Speaking Engagement

Environmental & Other Regulations—Out from the Shadows

Blank Rome Partner Jeanne M. Grasso will speak at the 25th Annual Joint Shipping Conference hosted by the Hellenic-American and Norwegian-American Chambers of Commerce. The conference will be held on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., at Apella at Alexandria Center in New York City, and this year’s theme is “Embracing Change: Turning Shipping’s Hopes and Dreams into Reality.”

Jeanne’s session, “Environmental & Other Regulations—Out from the Shadows,” will take place at 11:25 a.m. and she will be the panel moderator. She will be joined on the panel by:

• Jan Hagen Andersen, Business Development Director, DNV GL
• Nicholas Makar, Regulatory Affairs Advisor, The Marshall Islands Registry
• Nikos Petrakakos, Vice President, Head of Maritime Environmental Innovation, Seabury Capital
• Ole Christian Schroder, Director of Environmental Compliance, Scorpio Group

Blank Rome LLP will be sponsoring a cocktail reception following the conclusion the conference at 5:15.

The goal of the conference is to stimulate discussion of important and challenging issues facing the maritime industry in turbulent and fast-changing times.

For more information and to register, please visit the event website.