Moderators
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Gohar Abajyan
Chief Executive Officer
Enterprise Armenia, Armenia
Ahmed Aboudouh
Associate Fellow at Chatham House and Head of China Studies at Emirates Policy Center
United Kingdom
Vasiliki Adamidou
Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Director
Lidl Hellas, Greece
Eirini Agapidaki
Alternate Minister of Health
Hellenic Republic
Anthony Agotha
Ambassador-at-large – Special Envoy for Climate and Environment
European External Action Service, Belgium
Anders Ahnlid
Director-General
National Board of Trade, Sweden
George Aivazoglou
Managing Director of NBA Europe and Middle East
National Basketball Association (NBA), United Kingdom
Eleni Aktypi
Managing Director
WE LEAD, Greece
Ebtesam Al-Ketbi
President
Emirates Policy Center, United Arab Emirates
Theoni Alampasi
S.G. for Financial Sector and Private Debt Management
Hellenic Ministry of Economy and Finance
Branislav Aleksic
Head of Foreign Trade Law and Corporate Security Department
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft E.V., Germany
Karolos Alkalai
General Manager
Nea Tileorasi - Star TV, Greece
Rosie Allimonos
Chief AI Officer
Alter Ego Media, Greece
Mohammad Almasri
Head of the PCRSS
Palestinian Center of Strategic Researsh and Studies, Palestine
George Alogoskoufis
Minister of Economy and Finance (2004-2008), Hellenic Republic
Professor Emeritus, Athens University of Economics and Business
Mohamed Amersi
Chairman
Amersi Foundation
Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos
Secretary General for Information Systems and Digital Governance
Ministry of Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic
Othon Anastasakis
Director, European Studies Centre
St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Anastasios Anastasatos
Group Chief Economist & General Manager
EUROBANK, Greece
Simos Anastasopoulos
President
CompeteGreece, Greece
Krister Andersson
Senior Advisor
International Chamber of Commerce, Sweden
Spyros Andreopoulos
Founder and Chief Economist
Thin Ice Macroeconomics, Germany
Dimitris Andriopoulos
CEO
Dimand S.A., Greece
Elly Andriopoulou
Managing Director
SNFCC, Greece
Anastasia Andritsou
Country Director Greece & Cyprus
British Council, Greece
Yanna Andronopoulou
General Manager Greece, Cyprus & Malta
Microsoft, Greece
Marina Androulakakis
Partner
Bernitsas, Greece
Nikos Androulakis
Leader of the Opposition
President, PASOK-Movement for Change, Greece
Dimitrios G. Angelakis
Science Director, Quantum Institute at NCSR Demokritos; Professor, School of ECS, University of Southampton; Founder, AngelQ Quantum Computing
Greece
Aris Angelis
Secretary General for Strategic Planning
Ministry of Health, Hellenic Republic, Greece
Achilleas Angelopoulos
CEO
KYKNOS GREEK CANNING COMPANY, Greece
Konstantinos Angelopoulos
Deputy CEO Financial Institutions & Investments at Growthfund- Member of GF’s ExCo - Nominee Director and member of Risk & Audit Committee HIIF - Member of Non Executive Directors’ Association - SHRM SCP
GROWTHFUND - National Fund of Greece, Greece
Veronica Anghel
Assistant Professor
Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Italy
Peggy Antonakou
Regional General Manager for Southeast Europe
Google, Greece
Oksana Antonenko
Professor
European University Institute, Italy
Vassilis Antoniades
Managing Director & Senior Partner
Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Greece
Christina Antoniou
Vice Chair & Managing Director
Daikin, Greece
Milena Apostolaki
Member of Parliament for the Northern Sector of Athens with Panhellenic Socialist Movement- Kinima Allagis (PASOK-Kinima Allagis)
Hellenic Parliament
Valia Aranitou
Professor
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Aravossis
Vice President & Waste Management BoD Chairman RAAEY | Unesco Chairholder on Green Innovation and Circular Economy NTUA
Regulatory Authority for Energy Waste and Water & National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Michael Arghyrou
Head of the Economics Office of the Prime Minister
Hellenic Republic
Yossi Arouch
Managing Director & Partner, Head of BCG's Athens Office
Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Greece
Constantine Arvanitopoulos
Minister of Education (2012-2014); Director General of the “Konstantinos G. Karamanlis” Foundation; Professor of International Politics
Greece
Ioannis Asimakopoulos
Senior Associate
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, United Kingdom
Stavriana Asprogiannidou
Managing Director, Marine
Howden Hellas S.A., Greece
Yannis Assael
Research Scientist
Google DeepMind, Greece
Stavros Asthenidis
Chief Executive Officer
Information Society S.A., Greece
Kostas Athanasakis
Associate Professor of Health Economics
University of West Attica, Greece
Andreas Athanassopoulos
Group CEO
Olympia Group, Greece
Scott Atlas
Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in Health Policy
Hoover Institution, Stanford University, United States
Dimitris Avramopoulos
EU Commissioner (2014-2019), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012-2013), Member of the Hellenic Parliament
Moderators
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Mohammed Baharoon
Director General
Dubai Public Policy Research Center (b’huth)
Joseph Bahout
Director, Associate Professor
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Peter Baker
Chief White House Correspondent
The New York Times, United States
Gerard Baker
Editor-at-Large
The Wall Street Journal, United States
Sokratis Baltas
Chairman of BoD- Operations Manager
ReDePlan S.A. Consultants, Greece
Sophia Bantanidis
Future of Finance Head
Citibank, United Kingdom
Michal Baranowski
Undersecretary of State
Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Poland
Tony Barber
Writer on international affairs
Financial Times (former), United Kingdom
Henri Barkey
Adjunct Senior Fellow Middle East Studies
Council on Foreign Relations, United States
Roderick Beaton
Emeritus Professor, King's College London
Chairman, British School at Athens, United Kingdom
Alexandros Bechrakis
Managing Director
Digital Realty Hellas, Greece
Iain Begg
Professorial Research Fellow
London School of Economics and Political Science , United Kingdom
Yanis Ben Amor
Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Development
Columbia University, United States
Angelos Benos
Partner, Core Industries Leader
PwC Greece, Greece
Harriet E. Berg
Ambassador of Norway to Greece and Cyprus
Greece
Michael Bernitsas
Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
CEO, Vortex Hydro Power, United States
Moreno Bertoldi
Senior Associate Research Fellow
ISPI - Italian Institute for International Political Studies, Belgium
Martin Bialecki
Editor in Chief
DGAP / Internationale Politik, Germany
Bishop of Tanagras
Director of the Representation Office of the Church of Greece in Brussels
Ioannis Bitzis
Partner, Strategy & Execution | Government & Infrastructure, Transport and Real Estate leader
EY-Parthenon, Greece
Reed Blakemore
Director, Research and Programs, Global Energy Center
Atlantic Council, United States
Spyros Blavoukos
Professor
Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Greece
Michail Bletsas
Governor of the National Cybersecurity Authority of Greece
Laura Blumenfeld
Senior Fellow
SAIS Johns Hopkins, United States
Ioannis Boletis
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Onassis Hospital, Greece
Malgorzata Bonikowska
President
Centre for International Relations, Poland
Konstantina Botsiou
Professor of Political History and International Relations
University of Piraeus, Greece
Ioannis Bougas
Deputy Minister of Justice
Hellenic Republic
