ECONSHIP2015

PortEconomics suppports the second edition of the European Conference on Shipping, Intermodalism and Ports – ECONSHIP 2015, to be held in Chios Greece, 24-27 June 2015.

Following the successful first edition of 2011, ECONSHIP 2015 invites researchers to submit papers on the theme “Shipping and Ports at Crossroads: Competition, Global Sourcing and Regulatory Challenges”.

Competitiveness, efficiency and effectiveness stand as core targets of today’s corporate strategies of shipping and ports, and mark relevant regulatory initiatives at national, peripheral and global level. Meanwhile, shipping companies and port service providers jockey to exploit global sourcing opportunities in order to compete effectively at a global scale.

The continuous development and formation of global players, and the positive and sceptical regulatory approaches that are associated with these trends are indicative. Financial sources, human resources, operational strategies, performance measurements, horizontal and vertical integration practices, environmental considerations, technological advancements, transport systems integration, and not least marine and maritime education systems, are all reassessed under the prism of a maritime sector speedily adopting new structures.

These developments will be the focal themes of ECONSHIP 2015, aiming at advancing knowledge on the driving forces and the potential shapes of modern forms of competition, and global sourcing in shipping, ports, and related intermodal transport systems, as well as on the implications and regulatory challenges associated with them.

Call for papers

To facilitate intellectual exchange the International Scientific Committee of ECONSHIP 2015 is looking forward to receive via e-mail to  [email protected]:

  • Papers covering relevant empirical, theoretical and methodological aspects – Abstracts of (at maximum) 300 words to be submitted by 10 November 2014.
  • Panel proposals that might refer to special sessions by invitation only, or to an open call that aims to bring together leading, emerging and new maritime and transport scholars and practitioners – besides panel chairs, proposals need to contain an abstract of (at maximum) 300 words and be submitted by 10 November 2014.

Key dates

Abstracts (Papers and Panel proposals) due 10 November 2014
Notification of acceptance of Abstracts & Panel Proposals 10 December 2014
Deadline for submission of Full Papers 20 February 2015
Refereed papers returned to authors for revision 20 April 2015
Deadline for submission of Final Papers 20 May 2015
Registration due 30 May 2015

Aimilia A. Papachristou is Business Consultant on cruise-rail integration in Travel Bureau of the Passenger Services Department of TRAINOSE S.A. A maritime economist, holding a BSc from the Department of Shipping Trade and Transport, School of Business, University of the Aegean, Greece (2002), and a MSc in Shipping Trade & Transport, School of Business, University of the Aegean, Greece (2004). Since 2013, Aimilia was senior project manager at MedCruise, the association of over 100 cruise ports from 20 countries in the Mediterranean and its adjoining seas. She has contributed in re-profiling the Association. The period January-March 2018 she acted as interim Secretary General of the Association, while she will conclude serving the Association at the end of May 2018, due to the relocation of the headquarters to Tenerife, Spain. Before that post Aimilia had been advisor to the Secretary General of Ports and Port Policy, at the Ministry of Development Competitiveness and Shipping of the Hellenic Republic (2011-2012). Under her capacity as Research Fellow at the Business School of the University of the Aegean (since 2009) Aimilia has been also involved - either as research or as administrator - in several port and maritime related research projects funded by the European Union, shipping companies and ports. Her professional experience also includes experience as Lecturer at the Business Administration Department of the Technological Educational Institute (ATEI) of Ionian Islands, Greece. At ATEI, Aimilia was teaching courses in “Marketing Management”, “Human Resource Management”, “Advertisement”, “Market Research” and “International Economic Relations” (2006-2009). A scholar of the Hellenic State Scholarship Foundation (IKY), Aimilia currently works on a PhD thesis examining cruise port governance at the Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport (STT) of the School of Business, University of the Aegean. Greece. Aimilia was elected member of the Council of the Hellenic Association of Maritime Economist (2010-2015). She is a founding member of PortEconomics.eu, advancing since 2008 the web initiative advancing the dissemination of port research and studies and a scientific partner of the consulting company Ports & Shipping Advisory since its establishment in 2016.

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