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22ND NAVIGATOR FORUM 2023

22ND NAVIGATOR 2023 – THE SHIPPING DECISION MAKERS FORUM consists of 3 closed events (March, May, October) for Forum’s sponsors and distinguished invitees/speakers from Greek and Foreign Shipping Companies, International Shipping Organizations & Embassies and the 22ND NAVIGATOR 2023 – THE SHIPPING DECISION MAKERS FORUM that will take place on Thursday, 9th of November 2023, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre (SNFCC), 10.00-14.00, where the main points discussed in the closed events will be presented.

The First Exclusive Roundtable Event was successfully completed on Tuesday 21st of March 2023, at Grand Hyatt Athens, under the theme #BeTheChange. A total of two hundred (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 Second Brainstorming Session, was also completed with great success on Thursday 25th of May 2023, at TATOI Club, under the theme #SeaTheChange. A total of 80 distinguished participants, from 40 companies, consisted only of representatives of our sponsors who participated in the closed discussions held on 21st of March 2023 and guests from shipowners/managing Companies, met to discuss about Decarbonisation, the Intersection of Human Performance-Technology and Training, Digitalization and ESG.

The Third Closed Event will take place under the theme #MasterTheChange on October 2023. Stay tuned for further information!

NAVIGATE THE CHANGE

The 22nd Navigator 2023 – The Shipping Decision Makers Forum under the theme #NavigateTheChange will take place on  Thursday,  9th of November 2023, in Athens at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre (SNFCC), 10.00-14.00.

This year’s forum will be consisted by the following 3 panels:

1. Shipowners’ Panel which will be moderated by Edwin Lampert, Executive Editor / Head of Business Relations – Riviera Maritime Media & Petrospot

2. Organizations’ Panel which will be moderated by Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, CEO – Tototheo Maritime, Immediate Past President – WISTA International, President at Electricity Authority of Cyprus

3. Mastering the Tides of Change: Navigating Through Experiments and Dilemmas:which will be moderated by Dorothea Ioannou, CEO – THE AMERICAN P &I CLUB

The mission of  this year’s  organization is to envision the “shipping industry of the next 20 years”. We are attending numerus of Forums and events discussing relevant issues. What we aspire to achieve within this Forum is to take into consideration that the next few years will be full of experiments & dilemmas…

BE THE CHANGE 29/3/2023

FIRST EXCLUSIVE ROUNDTABLE EVENT

21st OF MARCH, GRAND HYATT ATHENS

16.30 – 17.00: Registration / Welcome

17.00 – 18.00: Opening Remarks

– Manolis Koutoulakis, Secretary General for Insular Policy and Aegean -MINISTRY OF MARITIME AFFAIRS & INSULAR POLICY

– George Alexandratos, Vice President of Hellenic Chamber of Shipping

Welcoming Addresses by

Yuri Arthur, Commercial Counselor – U.S. EMBASSY IN ATHENS

– François de Ricolfis – Head of the Economic Dpt. – EMBASSY OF FRANCE

– Christian Grotnes Halvorsen, Deputy Head of Mission – ROYAL EMBASSY OF NORWAY

Presentations by:

– Cyrille Bret, Representative Comite Maritime CCI FRANCE GRECE & General Manager in Greece at Naval Group

– George Vangis, Territory Manager – AMAZON WEB SERVICE

– Kal Petrov, Director New Market Development – DRONAMICS

18.00 – 20.00: Round Table Discussions among our sponsors and executives of Ship owning & ship Management Companies on the above mentioned subjects

20.00-20.30: Closing Remarks

20.30 onwards: Cocktail

 

MODERATORS

DECARBONISATION

Dimitris Anassis, Partner -Hill Dickinson
John Tsogkas, Head of Bunkering & Trading – SEKAVIN SA
George Teriakidis, Area Manager, East Mediterranean & Black Sea – DNV
Miltos Messinezis, Sales Engineer – OCEANKING
Steen Sander Jacobsen, Technical Director – General Manager – NJORD SOLUTION
Achilleas Kavagias, Mechanical and Marine Engineer, Production Manager – PISR
Antonis Assimakopoulos, Marine Service Manager – ABB Marine

MARITIME LOGISTICS, SUPPLY, PURCHASING & FORWARDING

Kostis Achladitis, Managing Director – GOLDEN CARGO
Christos Bravos, General Manager- GOLDEN CARGO
Dionysia Kelgiorgi, Senior Operations Executive- GOLDEN CARGO
Pantelis Sarantis, Air &Sea Product Dev.Manager- GOLDEN CARGO
Christoforos Tripolitis, Assurance And Quality Manager – GOLDEN CARGO
Prof. Seraphim Kapros, Director – MBA in Shipping – UNIVERSITY OF AEGEAN
Nikos Doukas, Editor & Journalist – NAFS Magazine
Giannis Pontikos, CEO – MARINE SUPPORT
Nikos Gaitanis, Sales Representative – MARINE SUPPORT