Stephane Boujnah
CEO & Chairman of the Managing Board
Euronext, France
Camille Boullenois
Associate Director
Rhodium Group, France
Eugenia Bozou
Head of Government Affairs & Public Policy for Google Greece, Cyprus & Malta
Sanja Božinovska
Minister of Energy, Mining and Mineral Resources
North Macedonia
Evelien Bracke
Visiting Lecturer/Assistant Professor, University College Dublin
UCD, Ireland
Ioannis Bratakos
President
Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Greece
Alexandros Bregiannis
Chief Executive Officer
Nova ICT, Greece
Mark Bromley
Director, Dual-use and Arms Trade Control Programme
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden
Ian Brzezinski
Senior Fellow
Atlantic Council, United States
Marco Buti
Prof
EUI, Italy
Creon Butler
Director, Global Economy and Finance Program
Chatham House, United Kingdom
Cristian Silviu Bușoi
State Secretary
Ministry of Energy Romania, Romania
Moderators
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James Carafano
Senior Counselor to the President and E.W. Richardson Fellow
The Heritage Foundation, United States
Constantinos Cartalis
Professor, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Member of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, Greece
Stefano Cazzaniga
Managing Director and Partner
BCG, Italy
Dámaso Cebrián
Tech Lead Commercial Banking
Banco Santander, Spain
Nikoletta Chalioti
Finance Director Greece & BGIN (BeNeLux, Greece, Israel, Nordics)
Medtronic Hellas SA
Vasilis Chaloulakos
CEO
ICEYE Hellas, Greece
Vivi Charalaboyianni
Deputy Minister of the Interior
Hellenic Republic
Ioannis Chatjigeorgiou
Rector
The National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Vasileios Chatzigiannakis
Lawyer, member and administrator of the company
Evangelos Chatzigiannakis Law Firm, Greece
Gautam Chikermane
Vice President
Observer Research Foundation, India
Dimitrios Choupis
Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff
Hellenic Republic
Michalis Chrisochoidis
Minister of Citizen Protection
Hellenic Republic
Pavlos Christidis
Member of Hellenic Parliament
Hellenic Parliament
Nikos Christodoulakis
Minister of Economy & Finance (2001-2004)
Hellenic Republic
Nikos Christodoulou
Partner, Technology & Transformation Leader
Deloitte, Greece
Themis Christophidou
Director-General for Regional and Urban Policy
European Commission, Europe
Leonidas Christopoulos
CEO
Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Academy EKKOMED, Greece
Thanassis Christou
Prof. and Head of the Department of History, Archaeology and Cultural Resources
University of the Peloponnese, Greece
George Chrousos
Director, Chair, President
University of Athens/UNESCO/Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Greece
Nicholas Chryssanthopoulos
Senior Partner
EOS Capital Partners, Greece
Sinan Ciddi
Senior Fellow & Director of Turkey Program
Foundation for Defense of Democracies, United States
Lazăr Comănescu
Secretary General
BSEC PERMIS, Türkiye
Alexander Cooley
Professor and Vice Provost for Research
Barnard College, Columbia University
Mathias Cormann
Secretary-General
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
António Costa
President of the European Council
Belgium
Kelly Craft
30th US Ambassador to the United Nations and 31st US Ambassador to Canada
United States
Nuno Crato
Minister of Education and Science (2011–2015)
President of Iniciativa Educação; Research Professor at the University of Lisbon, Portugal
Simon Critchley
Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy, The New School for Social Research, New York
United States
Moderators
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Galip Dalay
Senior Consulting Fellow, Turkiye Initiative, Middle East & North Africa Programme
Chatham House
Maria Damanaki
Advisor to Oceans5, Professor at NOVA University, Former EU Commissioner
Greece
Vesna Damjanić
Editor in Chief TV
Bloomberg Adria Serbia, Serbia
Zsolt Darvas
Senior Fellow
Bruegel, Belgium
Dimitra Daskalaki
Organizational Development & Communications Director
ΜΕΤΡΟ ΑΕΒΕ, Greece
Caroline Dawson
Partner
Clifford Chance LLP, United Kingdom
Varuni Dayaratna
Senior Vice President, International Programs
NORC, United States
Renato Cruz De Castro
Distinguished Professor
De La Salle University, Philippines
Rob De Wijk
Founder
HCSS
Sivaaji De Zoysa
Founder and Managing Director
Gaia Greenway Group, Sri Lanka
Andy Deacon
Co-Managing Director
Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, Belgium
Maria Demertzis
Professor of Economic Policy
Florence School of Transnational Governance, EUI
Selva Demiralp
Professor of Economics
Koc University, Türkiye
Patrick Deneen
Professor
University of Notre Dame, United States
Athina Dessypri
President
Bodossaki Foundation, Greece
Carmine Di Noia
Director of Directorate of Financial Affairs and Enterprises
OECD, France
P. Nikiforos Diamandouros
President
Academy of Athens (2026), Greece
Anna Diamantopoulou
President, Diktio - Network for Reform in Greece and Europe, Former EU Commissioner
Greece
Ruben Diaz-Plaja
Head, Policy Planning Unit, Office of the Secretary General
NATO, Belgium
George Dikaios
Marie Curie Fellow
Leiden University, Netherlands
Christos Dimas
Minister of Infrastructure and Transport
Hellenic Republic
Nikola Dimitrov
President
Balkan Center for Constructive Policies - SOLUTION Skopje, North Macedonia
Meletios Dimopoulos
Professor of Therapeutics of Hematology-Oncology
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, Department of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
Evangelos Dioikitopoulos
Associate Professor of Economics & Director of the Research Center, EMOP. Research Fellow, DAFM, King's College London.
Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Kostas Diorelis
Commercial Director
Stoiximan, Greece
Hugo Dixon
Commentator-at-Large
Reuters
Paula J. Dobriansky
Vice Chair
Atlantic Council Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Thanos Dokos
Secretary General for National Security
Presidency of the Government, Hellenic Republic
Alina Dolea
Associate Professor in Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy, Head of School of Law and Society
Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
Valdis Dombrovskis
Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification
European Commission, Belgium
Haris Doukas
Mayor of Athens
City of Athens
George Doukidis
Professor of eBusiness
Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Panagiotis Doumas
Director, Member of the EXCO
Howden Hellas SA, Greece
Nick Douzinas
Managing Director
Arcadium Fund, Greece
Despoina Doxaki
Independent Non-Executive Board Member
PPC SA, Greece
Ivana Dragičević
CEO
Europe Future Centre, Croatia
Aliki Drakouli
President
Axion Hellas, Greece
Evi Dramalioti
Secretary General of Coordination
Presidency of the Government, Greece
Eoin Drea
Senior Researcher
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, Belgium
William Drozdiak
Global Fellow
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Anabel Díaz
Vice President Mobility Uber EMEA
Uber, Spain
Moderators
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Lars Ebert
Secretary General
Culture Action Europe, Belgium
Marios Panagiotis Efthymiopoulos
Director
Strategy International (SI), Cyprus
Αnna Efthymiou
Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security
Hellenic Republic
Rania Ekaterinari
President of SEV Executive Committee & Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors
SEV Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, Greece
Konstantinos Eleftheriadis
Forensic & Financial Crime Partner, Sustainability Leader & Energy, Resources and Industrials Industry Leader
