Prof. N. Nikitakos is a graduate of the Hellenic Naval Academy (1980) and holds a BSc in Economics (University of Piraeus 1986) and MSc degrees from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA (MSc in Electrical Engineering and MSc in Applied Mathematics). He spent 25 years as a Naval Officer (Captain H.N. ret.) when he participated in several NATO and EU committees. He is decorated with 10 national and international medals; among them, the medal for Kuwait’s liberation and King Fahd’s medal of Saudi Arabia for his participation in Operation Desert Storm. He received a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (1996). He is Professor of Shipping Informatics and Communications and was Head of the Department of Shipping Trade and Transport in the University of the Aegean (2005–2009). He has participated, mainly as a coordinator/principal researcher, in several European and defense-related research projects. He was AMMITEC’s (Association of Maritime Managers Information Technology Electronics and Communication) President from 2006–2010 and is currently the President of the Aegean Institute of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law in Rhodes. He holds three international patents on renewable energies at sea and he was awarded a Lloyd’s Greek award List on Maritime Technological Innovation in 2006. He has published five books and many articles in internationally-referred journals and conferences.