1. CYPNAVAL – CYPSEC 2013, Press Release
CYPNAVAL 2013, simultaneously with CYPSEC 2013, was held from 28-29 May in Hilton Park Nicosia
Hotel of Cyprus, with a great success and managing to bring together leading experts from the fields of
defense and security, the offshore activities (such as the oil / gas), the vital coastal facilities (such as
LNG / ports / marinas) and the Maritime, in order to contribute to strengthening cooperation between
public authorities and the private sector in these fields, through the exchange of information on
technology, intelligence, innovation and to meet the challenges of security and defense.
The opening addresses during the first day -28/05, were made by Permanent Secretary of Defence
Ministry, Mr Christos Malikkides, Deputy General Secretary of Justice & Public Order Ministry, Mr Andrea
Louka and Vice Chairman of the BoD in the Hellenic Aerospace & Defence Industries Group (HASDIG)
and President & Managing Director, MILTECH HELLAS and during the second day-29/05, the opening
address was made by the Minister of Communications & Works of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Tasos
Mitsopoulos.
The CYPNAVAL 2013 distinguished speakers were : Dr Antonios Stylianou, Director of Unic Law Clinic,
General (IsAr Ret) Dr Ephraim Sneh, Former Deputy Minister of Defense, Chairman of the Center for
strategic Dialogue, Netanya Academic College of Israel, Mr George Pelaghias, Executive Director of ERPIC,
Rear Admiral (HN Ret) Andreas Xenos-Kokoletsis, Mr Andy Varoshiotis, President of Cyprus Oil & Gas
Association, Dr Charles Ellinas, Executive President of Cyprus National Hydrocarbons Company Ltd,
Yiannis Loizou, Acting Superintendent B', Assistant Chief Fire Services Officer of Cyprus, Mr Piet Van
Rooij, DAMEN Shipyards Gorinchem, Manager Design & Proposal, Major General Ippokratis Daskalakis
(HAr Ret.), Former Commander of NAMFI (NATO Missile Firing Installation), Admiral (IsN Ret.) Yuval Zur,
Owner & General Manager ZUR-YAM consultants Ltd, Captain (NAVY) Kyriakos N. Pochanis, Commander
of the Cyprus Navy, Mr Didier Fouilly, DCNS, Diector of Representative office in Greece, Cpt Sacha Bailly,
Commanding officer French ship “L'Adroit”, Cdr HN K.Sampanis, Education & Training Director of NATO
Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre, Mr Ioannis Panou, Operations Manager, United
Guards Services Ltd, Cpt Georgios Stylianides, Marine Surveyor A', Safety & Security Division of Merchant
Shipping Department (MCW) of Cyprus, Cpt Georgios Pouros, Deputy Director of the Limassol port,
M.Sc.C.S Captain (HN Ret.) Kostas Karaiskos, Prf Elias Kyriakides, KIOS Research Center of University of
Cyprus, Mrs Lina Tsoumpanou, Scientific Officer of Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus, National
Contact Point for FP7.
The conference was attended by state officials of Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice & Public
Orders, Ministry of Communications & Works, Ministry of Financial, Ministry of Interior, Parliamentary
Defence Committee, National Guard, Cyprus Navy, National Security Authority, Ports Authority,
Merchant Shipping, Port & Marine Police, Police, Civil Defence, Coordination Centre for Research &
Rescue, Fire Services, National Hydrocarbons Company, Oil & Gas Association, University of Cyprus,
University of Nicosia, Research Promotion Foundation, European Rim Policy and Investment Council,
by international officials HEAmb of Hungary, HEAmb of France, executive officers from Embassies of
Egypt, France, Greece, Iraq, Israel, USA, the Defence Attaché's of France, italy, USA, Russia, members of
the Israel MoD, executives of A.M.KYPROSUN MARINE SERVICES LTD, ANASTASIOS ANTONIOU LLC,
CASSIDIAN-EADS DE, CX PLUS, DAMEN Shipyards Gorinchem, DCNS, ELBIT SYSTEMS, HELITRUST LLC,
INTRACOM DEFENSE ELECTRONICS, KESTREL SA, MILTECH HELLAS SA, MBDA, NOBLE ENERGY INT'L,
OCEA, PREMIUM FOCUS NAUTILUS LTD, PROTE.A.S., SECURITY SERVICES (MARITIME) LTD, SHALDAG
GLOBAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LTD, SPACE HELLAS SA, THALES HELLAS SA, UNITED GUARD SERVICES
LTD, U-TX LTD, VEGACY STRATEGIC SERVICES LTD, ZUR-YAM Consultants LTD and NATO Maritime
Interdiction Operational Training Centre,
The Press coverage were made from RIK (NATIONAL TV/RADIO), SIGMA (TV CHANNEL), ANTENNA (TV
CHANNEL).