Speakers

Margaritis Schinas

Minister of Rural Development and Food

Minister of Rural Development and Food

Dr. Costas Kadis

European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans

European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans

Dr. Maria Panayiotou

Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment of the Republic of Cyprus

Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development & Environment, Cyprus

Hussam Hamza

Head Aquaculture Officer, General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean

Head Aquaculture Officer, General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean

Apostolos Touralias

Chairman, Hellenic Aquaculture Producers Organization (HAPO)

Chairman, Hellenic Aquaculture Producers Organization (HAPO)

Filippos Petridis

Chief Executive Officer, AMBIO S.A.

Chief Executive Officer, AMBIO S.A.

Joel Richardson

Vice President of Public Relations, Cooke Inc.

Vice President of Public Relations, Cooke Inc.

Lara Barazi-Geroulanou

President of FEAP, Member of BoD HAPO, Chairman and CEO of Kefalonia Fisheries S.A.

President of FEAP, Member of BoD HAPO, Chairman and CEO of Kefalonia Fisheries S.A.

Dr. Nikos Papandroulakis

Research Director, Institute of Marine Biology Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), HCMR

Research Director, IMBBC, HCMR

Dr. Lars Ebbesson

Chief Scientist and Senior Aquaculture Advisor in the Technology Division at Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE)

Chief Scientist & Senior Aquaculture Advisor, Technology Division, NORCE

Per Andreas Hjetland

Senior Vice President, Business Development, AKVA Group

Senior Vice President, Business Development, AKVA Group ASA

Kari-Elin Korsnes Hildre

Chief Executive Officer, Alotta AS

Chief Executive Officer, Alotta AS

Konstantinos Toutouzas

Professor of Cardiology, Director of Cardio-Oncology Unit and Structural Heart Disease Unit, First Department of Cardiology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Professor of Cardiology, Director of Cardio-Oncology Unit & Structural ...

Loukianos Rallidis

Professor of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Director of the Lipid Clinic and the Coronary Care Unit (CCU), Second University Cardiology Department Attikon University General Hospital

Professor of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University ...

Dimosthenis Panagiotakos

Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harokopio University, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Hellenic Food Member of the Working Group on Weight of Evidence, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Authority (EFET)

Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harokopio University, Member of ...

Umberto Luzzana

Marketing Manager, Skretting Italy

Marketing Manager, Skretting Italy

Giorgos Paximadis

Aquaculture Expert, General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), FAO

Aquaculture Expert, General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), FAO

Emilia Gargallo Gonzalez

Policy Officer- Aquaculture and Sustainable Food Systems, EU

Policy Officer- Aquaculture and Sustainable Food Systems

Filippos Papageorgiou

Aquaculture Expert, FAO/GFCM Coordinator of Technical Advisory Group on ‘Governance and Responsible Investment in Aquaculture

Aquaculture Expert, FAO/GFCM Coordinator of Technical Advisory Group ...

Kyla Zatti

GFSI/QMS/MSC and ASC CoC, TÜV NORD Hellas Lead Auditor.

Senior Scientist, R&D, Biomar

Symeon Diamantidis

President of Greek Exporters Association & C.E.O. DIOPAS S.A.

President of Greek Exporters Association & C.E.O. DIOPAS S.A.

Nikos Liberis

C.E.O., Central Markets and Fisheries Organization

C.E.O., Central Markets and Fisheries Organization

Giannis Triantafyllis

Vice Chairman, WUWM

Vice Chairman, WUWM

Claudio Truzzi

Head of Quality Assurance, METRO Italia S.p.A.

Head of Quality Assurance, METRO Italia S.p.A.

Antonio Coli 

Commercial Director and a member of the management team, Planktonic AS

Commercial Director and a member of the management team, Planktonic AS

Konstantinos Tzakris

Professional in marine hatcheries

Professional in marine hatcheries

K.Loufi

Postoctoral Researcher

Postoctoral Researcher

Nils Tokle

CTO & Co-founder, Planktonic AS

CTO & Co-founder, Planktonic AS

Samara Croci

Communications Manager, Healthy Seas

Communications Manager, Healthy Seas

Marilou Suc

Founder and CEO, Blue Connection, Co-founder and General Secretary of NOWA

Founder and CEO, Blue Connection, Co-founder and General Secretary of NOWA

Konstantinos A. Karagkounis

Deputy Minister for Social Security.

Deputy Minister for Social Security.

Dr. Ioannis Theodorou

Professor, President of the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture at the School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Patras.

Professor, President of the Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture at the School...

Spiros Protopsaltis

General Secretary, General Secretariat of Rural Development & Food, Ministry of Rural Development & Food.

General Secretary, General Secretariat of Rural Development & Food, Ministry of Rural Development & Food.

Efthymia Giokala

Director of Managing Authority of the Fisheries, Aquaculture and Maritime Operational Program, Ministry of Rural Development &Food

Director of Managing Authority of the Fisheries, Aquaculture and Maritime Operational Program...

Alkistis Parpoura

Director of Directorate General of Fisheries, Ministry of Rural Development and Food.

Director of Directorate General of Fisheries, Ministry of Rural Development and Food.

Marios Haidarlis

Attorney at Law - Assistant Professor at the University of Thessaly (Department of Planning and Regional Development)

Attorney at Law - Assistant Professor at the University of Thessaly (Department of Planning and Regional Development)

Anna Hesby Nessa

Global Product Manager, Skretting Aquaculture Innovation

Global Product Manager, Skretting Aquaculture Innovation

Guilherme Sampaio-Sansao

Global Sustainability Specialist, BIOMAR

Global Sustainability Specialist, BIOMAR

Pantelis Katharios

Founder of Aquatic Biologicals & Research Director at the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture of HCMR.

Founder of Aquatic Biologicals & Research Director at the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture of HCMR.

Dafna Israel

Head of Research and Development at Phibro Aqua

Head of Research and Development at Phibro Aqua.

Ioannis Chekimoglou

C.E.O. POAY Thesprotias, General Secretary, HAPO

C.E.O. POAY Thesprotias, General Secretary, HAPO

Vasiliki Drakou

Founder and CEO of Drakou Insurance Brokers.

Founder and CEO of Drakou Insurance Brokers.

Anastasios Mamanis

President & Chief Executive Officer, SCIENTACT S.A.

President & Chief Executive Officer, SCIENTACT S.A.

Dr. Jonas Van Damme

R&D Project Manager in Aquaculture SIOLINE-GANIS.

R&D Project Manager in Aquaculture SIOLINE-GANIS.

Smaro Athanasiadou

GFSI/QMS/MSC and ASC CoC, TÜV NORD Hellas Lead Auditor.

GFSI/QMS/MSC and ASC CoC, TÜV NORD Hellas Lead Auditor.

Valeska Weymann

GLOBALG.A.P. Senior Expert / Technical Key Account Aquaculture

GLOBALG.A.P. Senior Expert / Technical Key Account Aquaculture

Christina Zantioti

Moderator. Chair and Co-Founder, NOWA - Network of Women in Aquaculture

Moderator. Chair and Co-Founder, NOWA - Network of Women in Aquaculture

Andrew Richardson

Founder, YAS (Young Aquaculture Society)

Founder, YAS (Young Aquaculture Society)

Dr Juli-Anne Russo

Founder & CEO, Caribbean Aquaculture Education and Innovation Hub

Founder & CEO, Caribbean Aquaculture Education and Innovation Hub

Dr. Theodoros Krintas

Founder & CEO, Koubaras Ltd

Founder & CEO, Koubaras Ltd

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