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Megaro Mousikis Thessalonikis
54646, March 25th Avenue
Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54646
Greece

Andreas Papamimikos

Lawyer

He is a graduate of the Law School of the Democritus University of Thrace and the School of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies of the University of Macedonia and holds a Master's degree in European Youth Policy from the University of Macedonia. He also took courses in Communication and Human Resource Management at the University of Lille III in France. In his first professional steps he focused on Law, Communication and Counseling. He completed his legal practice at a reputable Law Firm in Athens and immediately afterwards his own Law Firm operated. From 2013, at the age of 33, until 2016, he was actively involved in the country's political scene. Having significant experience in Legal, Consulting, Business and Political Communication, Negotiation and Crisis Management, he founded with his partner Dimitris Zachos the Rhetor Law Firm, based in Thessaloniki and offices in Athens.

Dimitra Daskalaki

Organisational Development & Communications Director, METRO AEBE

Organisational Development & Communications Director, METRO AEBE Dimitra Daskalaki was born in Athens and studied Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Athens. Since 1992 she has been working in the field of Corporate Affairs and Media Relations, having passed from important managerial positions in large Greek companies and groups, such as the SKAI-KATHIMERINI Group, ASTIR PALACE VOULIAGMENI, INTERAMERICAN, GRAND RESORT LAGONISSI, IMAKO SA ELBISCO SA and Weber Shandwick of the McCann Group. In January 2016, she took over as Corporate Relations Director of METRO SA with responsibilities in the Corporate Affairs, Government Affairs, Crisis Management, Media Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility of the company. In June 2020 she took over the position of Organisational Development & Communications Director of the company with areas of responsibility Human Resources, Corporate Relations and CSR.

Dimitris Lakasas

CEO at Olympia Electronics - Author of “ Άνθρωπος 4.0”

CEO at Olympia Electronics - Author of “ Άνθρωπος 4.0” Dimitris Lakasas was born in 1973 at Kolindro of Pieria, he is the CEO at Olympia Electronics and author of “Άνθρωπος 4.0”. He holds a degree in Economics and Marketing from City College, as well as an MBA from University of Sheffield. In 2017, he was appointed “Innovative Entrepreneur of the Year” in the contest of EY- ERNST & YOUNG, while, he has great institutional activity, as -among others- has served as President of Exporters’ Association , President of Alexandria Innovation Zone and member of the General Council of SEV. Mr Lakasas’ speech will focus on the dilemmas of the 4th Industrial Revolution, which are likened with a pendulum that is wavering between two edges. These edges express the extreme beliefs that revolve around new technologies, which we should try to manage with wisdom for humanity’s greater good.

Dimitris Spiliotis

Creative Director - Advertiser

Creative Director - Advertiser He was born in Athens in 1971. At four, he realized he was "different" and that he grew up in a world that is against his nature.This made him want to create other worlds, imaginary, more beautiful, more tolerable than the real one. At 7, he posted his first play on his own script, directing, staged-suits, and actresses in the neighborhood kids. Later, he started reading fashion and decoration magazines. In his teens, he turned his room into an art and "advertising" photo studio. When he finished his studies, he chose the magic world of advertising, in which he creates and spends a great amount of time the past 23 years. It is worth mentioning that he is the creative director of Pantene’s viral campaign HairHasNoGender . His basic need, pursuit, request and happiness was and is to be 24 hours a day himself.

Efthimis Kalfas

Journalist/ Radio Producer

Journalist/ Radio Producer Efthimis, grew up in Thessaloniki. He graduated from the department of Social Administration in Komotini, in the direction of Social Policy and in 2009, he completed his postgraduate in the Journalist and Media department of the Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki , in the direction of Journalism and New Media. Since 2016, you wake up with him through the morning show on the foreign radios of Thessaloniki and today you listen to him through Zoo Radio 90.8, while at the same time he writes articles, comments on the news and comments on everything around him through the articles he writes about the biggest magazines and portals of the country. His last creation is "Na sou kano to trapezi”, a podcast that, in every episode, he discusses with his guests around a table full with delicious food.

