FIRST EXCLUSIVE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION | 22nd NAVIGATOR 2023 – THE SHIPPING DECISION MAKERS FORUM
The first closed roundtable discussion event held by NAVIGATOR SHIPPING CONSULTANTS in the framework of the 22nd NAVIGATOR 2023 – THE SHIPPING DECISION MAKERS FORUM, was successfully completed on Tuesday 21 March 2023, at the Athens Grand Hyatt, under the theme #BeTheChange. A total of 200 distinguished executives from across the entire spectrum of the shipping arena took part in the closed roundtable event, where they met and discussed key issues that concern and affect both the industry and our society.
The event was opened by our CEO Danae Bezantakou. The welcoming remarks were addressed by the Secretary General of Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Mr. Manolis Koutoulakis and the Vice President of the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, Mr. GEORGE ALEXANDRATOS.
Honorary guests of the event were the Embassies of the United States, France and Norway. Specifically, Ms. Yuri Ann Arthur , Commercial Counselor – U.S. EMBASSY IN ATHENS, Mr. francois de ricolfis – Head of the Economic Dpt. – EMBASSY OF FRANCE, and Mr. Christian Grotnes Halvorsen, Deputy Head of Mission – ROYAL EMBASSY OF NORWAY, referred to the maritime agenda of their countries and the relations between Greece and Greek Shipping.
The first part of the event was concluded with presentations by Mr. Cyrille Bret, Representative Committee Maritime CCI FRANCE GRECE & General Manager in Greece at Naval Group, Mr. Georgios Vangis, Territory Manager – AMAZON WEB SERVICES & Mr. Kal Petrov, Director New Market Development – DRONAMICS.
Afterwards, discussions were held between the executives of the ship owning companies and shipping services executives on the topics of: DECARBONISATION, MARITIME LOGISTICS, SUPPLY, PURCHASING & FORWARDING, SMART SHIPPING, INTERSECTION OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE, TECHNOLOGY & TRAINING, HUMAN ELEMENT, ESG, and KNOW YOUR CLIENT.
Dialogue and the exchange of views and practices have always been the driving force that has contributed to the transfer of knowledge in maritime tradition, which keeps Greek shipping at the top and helps pass it on the future generation, which constitutes the main goal of such events.
The conclusions will be presented at the 22nd NAVIGATOR 2023 – THE SHIPPING DECISION MAKERS FORUM, on Thursday 9th of November 2023.
Special moments from the event found at the below link
https://lnkd.in/dRpDgQWs
