Schedule

Monday 12/9/2022

Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
François de Ricoflis
Commercial Attaché in the French Embassy in Greece
Laurent Thuillier
President of the French-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Aristeidis Alexopoulos
Vice Admiral (rtd) HN General Director GDDIA
Christos Poulianitis
Vice Admiral (rtd), Representative of the Opposition Party SYRIZA PA
Laurent Mourre
Commercial Director Europe, N. America, NAVAL GROUP
Patrick Defranoux
CEO THALES HELLAS S.A
Dr. Athanasios Potsis
President of the Hellenic Association of Space Industry
Christos Mamantzis
Member of B.O.D. STELMA T.S.A.
Christos Giordamlis
CEO PRISMA ELECTRONICS S.A.
10:15 - 11:30
Space & Defense Industry / New Prospects for Cooperation between Greece & France
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
MAKIS VORIDIS
MINISTER OF INTERIOR
Leonidas Christopoulos
Secretary General of Digital Governance and Simplification of Procedures
Grigoris Theodorakis
Former Secretary General of the Ministry of Administrative Reconstruction, Representative of the Opposition Party SYRIZA PA
Lazaros Maloutas
Mayor of Kozani, Ambassador of the European Climate Pact to Greece
Spyridon Pamboukidis
CEO and Founder of IT company OTS SA
Florian Trentesaux
Project Manager Smart City, BOUYGUES ENERGIES & SERVICES FRANCE
12:00 - 13:00
Implementation of the space industry in Smart Cities
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Manolis Grafakos
General Secretary of Waste Management Coordination - Ministry of Environment & Energy
Mr. Ignatios Kaitezidis
PRESIDENT OF REGIONAL UNION OF MUNICIPALITIES OF CENTRAL MACEDONIA REGION MAYOR OF PILEA-HORTIATIS
Michalis Geranis
President of the Regional SWMA of Central Macedonia and President of the Municipal Council of Pylaia - Chortiatis
Athanassios Savvakis
President, Federation of Industries of Greece
Georgios Tsakoumis
President of the Executive Committee of the Technical Chamber of Greece/Section of Central Macedonia (TΕΕ/ΤΚΜ)
Gerhard Bauer
District Chief Executive Schwäbisch Hall
Nicolas Moussiopoulos
Professor, Aristotle University's School of Mechanical Engineering and Head, AUTh's Sustainability Engineering Laboratory
George Iliopoulos
President of the Hellenic Solid Waste Management Association
15:00 - 18:00
POST FORUM: PANEL - HELLENIC SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (HSWMA) - Circular Economy: Opportunities and Challenges for Northern Greece

Tuesday 13/9/2022

Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Vassilis E. Kafatos
Vice-President and Northern Greece Committee Chair, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
14:00 - 14:15
Introductory remarks of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce| U.S. Innovation Investments - Transforming the regional and national economy
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
George Kollidas
Partner, Technology Leader, PwC Greece
Sponsor
14:15 - 15:00
Ransomware: Taking advantage of the Crisis
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Alexandros Minas
Principal Director, Accenture
Dimitris Athanasiadis
SAP Practice Lead, Accenture
Sponsor
15:00 - 16:00
Take the World by Cloud
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Christos Staikouras
Minister of Finance, MP, Nea Demokratia
Harris Mamoulakis
Member of Parliament, Deputy Head of Development & Investments Sector of the Opposition Party SYRIZA PA
Ilias Spirtounias
Executive Director, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Dimitris Koutsopoulos
CEO, Deloitte Greece
Christos Harpantidis
President & CEO, Papastratos – Managing Director EU South East Cluster, Philip Morris International
16:00 - 17:15
The investment climate in Greece and the role of the USA
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Iwona Sikora
Vice President and General Manager of Europe & South Africa, Iron Mountain
Viktoria Kalfaki
Head of Public Sector Greece & Cyprus, Google Cloud
Sponsor
17:15 - 18:00
Digital Transformation: The opportunity for Greece
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Evangelos Kalpadakis
Diplomatic Advisor to the President of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance and Leader of the Main Opposition
Konstantinos Filis
Director of the Institute of International Affairs & Associate Professor of Int’l Relations, American College of Greece
Athanassios G. Platias
Professor of Strategy, Department of Int’l & European Studies, University of Piraeus
Marilena Koppa
Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of European & Int’l Studies, Panteion University
Symeon G. Tsomokos
Founder & President, Delphi Economic Forum
19:00 - 20:30
POST FORUM: PANEL - Delphi Economic Forum - The Transatlantic Relations after the Ukraine War

