Coffee time
Program Forum 2026
09:30 - 10:00
Arrivals
10:00 - 10:10
Opening of the Conference
Welcome Address ////
Dr. Alexandros Giannelos
President of IEA
Opening Remarks ////
Dimitris Konstantopoulos
Journalist, President of Thermopylae Forum
10:20 - 10:50
Official Welcome Speeches
His Eminence Symeon
Metropolitan of Fthiotis
Fanis Spanos
Regional Governor of Central Greece
Panourgias Papaioannou
Mayor of Lamia
10:50 - 11:30
Session 1 | The Next Major Investment is the Regional Greece
Christos Staikouras
MP for Fthiotida, New Democracy
Charis Lampropoulos
President of the Hellenic Development Bank of Investments
Chrysostomos Karellis
President of the Fthiotida Chamber of Commerce
Ioannis Sarakiotis
Independent MP for Fthiotida
Konstantinos Patiris
Board Member of SBOSE | Founder & CEO NEPA
Moderator ////
Iordanis Chasanopoulos
Director of “I Vradini tis Kyriakis” newspaper, Journalist MEGA
11:30 - 12:00
Thermopylae Chat | The World after 2030: 6G Networks and Artificial Intelligence
Georgios Karagiannidis
Professor of Digital Telecommunications Systems, AUTH
Viktoras Montzelli
Journalist, Editor-in-Chief newsbeast.gr
12:00 - 13:00
Session 2 | What we will guard in our own time
Keynote: Truth Through Leadership ////
Father Archdeacon Michael Karloutsos
Country Manager Greece, Executive Director IRC Athens & Vice President of Global Government Relations,
Hard Rock International
Michael Erik Kurilla
US General (Ret.), former Commander of CENTCOM
Andrew P. Poppas
US General (Ret.), former Commander of FORSCOM
Dr. Leonidas Tzonis
Chairman of the Board & CEO of the Hellenic-American Union
Moderator ////
Antzela Karageorgou
Communication Strategist, Founder & CEO, On Point Communications
13:00 - 13:40
Thermopylae Chat | When Vision Builds with Action
Dimitris Koutsopoulos
CEO, Deloitte Greece
Giorgos Tentes
General Director, Green2Sustain
Danai Makri
Head of Strategy and Content, The Design Ambassador
Christos P. Rentifis
Architect Engineer AUTH
Moderator ////
Christos Stamatis
CEO & Co-Founder, Stevia Hellas – Secretary of the Board of Thermopylae
13:40 - 14:30
Session 3 | Water: The Great Challenge of Tomorrow
Fanis Spanos
Regional Governor of Central Greece
Christos Karagiannis
Vice Rector of NKUA
Giannis Oikonomou
MP for Fthiotida, New Democracy
Dimitris Karamanis
Mayor of Levadia
Giannis Theodorakopoulos
General Director, DEYA Lamias
Moderator ////
Antonis Papadopoulos
Head of Development & Strategic Partnerships, Break Even
14:30 - 15:10
Session 4 | Minors in Crisis: What is Happening with Young People; Delinquency, Addictions & the Influence of the Digital World
Manolis Sfakianakis
Lieutenant General (Ret.) of the Hellenic Police, former Head of the Cybercrime Unit
Konstantia Dimoglidou
Police Major, Spokesperson of the Hellenic Police
Georgios Kotronias
MP for Fthiotida, New Democracy
Stavroula Spyropoulou
Psychologist, “The Smile of the Child”
Maria Liousa
Lawyer, Legal Team of the Ministry of Digital Governance
Moderator ////
Zina Koutselini
Journalist – Presenter, Star
15:10 - 16:30
Session 5 | The Power of the New Generation – Excellence Awards for Students and Schools of Fthiotida
Sotirios Mpregiannos
Lawyer at the Supreme Court, Vice President of the Board of Thermopylae Forum
Eleni Mpenata
Regional Director of Education of Central Greece
Moderator ////
Kyriakos Karagiannis
Journalist, Editor-in-Chief LamiaReport.gr
16:30 - 17:00
