Speakers

CEO
Centras Group

Director of Strategic Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Qatar University

Resident Adviser in Athens of the European Commission's Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs

Vice President of Impact & Insight
Hevolution Foundation

Advisor to the Minister of Economy, Acting Chief of NCO, Oman

Executive Director
GFCC USA

President
University of South Carolina

President
CompeteGR

Director
Pacific Northwest National Lab, U.S.A.

Mayor of Athens

Head of Planning & Evaluation Unit
Management Authority of Program Epirus

Executive director of Commercialization and Entrepreneurship
Texas A&M University

CFO
DODONI S.A.

President
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Partner
Center for Research and Consulting, Kazakhstan

Executive Chairman
African Metals Group, Ltd.

Leading Partner, Officine Innovazione
Deloitte, Italy

CEO
Hellenic Development Bank, Greece

Head
UNESCO Chair on Futures Research

General Secretary of Digital Governance and Procedures at Ministry of Digital Governance

Associate Laboratory Director
Argonne National Laboratory

Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Gallup, Inc

Deputy Minister for Development and Investments in charge of Research and Innovation

Senior Vice President for Research & Chief Technology Officer
Georgetown University

Professor and Chairman of the Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Professor of eBusiness
Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies
Texas A&M University at Qatar

Secretary General for Industry
Ministry of Development and Investments

Mayor of Ioannina

Executive Vice President,
Board Secretary & Treasurer
Council on Competitiveness

Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Chief Investment Officer
Lamda Development

Vice President of Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk
Lockheed Martin

Rector
Catholic University of Portugal

Member of the Board, ETEPH S.A.,
Associate Professor University of Ioannina, Greece

Chairman and co-founder S.A.
Terracom, Greece

President and Vice-Chancellor
Queen’s University Belfast

President EFA Group, President Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association (EENE), Greece

Counselor to the President / Japan Science and Technology Agency

Chairman of the BoD
Piraeus Bank

Chief Operating Officer
Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA), Malaysia

Chairman
GFCC USA

Chief Executive Officer
Technology Innovation Institute and ASPIRE UAE

President
Pacific Economic Development Canada
(PacifiCan)

Chief Executive Officer
Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA), Malaysia

Governor
Epirus

Partner, Clients & Industries Leader, Deloitte and Leader of Deloitte Alexander Competence Center

Co-founder
Neuronenergy.com & Qbase

Managing Director and Partner,
Head of BCG Athens

Minister of Education & Religious Affairs

Director, Centre for Commercial Law Studies
 Queen Mary University of London

CEO
ATHEX GROUP

CEO,
Deloitte Greece

Executive Director
CompeteGR

Managing Partner
Center for Research and Consulting

Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Engineering Research
Texas A&M University

CEO
Snappi

Director
Centre for Competitiveness, U.K.

Global Innovation Index Expert, National Competitiveness Office of Oman

Professor and Director of Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre, Queen's University Belfast

Vice-Chair of the Board, GALP Oil & Gas; Vice-Rector, Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal

General Manager
Branch Network Northern Greece
Piraeus Bank

CEO
Piraeus Bank

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
University of Auckland New Zealand

Chief Economist,
International Competitiveness
NCC

CEO & President
Natech S.A

Governor
Region of Peloponnese

Anchorwoman
Alpha TV

Head International Partnerships, International Office, Global Recruitment and Admissions
University of Southampton

Chairman of the Board
National Center for Scientific Research

Former Prime Minister of Greece, GFCC Distinguished Fellow

Partner, EY Greece - Accounts Leader, EY Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe & Central Asia (CESA)

Mayor of Trikala;
President, KEDE

Alternate Minister of Development and Investments responsible for Private Investments and PPPs

Minister of Education, Science, and Sport
Slovenia

Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ancora

Chief Economic Advisor to Greece's Prime Minister

Alternate Minister of Interior
Hellenic Republic

Executive Director
National Competitiveness Office, Zimbabwe

Journalist at TRT

CEO
Cotheta

Founding Partner
Uni.Fund

Senior Vice-President
Malaysia Industry-Government Group for High Technology, Malaysia

Innovation Director
CNI (Brazilian National Confederation of Industries)

Chairman of the BoD & acting CEO, EnexGroup

Chairman and Chief Executive
PETRA Group
Malaysia

Director, Washington, D.C. Office
Japan Science and
Technology Agency (JST)

Associate Professor
University of Ioannina

Minister of the Environment and Energy
Hellenic Republic

President and CEO
American Public Transportation Association (APTA)

Associate Vice-President International
University of Southampton

Secretary General for International Economic Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Washington Correspondent Kathimerini & Skai TV

Minister of Finance
Hellenic Republic

CEO
Malaysia Industry-Government Group for High Technology, Malaysia

Deputy Minister for Higher Education Issues, Greece

President
Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH)

Associate Professor
University of Western Macedonia, Greece

Founder & President
Delphi Economic Forum

CEO
Edmonton Unlimited
Canada

Chairman, Wethington International LLC, USA

President, GFCC
President and CEO, Council on Competitiveness USA

Director General
SEV HELLENIC FEDERATION
of ENTERPRISES

GFCC Distinguished Fellow

Deputy Minister of Tourism, Greece

Secretary General
Academy of Athens, Greece