Deloitte, Greece
Stelios Eliakis
CEO
Sleed, Greece
Rachel Ellehuus
Director-General
RUSI, United Kingdom
Evan Ellis
Latin America Research Professor
U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, United States
Yannis Emiris
General Manager of Wholesale Banking
Alpha Bank, Greece
Håkan Emsgård
Ambassador of Sweden to the Hellenic Republic
Nikos Erinakis
Asst. Professor of Philosophy, UoC &
Director of Research, ENA Institute, Greece
Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces
President of the UN 73rd General Assembly, Board Member of NGIC
Chad Evans
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Council on Competitiveness, United States
Georgios Evgenidis
Anchorman
Star Channel, Greece
Kanella Exarchakou
Head of Cabinet to the Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports
Ministry of Education Sports and Religious Affairs, Hellenic Republic
Alexandros Exarchou
Chairman & CEO, AKTOR Group of Companies &
CEO, ATLANTIC SEE LNG TRADE, Greece
Moderators
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Sokratis Famellos
Leader of “SYRIZA Progressive Alliance”
Kevin Featherstone
Emeritus Professor
London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
Lee Feinstein
Former US Ambassador to Poland;
President, McLarty Associates, United States
Constantinos Filis
Director/Professor
Institute of Global Affairs/American College of Greece, Greece
Gordon Flake
Chief Executive Officer
Perth USAsia Centre, Australia
Russell Flannery
Advisor
Forbes, China
Nikos Fligos
CEO
Stoiximan, Greece
Thanasis Fokas
Professor
Academy of Athens and University of Cambridge, Greece
Dionysis Fotopoulos
Trade Attaché
Permanent Representation of the Republic of Cyprus to the European Union, Belgium
Charlotte Foucteau
CEO, TP Greece | Regional Leadership across CEE & Baltics
TP Greece, Greece
Stelios Fragos
Chief Executive Officer
Hellenic Innovation & Infrastructure Fund SA, Greece
Simon Fraser
Chair
Chatham House, United Kingdom
Oscar Friedel
Director of Programmes
Helsing, France
Irini Frygana
Strategy & Political Communications Consultant
Stratego, Greece
Moderators
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Alexander Gabuev
Director
Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, Germany
Peter Galbraith
Ambassador (retired)
Formerly US Senate, US State Department, United Nations, Vermont Senate, United States
Stefanos Gandolfo
Director
Columbia Global Center Athens, Greece
Carlota Garcia Encina
Senior Fellow for the US and Transatlantic Relations
Real Instituto Elcano, Spain
Jose Enrique Garcilazo
Deputy Head of Regional Development and Multilevel Governance Division
OECD, France
Maria Gatsou
General Manager
SETE, Greece
Theodoros Gavriilidis
Chief Investment Officer
LAMDA Development, Greece
Natalia Gavrilița
Prime Minister of Moldova (2021-2023)
Moldova
Angeliki Gazi
Associate Professor of Media Psychology and Technology
Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece
Matthias Gebhardt
Chief Technology Officer
Swiss Reinsurance Company, Switzerland
Paolo Gentiloni
Prime Minister of Italy (2016-2018), Commissioner for Economy, European Commission (2019-2024)
Tilemachos Georgakis
Chief of Commercial Banking
Alpha Bank, Greece
Michael Georgakopoulos
CEO
Satori Analytics, Greece
Adonis Georgiadis
Minister of Health
Hellenic Republic
Ognyan Georgiev
Managing Director
SeeNext, Bulgaria
George Georgopoulos
Chief Human Resources and Group Change Officer
PIRAEUS BANK SA, Greece
Thanos Georgountzos
Legal & Policy Advisor
President of the Youth Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles - Remarble Greece
George Gerapetritis
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hellenic Republic
Frederic Geraud de Lescazes
Head of Government Affairs, Google Cloud EMEA South
Google Cloud, France
Sven Gerst
Philosopher
ævum Quarterly, Germany
Francesca Ghiretti
Director
RAND Europe Economic Security and Strategy Initiative (REESSI), United Kingdom
Amalia Giannakikou
Energy Executive
Self-Employed, Spain
Iakovos Giannaklis
Deputy CEO, Retail & Digital Banking
Eurobank, Greece
Tassos Giannitsis
Emeritus Professor, University of Athens
Minister of Labour & Social Security (2000 -2001), Hellenic Republic
Georgios Giannopoulos
Acting Director
Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Italy
Dimitrios Giantsis
General Director
Information Society SA, Greece
Konstantinos Gioulekas
Deputy Minister of the Interior, sector of Macedonia and Thrace
Hellenic Republic
Vasiliki Konstantina Gkogkozotou
NE President at EOPYY & President of the Greek Drug Negotiation Committee MoH
EOPYY - Ministry of Health
Apostolos Gkoutzinis
Partner
Milbank LLP, United Kingdom
Susan Glasser
Staff Writer
The New Yorker, United States
Misha Glenny
Rector
Institute for Human Sciences, Austria
Konstantinos Gloumis-Atsalakis
Secretary General for Demography and Housing Policy
Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family Affairs, Hellenic Republic
Adrianos Golemis
Astronaut in training (Greece / ESA), Lead ESA Flight Surgeon
MEDES for ESA, Hellenic Space Center, Greece
Arancha Gonzalez
Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs
Sciences Po, France
Nik Gowing
Co-Director
Thinking the Unthinkable, United Kingdom
Emmanuel Grafakos
General Secretary of Waste Management Coordination
Ministry of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic
Yanos Gramatidis
Partner
Bahas, Gramatidis & Partners, Greece
Pierre Gramegna
Managing Director
European Stability Mechanism, Luxembourg
Alvin Graylin
Author, Our Next Reality Digital Fellow, Stanford HAI Sr. Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute Chairman, Virtual Reality Society Lecturer, MIT
United States
Peter Gries
Professor Emeritus
University of Manchester (UK), Greece
Theocharis Grigoriadis
Professor of Economics
Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis
Associate Professor & Jean Monnet Chair Bilkent University and Senior Fellow & Head, Program on Türkiye, ELIAMEP
Greece
Polychronis Griveas
Chief Strategy & Business Officer
Divani Collection Hotels, Greece
Dmitrii Gudkov
Anti-War committee, co-founder. PACE Platform for the dialogue with Russian democratic forces. A member
Anti-War Committee, Cyprus
Yoel Guzansky
Senior Fellow
INSS, Israel
Abdullah Gül
11th President of the Republic of Türkiye
Moderators
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Christian Hadjiminas
Founder EFA Group, Founder & CEO THEON Group,
President Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association (EENE), Greece
Sophia Handaka
CoMuseum CoFounder & Host, & Curator of World Cultures
Benaki Museum, Greece
Nikos Hardalias
Governor of the Attica region since 2023 - present; Deputy Minister of National Defense (2021-2023)
Hellenic Republic
Gikas Hardouvelis
Chairman of the Board of Directors, National Bank of Greece; Minister of Finance (2014-2015)
Greece
Christos Harpantidis
Group Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Philip Morris International, Switzerland
Ruth Harris
Executive Director National Security and Data Science
RAND Europe, United Kingdom
Yannis Hatzis
President
Hellenic Hotelier Federation, Greece
Lauriane Heau
Researcher, Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden
Charles Hecker
Journalist, Author, Geopolitical Risk Consultant
United Kingdom
François Heisbourg
Special Adviser
FRS PARIS Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, France
Charles Hendry
Distinguished Fellow
Atlantic Council, United Kingdom
Belkasem Hifter
CEO
Fund for development and reconstruction, Libya
Christopher Hill
Former Ambassador to Serbia, Iraq, South Korea, Poland, and North Macedonia
