Tasos Vasileiadis
, CEO | Institute of Entrepreneurship & Development & JOIST Innovation Park
Athanasios Mamakos
, Mayor of Larissa
Charalampos Billinis
, Rector of the University of Thessaly & Professor of Virology & Viral Diseases at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Laboratory of Microbiology & Parasitologyhe University of Thessaly
Dr. Panayiotis Η. Ketikidis
, President, Board of Directors - Alexander Innovation Zone | Member of the National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation (NCRTI) |National Representative of Greece, the European Innovation Council (EIC) | President and Co-founder of HeBAN – the Hellenic Business Angels Network
Evi Dramalioti
, Secretary General for Coordination at the Presidency of the Government of the Hellenic Republic
Dimitrios Mavromatidis
, Director, Regional Development Fund of Western Macedonia
Stavros Kalafatis
, Deputy Minister of Development | Responsible for Research and Innovation
Alexandros Iosifidis
, Regional Vice Governor of Development, Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Social Economy, Region of East Macedonia & Thrace
Dimitrios Kouretas
, Governor of Region of Thessaly
Katerina Sourouni
, National Technology Officer at Microsoft Greece, Cyprus, and Malta
Isidoros Sideridis
, CEO Pobuca
We’re finally relaunching the Larissa Developers Meetup. We are kicking things off on March 27th at JOIST Innovation Space(Par. Filellinon 3-5 at 18:00 – 20:30) as part of the Innovent Forum 2026. The session will focus on the AI-augmented Software Development Lifecycle, featuring two technical presentations followed by a casual chat session. If you are working in tech in or around Larissa, come through to catch up with the local scene.
Evangelos Lolos
, Senior Software Engineering Lead at Hack The Box
Dimitris Balaouras
, Co-founder & COO at Helvia.ai
This interactive, stakeholder workshop, organised in the framework of the DRIVE project, aims to bring together industrial end-users and value-chain actors to discuss key challenges, needs, and enabling conditions related to deep CO₂ removal solutions. The workshop will focus on gathering feedback on technical, economic, and regulatory aspects and practical perspectives from the market, in order to better align the project’s results with real-world application needs.
The workshop will be held in English
AGENDA
18:00 | Project introduction (Peter van Os, TNO)
18:10 | A holistic view on Deep removal with thermal regeneration (Peter Moser, RWE)
18:20 | Deep removal with direct regeneration (Riccardo Zaffaroni, TNO)
18:30 | Two-step regeneration system for hydroxide based solvents (Diego Pinto, Hovyu)
18:40 | Panel discussion about the advantages of Deep Removal / Electrification of regeneration
19:00 | End of Workshop
Dr Elena Patatouka
, Senior Project Manager at e-Trikala
Dimitris Katsaros
, Research and Innovation Portfolio Head
Open discussion with the public – Case studies presentation
Dimitriοs Doinakis
, Industrial Mechanical Engineer | Εxecutive at Alexander Innovation Zone (AZK)
Pau Rausell Köster
, University of Valencia, Director Econcult
Francesco Molinari
, Project manager of AI-SECRETT on behalf, University of Valencia
Jason Pridmore
, Professor of Human Centric AI and Society | Department of Media and Communication, Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dr. Dimitrios Tsitsamis
, President, Greek Association of Supply Chain Management (GASCM)
Yiannis Kourtidis
, Business Development Manager CERTH
Nikos Zaharis
, Director of the South East European Research Centre (SEERC)
Manos Macromallis
, President ΣΕΚΕΕ
Costas Tramantzas
, General manager - Alexander Innovation Zone S.A.
Lefteris Katsiadakis
, Co-founder & CEO of Panathēnea
Michalis Stangos
, Curator - Beyond Expo & Partner - L-Stone Capital
Chris Clavel
, CEO Baccana Group | International Business Development Advisor
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Amalia Gounela
, Relationship Manager Technology & Digital Transformation, ΣΕΒ
Ioannis Bonos
, Safety Engineer Loulis Foods
Panos Mitsios
, Founder & COO, ΤΕΚΜΟΝ
Powered by european digital innovation hub “Smart Attica”
Christos Antonopoulos
, Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of the Peloponnese - Deputy Head at ESDA LAB
Alex Papacharalampous
, CEO & CTO at AETHON Engineering | Co - founder Transitool
Labros Kourtis
, Partner Olivetree Venture Capital
Lars Rasmussen
, Panathēnea co-founder | angel investor in Athens, Greece Phd in computer science, UC Berkeley
Co-organised by RISThessaly & AZK
Theodoros Tsamourtzis
, Managing Director, AgroTechnology Export Cluster
Fotis Tekos
, Biotech Entrepreneur | CEO @ FoodOxys | Managing Director @ Olea Fortius
Dr George F. Banias
, Research Director | Director of CERTH/iBO
John Kourkoutas
, Founder & CEO, MrExportToAfrica | Board Member, Greek-African Chamber of Commerce
In English
Ιn English
Labros Kourtis
, Partner Olivetree Venture Capital
Badr Moudden
, CEO & Co-Founder K2Match LTD
Dr. Panayiotis Η. Ketikidis
, President, Board of Directors - Alexander Innovation Zone | Member of the National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation (NCRTI) |National Representative of Greece, the European Innovation Council (EIC) | President and Co-founder of HeBAN – the Hellenic Business Angels Network
Konstantinos F. Psillakis
, Investment Associate | Uni.Fund
Lars Rasmussen
, Panathēnea co-founder | angel investor in Athens, Greece Phd in computer science, UC Berkeley