Program 8th InvestGR Forum 2025
15/07/25, Athens Conservatoire
10.00 – 10.30: Registration
10.30 – 10.40: Opening remarks
10.40 – 11.10: How the geopolitical situation could influence foreign investments?
Discussion with Theodore Pelagidis, Deputy Governor, Bank of Greece, and Angelos Syrigos, Member of Parliament, Associate Professor of International Law and Foreign Policy
Fireside chat with Adonis Papagiannidis, Journalist
11.10 – 11.30: One – on – One with Minister of Justice, George Floridis
Fireside chat with Ioanna Mandrou, Journalist
11.30 – 12.00: From “Greece can” to “Does Greece have the will?”
Discussion with Ioannis Sarmas, Honorary President of the Greek Court of Audit & fmr Prime Minister, and Vassilis Rapanos, Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Athens, Ordinary Member of the Academy of Athens, fmr Chairman of the BoD of Alpha Bank
Fireside chat with Fay Makantasi, Research Director, diaNEOsis
12.00 – 12.20: One – on – One with Vice President of the Government, Konstantinos Chatzidakis
Fireside chat with Nikos Filippidis, Journalist
12.20 – 12.55: Panel: “Human Capital as a Strategic Asset for Foreign Direct Investment”
Nikos Milapidis, Secretary General for Labour, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Nikolaos Chatzinikolaou, People & Culture Director, JTI Hellas, Gelly Papadimitriou, Head of Leadership & Culture, Lidl Hellas
Moderator: Vassilis Nanis, Journalist
12.55 – 13.25: Presentation of EY Attractiveness Survey Greece 2025
13.25 – 14.25: Panel: Discussion of EY Attractiveness Survey Greece 2025
Panagiotis Theodorikakos, Minister of Development, Christos Balaskas, Vice President, Commercial, Growth and External Relations, Eldorado Gold, President of Hellas Gold, Marinos Giannopoulos, CEO ENTERPRISE GREECE, Michael Kassimiotis, Managing Director Greece & Cyprus, HPE, George Papadimitriou, EY Managing Partner in Greece, Panos Tsakloglou, Professor, Athens University of
Economics and Business
Moderator: Niki Lymperaki, Journalist
14.25 – 15.20: Lunch
15.20 – 16.05: Panel: The Future of Health
Adonis Georgiadis, Minister of Health, Agata Jakoncic, Managing Director Greece, Cyprus & Malta, MSD, Nikos Karpodinis, Head of Finance & Supply Chain Greece, Cyprus & Malta, Takeda Hellas, Zacharias Ragkousis, President and Managing Director, PFIZER HELLAS, Nikos Vettas, General Director IOBE, Professor AUEB.
Moderator: Vicky Karatzaferi, Journalist
16.05 – 16.55: Panel: Greece: A Growing Energy Hub
Nikolaos Tsafos, Deputy Minister of Environment & Energy, Maria Rita Galli, CEO DESFA, Manos Manousakis, Chairman and CEO, IPTO, Thanassis Tsantilas, Chairman of BoD and Managing Director, Rokas Renewables – Iberdrola, Thomas Stavrou, CEO & Chairman, VALOREM GREECE
Moderator: George Fintikakis, Journalist
16.55 – 17.15: One – on – One with Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports, Sophia Zacharaki
Fireside chat with Thodoris Georgakopoulos, Journalist, Author
17.15 – 17.35: One – on – One with Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance, Georgios Kotsiras
Fireside chat with Spyros Kaminaris, EY Greece Partner, Head of Tax Services
