Speakers

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The Athens Summit brought together key thought leaders from government, corporate, and academia to lead the discussion and open essential dialogue on the leading environment and energy issues of our time.

Final Speakers list in the Athens Summit 2008

	Opening Ceremony: Η.Ε. Dr. PAPOULIAS KAROLOS	President of The Hellenic Republic
	Opening Ceremony: H.E. Dr. KARAMANLIS KOSTAS	Prime Minister of The Hellenic Republic
	PAPANDREOU GEORGE	President of PASOK, President of Socialist International
	H.E. FOLIAS CHRISTOS	Hellenic Minister of Development
	H.E. SOUFLIAS ATH. GEORGIOS	Hellenic Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works
	DIMAS STAVROS	European Commissioner for the Environment


	AGAPITIDIS S. IOANNIS	President & Director General, CRES (Centre for Renewable Energy Sources)
	ALEXOPOULOS GEORGE	Director of Corporate Planning & Development, Hellenic Petroleum SA
	ANGELUS JAMES	President and CEO, USI Capital Corporation
	ARAPIS GERASSIMOS	Professor at the Agricultural University of Athens, President of Hellenic Society for the Protection of the Environment and the Cultural Heritage
	ARIANOUTSOU-FARAGGITAKI MARGARITA	Associate Professor of Ecology, Faculty of Biology,University of Athens
	BORTZ KEVIN	European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
	BOUVIER CHRISTOPHE	Director, United Nations Environment Programme Europe
	BRENNINKMEIJER MARCEL	Chairman of Good Energies
	CAPAYANNIDES CONSTANTINE	General Manager, Geothermal Division, S&B
	CAPROS PANTELIS	Professor, National Technical University of Athens Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Energy-Economy Environment Modeling Laboratory
	CHAPERON ARNAUD	Senior Vice President, TOTAL Gas & New Energies, Power & New Energies (Paris)
	CHASE JAYNI	Founder of the Center for Environmental Education
	CHLYKAS NIKOLAOS	Economist Environmentalist
	CHRISOCHOIDIS MICHALIS	MP, Political Representative for Development, PASOK Party
	CONSTANTINESCU TUDOR	President of Romanian Agency for Energy Conservation
	COUNTRYMAN TOM	Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy, Athens
	DENCHEV LYUBOMIR	Managing Director, Bulgargaz
	DESPOTOU ELENI	Policy Director, Dep. Secretary General, European Photovoltaic Industry Association (E.P.I.A)
	DESYPRIS IOANNIS	Director, Endesa Hellas S.A.
	DIMAS CHRISTOS	General Manager, HELPE S.A. - THRAKI S.A. / Trans Balkan Pipeline Oil Company
	DROLLAS LEONIDAS	Deputy Executive Director & Chief Economist, Centre for Global Energy Studies
	FALEIROS GUSTAVO	Writer for O Eco magazine
	FALEOMAVAEGA ENI	Chairman of the Foreign Affairs' Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific & the Global Environment, U.S. House of Representatives
	FLOROS CHRISTOS	Architect, University of Patras
	GAITANI NIKI	MSc Environmental Physict, Research scientist in the Group of Building Environmental Studies, University of Athens
	GARIS ANASTASIOS	Chief Executive Officer, PPC Renewables (Public Power Company Renewables)
	GAVRAS PANAGIOTIS	Head Policy & Strategy, Black Sea Trade & Development Bank
	GEORGE MAGED	Minister of State for Environmental Affairs and Personal Representative of President Mubarak, Arab Republic of Egypt
	GRASSI GULIANO	Secretary General of the European Biomass Industry Association (EUBIA)
	HARBOUR TOM	Director, USDA Forest Service, Fire and Aviation Management
	HARVEY MARK	Director of Development, Internews Europe
	HOUSSIN DIDIER	Director of the Office of Oil Markets and Emergency Preparedness, International Energy Agency
	HURST CHRISTOPHER	Director of Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank
	KAITATZIDIS MICHALIS	Journalist
