Guest of Honor
mitsotakis kyriakos
Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic
afentouli ino
Executive Director, Institute of International Relations (IDIS)
AIDONA-ATHANASIADOU Athina
Governor of the Region of Central Macedonia
ANDROULAKIS Nikos
President, PASOK party
ANGELOUDIS STELIOS
Mayor of Thessaloniki
BAKATSELOS Nikolaos
President, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
BAKOYANNIS Dora
Member of the Hellenic Parliament; Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006-2009), Hellenic Republic
BEZERGIANNI STELLA PhD
Chair of the BoD, NOESIS Science Center and Technology Museum
CHATZIVASILEIOU Tasos
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, responsible for Economic Diplomacy and Extroversion, Hellenic Republic
DACHEV Krasimir
Deputy President, Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Diamantidis Dimitris
Journalist, Radio Thessaloniki
Diamantidis Simeon
President, SEVE – Greek Exporters Association
DOXIADIS ARISTOS
Partner Emeritus, Big Pi Ventures
EFTHYMIADIS Nikos
Chairman & CEO, Thess INTEC SA
FAMELLOS Socratis
President, SYRIZA-PA party
FILIS Constantinos, Prof.
Director, Institute of International Affairs
Ikonomu nikos
Journalist, MAKEDONIA newspaper
IOANNIDES Nicholas A.
Deputy Minister of Migration and International Protection, Republic of Cyprus
Gioulekas Konstantinos
Deputy Minister of the Interior, Hellenic Republic
Kafatos Vassilis
Partner, Growth Leader, Competence Center President, Deloitte
KAIRIDIS DIMITRIS
MP; Minister of Migration and Asylum (2023-2024), Hellenic Republic
KALAFATIS STAVROS
Secretary General, Parliamentary Group of NEA DEMOKRATIA
KARADJOV Grozdan
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications, Republic of Bulgaria
KAROLIDOU Annie
Financial and Business editor, powergame.gr
H.E. KATZ Noam
Ambassador, Embassy of Israel to the Hellenic Republic
KETIKIDIS PANAYIOTIS PROF.
President, Thessaloniki Innovation Zone
KONTOLEON Antonios
Chairman of the board, Hellenic Union of Industrial Energy Consumers (UNICEN)
KONTOPOULOS Yianos
CEO, Athens Exchange Group
Kremlis George
Ambassador of the EPLO to Bulgaria & Director of the Circular Economy & Climate Institute of the EPLO, Athens
Fay Makantasi Dr
Research Director, diaNEOsis
MANIATIS Yannis Prof.
MEP; Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (2009-2015), Hellenic Republic
MILONAS George
President & CEO, ALUMIL SA; President, ALUMIL Group
MITKAS Pericles Prof.
President, Hellenic Authority for Higher Education
NENOVA Mila
Executive Director, InvestBulgaria Agency
Nikoltsiou Maria
Journalist, Anchor, Commentator, Alpha TV
PANAGIOTOPOULOS Nikolaos
Minister of Migration and Asylum, Hellenic Republic
PAPADOPOULOS Agis
Chairman of the Board, EYATH S.A. Thessaloniki Water and Sewage Company
PAPADOPOULOS Ioannis
Co-founder & Senior Partner, EOS Capital Partners
PAPADOPOULOU Alexandra
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic
PAPAGEORGIOU ALEXANDROS
CEO, Energy Exchange Group
PAPAKIRILLOU Ismini
CEO, Hellenic Development Bank
Pefanis Dimitrios
Manager, CNN Greece
PITSILIS George
Governor, Independent Authority for Public Revenue
PLATIAS Athanasios Prof.
President, Council of International Relations-Greece and the Coordinator for Europe of the Mackinder Forum
PSATHAS Thanos
CEO, ETVA VIPE SA
RAPTI Elena
Deputy Minister of Tourism, Hellenic Republic
ROUSOPOULOS Theodoros
President, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
ROZOLIS Tassos
President of BoD SEKPY
SIARAPI Stellina
Secretary General of Private Investments, Ministry of Development, Hellenic Republic
SKERTSOS AKIS
Minister of State Responsible for the Coordination of Government Policies, Hellenic Republic
SMIRNIS GEORGE
News Director, AlphaTV
STAIKOURAS Christos
Minister of Infrastructure & Transport, Hellenic Republic
STYLIANIDES CHRISTOS
Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Hellenic Republic
TAFANI Denald George
President, Hellenic Business Association of Albania (HBAA)
TAKAS Nikolas
CEO, THERMI VENTURE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SA
Tasouli Alexia
Diplomatic Correspondent
THEOCHARIS DIMITRIOS Dr.
