Agenda

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8:30 AM

Registration and Networking

9:30 AM

Opening Remarks

Ted Hu
Senior Manager of Licensing, MIT Technology Review

Iliana Magra
Journalist, Kathimerini

09:45 AM

Eirini Schlosser
CEO & Founder, Dyania Health

Moderator: Iliana Magra, Journalist, Kathimerini

10:15 AM

Gal Chechik
Sr. Director of AI Research, NVIDIA
Professor, Bar-Ilan University

Moderator: Yiannis Palaiologos, Correspondent-at-large, Kathimerini

11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11:30 AM

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

12:00 PM

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

12:45 PM

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

1:15 PM

Lunch Break

2:15 PM

Andrianos Botsios
Developer of the first Greek AI Robot "Niki"
Founder, Dynamic Innovation
High School Student

Moderator: Thanasis Katsikidis, Freelance Columnist, Kathimerini

2:45 PM

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

3:30 PM

Artemis Seaford
Head of AI Safety, ElevenLabs

Moderator: Matina Charkoftaki, Journalist, Kathimerini

4:00 PM

Coffee Break

4:15 PM

Ted Hu
Senior Manager of Licensing, MIT Technology Review

4:45 PM

Demba Ba
Gordon McCkay Professor of Electrical Engineering, Harvard University

Moderator: Vassilis Papakonstantinou, Partner, Head of Technology, Blue Dome Capital

5:30 PM

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

8:30 AM

Registration and Networking

9:30 AM

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

10:00 AM

Junaid Bajwa
Senior Partner and Head of UK, Flagship Pioneering
Science Partner, Pioneering Intelligence

Moderator: Charlotte Jee, News editor, MIT Technology Review

10:45 AM

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

11:15 AM

Coffee Break

11:45 AM

Dimitris Papastergiou
Minister of Digital Governance of the Hellenic Republic

Moderator: Margarita Pournara, Journalist, Kathimerini

12:15 PM

Danilo McGarry
Chief AI & Transformation Office, Ective

Moderator: Iliana Magra, Journalist, Kathimerini

1:00 PM

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

1:45 PM

Lunch Break

2:45 PM

Luc Julia
Chief Scientific Officer, Renault Group France
Co-Creator of SIRI

Moderator: Charlotte Jee, News editor, MIT Technology Review

3:30 PM

Petros Koumoutsakos
Professor of Computing in Engineering & Sciences, Harvard University

Moderator: Thanasis Katsikidis, Freelance Columnist, Kathimerini

4:00 PM

Coffee Break

4:15 PM

Peter Hill
Chief Technology Officer, Synthesia.io

Moderator: Charlotte Jee, News editor, MIT Technology Review

5:00 PM

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

5:30 PM

Closing Remarks