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