CEO, MEL SA – Macedonian Paper Mills
Theodorides Stephanos
Chairman of the Board, Growthfund
Theodorikakos Takis
Minister of Development, Hellenic Republic
TOPSIDIS Christodoulos
Governor, Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Tzitzikostas Apostolos
Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, European Comission
Tzortzakis Pantelis
CEO, Hellenic Centre for Defence Innovation
VENIZELOS Evangelos
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013-2015)
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister (2011-2012)
Professor emeritus of Constitutional Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
VETTAS Nikos
General Director, IOBE
Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business
H.E. YOUSSEF Omar Amer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Egypt to Greece
Monday | February 17
14:30’
Arrival of guests - Registration
15:30’
Welcome Address
Loukia Saranti, President, Federation of Industries of Greece
Konstantinos Gioulekas, Deputy Minister of Interior for Macedonia and Thrace, Hellenic Republic
Nana Aidona, Governor, Region of Central Macedonia
Stelios Angeloudis, Mayor of Thessaloniki
16:00’
Opening Speech
The role of the Council of Europe in strengthening democracy and human rights in S.E. Europe
Theodoros Rousopoulos, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
16:15’
A World in flux
Evangelos Venizelos, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013-2015), Hellenic Republic (on-line)
Dora Bakoyannis, Member of the Hellenic Parliament; Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006-2009), Hellenic Republic
Dimitris Kairidis, Minister of Migration and Asylum (2023-2024); Member of the Parliament, Hellenic Republic
Athanasios Platias, President, Council for International Relations; Professor of Strategy, Department of International and European studies, University of Piraeus
Ino Afentouli, Executive Director, Institute of International Relations (IDIS)
Moderator:
Stavros Tzimas, Journalist, ANA-MPA
17:15’
Fireside Chat
Nikos Androulakis, Leader of the Opposition, President, PASOK-Movement for Change
Moderator:
Maria Nikoltsiou, Journalist-anchor, Alpha TV
17:30’
Break
18:00’
Fireside Chat
Socratis Famellos, President, SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance
Moderator:
Giorgos Smirnis, News Director, AlphaTV
18:15’
How Middle East Conflict Affects Migration flows in the Region
Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Minister of Migration and Asylum, Hellenic Republic
Nicholas A. Ioannides, Deputy Minister of Migration and International Protection, Republic of Cyprus
Omar Amer Youssef, Ambassador, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Hellenic Republic
Moderator:
Alexia Tasouli, Diplomatic Correspondent
19:00’
Redefining Relations: Europe and the U.S. in a Post-Election World
Alexandra Papadopoulou, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic
Nikolaos Bakatselos, President, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Constantinos Filis, Director, Institute of Global Affairs
Moderator:
Alexia Tasouli, Diplomatic Correspondent
19:45’
END OF THE FIRST DAY
Tuesday | February 18
09:30’
Arrival of guests
10:10’
Welcome Address
Athanassios Savvakis, President, Organizing Committee, Thessaloniki Summit
10:15’
Work as God’s will and as man’s responsibility towards the creation.
