Agenda
29 May 2025
9.30 - 10.00 Registration
10.00 - 10.10 Opening remarks
10.10 - 10.25 Keynote Discussion: Examining ΕU policy options
Costas Kadis
European commissioner for fisheries & oceans
Moderator: Apostolos Mangiriadis, journalist, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation
10.25 - 10.40 Keynote Discussion: Preventing and reducing the consequences of natural disasters
Giannis Kefalogiannis
Minister for climate crisis & civil protection of the Hellenic Republic
Moderator: Εlias Bellos, journalist, Kathimerini
10.40 - 10.55 Keynote Discussion: Entrepreneurship, the unpredictable factor of natural disasters, and the new law on mandatory natural catastrophe insurance
Spyros Theodoropoulos
BoD chairman, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, SEV
Moderator: Εlias Bellos, journalist, Kathimerini
10.55 - 11.25 Highlighting environmental, social and economic impacts of natural catastrophes
Theodora Antonakaki
Director of Bank of Greece’s Climate Change & Sustainability Center
Phoebe Koundouri
Professor of economic theory and policy at the Athens University of Economics & Business
Reinhard Mechler
Principal research scholar and group leader of the Systemic Risk and Resilience Group’s (SYRR) Advancing Systems Analysis Program (ASA)
Moderator: Evgenia Tzortzi, journalist, Kathimerini
11.25 - 11.55 Role of public and private partnerships for catastrophe risk management
Dimitris Zafeiris
Head of risks and financial stability department at the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
Serpil Günal
General secretary of the Turkish Natural Catastrophe Insurance Pool (TCIP)
Dimitris Mazarakis
CEO, ETHNIKI Insurance
Moderator: Evgenia Tzortzi, journalist, Kathimerini
11.55 - 12.25 Mapping catastrophic events in Greece over the years and the crystal ball of climate change
Christos S. Zerefos
Secretary-general of the Academy of Athens, head of research at the Center for Atmospheric Physics & Climatology of the Academy of Athens, Greece
Costas Synolakis,
Professor of civil engineering at the University of Southern California
Henry Moazzo
CEO at ERGO Hellas
Moderator: Giorgos Lialios, journalist, Kathimerini
12.25 - 12.40 Coffee Break
12.40 - 13.10 Initiatives and infrastructure projects for the prevention of natural disasters
Panagiotis Stampoulidis
Deputy CEO Growthfund
Triantafyllos Lycimachou
Bancassurance strategic adviser, former general manager at Piraeus Bank
Konstantinos Semertzoglou
Managing director of HDI Global SE
Moderator: Viky Kotsimpou, journalist, Star Channel Central Greece
13.10 - 13.45 Navigating regional challenges
Lefteris Kyriakakis
Corporate strategy leader at Interamerican Group
Nikos Katsiberis
President and founder of the Afidnes Volunteer Firefighters Group and CEO of NAK Insurance Brokers
Christos Mpraziotis
Legal adviser at Papayiannis Bros
Ioanna-Alexandra Saiti
Advisor to the Board, Intercomm Foods S.A.
Moderator: Nikos Morakis, editor in chief, insurancedaily.gr
13.45 - 14.30 Break - Light Lunch
14.30 - 15.00 The effectiveness of risk management strategies
Christos Dimas
Μinister of infrastructure & transport
George Gazetas
Professor of geotechnical engineering at the National Technical University of Athens
Alexandros Bregiannis
CEO, NOVA ICT
Moderator: Thelma Chatziathanasiou, journalist, Kathimerini
15.00 - 15.45 Insurance initiatives against natural disasters and business sustainability
Alexander Alabaster
Head of Catastrophe Research (UK & EMEA), Aon
Emma Watkins
Head of Exposure management at PoloWorks and former head of Catastrophe Risk at Lloyds
Ioannis Chatzitheodosiou
President of the Athens Chamber of Tradesmen
John Croker
Vice President of Hellenic Insurance Brokers Association
Moderator: Matina Charkoftaki, journalist, Kathimerini
15.45 - 16.30 Catastrophe model insights and the importance of forecasting
Alexandros Georgiades
Head of weather risk modeling (EMEA) at Aon
Yoav Yair
Professor of climate change and natural disasters, Reichman University
Ahmet Yalciner
Professor at the METU Department of Civil Engineering and Ocean Engineering Research Center, Ankara, Turkey
Panagiotis Xenos
Assistant professor of insurance science in the Department of Statistics and Insurance Science at the University of Piraeus
Moderator: Nikos Morakis, editor in chief, insurancedaily.gr
16.30 - 17.10 Earthquakes and wildfires in Greece. How prepared are we?
Vassilis Kikilias
Minister of maritime affairs and insular policy of Greece
Savvas Karagiannis
Corporate Communications Manager, Fraport Greece
Paraskevi Nomikou
Professor of geological oceanography and natural geography in the faculty of Geology and Geo-Environment of University of Athens
Marina Spyridaki
Corporate Affairs Director, Aegean Airlines
Moderator: Elias Bellos, journalist, Kathimerini
17.10 - 17.25 Health and insurance resilience in times of natural disasters: The role of innovation and sustainability
Yiannis Kantoros
CEO, INTERAMERICAN Group of companies
Moderator: Evgenia Tzortzi, journalist, Kathimerini
17.25 - 17.55Raising public awareness and informing citizens through technology
Dimitris Papastergiou
Minister of Digital Governance
Dionissis Mantas
Senior sales segment leader in the Smart Cities Team at ΟΤΕ Group
Ioannis Mertzanis
CEO, SPACE HELLAS
