About Thessaly AgriBusiness Forum 2025
Thessaly AgriBusiness Forum 2025 entitled “The Future of Thessaly agriculture in the Green & Digital Era” will be held on 30/9-2/10/2025 at the Municipal Art Gallery of Larissa, be consisted of 8 high caliber sessions with 40 speakers from Greece & beyond be addressed to producers, cooperatives, businesses, academia, & policymakers, and be supported by the Region of Thessaly, Larissa Municipality, the Chamber of Larissa, the Association of Thessaly & Central Greece Industries, Larissa Industries Association, and is under the Auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
Speakers
Dr. Nicholas Dercas
Professor Agricultural University of Athens, President Thessaly Water Management Organization SA
Mr. Geert Wilms
Director, LIB/ZLTO (South Holland Farmers Organization)
Dr. Yiannis Tolias
Managing Partner, Innovatia Systems
Mr. Alexandros Dimitrakopoulos
Mandate Manager Greece-Cyprus, European Investment Fund
Agenda
Tuesday 30/9/2025
Welcome remarks
Dr. Demetrios Kouretas
Mr. Giannis Balakakis
Chapter-1: Financial Instruments, Primary sector & Tourism, Exports
Agrifood & tourism integration; Branding maturity; SMEs access to global markets; Agricultural inputs/environmental safety; Funding and Banks
Mr. George Pontikas
Ms. Anastasia Adamopoulou
Mr. Dimitris Tsetsilas
Mr. Alexandros Dimitrakopoulos
Dr. Kyriakos Pozrikidis
Break
Chapter-2: Value chains’ responsible & sustainable entrepreneurship
Chambers-Associations and development; Financing-Entrepreneurship & ESGs; Clusters & incubators; Human/labor workforce upskilling & reskilling; Key-players’ strategies
Ms. Alexandra Palli-Giannakopoulou
Mr. Christos Giakouvis
Mr. Panos Tournavitis
Ms. Ioanna-Alexandra Saitis
Ms. Ismini Papakirillou
Mr. Stelios Sarantis
Moderator
Mr. Xenophon Kappas
Break
Chapter-3: Executive Roundtable “Policy talks”
Parties’ priorities for Thessaly’s agricultural sector (subsidies, irrigation, water management, cooperatives); Rural entrepreneurship, demographic regeneration; Farmers’ access to markets, knowledge and technology; Long-term vision & strategy for Greece’s agriculture
Panelists are solely from political parties having served at State’s administration
Mr. Christos Kellas
Mr. Sokratis Famellos
Delegates' networking reception at the venue
Speakers & Partners off-site welcome reception (by invitation only)
Wednesday 1/10/2025
Chapter-4: Transformative Innovation: Towards a development roadmap for Thessaly AgriFood Sector
Smart Specialization; Agrifood Complex; Regional Innovation Policy; Systemic Approaches; Multilevel Governance
Dr. Stathis Arapostathis
Mr. Panayiotis Kalfountzos
Mr. Antonis Politis
Dr. Dimitris Goussios
Dr. Dimitris Vlachostergios
Moderator
Dr. Dimitrios Stavridis
Break
Chapter-5: Innovation, Synergies, New Technologies in primary production
Added value products; The triple helix between farming-academia-business sectors; AI & digital technologies from production to consumption; The future of precision farming
Mr. Vaios Ganis
Mr. Geert Wilms
Dr. Fotios Tekos
Mr. Dimitris Rousseas
Mr. Nikos Gousios
Moderator
Mr. Xenophon Kappas
Break
Chapter-6: Livestock & Dairy industry, Biosafety
Animal diseases & biosafety; Illegal imports; Livestock subsidies; Feed resilience in times of crises; High-quality animal products & exports
Dr. Ioannis Kaimakamis
Mr. Alexandros Triantafyllou
Ms. Ioanna Karra
Mr. Yiannis Bouras
Ms. Vicki Douma
Mr. Panagiotis Tsiampalis
Break
Chapter-7: Water management, Climate, Environment, Energy
Measures to address water scarcity in Thessaly; Climate crisis, agricultural production, adaptation; Critical infrastructure for Thessaly agriculture: Circular economy-energy autonomy in agricultural facilities
Dr. Theofanis Gemtos
Dr. Konstantinos Tsimpoukas
Dr. Nicholas Dercas
Mr. Vasileios Moraitis
Dr. Alex Papachatzis
Break
Chapter-8: Executive Roundtable “Thessaly meets the world”
Thessaly’s profile abroad; Invest in know-how transferability to Thessaly; EU green transition and Thessaly; Cross-border opportunities & cooperation; Thessaly agrifood connection with high-quality tourism; Labor workforce
Dr. Demetrios Kouretas
Mr. Arif Mammadov
Ms. Nahida Rahman Shumona
Mr. Timur Sultangozhin
End of the programme, Delegates' networking reception at the venue
Speakers & Partners off-site welcome reception (by invitation only)
Thursday 2/10/2025
Field visit programme
The technical fiield-visit will take place at Enipeas Agricultural Cooperative, Farsala
For the detailed program and information for participation, visit online PRACTICAL INFORMATION - FIELD VISIT
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- Participation: with a registration fee. E-registration and accreditation are required
- Official language: Greek with simultaneous translation to/from English
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