Metropolitan Filotheos of Thessaloniki, representative of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
10:25’
The EU’s Transport corridors and Southeastern Europe Transport infrastructure
Christos Staikouras, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Hellenic Republic
Grozdan Karadjov, Deputy PM and Minister of Transport and Communications, Republic of Bulgaria
Moderator:
Dimitrios Pefanis, Manager, CNN Greece
11:10’
In Conversation
Giorgos Pitsilis, Governor, AADE
Moderator:
Nikos Ikonomu, Journalist, Makedonia Newspaper
11:25’
Energy imbalances and Energy cooperation in Southeastern Europe
Antonios Kontoleon, President, Hellenic Union of Industrial Consumers of Energy
Dr. Agis Papadopoulos, Chairman, Thessaloniki Water Supply and Sewerage Co. SA – EYATH SA
Alexandros Papageorgiou, CEO, Energy Exchange Group
George Kremlis, Ambassador to the European Public Law Organisation to Bulgaria
Dimitrios Theocharis, Managing Director, MEL SA – Macedonian Paper Mills
Moderator:
Dimitrios Pefanis, Manager, CNN Greece
12:10’
Speech
Tzitzikostas Apostolos, Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, European Commission (on-line)
12:25’
In Conversation
Η.Ε. Noam Katz, Ambassador, Embassy of Israel to the Hellenic Republic
Moderator:
Dimitrios Pefanis, Manager, CNN Greece
12:40’
Speech
Elena Rapti, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Hellenic Republic
12:45’
Lunch Break
13:15’
In Conversation
Christos Stylianides, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Hellenic Republic
Moderator:
Fay Makantasi, Research Director, diaNEOsis
13:30’
The innovation ecosystem perspectives
Aristos Doxiadis, Partner Emeritus, Big Pi Ventures
Pericles Mitkas, President, Hellenic Authority for Higher Education
Panagiotis Ketikidis, President, Alexander Innovation Zone
Nikos Efthymiadis, Chairman, ThessINTEC
Stella Bezergianni, President, NOESIS; Researcher, CPERI/CERTH
Vasilis Kafatos, Partner, Growth Leader, Competence Center President, Deloitte
Moderator:
Fay Makantasi, Research Director, diaNEOsis
14:15’
Greek defense sector: A renaissance in the making?
Yannis Maniatis, Member of the European Parliament; Minister and Deputy Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (2009-2015), Hellenic Republic (recorded message)
Pantelis Tzortzakis, CEO, Hellenic Center for Defense Innovation
Tassos Rozolis, Chairman of the BoD, Hellenic Manufacturers of Defense and Security Material Association
Moderator:
Antonis Kamaras, Consultant, Federation of Industries of Greece
15:00’
Economic Diplomacy in the Balkans
Tasos Chatzivasileiou, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic
Simeon Diamantidis, President, Greek Exporters Association
Denald George Tafani, President, Hellenic Business Association of Albania
Krasimir Dachev, Deputy President, Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mila Nenova, Executive Director, InvestBulgaria Agency
George Mylonas, President & CEO, ALUMIL SA
Moderator:
Maria Nikoltsiou, Journalist-anchor, Alpha TV
16:00’
Regional disparities and prospects for development and growth
Akis Skertsos, Minister of State responsible for the coordination of Government Policies, Hellenic Republic (on-line)
Christodoulos Topsidis, Governor, Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Stavros Kalafatis, General Secretary of Parliamentary Group ND; MP A’ Thessalonikis ND
Nikos Vettas, General Director, Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research – IOBE; Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business
Thanos Psathas, CEO, ETVA INDUSTRIAL AREAS S.A.
Moderator:
Annie Karolidou, Financial & Business Editor, powergame.gr
17:00’
Financing investments
Stellina Siarapi, Secretary General of Private Investments, Minister of Development, Hellenic Republic
Ismini Papakirillou, CEO, Hellenic Development Bank
Yianos Kontopoulos, CEO, Athens Exchange Group
Stephanos Theodorides, Chairman of the Board, Growthfund
Giannis Papadopoulos, Senior Partner, EOS Capital Partners
Nikolas Takas, Managing Partner, THERMI VC; CEO, THERMI GROUP
Moderator:
Dimitris Diamantidis, Journalist, Radio Thessaloniki
18:00’
Cocktail
19:00’
Speech followed by Participants' Questions
Takis Theodorikakos, Minister of Development, Hellenic Republic
19:30’
END OF THE SECOND DAY
Wednesday | February 19
19:00’
Official Dinner
GUEST OF HONOR
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
Organised by:
The Federation of Industries of Greece was founded in 1915, as an independent non-profit association for industrial companies and local or sectoral enterprise organizations.
On June 2018, the status of Social Partner has been conferred on our Federation, in accordance with the National Law L4554/18.06.2018.
At the General Assembly of the Members of the Federation of Industries of Northern Greece, on January 25, 2019, the name changed to Federation of Industries of Greece.
SBE holds regular events -fora, conferences, workshops, seminars- focusing on growth, entrepreneurship, international economies, external trade and other strategic challenges.
Federation of Industries of Greece
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+30 2310 539817
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