Agenda
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Registration and Networking
Opening Remarks
Ted Hu
Senior Manager of Licensing, MIT Technology Review
Iliana Magra
Journalist, Kathimerini
Eirini Schlosser
CEO & Founder, Dyania Health
Moderator: Iliana Magra, Journalist, Kathimerini
Gal Chechik
Sr. Director of AI Research, NVIDIA
Professor, Bar-Ilan University
Moderator: Yiannis Palaiologos, Correspondent-at-large, Kathimerini
Coffee Break
Maja Pantic
Special AI Advisor, Neom
Dean of Computing, The future Neom University
Professor of AI, Imperial College London
Moderator: Apostolos Mangiriadis, Journalist, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation
Ioannis Emiris
President of Athena Research Center
Professor of Informatics, NKUA
Kosta Ligris
CEO and Founder, Stavvy
Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
Ismini Papakirilou
CEO, Hellenic Development Bank
Moderator: Symela Touchtidou, Journalist, EuroNews
George Marinos
Assistant General Manager Innovation & Digital Collaborations, NBG
Harry Margaritis
Group Chief Operating Officer, Piraeus Bank
Harry Tsavdaris
Chief Technology Officer, PwC’s Technology Practice
Moderator: Evgenia Tzortzi, Banking Editor, Kathimerini
Lunch Break
Andrianos Botsios
Developer of the first Greek AI Robot "Niki"
Founder, Dynamic Innovation
High School Student
Moderator: Thanasis Katsikidis, Freelance Columnist, Kathimerini
Vassilis Koutsoumpas
Digital Policy and AI Adviser to the Prime Minister of Greece
Giorgos Verdi
Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations
Moderator: Symela Touchtidou, Journalist, EuroNews
Artemis Seaford
Head of AI Safety, ElevenLabs
Moderator: Matina Charkoftaki, Journalist, Kathimerini
Coffee Break
Ted Hu
Senior Manager of Licensing, MIT Technology Review
Demba Ba
Gordon McCkay Professor of Electrical Engineering, Harvard University
Moderator: Vassilis Papakonstantinou, Partner, Head of Technology, Blue Dome Capital
Alex Tsilfidis
Engineering Manager, Greek Site Lead, Meta
Technology Entrepreneur
George Varvarelis
Global Sense and Act Engineering Director & Head of CNH Greece, ex-Augmenta
Moderator: Despina Konti, Journalist, Kathimerini
Registration and Networking
Julia Carpenter
CEO Apheros
MIT Technology Review's "35 Innovators under 35"
Moderator: Milagros Pérez Diez, Content Director of Events at MIT TechReview for EmTech Digital LATAM Opinno Global
Junaid Bajwa
Senior Partner and Head of UK, Flagship Pioneering
Science Partner, Pioneering Intelligence
Moderator: Charlotte Jee, News editor, MIT Technology Review
Michael Triantafyllou
Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professor in Ocean Science & Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT
Director, MIT Sea Grant Program
Moderator: Vassilis Papakonstantinou, Partner, Head of Technology, Blue Dome Capital
Coffee Break
Dimitris Papastergiou
Minister of Digital Governance of the Hellenic Republic
Moderator: Margarita Pournara, Journalist, Kathimerini
Danilo McGarry
Chief AI & Transformation Office, Ective
Moderator: Iliana Magra, Journalist, Kathimerini
Andreas Athanassopoulos
Chief Executive Officer, Olympia Group
John Gikopoulos
Chief Innovation Officer & Head of Applied Intelligence, Qualco Group
Alexandros Manos
Chief Executive Officer, Netcompany-Intrasoft
Dimitris Primpas
General Manager, IBM Greece & Cyprus
Moderator: Thelma Chatziathanasiou, Journalist, Kathimerini
Lunch Break
Luc Julia
Chief Scientific Officer, Renault Group France
Co-Creator of SIRI
Moderator: Charlotte Jee, News editor, MIT Technology Review
Petros Koumoutsakos
Professor of Computing in Engineering & Sciences, Harvard University
Moderator: Thanasis Katsikidis, Freelance Columnist, Kathimerini
Coffee Break
Peter Hill
Chief Technology Officer, Synthesia.io
Moderator: Charlotte Jee, News editor, MIT Technology Review
Antonis Armoundas
Principal Investigator, Division of Cardiology, Mass General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Moderator: Vassilis Papakonstantinou, Partner, Head of Technology, Blue Dome Capital