Georgia Paraschou

Founder of Humanity Greece and Director of Culture and Youth UNESCO Club

Founder of Humanity Greece and Director of Culture and Youth UNESCO Club Georgia Parashou is Director of Culture and Youth of the Piraeus UNESCO and Islands. She has been a member of the Social Structures of Immediate Response and Poverty in five parts of the country. She is a graduate of Enterprise and Human Resources Management of Cardiff Metropolitan University and specializes in the management of social and humanitarian issues. She is a founder of the humanitarian organization Humanity Greece, which since August 2021 has made a significant contribution to supporting vulnerable social groups. In addition, she has worked as a communication strategy executive in private and public enterprises as well as a communication consultant at the Press Office of State Secretary for Ministry of Digital Governance, Grigoris Zarifopoulos.

Giannis Tsakalos

CEO at AQ Strategy

CEO at AQ Strategy The main sectors of its company are business development, strategic advisory and project management in the field of tourism. His company took over, following a competition of EOT, the three-year strategic planning for the country's tourism projection (2021-2023) and the "ALL YOU WANT IS GREECE" campaign running around the world. He has a total of 30 years of experience in the tourism and hospitality industry. He holds an MBA from the University of Hertfordshire, with a 10-year academic experience. Some of the companies that he has worked in top management positions are the hotel group Electra Hotels and Resorts, Athens Hilton, Upgrade Consulting. He is a member of the Tourism Committee in the Hellenic-American Chamber.

Kostas Vergidis

Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Informatics of the University of Macedonia

Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Informatics of the University of Macedonia Kostas Vergidis was born in Kavala and studied in Thessaloniki, at the Department of Applied Informatics of the University of Macedonia. He then went on to pursue his PhD at the University of Cranfield in the United Kingdom, where he completed his doctoral dissertation. He served for 5 years in the Hellenic Police as an Officer of Special Duties of Informatics in the Prosecution of Cybercrime and the Laboratory of Investigation of Digital Evidence. Today he works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Informatics of the University of Macedonia. He has given a series of speeches to schools and institutions in Thessaloniki about the use of new technologies and social media and how they affect our lives and shape our daily habits.

Maria Konstandaki

Actress - Radio producer

Actress - Radio producer Maria Konstantaki was born in Athens many years ago, in a hospital in Exarchia, which no longer exists. She has graduated from the School of Education of the University of Athens. However, she never thought of following this professional path, because as much as she loved children, her love for the stories told by an actor is much greater. In addition, she has graduated from the Veaki Drama School. All these years she has been in major productions of theater, television and cinema. At the same time, she works as a radio producer. Her life dream is at some point to acquire a house overlooking the sea, although she basically considers herself a mountaineer.

Maria Samolada

Journalist

Journalist She is the CEO of economic and political e-newspaper Grtimes.gr, conducting ΤV interviews at WebTV and writing articles. She has a daily informational radio program on Real Fm 107.1 , she is in charge of the newspaper of Police Officers Union in Thessaloniki and also manages and presents the TV program “Mple Feggari” with personality interviews on TV100. Since 2015 she devotes a big part of her time and experience in the promotion of the innovative program “LiveWithoutBullying.com aiming to address and combat bullying , for which she has been honored with Botsi’s Foundation Journalist Award.

Panos Satzoglou

Journalist

Journalist He has worked at media in Greece such as MEGA Channel, ALPHA TV, STAR Channel and ANT1 TV and he was also on Best radio (Athens), ANT1 97.2 (Athens) and Star fm, (Thessaloniki) Ant1 fm, Thessaloniki, and "Radio Thessaloniki" 94,5 fm. For six years he was a media journalist for the newspaper "Proto Thema" in the column "The Brave of the North" and for seven years he reported on the "OSCAR" from the red carpet of Los Angeles. After studying film directing at the age of 35, in 2013 he went to the USA to produce for Ant1 Satellite in America and now he collaborates with "Foss Productions", "ANTS Production", "CosmoteTV History" and "ERT". In February 2019, he took the step to create his own WebTV in America under the name Hellenic DNA (Digital News Of America) with the aim of bridging and connecting the Greek community with the motherland.

Stefanos Alexiadis

Author

Author Stefanos Alexiadis was born and raised in Thessaloniki. He is a philologist and has recently adopted the status of author. He graduated from the Department of Greek Philology of the Democritus University of Thrace in 2015 and completed in 2021 his postgraduate studies in Special Education at the Hellenic Open University and the University of Thessaly. He has been trained in Special Education at the University of the Aegean, as he is also proficient in writing and reading for the blind, Braille. In fact, he is finishing his second degree in the Department of Education and Care of Early Childhood of the International University of Greece. His first book entitled "The Winged Sandals" was published in 2021 and has as its central theme the disability and its acceptance by Greek society.