A total of 46 leading speakers will participate at the upcoming 1st Hydrogen & Green Gases Forum, organized by energypress, on June 23 at the Wyndham Grand Athens hotel.
The event will be launched by the caretaker government’s energy minister Pantelis Kapros.
Speakers will include Alexandra Sdoukou, Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment; Yannis Xifaras, Secretary General of the Ministry of Transport; Maria Spyraki and Nikos Papandreou, both Members of the European Parliament; George Hatziimarkakis, CEO of Hydrogen Europe; Maria Georgiadou, Senior Expert European Commission DG Research & Innovation; Andreas Poullikkas, President of the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority; Konstantinos Papaloukas, Coordinator of the National Hydrogen Committee of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources; Nikolaos Lyberopoulos, Project Officer στο Clean Hydrogen Partnership; Sotiris Karellas, Professor at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and the energy ministry’s technical adviser on biomethane; Dimitris Lyridis, Professor of Naval Engineering, NTUA – Director of the Marine Transport Laboratory; Antonis Metaxas, Assoc. Professor of EU Law, University of Athens; Manos Stamatakis, Researcher at the Institute of Geoenergy; Alexandros Yfantis, President of the Hellenic Association of Biogas Producers; Nikos Davos, from the Cluster of Bioeconomy and Environment of Western Macedonia (CLuBE); and Nektaria Karakatsani, energy ministry adviser.
The business community is being represented, amongst others, by: Maria-Rita Gali, CEO of DESFA; Konstantinos Xifaras, CEO of DEPA; Dimitris Triantafylopoulos, CEO of Hellenic Hydrogen; Vassilis Grigoriou, President and CEO of Advent Technologies; Vassilis Galanis, from CENERGY HOLDINGS; Alexandros Soumelidis, Director of New Generation Activities, PPC; Ioannis Stefanou, Partner, Head of Energy Sector, Grant Thornton Greece; Konstantinos Levogiannis, Head of EU Affairs of NEL Hydrogen; Konstantinos Hatzifotis, Head of European Affairs of Motor-Oil Group; Kyriaki Karakitsou from DEPA Commercial; Karolos Antonios Vidalis, Hydrogen Director at Centrica British Gas Zero UK; Ariadni Psimara from ATTICA GROUP; and Alexandros Lagakos, General Manager of Blue Grid Gas & Power.
Persons interested in attending the event may register through the forum website (https://www.hydrogenforum.gr/) until Monday.
Places are now limited. However, all proceedings will be broadcast live, in Greek and English, through energypress.gr and social media.