Meet the minds guiding the next generation of AI
From AI researchers and product leaders to educators and founders — the GenAI Summit lineup spans every orbit of innovation
Speakers
Our lineup is still growing — keep visiting for fresh speaker reveals!
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H.E. Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
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Arthur Mensch
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer @ Mistral AI
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Konstantina Christakopoulou
Senior Research Engineer @ Google DeepMind
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Valerie Focke
Lead, International Education Programs & Partnerships @ OpenAI
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Dimitris Papastergiou
Minister of Digital Governance
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Olga Kefalogianni
Minister of Tourism
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Andreas Athanassopoulos
Group CEO Olympia Group @ Olympia Group
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Pieris Christofi
Forward Deployed Engineering @ ElevenLabs
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Lars Rasmussen
Angel Investor & Panathēnea co-founder @ Panathēnea + Self + Florent VC
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Tey Bannerman
Fmr. McKinsey Partner & AI Innovation Leader
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Sandy Papadimitriou
Deployment Strategist @ Palantir
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Dr. Dimitris Alexandrou
Co-Founder & Business Innovation Director @ UBITECH
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Michael Petychakis
Chief Technology Officer @ Dialectica
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Elena Pittarokoili
Education Data Science @ Stanford, Human Data @OpenAI
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François Candelon
Partner @ Seven2 | ex Global Director of the BCG Henderson Institute
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Bill Karnazes
CSO & GM of Corporate Services @ Viohalco companies
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Yannis Krasonikolakis
Director, Head of Applied Intelligence and Predictive Analytics @ Grant Thornton
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Petros Fragkiskos
Partner | Technology, AI, M&A Tech @ Drakopoulos Law Firm
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Mariza Fotiou
ex-VP Digital Product Management @ BP | Founder @ CIQ Limited
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Shaig Abduragimov
Solutions Lead, Government & Education — EMEA & APAC @ OpenAI
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Antonis Kotzamanidis
CEO @ Entersoftone
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Damianos Chatziantoniou
Professor @ Athens University of Economics and Business
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Sokratis Kartakis
GenAI Blackbelt @ Google
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Spiros Tassis
Partner @ POTAMITISVEKRIS Law Firm
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Giannis Salichos
Chief Technology & Platforms Officer ENTERSOFTONE @ Entersoftone
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Nikos Stathakis
Data & AI Director @ Steelmet | Viohalco Companies
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Tassos Markas
Director Innovation & Incubation @ Lenovo
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George Verouchis
Consultant @ D ONE
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Antonio Di Marzo
Senior Director Product Management and Applied AI @ EPAM Systems
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Krzysztof Zoldak
Head of Business - Greece @ EPAM Systems
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Panagiotis Makryniotis
Managing Director @ Lenovo Greece & Cyprus
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Aris Yeager
Creator & Founder @ Storytime
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Martin Roemheld
E- Mobility Expert
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Konstantinos Takos
Partner, Head of Workforce Transformation @ PwC Greece
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Athanasios Spanos
Partner, Operations and AI Leader @ PwC Greece
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Kimon Drakopoulos
Executive Advisor, AI and Innovation, PwC Greece & Associate Professor Data Sciences and Operations (USC)
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Michalis Alexiou
IT & IS Product Manager - Senior Auditor @ TÜV NORD Hellas
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Christos Petrocheilos
CEO @ Sophea.ai
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Ilia Tzortzopoulou
General Manager GR, CY & MT @Wonderful
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Kostas Varsamos
Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Ai by DNA
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Katerina Glava
Partner, Engineering, AI & Data Leader @ Deloitte
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George Tsarouchas
Chief Executive Officer @ Dialectica
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Andreas Papadakis
CEO @ Archeiothiki S.A.