SMART SHIPPING

Vasilis Kamitsis, Regional Technical Manager – IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
Dimitris Sousoudis, Fleet Ops Sales Manager – MarineTraffic
Michalis Sariklis, Marketing Director – WinguSuite Cloud Communications Platform
George Kallianis, Founder / CEO – Kallianis Bros Shipping S.A
Philip Uhrskov Nielsen, Co-Founder – ORIANI
Philippos Gianakos, Area Sales Manager, Shipping Solutions, South Europe, Middle East & Africa – NAPA
Kosntantinos Balampos, Business Development Manager – Fortune Technologies SA
Andreas Symeonidis, Marketing Manager -METIS Cyberspace Technology
Anastasia Alexaki, Senior Associate – HILL DICKINSON
Jose Demostenes Racine, Chief of SEGUMAR Piraeus – Panama Maritime Authority
Ioannis Tsioutsias – Senior Executive of Maritime Affairs, Segumar-Technical Office

INTERSECTION OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE, TECHNOLOGY & TRAINING

Panos Theodossopoulos, Chief Digital Officer – OCEANKING
Vicky Apostolopoulou, Business Development Executive School of Maritime Studies – METROPOLITAN COLLEGE
Captain Nicholas Kritharis, Module Leader, Marine Operations Management
Natalia Bury Loyal, Chief Governance Officer – TOTOTHEO
Rodoula Kaloudi, HR Officer – BENEFIT SOFTWARE
Costas Siliverdis – Client Service & Business Development Manager

HUMAN ELEMENT

Katerina Skourtanioti, Managing Director – VENLYS Maritime Specialisation Services,
Dimitris Lambrinakos, Area Business Development Manager – MARICHEM MARIGASES
George Alexandratos, Vice President – Hellenic Chamber of Shipping
Capt. Kostas Karavassilis, Senior Loss Prevention Executive – Thomas Miller BV Greek Branch
Nikos Themelaros, Vice Admiral HCG (r) & Head of Human Element Division at Palau International Ship Register
Makram Daouk, Business Director – Crossworld Marine
Niki Tigka, Claims Executive – THE AMERICAN P&I CLUB
Georgia Papadogianni, Regional Crew Management Partner – V.Ships Greece Ltd.
Marina Papaioannou, Regional Maritime Academies Manager – Maritime Service Center – DNV
Panos Malliris, Business Development Manager – MARITA HELLAS

 

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL ASPECTS / ESG

Costas Constantinou, Managing Partner | Global Maritime Leader – MOORE GREECE
Pinelopi Kassani, Governance, Risk & Compliance Partner – MOORE GREECE
Dimitrios Koutsoukos – General Manager – SEKAVIN SA
Foteini Mega, – Partner, Assurance – Ernst & Young (Hellas)
Kiara Konti, Partner | Climate Change and Sustainability Services Leader – Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe & Central Asia (CESA), Ernst & Young (Hellas)
Anastasios Maraslis, President & Director – MARASCO MARINE
Kostas Rokkos, Chairman & CEO – TST International SA
Panayotis Bachtis, General Manager – NJORD SOLUTION

 

KNOW YOUR CLIENT
(COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES BETWEEN CHARTERERS & SHIPPING COMPANIES)

Maria Yiassa, Senior Marketing Manager – The Swedish Club Greece

 

PRESS RELEASE

PRESS RELEASE – BE THE CHANGE – ENGLISH

ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ – BE THE CHANGE – GREEK

 

VIDEOS

Danae Bezantakou, CEO – NAVIGATOR SHIPPING CONSULTANTS

George Alexandratos, Vice President of the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping #BeTheChange

Christian Grotnes Halvorsen, Deputy Head of Mission – ROYAL EMBASSY OF NORWAY

Manolis Koutoulakis, Secretary General | Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy

Yuri Arthur, Comercial Counselor – U.S. Embassy in Athens

Cyrille Bret, Representative Committee Maritime CCI FRANCE GRECE&General Manager Naval Group, Greece

François de Ricolfis – Head of the Economic Dpt. – EMBASSY OF FRANCE #bethechange

 

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SEA THE CHANGE 25/05/2023

SECOND EXCLUSIVE EVENT – BRAINSTORMING SESSION

25th OF MAY, TATOI Club

The event was closed and the audience consisted only of representatives of our sponsors who participated in the closed discussions held on 21st of March 2023 and guests from shipowners/managing Companies.

PROGRAM:
18.30-19.00: Arrivals
19.00-20.00: Speakers’ statements
20.00-20.30: Discussion with the participants
20.30 – 22.00: Cocktails

 

SPEAKERS

• DECARBONISATION:

Giorgos Pateras, Chairman – HELLENIC CHAMBER OF SHIPPING

• INTERSECTION OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE, TECHNOLOGY & TRAINING:

Kostas Kontes, Managing Director – V.SHIPS GREECE

• DIGITALIZATION:

Giorgos Poularas, CEO – ENESEL

• DIGITALIZATION:

Matthew Machiras, Vice President, A.M.I.M.TE.C – Association of Maritime Managers in Information Technology & Communications & CIO – METROSTAR

• ESG:

Costas Rokkos, Chairman & CEO TST International SA

 

MODERATOR:

Angelos Pantouvakis, Dean of the School of Shipping and Industry of the University of Piraeus

 

PRESS RELEASE

Press Release – EN – SEA the Change

Δελτίο Τύπου – GR – SEA the Change

VIDEOS

“SEA THE CHANGE” – 22ND NAVIGATOR 2023 – THE SHIPPING DECISION MAKERS FORUM

 

TRAILER – SEA THE CHANGE

 

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