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, United States
Victoria Hislop
Writer
United Kingdom
Emile Hokayem
Director of Regional Security and Senior Fellow for Middle East Security
International Institute for Strategic Studies, United Kingdom
Enver Hoxhaj
Member of Parliament,
Deputy Primer Minister of the Republic of Kosovo (2017-2020)
Michael Huether
Director and Member of the Presidium
German Economic Institute, Germany
Bettany Hughes
Historian, Broadcaster and Author
SandStone Global, United Kingdom
Danuta Hübner
Member of the European Parliament, fmr. European Commissioner
Belgium
Moderators
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Cristina Iampieri
Head of UNODC Passenger and Cargo Control Programme
UNODC, Türkiye
Korbinian Dominic Ibel
Director General, DG Systemic & International Banks
European Central Bank, Germany
Aristotelis Ignatidis
CEO
ARI SA, Greece
Dimitrios Ilias
Co-founder & CTO
Intryc, Greece
Sissy Iliopoulou
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Lamda Development, Greece
Petros Ioannidis
Managing Partner
aboutpeople, Greece
Charis Ioannou
Managing Editor, Digital
Efsyn newspaper, Greece
Tassos Iossiphides
EY Greece Partner, Head of EY-Parthenon in Greece
EY-Parthenon, Greece
Ivailo Izvorski
Chief Economist, Europe and Central Asia region
World Bank
Moderators
J
Dominik P. Jankowski
Deputy Secretary General for Policy and Outreach
NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Poland
Fiona Jeffery
President
Just A Drop, United Kingdom
Alexei Jones
Head European Foreign and Development Policy
European Centre for Development Policy Management, Belgium
Rafel Jorda Siquier
Founder & CEO
Open Cosmos, United Kingdom
Jovana Jovic
Managing Director
Volvo Car Hellas, Greece
Vilhelm Junnila
Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee, MP
Parliament of Finland
Moderators
K
Costas Kadis
Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans
European Commission
Joe Kaeser
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Siemens Energy, Germany
Vassilis Kafatos
Partner - Growth Leader, Competence Center President
Deloitte, Greece
Dimitrios Kairidis
Member of Parliament; Minister of Migration and Asylum (2023-2024)
Hellenic Republic
Panagiotis Kakolyris
Vice President
European Network of Political Foundations, Greece
Stavros Kalafatis
Deputy Minister of Development
Hellenic Republic
Christos Kallandranis
Associate Professor of Finance
University of West Attica/Department of Accounting & Finance, Greece
Nikos Kalliagkopoulos
Partner
Big Pi Ventures, Greece
Milja Kalliosaari
Government Relations Manager
IQM Quantum Computers, Finland
Ioannis Kaltsas
Head of Investment Team for Greece & Cyprus
European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
Stathis Kalyvas
Gladstone Professor of Government
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Konstantinos Kamaras
Vice-Chairman of the BoD
ATCOM, Greece
Evangelos Kanoulas
Professor and Founder
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Yiannis Kantoros
CEO
Interamerican Group, Greece
Petros Kapasouris
General Manager, Tiresias & Member of BoD of ACCIS
Tiresias, Greece
Lindita Karadaku
Journalist, Anchorwoman, author of TV Documentaries
ABC News Albania, Albania
Konstantinos Karagkounis
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Labour And Social Security, Hellenic Republic
Maria Karaklioumi
Political Analyst
Netrino Advisory & SpearMind AI, Greece
Angelos Karakostas
Deputy CEO
Piraeus Port Authority S.A., Greece
Vassilis Karamouzis
General Manager of Corporate & Investment Banking
National Bank of Greece, Greece
Nikolaos Karamouzis
President
Grant Thornton Consulting, Greece
Antonios Karampatzos
Professor Dr. iur.
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Ioannis Karanatsios
Chief Merchadising Officer, Executive BoD Member
Lidl Hellas, Cyprus
Konstantinos Karantzalos
Secretary General of Telecommunications and Post
Ministry of Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic
Triantafyllos Karatrantos
Research Associate
ELIAMEP, Greece
Fokion Karavias
Chief Executive Officer
EUROBANK S.A., Greece
Catherine Eleanor Karavioti
Senior Government Affairs Manager, Greece, Cyprus, Malta & Israel
Visa, Greece
Isaac Kardon
Senior Fellow
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States
Alar Karis
President of the Republic of Estonia
Office of the President of the Republic of Estonia, Estonia
Vasilis Karkatzounis
Special Secretary for Artificial Intelligence and Data Governance
Ministry of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence, Hellenic Republic
Ioannis Karydas
CEO Renewables, Energy Storage & Interconnections
Copelouzos Group, Greece
Foivos Karzis
Columnist
Ta Nea, Greece
Mikhail Kasyanov
Prime Minister of Russia (2000-2004)
George Katrougalos
United Nations Independent Expert for the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order
Former Foreign Minister of Greece (2019), Greece
Vassilis Katsouros
Director of the Institute for Language and Speech Processing
Athena Research Center, Greece
Eleni Kleanthi (Klea) Katsouyanni
Professor of Public Health, Imperial College London &
Emeritus Professor National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Noam Katz
Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Hellenic Republic
Orestis Kavalakis
Governor of the Recovery and Resilience Facility Coordination Agency
Ministry of National Economy and Finance
Chryssos Kavounides
Managing Director & Partner
Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Greece
Efthimios Kaxiras
Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
Harvard University, United States
Konstantinos Kazas
Partner, Advisory Leader
Grant Thornton, Greece
Vassilis Kazas
Managing Partner
Grant Thornton, Greece
Konstantinos Kefalogiannis
Member of Hellenic Parliament
Parliament, Greece
Ioannis Kefalogiannis
Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection
Hellenic Republic
Emmie Kell
Director Museums and Cultural Property
Arts Council England, United Kingdom
Antonios Kerastaris
CEO
Transport for Athens (OASA), Greece
Constantinos Kesentes
Chairman
Hellenism in Action – BrainReGain, Greece
Olga Khakova
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center
Atlantic Council, United States
Ghassan Khalil
UNICEF Representative
UNICEF, Greece
Mikhail Khodorkovskii
Founder
Russian Anti-War Committee, United Kingdom
Fadlo R. Khuri
President
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Victoria Kimonides
Co-Founder biomet.life Ltd UK, BoD Bioinnovation
biomet.life ltd, United Kingdom
Vasso Kindi
President of the Board of IKY
National and Kapodistrian Univerity of Athens, Greece
Andreas Kindl
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Hellenic Republic
Greece
Effie Kinini
Associate Professor
Law School, University of Athens, Greece
Ioannis Kirkinezis
Vice President and Managing Director Balkans
Hill International, Greece
Guillaume Klossa
President, EuropaNova; Chairman of the board, Conclave; CEO, T-life
France
Sarah Knafo
Member of the European Parliament
European Parliament, France
Gerald Knaus
Chairman
European Stability Initiative (ESI), Germany
Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Hudson Institute, United States
John Kokarakis
Chairman
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) Greek Section, Greece
George Kollidas
Partner, Consulting, Head of Technology,
PwC Greece, Greece
Kostas Konstantinidis
Founder & CEO
PostScriptum, Greece
Panagiotis Konstantinidis
Co-founder
Evenly, Greece
Kalia Konstantinidou
Group Executive Officer
Empiria Group, Greece
Pavlos Konstas
