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WISTA Annual Conference 2010

Athens, Greece

Blank Rome is proud to be a sponsor of the WISTA Annual Conference 2010, held in Athens, Greece, from September 29 to October 1.  Jeanne M. Grasso, partner in Blank Rome's maritime group and current president of WISTA USA, will be in attendance at this event.

This year's conference will take place in at the Divani Apollon Palace & Spa in Vouliagmeni, and will be hosted by the WISTA Hellas.  The WISTA Hellas was established back in 1993 and is currently comprised of nearly 200 members whom are women in management level positions in the shipping sector. It is a member of WISTA International, the holding association, founded in London in 1974, and currently consisting of 28 member-countries and more than 1200 individual members.

The subject of the Annual WISTA Conference 2010 is: “Achieving Sustainability – Paving the Way to Shipping Excellence." During the conference, expert speakers will present their papers on how sustainable progress can be achieved and shipping excellence can be reached by promoting and strengthening social, economical, and environmental balance and stability.  Through this annual conference, WISTA aims to promote, for one more year, the scopes of the organization, giving support to, and facilitating the exchange of, contacts and experiences amongst its members and the larger shipping community. Also, the conference’s main target is to continue its educative role, expand the networking opportunities as well as dominate its role as being the center for the exchange of information among its members. 

The event will give attendees the opportunity to listen to internationally recognized speakers, and meet and exchange views with experts and decision-makers of the maritime industry, with the combined bonus of informative visits and excursions to famous landmarks. At the end of each day, attendees will be given the chance to socialize with old friends and new acquaintances during dinners held at prime locations of the Greek Capital.