TF 2025 | Program
Program at Glance
12th Technology Forum
16th May | Friday
Aristotle University Research Dissemination Center (KEDEA)
09:00 -09:40
REGISTRATIONS
09:40 – 10:10
Eri Toka
Head of Technology Transfer and Innovation Unit, AUTH
09:40 – 10:10
OPENING
Stavros Kalafatis
Deputy Minister of Development
Dr. Anastasios Gaitanis
Secretary General for Research and Innovation, Ministry of Development
Nikolaos Tzollas
Vice-Governor, Region of Central Macedonia
Kyriakos Yakinthos
Vice-Rector of Research & Innovation, AUTH
Prof. Panagiotis Sarigiannidis
Professor with University of Western Macedonia,
Co-founder of MetaMind Innovations
Thanassis Bouras
Research Strategy Director, UBITECH
Dr. Alexis Papadimitriou
10:10 – 10:40
Ippokratis Pandis
VP/Distinguished Engineer,
Amazon web services
Data foundation in the age of generative AI
10:40 – 12:00
Stavros Mantzanakis
Technical Consultant
O.S.L.O. Region of Central Macedonia
Exploring Collaborative Innovation:
Case Studies from Central Macedonia
Moderator: Stavros Mantzanakis
Open Innovation | Round Table
Representative of Alumil S.A.
Dr. Dimitris Tsitsamis MSc, PhD
Head of Innovation Department
ThPA S.A. – Port of Thessaloniki
Konstantinos Karystinakis
CDXi Solutions, Business Developer
Nikolaos Tsoniotis
Product Director, KINVENT
Paschalis Sideridis
ITI, CERTH, Researcher
Special Presentation:
Young Innovators in Action
Planet Mars: Build to Live – Collaborate to Survive By: EXPR ROBOTS
1st Experimental Primary School of Thessaloniki
Winners of the “Solving Problem Award”, 1st Mediterranean STEM Competition 2025
3rd Prize, National STEM Competition 2025
12:00 – 12:10
Nikos Katsiadakis
Ecosystem Development,
Thess INTEC
Thessaloniki’s Innovation Ecosystem – Thess INTEC
12:10 – 13:15
LUNCH BREAK
13:15 – 13:45
Dr. Efstathios Vassiliadis (Ph.D., MBA, FLC, M.Sc.)
Medical Innovation from Idea to Market
– The road less travelled, a guide of risks and opportunities
13:45 – 14:45
Manos Macromallis
Chairman, SEKEE
Building a successful company and funding opportunities
Moderator: Manos Macromallis
Round Table
Antonis Ilias
Co-founder & Partner, TECS Capital
Dr. Evangelos Kosmidis
CEO & General Partner, Loggerhead Ventures Fund
Michalis Stangos
Entrepreneur – Investor
Angelos Manglis
Founder of Atlantis Consulting S.A.
14:45 – 15:15
LUNCH BREAK
15:15 – 16:30
ATTRACTING FUNDING
15:15 – 15:45
Michael Petychakis
CTO Dialectica, Board Member Orfium
The Innovation Odyssey:
My Path from Academia to Leading a Global Tech Team
15:45 – 16:30
Manos Macromallis
Chairman, SEKEE
PITCHING PART
Moderator: Manos Macromallis
Christos Korkas
Artiotech
Ioannis Kouroutzis
Chief Officer, Trauma Care Lab
Dimitra Pantelaki
CEO & Founder, KORI
Patroklos Vareltzis
POSS Innovation
16:30 – 17:15
Apostolos "Toli" Lerios
Is Data Our Stairway to Heaven or The Gates of Hell?
Moderator: Apostolos “Toli” Lerios
The appeal of AI, despite its shortfalls, is growing our appetite for data collection and digitization. Data is vulnerable: no matter what regulations say, or what cyber security experts try, once a bomb is built, some idiot human (not a fictitious Skynet AI), some day, will explode it intentionally or accidentally; Chekhov’s Gun will always fire by the end of the play. Three notable experts on deriving value from data will share their thoughts on whether (and, if so, how) we can draw enough positive value from data collection to justify not just the risk but the certainty of its inevitable misuse.
Round Table
Ippokratis Pandis
VP/Distinguished Engineer,
Amazon web services
Stathis Vassileiadis
CEO, Envia Group
Michael Petychakis
Chief Technology Officer, Orfium
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