Technology Entrepreneur & Enterprise Strategist
Harvard Innovation Labs, United States
Athanasios Kontogeorgis
Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister
Presidency of the Government, Hellenic Republic
Dimitris Kontos
COO
Metro AEBE, Greece
Vassilis Kontozamanis
Member of the Board
Delsona Therapeutics, Greece
Marilena Koppa
Professor of Comparative Politics
Panteion University, Greece
Evangelia Koraki
President HACRO & CEO Coronis Research SA
Hellenic Association of CROs - HACRO & Coronis Research SA, Greece
Marta Kos
Commissioner for Enlargement
European Commission, Belgium
Giorgos Kotsiras
Deputy Minister
Ministry of National Economy and Finance, Hellenic Republic
Evan Kotsovinos
VP
Google, United States
Dimitrios Kottas
CEO
Delian Alliance Industries, Greece
Foteini Koulouri
General Director of Public Health & Quality of Life
Ministry of Health, Greece
Christina Koulouri
Rector
Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece
Georgios Koumoutsakos
Ambassador
Permanent Delegate of Greece to UNESCO, Greece
Petros Koumoutsakos
Herbert Winokur Professor for Computing and AI
Harvard University, United States
Dimitris Kourkoulas
Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece (2012-2015), former EU Ambassador in Lebanon, Bulgaria and Bosnia & Herzegovina
ELIAMEP
Venetia Koussia
Executive Director
The Council on Competitiveness of Greece, Greece
Vassilis Koutentakis
Executive General Manager, Executive Member of the BoD
Piraeus Bank, Greece
Petros Koutrakis
Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States
Grigorios Koutsogiannis
Chief Executive Officer
EFA GROUP, Greece
Dimitris Koutsopoulos
CEO
Deloitte, Greece
Babis Koutsoumpas
Executive Director
WeFor, Greece
Vassilis Koutsoumpas
Digital Policy & AI Adviser to the Prime Minister of Greece
Office of the Prime Minister
Panos Kouvalis
Chief Operations Officer
Interamerican Group, Greece
Svitlana Kovalchuk
Executive Director
YES (Yalta European Strategy), Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Ukraine
Larry Kramer
President and Vice Chancellor
London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Guy Krief
Partner
Big Pi Ventures, Greece
Alena Kudzko
Executive Director
GLOBSEC US Foundation, Slovakia
Krishna Kumar
Executive Vice President of Research
NORC at the University of Chicago
Konstantinos Kyranakis
Alternate Minister for Transport
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Hellenic Republic
Paris Kyriacopoulos
Chairman & CEO
MOTODYNAMICS Group of Companies, Greece
Nicolas Kyriakides
Executive Predident
Cyprus Forum, Cyprus
Andreas Kyrilis
Senior Partner
Bain & Company, Greece
Ilias Kyriopoulos
Assistant Professor
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom
Koray Köse
CEO & Chief Analyst
KŌSE Advisory, United States
Laura Kövesi
European Chief Prosecutor
European Public Prosecutor's Office, Luxembourg
Moderators
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Christos Lagkadianos-Giatrakos
Co-Founder and Vice President
Debate House, Greece
George Lambrinos
President & CEO
GEP, Greece
Nikolaus Lang
Managing Director and Senior Partner; Global Leader - BCG Henderson Institute; Global Vice Chair - Global Advantage Practice
The Boston Consulting Group, Germany
Samuel Laurinkari
VP and Head of International Public Policy
Wolt Oy, Finland
Vassiliki Lazarakou
Chair
Hellenic Capital Market Commission, Greece
Elena Lazarou
Director General
ELIAMEP, Greece
Helena Legarda
Head of Program Foreign Relations
Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Germany
Ilias Lekkos
Group Chief Economist
Piraeus Bank, Greece
Ning Leng
Assistant Professor
Georgetown University, United States
Juhan Lepassaar
Executive Director
European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), Greece
Ian Lesser
Distinguished Fellow and Advisor to the President
German Marshall Fund of the United States
Yves Leterme
Prime Minister of Belgium (2008; 2009–2011)
Leterme Consultancy BV, Board Member of NGIC, Belgium
Cheng Li
Founding Director
Centre on Governance of China and the World (CGCW), University of Hong Kong
James M. Lindsay
Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
Elisabeth Lipiatou
Head of Unit European Commission Directorate General for Communication Networks, Content and Technology
European Commission, Belgium
H.E. Matthew Lodge
His Majesty’s Ambassador to Greece
Maria Logotheti
President and CEO
Climate Change Hub, Greece
Stefanos Loukakos
CEO
Connectly Inc., United States
Kostas Loukas
General Manager Public Sector, South Europe
Microsoft, Greece
David Lubin
Michael Klein Senior Research Fellow in the Global Economy and Finance Programme
Chatham House, United Kingdom
Júlia López Ventura
Director for the Europe Region
C40 Cities, Spain
Moderators
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Bronwen Maddox
CEO and Director
Chatham House, United Kingdom
Nicolas Mahler
CEO (interim) / CFO
Vantage Towers AG, Germany
Fay Makantasi
Research Director
diaNEOsis, Greece
Dimitris Malamos
CEO
THRACE GROUP, Greece
Lida Malikentzou
ESG & Communication Manager
Loulis Food Ingredients, Greece
Gerald Malone
Chairman
Aberdeen Funds USA, United Kingdom
Thomas Maloutas
Professor Emeritus / Researcher Emeritus
Harokopio University / National Centre for Social Research (EKKE), Greece
Ioannis Maniatis
Member of the European Parliament, Professor; Former Minister and Deputy Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (2009-2015)
Eugenia Manolidou
Director
Elliniki Agogi - School of Ancient Greek, Greece
Alexandros Manos
Chief Commercial Officer
Netcompany, Greece
Anastasios Manos
CEO
HEDNO S.A., Greece
Manos Manousakis
Chairman & CEO
IPTO, Greece
Dimitrios Mantzos
Parliamentary Representative, Member of the Hellenic Parliament
PASOK - Kinima Allagis
Nikos Marantzidis
Professor of Political Science
University of Macedonia, Greece
Pavlos Marinakis
Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesman
Presidency of the Government, Hellenic Republic
Christoph Marschall von Bieberstein
Chief Diplomatic Correspondent
Der Tagesspiegel, Germany
Manolis Marsellos
CEO
Insurancemarket, Greece
Terry Martin
TV News Anchor/Journalist
Free agent, Germany
Christos Mastoras
Founder & Managing Partner
Iliad Partners, United Arab Emirates
George Mathios
Vice President of the BoD and Managing Director
ESA Security Solutions, Greece
Matthias Matthijs
Senior Fellow for Europe
Council on Foreign Relations, United States
Francis Maude
Co-Chair
Greek-British Symposium
Brigham McCown
Senior Fellow
Hudson Institute, United States
Filipe Medon
Professor at FGV Rio Law, Researcher at its Center for Technology and Society, and Assistant Coordinator at its AI Hub
FGV Rio Law, Brazil
Richard Meeus
Senior Director Security Technology and Strategy
Akamai, United Kingdom
Christos Megalou
CEO
Piraeus Bank, Greece
Tarek Megerisi
Visiting Fellow
ECFR, United Kingdom
Ioannis Melandinos
Co-founder & CEO
Forms, Greece
Fragiski Melissa
Chief Human Resources Officer
Alpha Bank, Greece
Lina Mendoni
Minister of Culture
Hellenic Republic
Federico Menna
Chief Executive Officer
28DIGITAL, Belgium
Maria Mexi
Senior Policy Advisor & Research Lead, Geneva Graduate Institute
Visiting Fellow, Cornell University Global Labor Institute
Karim Mezran
Director North Africa Program
Atlantic Council, United States
Mabel Lu Miao
Co-founder & Secretary General
Center for China and Globalization, China
Domna Michailidou
Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Affairs
Hellenic Republic
Philippa Michali
Chairwoman of the BoD & CEO
NN Hellas, Greece
Spyros Michaloulis
Business Development Director & Co-Founder; Career Counsellor, M.Sc.
