in the Eastern Mediterranean. Paris Loutriotis – President of the Hellenic Professional Yacht Owners Bareboat Association
• The charter sector in the Western Mediterranean – Jose Luis Fayos – Technical Advisor and internationalisation of the Spanish Marine Trade Association (ANEN)

13:00 – 14:00 Round Table. The future of the charter sector.

Speakers:

Martina Hrsak – COO at MMK Systems
Gonzalo León Álvarez – Industry Manager at Zizooboats
Paris Loutriotis – President of the Hellenic Professional Yacht Owners Bareboat Association
José Luís Fayos – Technical Advisor and internationalisation of the Spanish Marine Trade Association (ANEN)

Moderator: Philip Easthill – General Secretary European Boating Industry

15:00 – 16:00 Skippers employability.

• The MedSkippers App – Andrew Newton – CEO at Oritek Innovations
• Required skipper’s skills in the charter sector – Sergio Garcia Gil – CEO at Tripulacion.net
• A crew agent perspective – Dawn Farara-Line. Crew Consultant at The Crew Network
• Required skipper’s skills in flotilla holidays – Emanuele Bradas – Yacht Broker Co-founder at BeBlue

Moderator: Luis Lozano Gutiérrez – Founder at Dalula Marine

16:00 – 17:00 Charter sector and the marine environment

• The Mediterranean Posidonia Network and the Environmental Dimension of the Mediterranean Charter sector. Frederic Villers – (Mediterranean Posidonia Network – Office Français de la Biodiversité)
• Ocean literacy for skippers. Martha Papathanassiou – (Indigo Med – European Marine Science Educators Association).
• MedSkippers Environmental module for skippers. Tomasz Lipski – General Secretary at International Sailing School Association.
• Good practices in the charter sector. Maarten Bernhart – CEO at La Bella Verde.

Moderator: Daisee Aguilera Fletcher – CEO at White Sand Solutions

17:00 – 17:30 Conclusions
Federico Cardona Pons – MedSkippers Coordinator