Wednesday 14/9/2022

Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Andreas Spyridis
President of the Northern Greece Committee of the German-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Petros Varelidis
General Secretary for Natural Environment and Water
Konstantinos Tsioptsias
Planning and development director, DIADYMA S.A.
Vassilis Gounaris
President of the German-Greek Chamber of Industry and Commerce and Managing Director of BASF Hellas S.A.
Konstantinos Athanasiadis
Managing Director of S. & K. ATHANASIADIS P.C and Representative of WEIMA Maschinenbau GmbH
Kostas Papanikolaou
Strategy & Development Director at SAMARAS & ASSOCIATES S.A. – CONSULTING ENGINEERS
10:30 - 11:45
Waste Management and Recycling in Germany and Greece: Technologies, potential and prospects
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Manolis Grafakos
General Secretary of Waste Management Coordination - Ministry of Environment & Energy
Michalis Geranis
President of the Regional SWMA of Central Macedonia and President of the Municipal Council of Pylaia - Chortiatis
Dimitrios Kontaxis
General Manager of Waste Management Division of Motor Oil Hellas
Spyros Tziakas
Co-Founder of Ergoplanning Ltd. and Vice President at the Hellenic Association of Biogas Producers (ESPAV)
Stergioulas Stelios
Founder of HYDROTUBE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRUCTIONS and Representative Biogas Hochreiter GmbH
Christos Zafiris
Agriculture engineer with MSc in Environmental Planning of Cities and Buildings. Responsible for the Biogas and Biomethane Unit, of the Biomass Department at CRES.
Christos Chasapopoulos
Operations Manager Landfill-gas Power Stations North Greece
12:00 - 13:00
Waste to Energy & Biogas: Energy utilization of organic waste – Biogas and Biomethane as an alternative to natural gas
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Dr. Franz Josef Radermacher
Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Franz Josef Radermacher, Director (CEO) of FAW/n (Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing/n), Ulm (Germany)
Grigoris Zarotiadis
Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Political Sciences, AUTh
Eftichios Sartzetakis
Professor of Environmental Economics, Department of Economics, University of Macedonia
Nicolas Moussiopoulos
Professor, Aristotle University's School of Mechanical Engineering and Head, AUTh's Sustainability Engineering Laboratory
Sponsor
15:00 - 16:00
POST FORUM: PANEL - Sustainable Energy in a Globalized World
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Prof. Dr. Eden Mamut
Professor for Engineering Thermodynamics and Advanced Energy Systems, Director of the Institute for Nanotechnologies & Alternative Energy Sources at “Ovidius” University of Constanta, Romania
Ioannis Kougias
Manager of the Department of Regulatory & Business Analysis at Elpedison S.A.
Prof. Agis M. Papadopoulos
Professor for Energy Systems at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Chairman of the Board of EYATH S.A. - Thessaloniki Water Supply and Sewage Company
Sponsor
16:00
POST FORUM: PANEL - How "green" are Natural Gas and LNG?
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN)
Dr. Franz Josef Radermacher
Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Franz Josef Radermacher, Director (CEO) of FAW/n (Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing/n), Ulm (Germany)
Nicolaos Theodossiou
Professor, Division of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, AUTh Chair of SDSN Black Sea
Sponsor
17:00 - 18:00
POST FORUM: PANEL - United Nations Council of Engineers on the Energy Transition

Thursday 15/9/2022

Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Rashad Mabger
Secretary General, Arab Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Development, Honorary Consul of Yemen in Greece
10:00 - 10:30
Opening Session of the Greece-UAE Business Gathering
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Dr. Kyriakos Pozrikidis
Managing Director of TIF-HELEXPO S.A.
Harris Geronikolas
President of the Greek-Arab Chamber of Commerce & Development
Athanassios Liagkos
Executive Chairman of the BoD & Managing Director of Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A
Makis Spyratos
Business Development Director Middle East, Polygreen
Damianos Efthymiadis
Business Development Director, Archirodon Group NV
George Xiradakis
Founder - Managing Director of XRTC Business Consultants
10:30 - 11:30
Identifying Potential for Cooperation in Maritime, Port Industries & Environmental Waste Management
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Dimitris Thomopoulos
Commercial Attaché in the Greek Embassy, UAE
Thomas Douzis
Co-founder & CEO of ERGON FOODS
Andreas Ntatsopoulos
Biologist - Aquaculture Consultant
Prof. Ahmed El Tigani
CEO, Al Rawabi Dairy Co. LLC
11:30 - 12:30
Agri-Food and Fish Farming: Bilateral Exchange of Experiences and Potential Cooperation
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Apostolos Panas
Member and Secretary of the Hellenic Parliament and Head of PASOK's Development & Investment sector
Prof. Dr. Haris Lambropoulos
President, Hellenic Development Bank of Investments B.D. Member, Athens Chamber of Commerce & of Investments S.A. & B.D. Member, Arab-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce & Development
John Revithis
Founder and General Manager of REVITHIS Real Estate, a member of the REVITHIS & PARTNERS group of companies, economist and real estate appraiser, Honorary President of the Association of Real Estate Agents of Attica and Former President of the Federation
12:30 - 13:30
Opportunities for Investment with particular Focus on Tourism and Real Estate Industries
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Stavros Kalafatis
Deputy Minister of Interior Sector Macedonia and Thrace
Kyriaki Malama
Member of Parliament, Deputy Head of Interior (Macedonia-Thrace sector), Representative of the Opposition Party SYRIZA PA
Apostolos Tzitzikostas
Governor of the Region of Central Macedonia
Konstantinos Zervas
Mayor of Thessaloniki
Charalampos G. Kastanidis
MP Thessaloniki A, PASOK-KINIMA ALLAGIS
Simeon Diamantidis
President of SEVE-Greek Exporters Association
14:00 - 15:30
POST FORUM: PANEL - TIF-HELEXPO - Thessaloniki 2030: Challenging the Future of the City

