3rd ExportUSA Forum
The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and its International Trade Department “TradeUSA”, in cooperation with the Federation of Industries of Northern Greece (SBBE) and Greek Exporters’ Association (SEVE), hosted the 3rd ExportUSA Forum “FoodUSA: Innovation & Disruption is ON” on Monday, September 10, 2018 at the Congress Centre “Ioannis Vellidis” in Thessaloniki.
The conference was organized within the framework of the organization of the U.S. Pavilion at the 83rd Thessaloniki International Fair, where the USA was the honored country, and was marked by great success and participation by a great number of distinguished guests and representatives of the Greek exporters’ business community.
U.S. Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic Geoffrey Pyatt addressed the forum, underlining the US support for the economic recovery of Greece and expressing the strong belief that the economic and trade bilateral relationships, could be further developed.
Key issues such as disruption, food and beverages trends, consumer insights, product innovation and FDA compliance were analyzed thoroughly by U.S. Food market experts while a special dive into the Cheese, Bakery and Specialty Products category was made. In addition, topics including new product development, product insurance and e-solutions were covered, providing the top-level executives, mainly from the F&B sector, who attended the forum, with valuable insights concerning the American Food Industry and its consumers.
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Introduction
Elias Spirtounias, Executive Director, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Simos Anastasopoulos, President, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Geoffrey Pyatt, US. Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic
Welcome addresses
Athanasios Savvakis, President, Federation of Industries of Northern Greece (SBBE)
Kyriakos Loufakis, Β’ Vice President, Greek International Business Association (SEVE)
What’s Trending?
John Moysoglou, TradeUSA Lead, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Rafael Tselikas, EU and International Public Sector Advisor, Euromonitor International
Session I: Product Categories Analyzed
Cheese, Bakery, Olive Oil & Specialty Food
Arn Grashoff, Director of Merchandising and Marketing, European Imports – a SYSCO Company
Session II: Plan-Make-Launch | New Product Development
Dimitris Karavasilis, Managing Director, DK Marketing
Dr. George Sarantavgas, Director, Standards & Solutions, GS1 Association Greece
Chara Ioannidou, Sales Manager, Kuehne+Nagel
Coordinator: Dimitris Karavasilis, Managing Director, DK Marketing International
Session III: The Market Talk
Panel
Coley Anderson, Industry & Government Director, Registrar Corp
Arn Grashoff, Director of Merchandising and Marketing, European Imports – a SYSCO Company
Coordinator: John Moysoglou, TradeUSA Lead, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Session IV: How do I compete?
U.S. FDA
Coley Anderson, Industry & Government Director, Registrar Corp
Angeliki Katsapi, Managing Director, Swiss Approval
Coordinator: John Moysoglou, TradeUSA Lead, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Product Insurance
Apostolos Zikoulis, Managing Director, ZIA Insurance Brokers
Margarita Golfinopoulou, Commercial Lines Director, Risk Champion, AIG Greece
eSolutions
thanasios Daflos, Head of i-Services at Eurobank Global Transaction Banking Eurobank
Dimitris Christou, Director, Market Development, GS1 Association Greece
Coordinator: Dimitris Karavasilis, Managing Director, DK Marketing International
Keynote Address
Phil Kafarakis, President, Specialty Food Association
