Speakers 2019
Officials
Mr. Makis Voridis
Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development & Food
Mr. Harry Theocharis
Minister of Tourism, Greece
Mr. Kostas Karamanlis
Minister of Infrastructure & Transport
Mr. Yanko Ivanov
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Bulgaria
Mr. Konstantinos Skrekas
Deputy Minister of Rural Development & Food
Ms. Fotini Αrampatzi
Deputy Minister of Rural Development & Food
Ambassador Michael B. Christides
Secretary General, Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Speakers
Dr. Konstantinos Baginetas
Secretary General of Agricultural Policy and Management of European Funds, Ministry of Rural Development & Food
Mr. Konstantinos Bakasietas
General Manager, Vine Nurseries Bakasieta
Mr. Giannis Balakakis
President, Geo Routes Cultural Institute
Chair Organizing Committee AgriBusiness Forum
Dr. Anagnostis Argiriou
Deputy Director, Institute of Applied Biosciences – CERTH
Mr. Alexandros Chrysafis
Mayor of Serres
Mr. Alexandros Dimitrakopoulos
Regional Mandate Manager, European Investment Fund (EIF)
Mr. Lefteris Gitsas
President, Hellenic National Interbranch Meat Organization (EDOK)
Mr. Yiannis Glavakis
Agronomist, former EP MEP, Glavakis Nurseries
Mr. Anastasios Kalantzis
Vice-President, Hellenic Plant Importers & Exporters Association
Dr. Kostas Karantininis
Professor, University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden (SLU)
Dr. Charalambos Kasimis
Professor, Agricultural University of Athens
Ms. Effie Kokoreli
Head of Agricultural and Bank Assurance, INTERAMERICAN SA
Mr. George Kostelenos
Αgronomist-Author, Kostelenos Nurseries
Dr. Evdokia Krystallidou
Project Leader, Strategic Project Management Office, American Farm School
Ms. Effie Lazaridou
Managing Director, New Agriculture for a New Generation
Dr. Eleni Maloupa
Director Institute of Plant Breeding & Genetic Resources, HAO-DEMETER
Mr. Tassos Mantagaris
Sector Expert, Eurobank Small Business Segment General Division
Mr. Christos Meglas
President, Serres Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Constantinos Michailides
Director, Directorate Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Region of Central Macedonia
Dr. Peter Oudemans
Professor, Plant Biology & Pathology, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
Dr. Philip Papadopoulos
Director, Strategic Project Management Office, American Farm School
Mr. Gregory W. Pfleger
Consul General of the United States of America to Thessaloniki, Greece
Mr. Georgios Rigas
Director, Directorate Animal Genetic Resources and Livestock Facilities, Ministry of Agriculture & Food
Mr. Panagiotis Sainatoudis
Founder, Peliti NPO
Mr. Pavlos Satolias
President, New Hellenic Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives
Ms. Siwarde J. SAP
V.C. Steering Committee, Balkans & Black Sea Cooperation Forum
Sr. Economic Policy Advisor, Embassy of the Netherlands
Mr. Georgios Stratakos
Secretary General, Ministry of Rural Development & Food
Mr. Grigoris Tasios
President, Hellenic Hotelier’s Federation
Mr. Dimitris Tasioulas
Executive Chef Thria restaurant, Chef Ambassador for Thessaloniki in 2008
Mr. Nikos Thymakis
President, Institute of Agronomic Sciences
Dr. Nikos Tsotsolas
Ass. Professor University of West Attica, KalaΘos platform Co-founder
Dr. Vasilis Vasiliou
Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health
Dr. Dimitrios Vlachos
Director, Laboratory of Statistics & Quantitative Analysis Methods, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, AUTh
Mr. Geert Wilms
Director, Agricultural Innovation Brabant LIB/ZLTO, South Holland Farmers Organization
Mr. Christos Yiannakakis
Board Member of Sasoee, Executive Consultant at Venus Growers Cooperative
Dr. George Zalidis
Director of the Laboratory of Remote Sensing, Spectroscopy and G.I.S., AUTh, Faculty of Agriculture
Moderators
Ms. Andriana Paraskevopoulou
Journalist, EPT Television
Dr. Charalambos Kasimis
Professor, Agricultural University of Athens
Dr. Nikolaos Lappas
Managing Editor, Ypaithros Hora
Dr. Aristotelis Lymberopoulos
Professor, Animal Sciences, International Hellenic University
Mr. Zafiris Mistakidis
President, Geotechnical Chamber of Greece, Eastern Macedonia
Mr. Anthony D. Papayannides
Journalist, General Manager Economia Group