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Christos Tarantilis
EY Greece Partner, Head of Government and Public Sector @ EY
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George Panagiotou
VP Engineering @ Plum Fintech
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Marios Lioutas
Senior Data & AI Consultant @ D ONE
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Michalis Rikakis
CEO @ Dikaio.ai
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Barry Rogers
Director, Destination Strategy @ TOPOSOPHY
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Panos Vagenas
Technical Steering Committee Member @ Docling (Linux Foundation)
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Kostas Karolemeas
Architect & Tech Lead, GAIA Platform @ UBITECH
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Stefanos Tentolouris
Partner, Tax & Legal @ Deloitte
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Maria-Alexandra Papoutsi
AI & Legal Transformation Leader @ KBVL - Deloitte Legal
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Theo Varvadoukas
Enterprise Lead @ Palantir
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Dr. Stavros Vassos
Co-Founder & CEO @ Helvia.ai
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Stavros Stavrinoudakis
Analytics Business Unit Director @ PERFORMANCE
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Panos Chronopoulos
IBM Data & AI Sales Specialist @ IBM
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Sofia Argiti
Data & AI Solutions Specialist @ IBM Hellas
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Fotis Foukalas
Technology director @ Cogninn
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Themistoklis Nikolis
Head of AI @ Sophea AI
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Stergios Statharas
Energy Market Analyst @ Hyperion-X
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Charis Amourgis
End User Sales Manager, Public & Private Sector, Greece & Cyprus @ HP Inc.
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Spyros Alvertis
Experience Architect @ UBITECH
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Eleftheria Despoinara
Data & AI Director, I&D Lead @ Accenture
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Dr. George Passalis
Data & AI Managing Director, Athens CoE Lead @ Accenture
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George Pallioudis
Managing Director, Financial Services Lead @ Accenture
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Dimitris Kouklakis
Senior Vice President Cluster Europe for Process Technology @ TÜV NORD Hellas
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Sotirios Dimopoulos
Senior Manager, Data Science & AI @ HP Inc.
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George Nasoulis
Group Chief Data & Analytics Officer @ Piraeus Bank
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Ioannis Tsiliras
Data and AI Transformation Director @ OTE GROUP
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Elias Vyzas
Partner, Head of Consulting, EY Greece | Data, Analytics & AI Center of Excellence Leader EC AI & DATA Leader
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Dimitrios Skaltsas
Co-Founder & CEO @ Intelligencia AI
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Ioannis Achillea Kefalogiannis
Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection
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Antonios Karampatzos
Professor of Civil Law @ National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Law
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Pantelis Tzortzakis
CEO @ Hellenic Centre for Defence Innovation
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Theodoros Makridakis
Data Scientist @ ReDataset
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Georgios Gkekas
Chief Technology Officer @ Sthenos AI (EFA Group)
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Chrysa Benou
Senior HR Business Partner @ Uni Systems
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Haris Margaritis
Group Chief Operating Officer, EGM @ Piraeus
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Amalia Konstantakopoulou
Co - founder & Director @ NGO “The Tipping Point”
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Vassilis Koutsoumpas
Digital Policy and AI Adviser @ Office of the Prime Minister of Greece
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Maxim Stykow, PhD
Principal Consultant @ TNG Technology Consulting GmbH
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Alexander zur Bonsen
Senior Consultant @ TNG Technology Consulting GmbH
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Dimitris Papadakis
Product & Innovation Manager @ ReDataset
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Kostas Ketselidis
Co-Founder & CEO @ Uplodio
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George Riskas
Head of Digital @ Papastratos
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Pavlos Konstas
Fellow @ Harvard University / As.Partner @ IBM
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Melina Mai
Investment Manager @ Big Pi Ventures
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Lefteris Katsiadakis
co-founder & CEO @ Panathēnea
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Dimitrios Triantafyllopoulos
Managing Director @ Hellenic Hydrogen
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Vasiliki Koniakou
Law & Technology Expert, Senior Researcher, Head of IPR Management at AUEB Technology Transfer Office
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George Plevris
Head of Strategic Planning & International Cooperation @ Ministry of Environment & Energy of Greece
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Penny Kontogeorgou
Partner, ZK Law
Co-Founder & BoD Member of Science 2 Business -

Panos Stravopodis
Co-founder & CTO @ Elyos AI
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Dimitrios Ilias
