StartupNow Forum 2019 Speakers
Prof. Konstantinos Aravossis
[Assoc. Professor, NTUA, General Secretary for Natural Environment and Water, Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy, Scientific Responsible, GreenTech Symposium]
Prof. Konstantinos Aravossis is General Secretary for Natural Environment
and Water at the Greek
Christos Nikoloudis
[Mantis Business Innovation]
Christos Nikoloudis is a graduate mechanical engineer from the National Technical University of
Ambassador Geoffrey R. Pyatt
[U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Greece]
Geoffrey R. Pyatt, a career member of the Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, was sworn in
Michalis Tsarbopoulos
[Eurobank]
Michalis Tsarbopoulos is the Chief Digital Officer of Eurobank Group, and also Head of Global
Alexandros Katsiamboulas
[ President HSWMA]
Mr. Alexandros Katsiamboulas, Chemical Engineer, NTUA with postgraduate MSc in Environmental
Athanasios Daflos
[Eurobank]
Athanassios Daflos, Head of Intelligent Services – Global Transaction Banking – Eurobank
Charalabos Charalabidis
[PASEPPE]
Charalambos Charalambidis’s professional career began in 1999 at Schneider Electric SA in the
Sotiris Syrmakezis
[Bioiatriki]
Sotiris Syrmakezis
Digital Transformation & Innovation Professional. Fintech & Digital
Panagiotis Margaris
[TITAN Group]
Panagiotis Margaris is a PMO Manager in the Group Strategic Planning division of Titan Group.
As a
Thanasis Gentimis
[SymbioLabs]
Thanasis Gentimis is the Managing Director of SymbioLabs, a spinoff company of ATHENA Research
Roula Bachtalia
[egg- enter•grow•go]
Roula Bachtalia is an active business person with strong experience in expanding innovative,
Grigorios Chasanis
[Olympia Odos S.A.]
An Electrical and Computer Engineer (University of Patras), having more than 15 years overall
Vassilis Chryssos
[Ex Machina]
Vassilis Chryssos is an entrepreneur with more than 20 years of team leading and project managing
Dr Ioanna Kastelli
[Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics, NTUA]
Dr Ioanna Kastelli is teaching and research associate at National Technical University of Athens
Kostas Tsaousis
[Founder Ideas Lab]
Δημοσιογραφος – 4 δεκαετιες σε εφημεριδες, περιοδικα, ραδιοφωνα.
Η αρχή έγινε με το περιοδικό
Christos A. Gizelis
[IT Digitalization & Innovation OTE Group of Companies]
Dr. Christos Gizels is a graduate of the Electronic Engineering Technology Department of the
Konstantinos Gogos
[Athens International Airport]
Konstantinos is an ex-startupper with a strong digital and tech understanding. Currently is α team
Giorgos Mavrias
[Ecoelastika AE]
ANASTASIA PSOMIADI Ph.D.
[APSON CSR-Womanitee]
Dr Anastasia Psomiadi founded APSON CSR Company in 2007.
APSON, collaborates with a skillful team
Pavlos Ravanis
[REWARDING RECYCLING ]
President Pavlos Ravanis was born in Athens on 1961. He is happily married and a father of two
Paris Laras
[Floating Island Studios]
Paris Laras studied programming in Athens and since branching off to the field of Game Design, he
Christos Kotsakas
[epixeiro.gr]
Christos Kotsakas is a journalist with years of experience in the fields of technology, business
Dr. Konstantinos S. Skandalis
[Enterprise Greece]
Dr. Konstantinos S. Skandalis is currently working as an executive at the
Investment Promotion
Fetsi Angeliki
[Ministry of Development and Investments.]
Chemical Engineer NTUA, MBA
Vassilis Kletsas
[Listings Division of the Athens Exchange Group]
Vassilis Kletsas is a Senior Project Manager of the Listings Division of the Athens Exchange Group.
