Speakers

Matina Charkoftaki

Journalist
Capital.gr

Konstantinos Chatzikonstantinou

CEO
Alexandroupolis Port Authority S.A.

Dionysios Chionis

Professor of Economics
Democritus University of Thrace

Leonidas Christopoulos

General Secretary
Digital Governance and Procedures

Dimitris Delevegos

Journalist
Kathimerini

Christos Dermentzopoulos

Member of the Parliament
New Democracy
Evros Municipality

Dimitrios Dimitriou

Professor of Economics
Democritus University of Thrace

Evaggelos Drimpetas

Professor of Economics, Economic Dynamics and Comparison of Economic Systems
Democritus University of Thrace

Tania Eleftheriadou

Member of the Parliament for Kavala
SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance

Tom Ellis

Editor in Chief
Kathimerini English Edition

Adonis Georgiadis

Minister of Development and Investment
Hellenic Republic

Aggeliki Giannakidou

President
Ethnological Museum of Thrace

Ioannis Gkaranis

Mayor of Komotini

Antonios Gravanis

President
Chamber of Tradesmen and Handicrafts of Rodopi Prefecture

Michael Ignatiou

White House Correspodent
Hellas Journal

Nikos Karagiannis

Journalist
Ypodomes.gr

Nikolas Katsimpras

Lecturer
Columbia University
Member of BoD
Hellenic American Leadership Council

Ioannis Kirkinezis

Business Development Director
Hill International

Ioannis Maniatis

Minister of Environment
Energy, Climate Change (2013-2015)
Assoc. Professor
University of Piraeus

Bob Menendez

U.S. Senator of New Jersey
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Christos Metios

Regional Governor
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

Marianna Nathanail

Institutional Affairs Officer
European Investment Bank
Group Office in Greece

Konstantinos Palakidis

Owner & CEO
Ramada Plaza Thraki

Litsa Panayotopoulos

Co-founder and CEO
EVIA IP Ltd
Greece

Dimitris Papastergiou

Mayor of Trikala
President
KEDE

Fanis Papathanasiou

Diplomatic correspondent
ERT

Dimitrios Pefanis

Director of Financial and Business Content
DPG Group of Companies

Dimitris Petrovits

Deputy Regional Governor
Prefecture Evros

George Pitsilis

Governor
Independent Authority for Public Revenue
Hellenic Republic

Andrei Popov

Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to the Hellenic Republic

George Polychroniou

Executive Director Strategy & Business Development
DEPA S.A.

H.E. Valentin Poriazov

Ambassador of Bulgaria to Greece

Geoffrey Pyatt

Assistant Secretary
State for Energy Resources

Loukia Saranti

President
Federation of Industries of Greece

Sergii Shutenko

Ambassador of Ukraine to the Hellenic Republic

Konstantinos Sifnaios

VP & Managing Director
Gastrade S.A.

Evripidis Stylianidis

Member of the Parliament
New Democracy

Alexia Tasouli

Diplomatic correspondent
OPEN TV

Charalampos Thamnidis

Finance Director
JT International Hellas AEBE

Christodoulos Topsidis

President
Evros Chamber of Commerce
Greece

Ioannis Tsakiris

Deputy Minister for Development and Investments
Hellenic Republic

George Tsaprounis

Chief Communication Officer
Intrakat Group

Symeon Tsomokos

Founder & President
Delphi Economic Forum

Christos Vinis

CEO
ERGOSE S.A

Ioannis Xifaras

Secretary General of Transport
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport

Sophia Zacharaki

Deputy Minister of Tourism
Hellenic Republic

Tasos Zambas

Vice President
Federation of Cypriot-American Organizations

Ioannis Zampoukis

Mayor of Alexandroupolis

Stilianos Zantanidis

Air TRaffic Controller
Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority

Endy Zemenides

Executive Director
Hellenic American Leadership Council