Orientum, Greece
Charles Michel
President of the European Council (2019 - 2024), Prime Minister of Belgium (2014 - 2019),
Board Member of NGIC
George Mikros
Professor of Computational and Quantitative Linguistics
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Nikos Milapidis
Secretary General for Labour
Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hellenic Republic
Greg Mills
Senior Associate Fellow: RUSI;Strategic Advisor: Leader of the Democrqtic Alliance, South Africa;Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Economics, University of Navarra
GREG MILLS & ASSOCIATES, South Africa
Panagiotis Mitarachi
Member of Parliament, Minister of Migration & Asylum of Greece (2020 - 2023)
Hellenic Republic
Costas Mitropoulos
Chairman
Intergalactic Services S.A., Greece
Rineta Mitsi
Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Director
Goody's-Everest Group, Greece
Osama Mobarez
Secretary General
East Mediterranean Gas Forum, Egypt
Wilhelm Molterer
Former Vice Chancellor of Austria
Chairman of the Board of Directors, GLOBSEC, Austria
Stratos Molyviatis
Group Chief Operating Officer
National Bank of Greece, Greece
Andrew Monaghan
Senior Associate Fellow
NATO Defense College, United Kingdom
Vassilis Monastiriotis
Professor of Political Economy; El. Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies; Director, Hellenic Observatory
London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Georgette Mosbacher
Ambassador
GME Consulting ; Co- Chair, 3 Seas programming, Atlantic Council's Europe Center, United States
Heracles Moskoff
Secretary General for Vulnerable Persons and Institutional Protection
Ministry of Migration and Asylum, Greece
Dimitris Moulavasilis
Group Chief Executive Officer
M42, United Arab Emirates
Amre Moussa
Secretary-General, Arab League (2001-2011); Minister of Foreign Affairs (1991-2001),
Board Member of NGIC, Egypt
Andrew Mueller
Journalist
Monocle, United Kingdom
Pavlos Mylonas
Chief Executive Officer
National Bank of Greece, Greece
Maira Myrogianni
Secretary General for Greeks Abroad & Public Diplomacy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic
Moderators
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Alberto Nadal Belda
Secretary for Economic Affairs of Spain’s
People's Party, Spain
Nik Nanos
Chief Data Scientist & Founder
Nanos Research, Canada
Marianna Nathanail
Head of EIB Group Office in Greece
European Investment Bank, Greece
Mario Nava
Director General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
European Commission, Belgium
Susan Neiman
Director
Einstein Forum, Germany
Karen Nelson
Chief Scientific Officer
Thermo Fisher Scientific, United States
Mirka Nemfakou
Group Chief Human Resources Officer Member of the Executive Committee
National Bank Of Greece, Greece
Nikos Nezeritis
Chief of Corporate and Institutional Banking
Alpha Bank S.A., Greece
Andrea Nicastro
War correspondent
Corriere della Sera, Italy
Byron Nicolaides
Founder & Group CEO
PEOPLECERT, United Kingdom
Kalypso Nicolaidis
Chair in International Affairs, School of Transnational Governance
EUI, Italy
Linda Nieuwenhuizen
Chief Commercial Officer
Interamerican Group, Greece
Dimitris Nikas
Chairman, Association of Health- Research & Biotechnology Industry (SEIV); Managing Director, Medtronic Hellas
Greece
C. L. Max Nikias
President Emeritus and Professor
University of Southern California , United States
Ilias Nikolaidis
Content Director
diaNEOsis, Greece
Simon Nixon
Columnist, Kathimerini;
Editor, Wealth of Nations newsletter, United Kingdom
Georgios Nounesis
Chair, National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation
Partner, EY Greece, Greece
Marcin Nowacki
Chair
EESC Transport, Energy, and Infrastructure section, Belgium
Moderators
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Young-jin Oh
President & Publisher
THE KOREA TIMES, South Korea
Ehud Olmert
Prime Minister of Israel (2006-2009)
John Oredo
Senior Lecturer
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Ioannis Orfanos
Partner, Head of Capital Markets
COLLIERS Greece & Cyprus
Burcu Ozcelik
Senior Research Fellow and Lead, Middle East, North Africa and Turkey Programme
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), United Kingdom
Soli Ozel
Lecturer
Kadir Has University, Türkiye
Moderators
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Artis Pabriks
Minister of Defence & Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia (2019-2022); Minister of Foreign Affairs (2004-2007); Member European Parliament (2014-2018)
Director, Northern Europe Policy Centre, Latvia
George Pagoulatos
Ambassador of Greece to the OECD
Greek Delegation to the OECD
Ana Palacio
Minister of Foreign Affairs (2002-2004)
Kingdom of Spain
Despoina - Lito Paliarouta
Secretary General for Energy and Mineral Resources
Ministry of Environment and Energy, Greece
Alexandra Palli
Chair of BoD
CSR HELLAS, Greece
Mark Palmer
Vice President Government Solutions Europe
Visa, United Kingdom
Charalampos Pampoukis
Lawyer, Professor, Minister of State (2011), Hellenic Republic
Nikos Panagiotou
Professor, Director Peace Journalism Lab, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece
Sona Panajyan
Senior External Affairs Officer
World Bank Group, United States
Chrisis Pantelides
Member of the Parliament
House of Representatives (Parliament), Cyprus
Vasiliki Pantelopoulou
Secretary General Of Partnership Agreement (ESPA)
Ministry of National Economy and Finance, Hellenic Republic
Yannis Papachristou
CEO
Growthfund SA, Greece
Christina Papaconstantinou
Deputy Governor
Bank of Greece
Georgios Papaconstantinou
Full-time Professor, Chair in International Political Economy, Academic Director, Global Executive Master
European University Institute, Florence School of Transnational Governance, Italy
Andreas Papadakis
CEO
Archeiothiki S.A., Greece
Thanos Papadimitriou
Chair of the Board
Pharos AI Factory SA, Greece
Olympios Papadimitriou
General Manager
Novo Nordisk Hellas LTD - President SFEE (Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies), Greece
George Papadimitriou
Country Managing Partner, Greece - Europe Central Clients & Industries Leader, Europe Central Financial Services Leader
EY, Greece
Dimitris Papadimtriou
Prof. of Political Science
University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Ioannis Papadopoulos
Senior Partner
EOS Global Investors, Greece
Alexandra Papadopoulou
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hellenic Republic
Lazaros Papagaryfallou
Deputy CEO
Alpha Bank, Greece
Elias Papaioannou
Professor of Economics
London Business School, United Kingdom
Ismini Papakirillou
CEO
Hellenic Development Bank, Greece
George Papandreou
Prime Minister (2009-2011)
Hellenic Republic
Andreas Papandreou
Professor
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Nikos Papandreou
Member of European Parliament
Stavros Papastavrou
Minister of Environment & Energy
Hellenic Republic
Dimitris Papastergiou
Minister of Digital Governance
Hellenic Republic
Nikos Papathanasis
Alternate Minister of Finance & Economy
Hellenic Republic
Nikolaos Papatsas
BoD Member EFA Group, Vice-Chairman Hellenic Aerospace Security & Defense Industries Group (HASDIG)
Greece
Takis S. Pappas
Political Scientist and Author
Greece
Gladden Pappin
President
Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, Hungary
Sandra Parthie
President
EESC Employers' Group, Belgium
George Passaris
Director, Senior Regional Representative for Greece & Cyprus
European Investment Fund, Luxembourg
Aspasia Pastra
Assistant Professor
World Maritime University, Sweden
Alexis Patelis
Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic (2019-2024)
Prokopios Pavlopoulos
Former President of the Hellenic Republic
Member of the Academy of Athens
Yiannis Pavlosoglou
Vice Governor
National Cybersecurity Authority of Greece, Greece
Markéta Pekarová Adamová
Former Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies
Strategic Advisor at KPMG, Czech Republic
Theodore Pelagidis
Deputy Governor
Bank of Greece, Greece
Panagiotis Perakis
President
Justice Watch, Greece
Kiril Petkov
Former Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2021-2022)
Volacom, Member of NGIC, Bulgaria
Nikos Petrakis
Country Manager
Visa, Greece
Costas Petroutsos
Managing Director
Ayvens, Greece
Michail Pikramenos
President Council of State; Professor of Law School
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Fernando Pinto
Associate Professor of Applied Economics
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Jean Pisani-Ferry
Senior Fellow
Bruegel, France
