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Circle the Med

The Mediterranean Hybrid Forum 2021

18-22 October 2021

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Principal Advisor to the Prime Minister for energy, climate, environment and circular economy, Honorary President of Circular Clima Institute, Honorary Director, European Commission, Mandated by DG ENV for Circular Economy and Insularity

Spyridon Flogaitis

Director of the EPLO and President of its Board of Directors, Hellenic Republic

All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople of the Eastern Orthodox Church

George Papandreou

f. Prime Minister of Greece, President of the Socialist International

Zorana Mihajlovic

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Mining, Serbia

Christos Staikouras

Minister of Finance, Hellenic Republic

Konstantinos Skrekas

Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Hellenic Republic

Minister of Environment and Physical Planning, Republic of North Macedonia

Minister of Environment Arab Republic of Egypt

Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Sport, Montenegro

Minister of Interior, Hellenic Republic

Kostas Karamanlis

Minister of Infrastructure & Transport, Hellenic Republic

Ioannis Plakiotakis

Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Hellenic Republic

Spilios Livanos

Minister for Rural Development and Food, Hellenic Republic

Miltiadis Varvitsiotis

Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic

George Koumoutsakos

Alternate Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy, Hellenic Republic

Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Repubilc

Simos Kedikoglou

Deputy Minister for Rural Development and Food, Hellenic Republic

f. Secretary General of the Arab League, f. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt

Sokratis Famellos

f. Alternate Minister of Energy and Environment, Hellenic Republic

Yannis Maniatis

f. Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (2009-2015), Hellenic Republic

Olga Kefalogianni

f. Minister of Tourism, Member of Parliament, Hellenic Republic

Elena Kountoura

f. Minister of Tourism, Member of the European Parliament, Hellenic Republic

Konstantinos Aravossis

Secretary General for Natural Environment & Water, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic

Secretary General, Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR)

Konstantinos Zikos

Deputy General Secretary GNTO, Hellenic Republic

John Paul Grech

Deputy Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean in charge of Social and Civil Affairs, Spain

Georgios Patoulis

Governor of Attica, Hellenic Republic

George Alexakis

Vice Governor of Crete on European and International Affairs, Hellenic Republic

Dimitris Papastergiou

Mayor of Trikala, Hellenic Republic

Evangelos Fragkakis

Mayor of Chalki, Hellenic Republic

Mayor of Tirana, Albania

Federico Porrà

European Commission, Directorate-General for the Environment, Policy Officer Circular Economy, Italy

Member of the U.S. Congress

Eleni Hatziyanni

Policy Officer, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, EU Commission

Petros Kokkalis

Member of the European Parliament, Hellenic Republic

Curzio Cervelli

Chef de Service, Interreg MED Programme, France

Kostas Andriosopoulos

Professor of Finance & Energy Economics, Audencia Business School

Simone Bastianoni

Professor of Environmental and Cultural Heritage Chemistry, University of Siena, Italy

Theocharis Tsoutsos

Professor, Renewable Energy Sources Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems Laboratory Division I: Environmental Management, Hellenic Republic

Constantina Kottaridi

Associate Professor University of Piraeus, Director of the MSc & Laboratory of Bioeconomy, Circular Economy and Sustainable Development, Hellenic Republic

Demetris Francis Lekkas

Associate Professor – Environmental Engineering and Science Sector, Hellenic Republic

Yorgos Stephanedes

Professor, University of Patras, Hellenic Republic

Hafez El-Salmawy

Professor of energy engineering at Zagazig University, Egypt

Professor of Industrial Engineering and Systems, Helwan University

Professor of Environment and sustainable urban development at Egypt’s Housing and Building National Research Center

CEO and BoD member of EnExGroup, Hellenic Republic

Alexandros Angelopoulos

Vicepresident Aldemar, Hellenic Republic

Spyros Kouvelis

Director, EPLO Institute for Sustainable Development, Senior Associate, Uni of Cambridge CISL, UNEP Senior Advisor

Odeta Barbullushi

Advisor to the Prime Minister & National Coordinator for Regional Economic Area, Albania

Head of the Multilateral Cooperation Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests, Mοrocco

Maria Anargyrou-Nikolić

General Manager for Coca-Cola HBC Greece and Cyprus.