	KAKARAS K. EMMANOUIL	Professor NTUA & Director of CERTH/ISFTA (Center for Reserch & Technology Hellas/Institute for Solid Fuels Technology & Applications
	KAKLAMANIS NIKITAS	Mayor of Athens
	KANE ANIL	President World Wind Energy Association (W.W.E.A.)
	KEMPF HERVE	Journalist Le MONDE
	KONSOLAS NICHOLAS	Hon. President, Regional Development Institute, Panteion University
	KONTOKOSTAS ATHANASIOS	Chief of the Greek Fire Department
	KOUVELIS SPYROS	MP, Political Representative for Environement, Urban Planning, PASOK Party
	LALAS DIMITRIS	Physics Department, University of Athens
	LIAGOU CHRYSA	Journalist
	LIPPONEN JUHO	Head of Unit Energy Policy, Generation & Networks, EURELECTRIC
	LOUIS ARUL	Journalist, a Knight International Journalism Fellow based at the Energy and Resources Institute in New Delphi, Former News Editor of the New York Daily News
	LOVERDOU ELSA	Special Secretary for International Energy Policy, Ministry of Development
	LYMBERAKIS ANTIGONE	Professor of Economics, Panteion University
	MABEY NICK	Founding Director and Chief Executive, E3G
	MAHALINGAM SUDHA	Member, National Security Advisory Board of India
	MANIATOPOULOS CONSTANTINOS	Chairman of IENE (Institute of Energy for S.E. Europe), Former Director General for Energy - European Commission
	MAROULIS E. KONSTANTINOS	General Manager, DESFA (Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator)
	MEGRELIS NIKOS	Journalist
	MESSINAS ELIAS	President of ECOWEEK
	MICHAIL IOANNIS	President of Elliniki Etairia
	MITROVA TATIANA	Director, Centre for Global Energy Markets, Institute for Energy Research, Russian Academy of Sciences
	MORRISON GEOFFREY	Program Manager, Clean Coal Center, International Energy Agency
	NANAY JULIA	Senior Director Russia & FSU, Petroleum Finanace Company
	PALAIOKRASSAS YANNIS	Former Minister of Finance and European Commissioner
	PANAGOS THEODOROS	First Vice President, Hellenic Regulatory Energy Authority
	PAPANDREOU ANDREAS	Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Athens & Vice President, International Institute for Climate Change and Energy Security
	POLYCHRONOPOULOS ATHANASSIOS	Managing Director, POLYECO SA
	PURI SANJAY	President, US-India Business Alliance
	REDDY SIMON	Manager of C40 Initiative
	SAKELLARIS GEORGE	Senior Research Fellow, National Hellenic Research Foundation
	SAVVA I. MICHAEL	Minister-Counselor, Embassy of the Russian Federation, Athens
	SAWFAT H. HEMMAT	Senior Manager, Project Development, Power & Desalination Plants, Consolidated Contractors International Company
	SAYIGH ALI	President, World Renewable Energy Council (W.R.E.C.)
	SEELE RAINER	Member of the Board of Directors, Wintershall/Wingas
	STAMBOLIS COSTANTINOS	Executive Director, IENE
	STANISLAW JOSEPH	President of the Organizing Committee, Senior Energy Advisor Deloitte & Touche (Author's article)
	STATHEROPOULOS MILTIADES	Professor of the National Technical University of Athens, Head of the FIACTU, Director of the European Center for Forest Fires
	TSAKIRIS THEODORE	Programme Advisor, Athens Summit on Climate Change & Energy Security
	TSAPANIDOU POPI	Journalist
	VAN HULST NOE	Secretary General, International Energy Forum
	VON GEYER FELIX	Sustainable development/CSR Journalist & Communications specialist
	WHITE ANTHONY	Executive Director, Climate Change Capital
	WÖSTMANN ALEXANDER	Founder & CEO of Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections
	ZERVOS ARTHOUROS	President of the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC), Chairman of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and President of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)

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