Cofounder & CTO @ Intryc
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Thanasis Politis
Solutions Architect @ PCG
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George Domalis
Co Founder @ Novelcore
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Rafael Perez
Chief Executive Officer @ Innision
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Panos Mantas
Co-Founder & CEO @ Sally (formerly Coinbux)
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Ismini Papakirillou
Chief Executive Officer @ Hellenic Development Bank
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Christina Grigoriadou
Attorney at Law @ Moussas Law Firm
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Ioanna Sanida
Data Science Team Lead @ Kaizen Gaming
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Nestoras Chalkidis
Senior Data Scientist @ Kaizen Gaming
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Dimitrios Georgiou
Strategy & Transactions @ Deloitte | BoD @ Onassis Scholars Association
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Konstantina Mavrodimitraki
Senior Solutions Architect @ AWS
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Nikos Ververidis
Board member @ ΕΛc productions
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Nancy Zachariadou
Director at Corporate Responsibility Unit @ Piraeus Bank
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Ioanna Taouki
Lead GenAI Instructional Designer @ 100mentors
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Benjamin Isaias
CTO @ Wallbid
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Panos Konstantinidis
Co-founder and CEO @ Evenly
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Nikos Maniatis
Partner, Head of Technology and Transformation @ KPMG in Greece
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George Katsouranis
Deputy Group CHRO @ Piraeus Group
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Lefteris Sergios
Head of Data @ ReDataset
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Dimitris Karystinos
Data, Analytics, AI Solutions Manager @ Uni Systems
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Thanos Fountas
Business Development & AI Manager @ BEWISE
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Dimitris Tryfon
President @ Winmedica
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Thalia Louzo
Project Finance Development @ Conbulk Shipmanagement Corporation
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Michalis Stangos
President & Partner @ L-Stone Capital
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Dimi Karatasios
Head of Applied AI Engineering @ Pfizer
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Alex Eleftheriadis, Ph.D.
Founding Partner @ Big Pi Ventures
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Sotiris Bersimis
Scientific Advisor in AI and Innovation @ COVARIANCE - Professor of Analytics and Industrial Statistics @ University of Piraeus
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Eirini Petrou
Doctoral researcher @ ETH Zürich
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Athina Nisioti
ML Engineer/Tech Lead @ Roche
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Dr. Naya Giannakopoulou
AI Architect @ Microsoft Innovation Hub
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Christos Michas
Director Greece, Cyprus and Malta @ UiPath
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Peggy Antonakou
Regional General Manager @ Google
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Petros Fortsakis
COO/CRO @ OSeven Telematics
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Pavlos Kolios
Staff Product Manager @ Hack The Box
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Panos Karachalios
Founder & Product @ Lawgic IKE
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Mert Cevik
Principal Solutions Engineer @ UiPath
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Anna Stefanidou
Head of Digital Learning @ Athens College
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Prof. Spiros N. Pollalis
President @ Athens College
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Sophie Wehrle Tsimpoulis
Head of Growth @ Juisci
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Nikos Fountas
Chief Operating Officer @ Hack The Box
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Vassilis Katsouros
Director of Institute for Language and Speech Processing @ Athena Research Center
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Sokratis Sofianopoulos
Senior Researcher @ Institute for Language and Speech Processing @ Athena Research Center & CEO of layer42labs
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Panos Achlioptas
Co-Founder and Senior Scientist @ Oumi.ai
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Georgios Giaples
Robotics Product Manager @ kIEFER
Previous speakers
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H.E. Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
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Dr. Konstantina Palla
Senior Research Scientist @ Spotify
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Sandy Papadimitriou
UC Berkeley | Deployment Strategist @ Palantir
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Eleni Verteouri
GenAI Tech Lead and Director @ UBS (under private capacity)
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Ippokratis Pandis
VP/Distinguished Engineer @ Amazon Web Services
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Niko Bonatsos
Managing Director @ General Catalyst
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Andreas Stavropoulos
Partner @ Threshold Ventures
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Dr. Dimitrios Alexandrou
Business Innovation Director @ UBITECH
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Dr. Alex Eleftheriadis
Partner @ Big Pi Ventures and angel investor. Co-founder of Vidyo. Professor of Electrical Engineering @ Columbia.
