PART 01
14:00 - 14:35
Developing an Ecosystem
Moderator: Michalis Stangos, Partner, L-Stone Capital & Curator, Beyond Expo
14:40 - 15:10
From Algorithm to Emotion: Reimagining Music Through Art & Technology
Συντονιστρια: Ελενα Μαυρομιχαλη, Strategist – Cultural Advisor, Hellenic Republic, Presidency of the Government & BOD member, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
15:15 - 15:45
The Power of Collaboration: From Tradition to Innovation
Moderated by: Eleftheria Masoura, Chief Marketing Officer at Ioannina Agricultural Poultry Cooperative PINDOS
15:50 - 16:10
Scale Up Greece
Conversation with Thanasis Navrozoglou, President & CEO of Natech Banking Solutions and Vice Chairman of Snappi
16:15 - 16:35
The Possibilities of Blockchain
Fireside Chat with Vasilis Pazopoulos, Co-founder and CEO of MyStage.ai
PART 02
17:05 - 17:30
Artificial Intelligence and Data: Shaping the Digital State of the Next Five Years
Moderator: Theodoros G. Karounos, Member of the Board of Directors Open Technologies Alliance (GFOSS)
17:35 - 18:05
Evolving Startup Scene in Ioannina
Moderator: Maria Sarantopoulou, Deputy Director of Communications and Public Relations at the Hellenic Development Bank
18:05 - 18:30
Speed, Scale & Trust: Building and operating the Next Generation of Companies
Moderator: George Nikolaropoulos (CTO, Natech)
18:30 - 18:50
Agentic AI – IBM as a Client Zero
Keynote by Elias Stavropoulos, IBM Technology Technical Country Leader
18:55 -19:15
Bringing AI into a Modern Enterprise
Fireside Chat with Dimitris Tsaknakis, Director, Tech Consulting, PwC Greece
19:20 - 19:40
Foresight: Strategy Tool or Corporate Theatre?
Fireside Chat with Dr. Caroline V. Rudzinski, Futurist
19:45 - 20:15
How to Build a Research Cluster in Ioannina and Why it’s Important
Presented by: Alexander S. Kritikos, Professor of Economics/Member of the Εxecutive Board at DIW Berlin