Dimitris Fragakis
[Greek National Tourism Organisation]
Secretary General of the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO), mr. Dimitris Fragakis is 47
George M. Tentes
[Green2Sustain]
George Tentes is the Founder and Director of Green2Sustain. As an Environmental Economist and
Stylianos Grigoriadis
[Gault & Millau Hellas]
Stylianos Grigoriadis is the co-founder of BeFoo, the Parisian start-up that prepares and
delivers
Alexandros Vassilikos
[Hellenic Chamber of Hotels.]
Alexandros Vassilikos was born in Athens in 1976 and studied Economics in Nantes and
London.
In
Dimitris Kossyfas
[Google]
Dimitris Kossyfas leads the Ads sales team for Travel and Tech at Google Greece, Bulgaria,
Cyprus
Prof. George N. Skaracis
[Agricultural University of Athens ]
Professor Emeritus and Director of the Biometry Science Center at the Agricultural University of
Dr. Nikolaos Kakogiannis
[ABEC Group ]
Dr. Nikolaos Kakogiannis holds an engineering diploma (5 years) which is focused on the electrical
Dr. Lena Strantazli
[GreenTech Challenge]
She is a Mechanical Engineer (National Technical University of Athens – NTUA) with a M.Sc. in
Vasilis Liogkas
[Ministry of Environment & Energy]
Mechanical Engineer, phD candidate on Circular Economy.
M.Sc. in Urban, Spatial Planning and
Yannis Caloghiorou
[National Technical University of Athens]
Yannis D. Caloghirou is Professor of Economics of Technology and Industrial Strategy at the
Konstantinos Maragkogiannis
[Cabinet of the Minister at Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy]
Konstantinos has been working as a Senior Sustainability Consultant in Climate Change and
Giorgos Manolis
[Envinow.gr]
Georgios Manolis is an undergraduate student at School of Civil Engineering at National Technical
George Firfilionis
[D-Waste Ltd & EPEM SA]
Mr. Firfilionis is an environmental consultant, in the field of solid waste management studies at
Niki Dandolou
[ERDF]
Alexandros Costopoulos
[American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce]
Alexandros Costopoulos is a communications strategist, renowned speaker and seasoned contributor to
Konstantinos Yazitzoglou
[GEOHELLAS SA]
Konstantinos YAZITZOGLOU holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Production Management
from
Prof. Haris Doukas
[National Technical University of Athens]
Dr. Haris Doukas is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Stavros Alexakis
[360 Trust Services]
Stavros Alexakis is the Managing Director and co-owner of 360 Trust Services, and brings 25 years
Prof.George Papadakis
[Agricultural University of Athens]
George Papadakis is full Professor of renewable energy at AUA. During more than twenty
years on the
Prof. Dr. Nikolaos E. Labrou
[Agricultural University of Athens]
Director & Head of the Laboratory of Enzyme Technology, Deputy President of the
Department
Vasilis Stenos
[Solmeyea]
is an Agricultural & Environmental Engineer from Columbia University, PhD Candidate at the NTUA
Markos D. Kyriazis
[PTA REHAB Ecorthotics]
Markos Kyriazis was born in Athens on January 18, 1991. He was first
trained as an assistant nurse
Katerina Saridaki
[CapsuleT Travel & Hospitality Accelerator]
Katerina is the Director of the newly established travel & hospitality
accelerator, Capsule T .
Alexandros Bregiannis
[ΟΤΕ Group]
Alexandros Bregiannis graduated from the Department of Physics in Partas University, has a
Dimitris Tasias
[EU & Public]
Dimitris Tasias has an extensive experience in ICT projects in Greece and abroad. During his
Nektaria Kalogeropoulou
[Nokia Hellas]
Nektaria Kalogeropoulou is Sales Responsible at Nokia Hellas for New Technologies and
Michalis Stangos
[ID-GC]
Michalis is a serial entrepreneur, an innovative thinker and enabler.