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Dimitris Papastergiou
Minister of Digital Governance
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Yanna Andronopoulou
General Manager @ Microsoft Greece, Cyprus and Malta
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George Georgopoulos
Chief Human Resources and Group Change Officer @ Piraeus
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Vincent C. Fung
Partner, Education & Workforce @ IBIS Capital
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Aleksandar Preradovic
General Manager, Greece, Cyprus & Malta @ Dell Technologies
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Vivi Charalampoyanni
Deputy Minister of the Interior
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George Nasoulis
General Manager – Group CDO @ Piraeus Bank
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Antonios Sagris
Senior Director, Group Corporate Development & ESG @ Piraeus Financial Holdings
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Marianna Nathanail
Head of the European Investment Bank Group (EIBG) Office in Greece
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Niki Kerameus
Minister of Labour and Social Security of the Hellenic Republic
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Constantinos Tsoutsoplides
Head of the European Parliament Liaison Office in Greece
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Dr. Panagiotis Gouvas
Research & Development Director @ UBITECH
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Odysseas Christoforidis
Chief Transformation Officer @ Teleperformance Greece
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Christos Tarantilis
Partner, Head of Government and Public Sector @ EY
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Dr. Marily Nika
AI Product Lead @ Google | Founder @ AI Product Academy
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Mariza Fotiou
VP Digital Product Management @ BP | Founder @ CuriousIQ (under private capacity)
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Spyros Skiadopoulos
Principal, Engineering, AI & Data, @ Deloitte
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Dr. Andrew Sellers
Head of Technology Strategy @ Confluent
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Sofia Zacharaki
Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Affairs
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Andreas Papadakis
Co-Founder, Vice President, and CEO, Archeiothiki SA.
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Prof. Phoebe Koundouri
Prof. School of Economics and Director ReSEES @ AUEB & DTU, Chair @ AE4RIA
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Theo Varvadoukas
Enterprise Lead @ Palantir
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Olga Kefalogianni
Minister of Tourism
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Panagiotis Agis Oikonomou-Filandras
Principal Data Scientist of the AI team @ Kaizen Gaming
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Dr. Lazaros Polymenakos
Partner, Consulting @ EY | EMEIA Consulting Artificial Intelligence Leader
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Ismini Papakirillou
Chief Executive Officer @ Hellenic Development Bank
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Dimitris Tasias
Partner, Technology Consulting Government & Public Sector Leader @ EY
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Aurélio Amaral
Manager, Programs @
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Stamatis Tsolakidis
Data Center Sales Executive, Greece, Cyprus & Malta, Global Specialty Sales @ Dell Technologies
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George Dritsanos
Secure Power VP South-East Europe @ Schneider Electric
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Natasa Maraka
Head of Change Management | Workforce Transformation @ PwC Greece
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Nancy Zachariadou
Director, Corporate Responsibility Unit @ Piraeus
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Giuseppe Giordano
EMEA Lead – Trusted Data Services @ Accenture
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Dr. Simone Abbiati
Head of Training & Education @ Squirro
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Panagiotis Karampinis
Managing Director @ Endeavor Greece
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Alexandros Panagiotopoulos
Head of Investments @ HDBI
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Dimitris Georgiou
Strategy & Transactions Advisory @ Deloitte | BoD Member @ Onassis Scholars' Association
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Christos Vassilopoulos
Principal in Engineering, AI & Data department of Transformation & Technology practice @ Deloitte Greece
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Nikos Diamantopoulos
General Manager @ Marketing Greece
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Dr. George Goudelis
Head of AI Engineering @ PwC Greece
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Gerasimos Mileounis
Data & AI Managing Director, Accenture
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Costis Paikos
Director of Digital @ OPAP
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Stavros Stavrinoudakis
Director Analytics Business Unit @ Performance
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Christos Michas
Data & AI FSS Sales Leader @ IBM
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Yannis Mastrogeorgiou
Special Secretary of Foresight Strategy @ the Presidency of the Hellenic Government
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Elena Papadimitriou
Head of Editorial @ fyi.news
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Iakovos Sarmas
Associate @ White & Case LLP
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Thanassis Bouras
Research Strategy Director @ UBITECH
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Kostas Kontogiannis
Chief Financial Officer @ Skroutz.gr
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Theodore Konstantakopoulos
Partner | Head of TMT & Data @ Zepos & Yannopoulos
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George Chalkiadakis
CEO @ My-Buddy AI
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Catherine Richards
Enterprise AI Strategist @ Expera Consulting
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Alexandros Papaspyridis
Managing Director of Nefos Consulting, ex Global Director for Azure Data & AI solutions in Education at Microsoft
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Dimitris Skalkos
Secretary General for International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Margarita Akritidou
Legal Officer @ European Data Protection Board
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Polychronis Papachristou
Strategic Foresight & Innovation Director @ ADAPTIT S.A.
