Naftemporiki, acknowledging the global significance of Greek Shipping as well as its contribution to Greek Economy and Society, is launching NAFTEMPORIKI/events with the 1st Shipping Forum, to be held in Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso, on Thursday 22 January, 2015.

Speakers include:

Antonis Samaras, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Democracy

Gikas Hardouvelis, Minister of Finance

Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, Minister of Shipping and the Aegean

Giorgos Stathakis, Prof. of Economics, Member of the Greek Parliament, SYRIZA

Theodore E. Veniamis, President, Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS),

Thomas Rehder, President, European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA)

Meyer “Sandy” Frucher, Vice Chairman, NASDAQ OMX

Martin Stopford,  Managing Director (CRSL), Clarkson PLC

Yiorgos Anomeritis, President & Managing Director, Piraeus Port Authority SA

Anthony Argyropoulos, Managing Director, Seaborne Capital Advisors Ltd.

Ion Varouxakis, Chairman & Managing Director, FreeSeas Inc.

Harry Vafias, President and CEO, Stealthgas Inc.

Athina Vezyri, Chairwoman & CEO, SRH Marine Greece, Director, Comité International Radio-Maritime (CIRM)

Leonidas Dimitriadis-Eugenides, President & Managing Director, Eugenides Group of Companies,  President, Eugenides Foundation

John Dragnis, Chief Executive Officer, Goldenport Group

Dorothea Ioannou, Managing Director, Shipowners Claims Bureau (Hellas) Inc., Piraeus Claims Liaison Office for the Managers of American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection & Indemnity Association, Inc.

Spyros Capralos, Chairman, Star Bulk Carriers Corp.

Lambros Karageorgos, Shipping Editor, NAFTEMPORIKI

John Cotzias, Sales and Purchase Director, Intermodal Shipbrokers, President, Hellenic Shipbrokers Association

Dr. John Coustas, President & CEO, Danaos Corp.

Panos Laskaridis, Managing Director, Laskaridis Shipping Co. Ltd.

Dr. Ioannis Mertzanis, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Space Hellas

George Xiradakis, Founder & Owner, XRTC Business Consultants Ltd.

Michael Bodouroglou, Chairman and CEO, Paragon Shipping Inc. and Box Ships Inc.

Yiannis Perlepes, General Manager, NAFTEMPORIKI

Ted Petropoulos, Head of Petrofin Research PSMI, Greece

Eleni Polychronopoulou, Executive Vice President, Environmental Protection Engineering SA

Charalampos Simantonis, Managing Director, Silvermar Management & Trading Co, President, Hellenic Shortsea Shipowners Association (EENMA)

Ilias Tsakiris, CEO, Hellenic Hull Management (HMA) Limited