Founder of Industry
Christos Kalantzis
[GreenTech Challenge Student Committee]
Christos Kalantzis is an undergraduate student at Rural and Surveying Engineering at National
Argiris Demertzis
[ecopress]
Argyris Demertzis is a journalist, member of the Journalists’ Union of Athens Daily Newspapers,
Prof. Aggelos Tsakanikas
[National Technical University of Athens]
Aggelos Tsakanikas is an Associate Professor at the Laboratory of Industrial and Energy
Economics
Stavros Theodoropoulos
[ANAMET]
Born in 1966, Stavros Theodoropoulos studied Political Science and Public Administration at the
Panagiotis Skiadas
[Viohalco Group]
Panagiotis Skiadas is currently the Sustainability Director of Viohalco SA. He joined
Viohalco in
Efi Tritopoulou
[NoWaste21]
Chemical Engineer holding a PhD diploma (NTUA) with twenty years of experience in a range of
Tasos Tsoumanis
[Plaisio Computers]
Tasos has been actively taking up challenges throughout his professional life. He states that
Anastasios Tsamis
[Dept. of Public Administration, Panteion University of Political and Social Sciences, Athens.]
Emeritus professor in Financial Accounting and
Banking, Dept. of Public Administration, Panteion
Dimitris Simos
[AFI]
Work Experience: Construction sector- credit control. Experienced in: Corporate finance,
Andreas Loukatos
[Executive Vice President ]
He has Diploma on Chemistry (University of Patras Greece, 1984) and DEA in Environmental Management
Antonis Papadakis
[HSWMA]
Antonis Papadakis was born in Athens. He is a graduate of the National Technical University of
George Iliopoulos
[HSWMA]
Studied Chemical Engineering, Master of Science in Computational Fluid Mechanics and Master in
Αndreas Andreopoulos
[HSWMA]
He graduated from the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens
Konstantinos Miltiadis Sakkas
[ENALOS Research and Development]
Dr. Konstantinos Sakkas is Managing Director of ENALOS Research and Development PC.
He is a Mining
Antonis Politis
[EIT RawMaterials ]
Antonis Politis is a Business Development Manager in the Innovation Hub East of EIT RawMaterials.
Ioannis Paspaliaris
[EIT RawMaterials]
Prof. Ioannis Paspaliaris is a Mining and Metallurgical Engineer. His current activities involve
Prof. Anastasios I. Stamou
[National Technical University of Athens ]
Professor at the Technical University of Athens (NTUA), School of Civil Engineering, in
Prof. Dr. Haris LAMBROPOULOS
[Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry ]
Prof. Dr. Haris LAMBROPOULOS: He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the London
School of Economics
Vaggelis Siokas
[Invent ICT]
Vaggelis Siokas is an Engineer Ph.D. candidate in National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in
Dimitris Georgiou
[Dishcover Tours]
Dimitri is Founder and CEO of Dishcover, envisioning to redefine culinary tourism practices.
Christos Raftogiannis
[City Crop]
Christos Raftogiannis is an ambitious entrepreneur and Founder of CityCrop Automated Indoor Farming
Antonis Papadopoulos
[Athens Digital Lab]
Antonis is an experienced business development and communications professional, with proven track
Chris Gasteratos
[Marathon VC Capital]
Chris Gasteratos is an Analyst at Marathon Venture Capital for the past three years. Chris started
Dimitris Litsikakis
[deVere Group]
O Δημήτρης Λιτσικάκης είναι απόφοιτος Πληροφορικής από το Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιά και μεταπτυχιακές
Dimitris Mitrakos
[Yamas Drinks]
Dimitris Mitrakos is Founder of Yamas Drinks, a company pioneering since 2012 with its Greek
Diomidis Theocharopoulos
[Beyond Exports]
Diomidis Theocharopoulos is specialised in the International Commerce, having experience in the
Dimitra Marina Giordamli
[Prisma Electronics SA]
Dimitra was born in Alexandroupolis. Early in her life started participating in running the family
Danae Bezantakou
[NAVIGATOR SHIPPING CONSULTANTS LTD & Concept Founder – YES FORUM]
Danae Bezantakou is CEO of Navigator Shipping Consultants, shareholder of KEFI S.A. and MATILDA
Constantine Komodromos
[VesselBot]
Constantine is a Fellow member of the Association of Charted Certified Accountants (FCCA), and has
Gerasimos Michalitsis
[Intrasoft International]
Gerasimos Michalitsis has accumulated 20+ years of experience by holding several positions in
Panos Theodossopoulos
[Oceanking SA]
Panos Theodossopoulos, Chief Digital Officer at Oceanking, has worked for the past 5 years in the
Vasileios Karavasilis
[Envy Softworks]
Vasileios Karavasilis is 26 years old, Computer Engineer, “eternal” student and Managing Director
George Karantonis
[Metavallon VC]
George is currently a partner at Metavallon VC, which is a €32 million venture capital firm that
Kostis Chlouverakis, Dr.