Zbigniew Pisarski
Founder and President
Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland
Rebecca Pitsika
Managing Partner
N2Growth, Greece
Athanasios Pittaras
Head of Applied Research & Technology
Qualco Group, Greece
Athanasios Platias
Professor Emeritus of Strategy
University of Piraeus, Greece
Athanasios Plevris
Minister of Migration & Asylum
Member of Hellenic Parliament
Lusine Poghosyan
Stone Foundation and Elise D. Fish Professor of Nursing; Professor of Health Policy and Management; Executive Director Center for Healthcare Delivery Research & Innovations (HDRI)
Columbia University, United States
Anastasia Popova
Vice President
Khodorkovsky Foundation U.S., United States
Konstantinos Pouliakas
Expert on AI, skills and labour markets
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), Greece
Charles Powell
Director
Elcano Royal Institute, Spain
Anita Prakash
Head
Research Lab Asia, India
Shishir Priyadarshi
President
Chintan Research Foundation (CRF), India
Christodoulos Protopapas
Managing Director
Hellas Sat, Greece
Spiros Protopsaltis
Secretary General of Rural Development and Food
Ministry of Rural Development and Food, Hellenic Republic
Adam Provatas
Journalist - Author
ERT, Athens Voice, Greece
Vassilios Psaltis
Group CEO
Alpha Bank, Greece
Dora Psaltopoulou
Professor of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
University of Athens , Greece
Geoffrey Pyatt
Assistant Secretary of State, Energy Resources (2022-2025), Senior Managing Director for Energy and Critical Minerals, McLarty Associates, Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council Global Energy Center
Moderators
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Moderators
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Sergey Radchenko
Professor
Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, SAIS/Johns Hopkins, United States
Faysal Rahman
Director
Deutsche Bank, United Kingdom
Mandeep Rai
Founder
The Values Compass, United Kingdom
Theodore Rakintzis
Partner
KG Law Firm, Greece
Swasti Rao
Associate Professor and Associate Dean
O.P. Jindal Global University, India
Donato Raponi
Partner
D.Raponi international Tax Consulting, Belgium
Zoe Rapti
MP for Athens B1 Constituency (North) Nea Dimokratia
Greek Parliament
Elai Rettig
Lecturer
Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Teresa Ribera
Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition
European Commission, Belgium
Roberto Rinaudo
CEO
Hellenic Train S.A., Greece
Philippe Rogge
Worldwide Public Sector & Sovereignty Leader
Microsoft, Belgium
Panagiotis Roilos
President
European Cultural Center of Delphi, Greece
Matthew Rojansky
President
USRF, United States
Nicos Rompapas
President
KEFIM, Greece
Grégoire Roos
Director, Europe, Russia & Eurasia
Chatham House, United Kingdom
Theodoros Rousopoulos
Former President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2024-2026)
Rainer Rudolph
Ambassador of Germany to Kosovo
Andrea Ruggeri
Professor of Political Science
University of Milan, Italy
Michal Rutkowski
Regional Director for Education, Health and Social Policy in the Europe and Central Asia Region
The World Bank, United States
Moderators
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Kyriacos Sabatakakis
Country Managing Director
Accenture, Greece
Filippos Sachinidis
Former Minister of Finance (2012-2012); Scientific Council Coordinator
Progressive Lab, Greece
Harry Sachinis
CEO
EYDAP (Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company), Greece
Katerina Sakellaropoulou
President of the Hellenic Republic (2020-2025)
Nikos Salakas
Chief of Corporate Center & General Counsel
Alpha Bank, Greece
Paul Salem
Vice President for International Engagement
Middle East Institute, Lebanon
Sten-Kristian Saluveer
Director
Tallinn Digital Summit - hosted by the Prime Minister of Estonia, Estonia
Carla Sands
Chair, Foreign Policy Initiative, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Energy Policy, AFPI US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark (ret.)
America First Policy Institute, United States
John Saracakis
President
American - Hellenic Chamber Of Commerce, Greece
Constantinos Saravakos
Head of Research
KEFIM, Center for Liberal Studies, Greece
Ioannis Sarmas
Honorary President at the Greek Court of Auditors and Caretaker Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic (2023)
KATERINA SAVVAIDOU
Associate Professor
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Andreas Richard Schaal
Global Relations and Cooperation Director and Sherpa
OECD, France
Alexander Schallenberg
President
Europe's Futures Initiative (EFI), Austria
Margaritis Schinas
Vice-President (2019-2024)
European Commission
Jeffrey Schlegelmilch
Associate Professor for Professional Practice in Climate, Director National Center for Disaster Preparedness
Columbia Climate School, Columbia University, United States
George Scutaru
CEO
New Strategy Center, Romania
Alexandra Sdoukou
Spokesperson, New Democracy &
F. Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy
Stanislav Secrieru
National Security Advisor
Presidency, Republic of Moldova
Sotirios Sermpos
Professor of International Politics, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Greece
Democritus University of Thrace, General Secretariat of the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Greece
Maria Sferruzza
CEO
DESFA, Greece
Eitan Shamir
Managing Director
Begin Sadat Center (BESA) for Strategic Studies, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Calie Sharman
General Manager Greece, Cyprus, Malta & Israel
Ipsen, Greece
Howard J. Shatz
Senior Economist
RAND, United States
Marinos Shiapanis
CEO & Co-Founder
Campeόn Gaming, Greece
Eugenia Siapera
Professor, (co)Director UCD Centre for Digital Policy
University College Dublin, Ireland
Gerasimos Siasos
Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Head of Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, Greece
Dimitra Siatitsa
PhD Urban Planning, Researcher
Freelancer and postdoc researcher at NTUA, Greece
Monika Sie Dhian Ho
General Director
Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Netherlands
Slawomir Sierakowski
President of the Program Board
Impact CEE Conference, Senior Fellow DGAP, Head of Krytyka Polityczna, Poland
Konstantinos Sifnaios
Vice President & Managing Director
Gastrade S.A., Greece
Manolis Sigalas
President Europe
Hill International, Greece
Simos Simeonidis
Managing Partner and Co-Founder
Kos Biotechnology Partners, United States
Dimitris Skalkos
Secretary General for International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Hellenic Republic
Ioannis Skandalis
Associate Professor
Law School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Christos-Georgios Skertsos
Minister of State Responsible for the Coordination of Government Policies
Presidency of the Government, Hellenic Republic
Kostas Skrekas
MP for Trikala, Secretary General
Nea Demokratia
Theodore Skylakakis
Member of Parliament State, Minister of Environment and Energy (2023-2025), Alternate Minister of Finance (2020-2023)
Wolfgang Sobotka
President of the National Council (Speaker of the Austrian Parliament 2017–2024)
President of Campus Tivoli, Austria
Dimitrios Sotiropoulos
Professor of Political Science
National and Kapodistrian University Athens, Greece
Despina Spanou
Deputy Director-General
European Commission, Europe
Mark Speich
Secretary General
Konrad-Adenauer Foundation, Germany
Diomidis Spinellis
Professor of Software Engineering
Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Christos Staikouras
Minister of Infrastructure & Transport (2023-2025)
Hellenic Republic
Panagiotis Stampoulidis
Deputy CEO
Growthfund, The National Fund of Greece, Greece
Katia Stathaki
CEO
NEXI Greece, Greece
Alkiviadis Stefanis
Governor, Mount Athos, f. Minister of National Defence, Hellenic Republic, Honorary Chief of the Hellenic Army
Yannis Stournaras
Governor
Bank of Greece
Evripidis Stylianidis
MP for Rodopi, Minister of Education (2007-2009), Minister of Transportation and Communications (2009); Minister of the Interior (2012-2013), Associate Professor, Law School, European University Cyprus
Monika Sus
Professor of the Polish Academy of Sciences; Part-time professor at the Robert Schuman Centre at the European University Institute and Faculty Member of the Hertie School
Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Lidwein Suur
Achmea’s Executive Board
Achmea, Greece
Santiago Sánchez López
Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Economic Affairs of the People's Party
Spain
Dubravka Šuica
