Speakers
Meet our RGC 2024 speakers

Grigoris Alexopoulos

Mayor of Western Achaia

Chris Allen

DG ECFIN Resident Adviser in Athens, European Commission

Alexandros Angelopoulos

CEO of Aldemar Resorts

Konstantinos Aravossis

Professor and UNESCO Chairholder on Green Innovation and Circular Economy at the NTUA, Professor at the ATHENS MBA 

Dimitris Avramopoulos

European Commissioner for Migration, Citizenship and Home Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Minister of National Defence of the Hellenic Republic, Member of the Hellenic Parliament

Theodoros Baris

Mayor of Erymanthos

Michail Bletsas

Director of Computing, MIT Media Lab

Christos Bouras

Rector, University of Patras

Paraskevi Charaboyianni

Deputy Minister of the Greek Ministry of the Interior

Angelos Chasiotis

Researcher – PhD Candidate on UoA for Climate Change Effects on Potable Water

Niki Dandolou

Special Secretary at the Ministry of Economy & Finance, Greece

Zefi Dimadama

Secretary General for Equality and Human Rights

Elsa Exarhou

CEO of Branding Greece

Nektarios Farmakis

Regional Governor of Western Greece

Konstantinos Filis

BA in Political Science and History, University of La Verne & MA in Global Governance, University of Reading & PhD in Russian Foreign Policy, University of Reading

George Floridis

Minister of Justice

Myron Flouris

Secretary General for Tourism Policy and Development
 

Dimitrios Galamatis

Secretary – General of Communication and Media of the Presidency of the Government 

Dionysios Georgopoulos

 Founder, MESOGEOS S.A

Evangelos T. Giakoumakis

President of the Administrative Council of the Public Benefit Municipal Enterprise for Cultural Development of the Municipality of Peristeri

Vasileios Gkizas

Mayor of Nafpaktos

Emmanouil Grafakos

General Secretary for  Waste Management Coordination of the Ministry of  Environment and Energy

Ioannis Kalavourziotis

President of Hellenic Open University

Alexandros Karakitsios

Research economist at the Bank of Greece

Alexis Kardampikis

Mayor of Agrafa

Louka Katseli

Professor of Economics at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Manolis Kefalogiannis

Member of the European Parliament

Andreas Kindl

German Ambassador to Greece

Konstantinos Kollias

President of the Economic Chamber of Greece

Thanasis Kontogeorgis

Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister 

Byron Kontzamanis

University of Thessaly | UTH · Department of Planning and Regional Development

Angeliki Kosmopoulou

Executive Director, Athanasios C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation

 

Elena Kountoura

Member of the European Parliament

 

Dimitrios Kouretas

Governor of Thessaly Region
 
 

Alekos Kritikos

Senior Policy Advisor. ELIAMEP, Former senior official, European Commission, Former Secretary General, Ministry of the Interior, ELIAMEP

 

Stelios Kympouropoulos

Member of European Parliament

 

Athanasios Kyriazis

General Secretary for Research and Innovation

Effie Lazaridou

Chief Executive Officer of Generation Ag Greece

Panos Loukas

CEO of the Concession Company GEFYRA SA

Vicky Makrigianni

Director of International Relations & Regional Policy at SEV

Alexandros P. Mallias

Former Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the United States

Dimitris Mantzos

Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Representative of PASOK-Kinima Allagis 

Arrif Mammadov

Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Hellenic Republic

Yannis Mastrogeorgiou

Special Secretary of Foresight Strategy at Presidency of the Government

Vangelis Meimarakis

Former President of Nea Dimokratia
Vice-Chair of the EPP Group

Lina Mendoni

Minister of Culture

Thanos Michelongonas

Vice Governor of Tourism, Peloponnese Region

Konstantinos Moutzouris

Regional Governor of Southern Aegean

Andreas Nikolakopoulos

Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Citizen Protection

Panagiotis Papanikolas

Chairman & CEO at Olympia Odos S.A.

Lena Paraskeva

News Director, Journalist, Anchorwoman
 

Spiros Protopsaltis

Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of DYPA

Dimitris Ptochos

Regional Governor of Peloponnese

Marina Rizogianni

Journalist, PELOPONNISOS NewspaperJournalist, PELOPONNISOS Newspaper

Spiros Sirmakessis

Professor, Dept of Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering, University of Peloponnese

Dimitris Skalkos

General Secretary of Public Investments and ESPA

Eleni Sotiropoulou

President of the Urban Non-Profit Organization: ΄΄Protection and Promotion of the Health of Vulnerable Populations of the program ΄΄Health for All΄΄

Kostas Spanoulis

President of the Panhellenic Association of Agricultural Photovoltaics (PSAF)

Spyros Spyridon

Managing Director, Hellenic Agency for Local Development & Local Government

Marina Stefou

Secretary General for Demography and Housing Policy of the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family

Chrysostomos Stylios

Manager, Institute of Industrial Systems, Research Center “ATHENA”

Harry Theoharis

Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance, responsible for Tax Policy

Christos Triantopoulos

Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister for State Aid and Natural Disaster Recovery

Panagiotis Tsakloglou

Deputy Minister for Social Insurance at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Kostis Tselenis

Founder & President of the Hellenic Impact Investing Network 

Theodora Tsokou

Manager, Data Consultants

Dimitris Vergados

Director, Public & Media Communication, SEV Hellenic Federation of Enterprises

Prof. Dr. Dimitrios P. Vlachakis

Professor / Reader in Genetics, Biotechnology Dept, School of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens

Sofia Voultepsi

Deputy Minister of Migration & Asylum, Member of the Greek Parliament since 2004, New Democracy, Former Government Spokeswoman (First woman to hold this Government position), Former Deputy Minister by the Prime Minister, Journalist

Georgios Voutsinos

Secretary General for Vocational Education, Training and Lifelong Learning, Hellenic Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports.

Marios Zafeiropoulos

PhD Candidate of Ancient Greek Literature and Philosophy, University of Patras

Georgios Zervos

Special Secretary for European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund Programmes Management

Sign up to our newsletter

Sign up and keep up to date with the latest news & articles of the conference.

Sign up