Ganado Meets

In this second episode of Ganado Meets Maritime, Ganado Advocates’ Jotham Scerri-Diacono, co-head within the shipping team, meets with the CEO of Pisciculture Marine de Malte Ltd., Robert Aquilina, to discuss the emergence and growth of fish farming on the Maltese islands, its successes, environmental and economical status, and the outlook for this sector.

In the first episode of Maritime, Ganado Advocates’ Jan Rossi, Senior Associate within the shipping team, meets with COO of Heritage Malta, Kenneth Gambin to discuss the latest developments in cultural maritime heritage with a particular focus on the Malta Maritime Museum.

In the fifth episode of Ganado Meets Transport, Daniel Aquilina, partner within the Transport Law practice at Ganado Advocates, meets Prof. Kristian Zarb Adami, a pioneer within Malta’s Space Sector, to discuss Malta’s progress in the space sector and what the future holds.

In the fourth episode of Ganado Meets Transport, Jotham Scerri Diacono, co-head of the shipping department at Ganado Advocates, meets with Riccardo Landini, Chief Executive Officer at NAI International Ltd which forms part of the Navigazione Montanari S.p.A group - a major player in the Italian shipping scene, to discuss the prospects of the Maltese maritime industry, the challenges that lie ahead for the Malta flag, and what sets Malta apart from other flags in an increasingly competitive industry.

In this fourth episode of Ganado Meets Tech, IP/TMT partner Paul Micallef Grimaud met with Dr Joshua Ellul, Director of the Centre for Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) at the University of Malta and Chairman of the Malta Digital Innovation Authority and with Dr Max Ganado, a lawyer synonymous with a number of legislative projects that helped develop Malta’s main sectors over the past years – from Shipping, Financial Services, Aviation, Trusts, and, most recently, Innovative Technologies. Together they discussed the impact Digital Ledger Technology (DLT) is having on economic sectors, its risks, benefits and the regulatory approach to this technology.

In the third episode of Ganado Meets Transport, Ganado Advocates’ Matthew Attard, Senior Associate within the shipping team, meets with Ivan Sammut, Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen at the Malta Flag Administration, to discuss the factors which have contributed towards the international success of the Malta Flag, the current projects being undertaken by the registry of ships and the way forward for the Maltese maritime industry.

In the second episode of Ganado Meets Transport, Ganado Advocates’ Matthew Attard, Senior Associate within the shipping team, meets with Michael Sillato to discuss the Malta Registry of Ships, how it got started and how it was developed into an international ship register of repute we know today.

In the first episode of Ganado Meets Transport, Ganado Advocates’ Matthew Xerri, Senior Associate within the shipping and aviation team, meets with Captain Charles Pace to discuss how the Aviation industry in Malta and in particular the Aircraft register has grown throughout the last decade and what makes it attractive for aircraft operators to establish themselves in Malta.

This third episode of Ganado Meets Tech delves into the application of Artificial Technology in the health sector, from diagnostic medicine to client management. This discussion with CEO of EBO.ai, Dr. Gege Gatt and Prof. Alexiei Dingli centres around the technology being used, its various benefits and risks, the legal and regulatory framework and ethical considerations.

This episode also includes a conversation with Consultant Nuclear Medicine Physician, Dr. Andrew Mallia.

In this second episode of Ganado Meets Tech, Ganado’s IP/TMT and data protection partner, Paul Micallef Grimaud meets with Prof. Alexiei Dingli to introduce the emerging technology of Artificial Intelligence, what it encompasses, the most widely acclaimed uses, the legal and ethical challenges that it poses and the foreseeable developments. This is to serve as an introduction to the discussions that we will be having over the coming episodes in which we will be delving into how this technology is shaping various industry sectors.