WISTA is an unrivalled “maritime cluster” and the presence of friends and colleagues from almost 30
countries and every sector of the shipping world has taken the organisation to new levels of
achievement. Some attendees asked for even more networking opportunities, and they are right to do
so: you can never have enough networking, meeting your opposite numbers from other nations, and
getting introduced by design or chance to people you might never have guessed would inspire you to
brainstorm for ideas that will take your business forward and increase your knowledge of new sectors. I
am sure that WISTA’s governing ExCo will continue to welcome and pay great heed to all proposals to
maximise the potential of WISTA. WISTA Hellas realises how honoured it has been that visitors took the
decision to spend so much of their valuable time with us, and to speak freely of their hopes and goals for
WISTA and for their particular field of activity. This is networking of a quality that no social networking
site of the Facebook or Twitter model can match.