Vasiliki Adamidou

Head of Corporate Communications and CSR, Lidl Hellas

Executive General Manager, Group Chief Real Estate of Piraeus Bank and CEO of Piraeus Real Estate S.A., Hellenic Republic

Andreas Poullikkas

Chairman of the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority

Christina Deligianni

Public Policy Officer, EPLO Institute for Sustainable Development/ Founder, ESGreece

Mahamadou Tounkara

Director of Governance, Strategy, Partnerships and Communication, Global Green Growth Institute, Seoul

Director, Mediterranean Region at GSTC (Global Sustainable Tourism Council)

Gianni Chianetta

Director & Scientific Coordinator, Greening the islands, Italy

Markos Damasiotis

Director of Development, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES), Hellenic Republic

Athanasios Kalogeras

Research Director, Industrial Systems Institute of the Athena Research and Innovation Center, Hellenic Republic

Evangelos Gerasopoulos

Research Director, National Observatory of Athens & Director of the Greek GEO Office

Eleni Andreadis

Director of Sustainability, Sani Resort/Ikos Resorts Group, Hellenic Republic

Senior International Legal and Governance Expert, Egypt

Director, National Hub of the WestMed initiative on Blue Economy in the Western Mediterranean, Algeria

PhD Sustainable Development, Chairman of DCarbon Egypt

Blanca Moreno-Dodson

Director of the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Marseille

President of the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB)

DG MARE, European Commission

Managing Partner at Delfi Partners & Co, Hellenic Republic

Alexia Spyridonidou

Business Development Manager | Transport Policy Expert Institute of Circular Economy and Climate Change of the European Public Law Organisation (EPLO)

Despoina-Peppy Christala

University Admissions Mentor ,Greek Young Professionals & Entrepreneurs Supporter, CEO-CLC Educational Institute

National Cultural Heritage Expert in the European Commission

Angeliki Kosmopoulou

Executive Director of the A.C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation, Hellenic Republic

Antonia Moropoulou

Professor, National Technical University of Athens

Ioannis Mardikis

Director at Circular Economy and Climate Change Institute EPLO, EU Project Manager Dynamic Vision

President and Sustainable Economy Manager of Eco-union, Spain

Alexandros Yfantis

Founder and CEO of SYCHEM group of companies

Managing Director, IMC Foundation- International Marine Center

Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food – Aquatic Environment and Quality Unit – Cell Blue Biotechnology

Lefteris Arapakis

Director, Co-Founder Enaleia

Kristina Gjerde

High Seas Policy Advisor for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Angelos Manglis

Founder-VP Atlantis Consulting

Olivera Vukajlović

Acting Head of Directorate for Competitiveness enhancement Ministry of Economic Development Government of Montenegro

Georgios Mylonas

Principal Researcher, Industrial Systems Institute of the ATHENA Research and Innovation Center

Beatriz Camacho-Ávila

Ecosystem Manager Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) Southern Europe at Climate-KIC

Ierotheos Zacharias

Professor in Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras.

Arnau Queralt-Bassa

Chair of the European Network of Environment and Sustainable Advisory Councils, director of the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development of Catalonia

IEEE Senior Member and faculty member at Computer Engineering Department in Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

Apostolos Tzitzikostas

Governor of Central Macedonia, President of the European Committee of the Regions

Michael Filippou

NTUA Electrical and Computer Engineer Graduate, co-founder of JBM, AI Researcher

NTUA Electrical and Computer Engineer Graduate, co-founder of JBM, Software Engineer and AI Researcher

Advisor to The Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for Sustainable Tourism Affairs, Head of Equal Opportunities Unit

Minister for National Heritage, Arts and local Government, Parliament of Malta

Kalliopi Papadaki

Directorate of Urban Regeneration of the Hellenic Ministry of Environment & Energy, Consultant & Scientific Advisor of the General Secretariat of Spatial Planning & Urban Environment at Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy

Kerstin Stendahl

UNEP Co-Manager of Poverty-Environment Action

Egyptian Ministry of Planning and Economic Development

Ahmed Mahrous Soliman

General Manager of Energy Researches and Studies, Egypt

Mona Hassan Kotb Mohamed

Head of central department of studies& Researches in Ministry of transport

Nina Obuljen Koržinek

Minister of Culture and Media, Croatia

Panagiotis Mitropoulos

Region of Peloponnese

Magdalena Gajewska

Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Vice-Dean for Research Ph.D., D. Sc., Eng. Magdalena Gajewska

Sally Osama Eltahan

Project Manager of new Capital Monorail Project in the National Authority for Tunnel, Cairo

Head of office of Secretary General of Spatial Planning & Urban Environment at Ministry of Environment and Energy | PhD candidate NTUA

Head of Museums Sector, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

Clio Muse Tours

Costa Navarino (Temes SA)

Sustainable Tourism

Athenian Brewery

Renewable Energy (Sources)

AB Vasilopoulos

Renewable Energy (Sources)

Evotropia, Ecological Finance Architectures

Sani / Ikos Group

Sustainable Tourism

Municipality of Trikala

Khalid M. Nofal

Deputy Minister of Finance, Egypt

Solmeyea, a hybrid AgTech company

A.C. Laskaridis

Renewable Energy (Sources)

Museum of Modern Greek Culture

Cultural Heritage

Organization Earth