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Ntovas, A. (2019, 26 July), was invited to deliver a 3hour lecture on the topic of “Ships in Need of Assistance” at the International Law of the Sea Summer Academy, which featured international tribunal judges, academics and practitioners specialized in maritime and law of the sea area, at the Kadir Has University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Ntovas, A. (2018, 22 May) delivered a guest lecture at the Peking Law School on ‘The English admiralty jurisdiction through a narrative focused on the notion of marine adventure and maritime perils’ at the kind invitation of Professor Guo Yu, Director of the Maritime Law Research Centre.
Ntovas, A. (2017, 22 November) delivered a guest lecture under the title of ‘From traditional to contemporary incidents, and “wet” accidents, affecting commercial vessels during maritime voyage: The role of shipping law with emphasis on the English jurisdiction’ at the Department of Maritime Studies, University of Piraeus, following the invitation of Professor Stratos Papadimitriou.
Ntovas, A. (2017, 7 April) chaired the ‘Policy and Regulation’ panel at the Eighth Maritime Law and Policy Conference of The London Universities Maritime Law and Policy Research organised by the City, University of London.
Ntovas, A. (2017, 1 March) coordinated with Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice, chair of Public International Law DoL QMUL, under the general coordination of Professor David J. Attard, IMO IMLI Director and Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the ‘Volume II: UN Specialized Agencies and Global Ocean Governance’ in the Report on Ocean Governance: Security, Stability, Safety, and Sustainability (IMO: The International Maritime Law Institute), contracted by The Nippon Foundation.
Ntovas, A. (2016, 7 December) was invited to the 12th Annual Forum of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers Greek Branch, «Future Imperfect: Shipping’s route out of crisis», hosted at the Eugenides Foundation. The Forum was well attended by over 400 shipping professionals – from the Greek and International shipping community – covering all spectrums of the industry. Dr Ntovas’ views, among other questions during the panel and the ensuing discussion were hosted in the international shipping industry magazine Naftika Chronika (Ναυτικά Χρονικά), issue No. 196 (2017).
Ntovas, A. (2016, 21-23 September) was invited by The Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, a US Department of Defence research centre, based on Hawaii, that undertakes executive education for military and diplomatic personnel, to a closed-door workshop addressing policy discussions over the “Management of the Indo-Asia-Pacific’s Maritime Future”. Dr Ntovas delivered his expert submission on “Maritime piracy and armed robbery in Southeast Asia – Recent developments: emerging links with terrorism?”.
Ntovas, A. (2016, 1 September) was invited by The International Institute of Marine Surveying, to take part in the celebrations of the Institute’s 25th anniversary and silver jubilee in London on 31 August and 1 September 2016, and to deliver a paper at its anniversary conference on the topic “Unmanned commercial vessels: What may lay ahead for marine surveyors in the context of classification?”.
Ntovas, A. (2016, 22 July) was invited by the European Law Students Association, to deliver a lecture on “Private armed guards on board ships: Policy issues, legal status and insurance implications”, at the summer school ‘Maritime Law: Insurance law and piracy issues’, in Athens, Greece.
Ntovas, A. (2016, 1 July) was featured in the leading Greek newspaper in shipping and finance (“Η Ναυτεμπορική”) through his expert views on ‘Unmanned commercial vessels: the next fundamental innovation in the shipping industry?'
Ntovas, A. (2016, 29 June) was invited by the Transnational Law Institute of The Dickson Poon School of Law, at King’s College London, to deliver a research seminar on the matter of private armed guards, in the context of Transnational Regulatory Governance meeting.
Ntovas, A. (2016, 23–24 February) was invited to the Stockton Center for the Study of International Law at U.S. Naval War College (Newport, Rhode Island), and took part in the closed-door workshop proceedings “Korean Maritime Security and International Law” designed to seek paths to East Asian regional security, that was jointly hosted by the U.S. Naval War College and the Korea Maritime Institute.
Ntovas, A. (2016, 28 January) was interviewed and extensively quoted in the article ‘Full steam ahead for unmanned ships?’, appearing on the technologist blog ‘Great Circle’, which presents the latest news and trends affecting the maritime industry.
Ntovas, A. (2016, 15 January) (with Professor M. Tsimplis (leading investigator), Professor S. Quinn (project manager), Professor A. Serdy (co-investigator), and Mr R. Veal) submitted – as co-investigator– a report on the Liability for Operations in Unmanned Maritime Vehicles with Differing Levels of Autonomy, contracted by the European Defence Agency.
Ntovas, A. (2015, 30 September) chaired the panel regarding the implications in relation to contracts for the carriage of goods by sea and marine insurance, in the workshop on ‘Boat people: Some legal and practical considerations relating to migration by sea’, organised by the Institute of Maritime Law Southampton.
Ntovas, A. (2015, 21 July) appeared in the investigative documentary Qui contrôle la mer? (directed by Baudouin Koenig), and interviewed (by Michel Koutouzis) for matters considering maritime security in the context of globalisation and the economy of the sea; ARTE TV Franco-German network.
Ntovas, A. (2015, 25-26 June) was formally invited by the Attorney General’s Chambers of Malaysia to deliver two 3-hour lectures on The Legal regulation of laid-up ships and The international legal framework for the decommission of offshore platforms: UNCLOS and the evolving standards by the IMO, in the context of a seminar considering the protection of the marine environment with a view to critically assessing the current national, regional and international law on marine pollution. The seminar took place on Putrajaya, and it was attended by more than 90 civil servants as well as by members of regulatory organizations, legal firms and shipping and oil companies, including corporations specializing in the provision of lay-up, salvage and decommissioning services.
Ntovas, A. (2013, 3 December) was interviewed and quoted by Paul Rubens’ BBC News Business article ‘Underwater hotel rooms: Is down becoming the new up?’.
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