SCIENTIFIC COMMITTES         YANNOULIS PANAGIOTIS OCEANKING TECHNICAL & TRADING SA click to view Mr. Panayiotis Yannoulis is a naval architect and marine engineer. He has graduated from the University of Genoa, Italy, in 1970. His post-graduate studies include specialization in advanced structural analysis techniques, welding technology, computer applications in ship design and construction, marketing and management. His professional experience covers ship research, ship design, shipbuilding and project management. During his career, he was in charge, as designer, project manager or divisional director, of multimillion dollar projects for a variety of ship types, such as cruise vessels, high speed motor yachts, bulk carriers, tankers, reefer vessels, patrol boats, etc. He has taught Finite Element Analysis, Theory of Plates and Welding Technology at the Ship Design and Technology Dept. of the National Technical University of Athens. He started his career as research engineer for ship structural analysis at the Italian Ship Research Center (CETENA), Genoa, Italy, then he was designer naval architect at Italian and Greek shipyards and since 1985 he covered top technical managerial positions, namely Newbuilding’s Manager at Hellenic Shipyards, Skaramanga, Greece and Technical Director at Avlis Shipyards, Chalkis, Greece. He is presently Partner and President of the Oceanking Group of Companies. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece, the Hellenic Association of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers and a Fellow Member and ex-President of the Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology. Furthermore, he is ex-President of the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean (IMAM). He is author of technical papers in technical publications and presented papers in various international and national conferences and seminars on ship design and/or construction matters.