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Dimitris Mallas
Journalist, Greece
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Eleftherios Podimatas
Manager of Innovation Product Development @ HDB - Hellenic Development Bank SA
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George Passalis
Data & AI Managing Director, Accenture
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Evangelos Zarkadoulas
Ph.D Law Researcher @ VUB-CDSL
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George Domalis
Co Founder @ NOVELCORE
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Pavlos Konstas
Fellow @ Harvard University | Associate Partner @ IBM
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Antonia Karamolegkou
PhD researcher, University of Copenhagen, Denmark | Onassis Foundation Scholar
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Spyros Doukakis
Assistant Professor @ Ionian University | Chair @ Hellenic Institute of Educational Policy
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Nikolaos Kostopoulos
Lead Software Engineer @ PAPERGO
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Dr. Ioannis G. Nikolakopoulos
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Code.Hub PC
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Dimitris Tsakalidis
Co Founder @ NOVELCORE
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Dr. Maria- Oraiozili Koutsoupia
Founder of Rythmisis / Officer (EC Brussels)/ EU AI Board
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Nikolaos Tzollas
Deputy Governor for Digital Governance
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George Cassar
Customer Success and Technical Sales Manager @ IBM Greece and Cyprus
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Niamh Whelan
Lead, Programs @
WISE - Qatar Foundation -
Sofia Argiti
Data & AI Solutions Specialist @ IBM Greece and Cyprus
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Kostas Siliverdis
Business Development Director @ Benefit Software
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Hara Stefanou
Project Manager @ Maggioli SpA
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Saif Al-Zobaydee
Solutions Architect @ PCG
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Vassilis Karkatzounis
Legal Policy Advisor @ the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance
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Bassim Hijazi
Community Engagement Lead
@ WISE - Qatar Foundation -

Virginia Kokiou
Lawyer and the Chief of Staff and Legal Counsel to the Special Secretary of Foresight
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Christina Dafni
Director - Consulting & Software Department @ Cosmos Business Systems SA
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Alexandra Kardami
Founder & CEO @ One Whole Comm Experts
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Thanasis Politis
Solutions Architect @ PCG
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Amalia Konstantakopoulou
Co - founder & Director @NGO “The Tipping Point”
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Dr. Mihalis Kritikos
Secretary of the European Group of Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE)
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Nassos Katsamanis
Principal Researcher @ ATHENA R.C.
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Vasiliki Pechlivani
Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Coordinator @ St. Catherine's British School
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Demetrios Sampson
Professor & Director of MSc Program on Digital Learning, Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Athens, Greece
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Aristodimos Komninos
AI & XR Product Manager @ Trimble SketchUp | ex-Urban Designer @ SOM | SMArchS @ MIT
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Maria Vakola
Organizational Psychologist and Professor @ AUEB
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Subhan Ali
AI Product Lead @ NVIDIA
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Konstantinos Amplianitis
Senior AI Scientist | Deep-tech investor @ Metavallon VC
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Yannis Assael
Staff Research Scientist @ Google DeepMind, Special Advisor on AI, Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance
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Anna Tzika
Regional Councillor
Region of Central Macedonia -

Christos Porios
Public Interest Technologist, ex-Google, Harvard