Friday 16/9/2022

Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Christos Giannoulis
Deputy Head of Transport of the Main Opposition Party SYRIZA-PA
Prof. Dario Lo Bosco
President of HELLENIC TRAINS - Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
Ing. Theodoros Tolias
Passengers Director HELLENIC TRAIN – FSI Group
Mrs. Barbara FERRARI
Head of Central Eastern & Southern Europe Sales, HITACHI RAIL STS
Dr. Georgia Ayfantopoulou
Deputy Director of IMET – Research Director, Head of Sector B: "Infrastructure and Networks, Sustainable Mobility and Freight Transport
Ing. Francesco Bandinelli
Chairman of Movyon South East Europe SA
10:30 - 12:00
Transport & Smart Mobility
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
George Stylios
Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Food
Olympia Teligioridou
member of the Greek Parliament for Kastoria for the party of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, Deputy Head of Rural Development & Food for Syriza–Progressive Alliance Parliamentary GroupMember of the Political Secretariat of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance
Prof. Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco
Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Odisseas Papadopoulos
Chief Executive Officer of EURIMAC S.A
Charalampos Papaioannou
Policy Officer at the European Commission, SNE - Youth policy and Programmes
Dr. Luca Piretta
University Professor - Biomedical Campus, FEDERALIMENTARE (Italian Food Industry Federation)
12:00 - 13:30
Agriculture and Agri-food: problems, challenges, future
Venue
C.C. "I. VELLIDIS" - Hall 3
Speaker
Konstantinos Zervas
Mayor of Thessaloniki
Stavros Kalafatis
Deputy Minister of Interior Sector Macedonia and Thrace
Nikolaos G. Papaioannou
Rector of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Christina Theofilidi
General Manager of Retail Banking – National Bank of Greece
Spyros Voutekakis
Director of CPERI/CERTH
Nikos Efthymiadis
Chairman & CEO Thess INTEC
Athanasios Kaisis
President of International Hellenic University
Thomas Douzis
Co-founder & CEO of ERGON FOODS
Dimitris Lakasas
CEO, Olympia Electronics S.A.
Vangelis Liakos
Co-Founder of Beetroot
Antonis Papadas
Finance Director Sunlight Group Energy Storage Systems
Gianna Tzika
CEO, KONVA SA
Ilias Kontoudis
Head of Market Access, Bayer Greece
Nikolaos Lambrogeorgos
Client Executive, Public Sector Cisco Hellas and Director of Digital Transformation and Skills Center (DT&S)
Simeon Diamantidis
President of SEVE-Greek Exporters Association
Michael Koupkas
Deputy Mayor for Finance, Municipality of Thessaloniki
Dr. Kyriakos Loufakis
President, Board of Directors, Alexander Innovation Zone
Nikos Tzollas
Regional Advisor on Innovation issues
Panagiotis Ketikidis
Professor of Innovation and Technology, CITY College, University of York Europe Campus, Chairman of the South East European Research Center (SEERC) and Business Angel Investor
Theofilos Mylonas
Partner in Tecs Capital Fund | Chairman of the board @ Association of ICT Companies of Northern Greece | Founder of cardisoft, ysoft & exandia
Vassilis Tsamourtzis
Business Advisor, Co-shareholder Synergy Quantum
Litsa Panagiotopoulou
CEO of E.VI.A. Intelligent Performance, President of Intale Retail Solutions and Vice President of Papapostolou Healthcare Technologies
Dr. Spyros Arsenis
Head of the Business Innovation Development Unit of National Bank of Greece
Xanthos Hitas
Head of Regional News and Reporting ERT3
Sponsor
15:00 - 18:00
POST FORUM: PANEL - Northern Greece as an International Innovation Hub