Commissioner for the Mediterranean
European Commission
Moderators
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Maria Tadeo
Head of EU News and Correspondent
Euronews , Belgium
Frank Talbot
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Atlantic Council, United States
Tomohiko Taniguchi
Specially Appointed Professor
University of Tsukuba, Japan
Christos Tarantilis
Partner, Government and Infrastructure Leader, South Business Unit of Europe Central Super Region and Government and Public Sector Leader; Professor of Management Science and Technology
EY; Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Theofanis Tasis
Professor of Philosophy of Information and Digital Humanism
Ionia University, Greece
Paul Taylor
Senior Visiting Fellow, European Policy Centre
Columnist, The Guardian, France
Marios Themistocleous
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Health, Hellenic Republic
Spyros Theodoropoulos
Chairman
SEV, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, Greece
Dr. Marina Theodotou
Executive Director
Center for Frontier AI Security, United States
Christina Theofilidi
General Manager of Retail Banking Executive Member of the BoD
NBG, Greece
Stavros Thomadakis
Emeritus Professor
University of Athens, Greece
Gerassimos Thomas
Director-General for Taxation and Customs Union
European Commission, Belgium
Stig Thorgersen
Partner, Global Consulting Government & Defense Leader
EY
Nathalie Tocci
Director
Institute of International Affairs, Italy
Marilia Tompra
Country Director
Sephora, Greece
Plamen Tonchev
Head of Asia Unit
Institute of International Economic Relations (IIER/ΙΔΟΣ), Greece
Konstantinos Toutouzas
President of the Hellenic Society of Cardiology
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Alexandra Tragaki
Professor in Economic Demography
Harokopio University of Athens, Greece
Antonia Trichopoulou
Member of the Athens Academy
Academy of Athens, Greece
Ioannis Tsakiris
Vice President of the European Investment Bank
Luxembourg
Zenovia Tsantrizou
Owner
Super Creta Group, Greece
Michalis Tsarbopoulos
CHIEF DIGITAL AND TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
ALPHA BANK, Greece
Charalambos Tsekeris
Acting Chair
Greek National Commission for Bioethics & Technoethics, Greece
Dimitrios Tsesmetzoglou
CEO, Greece & Cyprus
Howden Hellas Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers, Greece
Julia Tsetis
President & CEO
UNI-PHARMA & InterMed, Greece
Vasileios Tsianos
Vice President
Neo Performance Materials, Canada
Evangelos Tsilis
National Director
SOS Children's Villages Greece, Greece
Dimitrios Tsiodras
Member of the European Parliament
European Parliament
Alexis Tsipras
Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic (2015-2019)
Dimitris Tsitsiragos
Chairman of the Board of Directors
ALPHA BANK, Greece
Loukas Tsoukalis
President
Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Greece
Elias Tsoukatos
Associate Partner, Athens | AI, GenAI & Agentic
McKinsey & Company, Greece
Niki Tsouma
CEO
IDIKA S.M.S.A., Greece
Robert Tyler
Senior Policy Advisor
New Direction - Foundation for European Conservatism, United Kingdom
Makis Tzeis
Managing Director Greece, Cyprus, Malta & Romania
Atradius, Greece
Apostolos Tzitzikostas
Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism
European Commission
Pantelis Tzortzakis
Chief Executive Officer
Hellenic Center For Defence Innovation S.A. (HCDI), Greece
Theodore Tzouros
Executive General Manager, Chief of Corporate and Investment Banking
Piraeus Bank SA, Greece
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Sanam Vakil
Director, Middle East and North Africa Programme
Chatham House, United Kingdom
Carmit Valensi
Head of Syria Research Program
Institute for National Security Studies INSS, Israel
Konstantin Valkov
Director Special Projects and University Lecturer
New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria
Robin Van Puyenbroeck
Executive Director - Business Development
World Trade Centers Association, United States
Anna Van Zoest
Director
Netherlands Atlantic Association, Netherlands
Vardis Vardinogiannis
CEO
Couch Heroes, Greece
Petros Varelidis
Secretary General For Natural Environment and Water
Ministry of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic
Georgios Varouxakis
Professor of the History of Political Thought
Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Dimitrios Vartzopoulos
Deputy Minister of Health
Hellenic Republic
Miltiadis Varvitsiotis
Vice President and CEO
Skaramangas Shipyards, Greece
Sevi Vassileva
General Manager for Greece, Cyprus, Malta, and Israel
Visa, Greece
Konstantinos Vassiliou
Deputy CEO | Head of Corporate & Investment Banking
Eurobank S.A., Greece
Dimitris Vassos
CEO & Founder
Omilia, Greece
Ivan Vejvoda
Senior Fellow
Austrian Institute for International Affairs - ÖIIP, Serbia
Veronica Vella
Researcher
University of Liège, Belgium
Spyridon Venetsianos
General Manager, Head of Structured Finance, CIB
EUROBANK S.A., Greece
Evangelos Venizelos
former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Professor emeritus of Constitutional Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Marcos Veremis
Partner
Big Pi Ventures, Greece
Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Netcompany, Denmark
Nikos Vettas
General Director, IOBE and Professor
Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Gelsomina Vigliotti
Vice President
EIB - European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
Lilian Venetia Vildiridi
Secretary General for Health Services
Ministry of Health, Hellenic Republic
Leslie Vinjamuri
President and CEO
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Nicholas Vinocur
Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Europe
POLITICO Europe, Belgium
Spyridon Vlachopoulos
Professor of Public Law
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Michalis Vlastarakis
Group CMO
Eurobank, Greece
George Vlavianos
Co-Head of Greece Country Group, Managing Partner of Qatar, Co-Managing Partner of Riyadh and Co-Head of International Arbitration Africa
DLA Piper, Qatar
Ludovic Voet
Confederal Secretary
ETUC, Belgium
Dimosthenis Voivontas
CEO
DAPEEP S.A, Greece
Joshua Volz
Special Envoy for Energy Integration
U.S. Department of Energy, United States
Ioannis Vougioukas
CEO
Cooperative Bank of Epirus, Greece
Eleni Vrettou
CEO
CREDIABANK, Greece
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Henry Huiyao Wang
Founder and President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
Former Counselor to China State Council
Esme Ward
Director
Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
William Wechsler
Senior Director, Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East Programs
Atlantic Council, United States
David Wheeldon
Senior Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy EMEA, YouTube
Google, United Kingdom
Anna Wieslander
Director for Northern Europe
Atlantic Council
Walter Willett
Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States
Jeff Wilson
Chief Strategy Officer
Export-Import Bank of the United States, United States
Deborah Wince Smith
President & CEO
Council on Competitiveness, United States
Martin Wolf
Chief Economics Commentator
Financial Times, United Kingdom
Cornelia Woll
President
Hertie School Berlin, Germany
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Sofia Zacharaki
Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports
Hellenic Republic
Panos Zachariadis
Technical Director, Atlantic Bulk Carriers BoD Hellenic Chamber of Shipping
Atlantic Bulk Carriers, Greece
Aigly Zafeirakou
Senior Advisor Education Policies, Learning
The World Bank, United States
Yannos Zafeiris
Marketing and Communications Director
Ayvens, Greece
Jerry Zagoritis
Founder & Chief Strategist
Campaign Lab, Belgium
George Zanias
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Eurobank, Greece
Spyros Zavitsanos
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Alter Ego Media S.A., Greece
George Zavvos
Chairman of the Board
Hellenic Development Bank, Greece
Endy Zemenides
Executive Director
Hellenic American Leadership Council
Valbona Zeneli
Senior Fellow
Atlantic Council, United States
Emmanuel Zervakis
President, Hellenic Emerging Technologies Industry Association (HETiA) President, Hellenic Chips Competence Centre (HCCC) Chief Business Officer, ES Systems
Greece
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Director
Bruegel, Belgium
Valeriu Stefan Zgonea
President
The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM), Romania
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