From Tuesday the 8th until Thursday the 10th of October 2024, the Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff, Vice Admiral Dimitrios Eleftherios Kataras HN, attended the 14th Trans-Regional Seapower Symposium / T-RSS 2024, in Venice. The special character and visibility of the Venice Symposium is realized through the attendance of a significant number of Chief of Navies from around the world, representatives of International Organizations, the Academic Community, as well as the Defense Industry.
The theme of the Symposium was “A spotlight on the depths: the Underwater as the new frontier for humankind”, focusing on “Critical Undersea Infrastructure” (CUI), an emerging field of high geopolitical interest and contest (energy, communications). The aim of this Symposium was to strengthen the cooperation and promote the exchange of views among the participants on issues associated with the exploitation, management and security of the CUI.
In the margin of the Symposium, the Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff had the opportunity to engage in bilateral meetings, and discussions with the Chiefs of the Navies of Australia, the UK, France, Israel, Italy, Portugal and the USA. In the context of these meetings, subjects of mutual interest and the latest security updates related to the East Mediterranean and Red Sea region were discussed, while options to further enhance bilateral/multilateral cooperations were explored.
