Climate Breakfast Seminar with Prof. Harilaos N. Psaraftis
In this talk, Professor Psaraftis takes stock of the recent regulatory developments at the International Maritime Organization and in the European Union together with the recent industry initiatives as regards the decarbonization of the shipping industry, and he highlights the major challenges in the years ahead.
About the presenter: 
Harilaos N. Psaraftis is a Professor at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Department of Technology, Management and Economics. He has a diploma from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) (1974), and two M.Sc. degrees (1977) and a Ph.D. (1979) from MIT, USA. He has been Assistant and Associate Professor at MIT from 1979 to 1989 and Professor at NTUA from 1989 to 2013. He has participated in 20 or so EU projects, and has coordinated 3 of them, including project SuperGreen on European green corridors (2010-2013). He has been a member and chairman of various groups at the IMO, and has also served as CEO of the Piraeus Port Authority (1996 -2002). He has published extensively and has received several academic and industry awards. His latest book is entitled "Sustaible Shipping: A Cross Disciplinary View" (Springer, 2019).
Time: 13 December, 2023 from 09:00 to 10:00.
Venue: Room 7A.0.16 (Pejsestuen) and online via zoom (link will be provided upon registration).