[Deloitte]
Kostis Chlouverakis has worked in academia and in analytics & digital advisory mainly in the
Fay Makantasi
[Dianeosis]
Fay Makantasi is Research Analyst in the organization Dianeosis and contracting Assistant Professor
Dionissis Boudouvas
[Managing Director]
Chemical Engineer-PhD. Managing Director of COMBATT S.A.-Integrated collective system for waste
Mike Papagathangelou
[Traptics]
Mike Pagagathangelou is the cofounder of Traptics LTD in which he functions mainly as a game
Georgios Megas
[Hellas National Documentation Centre]
Georgios Megas is the National Contact Point for ICT and the FET/EIC in Horizon 2020 and
Fragiskos Theofylaktos
[Prisma Consulting]
Fragiskos Theofylaktos graduated from the Department of Economics in the University of Athens and
Dimitris Tsingos
[Starttech Ventures ]
Dimitris Tsingos is a tech entrepreneur and early stage investor based in Athens, Greece. He
Paul Kidner
[The People's Trust]
Paul is the General Manager of The People’s Trust, an NGO whose mission is to relieve
Nikos Antoniou
[PJ Tech Catalyst Fund]
Nikos Antoniou is a skilled venture capitalist and finance professional with 19 years of
Alexandros Nousias
[Envolve Entrepreneurship in Greece]
Alexandros Nousias is the Country Director of Envolve Entrepreneurship in Greece.
He manages
Stratos Baloutsos
[Athens Center for Entrepreneurship ]
Stratos Baloutsos is a doctoral candidate at the department of Management Science and Technology,
Panos Chatzilazaridis
[Mana Gi SMPC]
Panos Chatzilazaridis was born in Thessaloniki in 1988, but raised in Zakynthos and Pyrgos. He
George Dimopoulos
[VentureFriends]
George has been an angel investor for the last 8 years investing in Greek and foreign tech
Eric Parks
[Velocity Partners]
Eric has acted as a mentor and advisor for several acceleration programs and competitions. He
Apostolos Thasitis
[Robert Bosch Greece]
Apostolos Thasitis joined Robert Bosch Greece in 2017 as Business Development Manager with a focus
Ioannis Capras
[BOSCH HELLAS]
Ioannis Capras graduated from the University of Munich and holds a Master’s degree in Business
Stavroula Kampouridou
[Bank of Greece]
Stavroula Kampouridou has been the FinTech advisor, since February 2017, to the Governor of the
Miron Flouris
[National Bank of Greece]
Miron Flouris works in the Digital Transformation Management of the National Bank of Greece as Head
Eri Panselina
[Journalist, Media Relations Specialist]
Having worked for more than 13 years in the Greek press, reporting on world affairs for Ethnos
Dr. George Xirogiannis
[SEV Hellenic Federation of Enterprises]
Dr George Xirogiannis is currently the Deputy Director General. He is also the Vice-Chair of the