19.10.2023

10.00-18.00

ATHENS
MARRIOTT HOTEL

19.10.2023

10.00-18.00

ATHENS MARRIOTT HOTEL

Themes | Speakers | Programme | Sponsors & Supporters

SBC Greece organizes its Annual Sustainability Conference 2023 on October 19 at the Athens Marriott hotel.

Its main target is to inform on the latest trends and increase networking of all relevant stakeholders. The Conference will present the latest trends and current status of sustainability in the built environment. National and international leaders, among others, rrepresentatives from WGBC, LEED, BREEAM, DGNB, WELL, EDGE, will present and discuss on circular economy, taxonomy, health and wellbeing in the built environment, design tools, construction, and refurbishment of sustainable buildings. Additionally, presentations and discussions will include certified buildings, best practices, the business case of sustainability and sustainable/green financing.

Conference themes:

Current trends and the status of sustainability in the built environment

The business case of sustainability in the built environment

Certified buildings in Greece and energy crisis

Speakers

Theodore Skylakakis

Minister of Environment and Energy of Greece

Yannis Mastrogeorgiou

Special Secretary Strategic Foresight, Presidency of the Government

Ioannis Xifaras

Secretary General, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport of Greece

Cristina Gamboa

CEO, WorldGBC

Pat Barry

Chair of Europe Regional Network (ERN/WorldGBC) & CEO, Irish GBC

Richard Teichmann

Vice Chair of Europe Regional Network (ERN/WorldGBC), Managing Partner – Teichmann et Compagnons Property Networks GmbH

Stephen Richardson

Director of Europe Regional Network (ERN), WorldGBC

Kay Kilmann

Managing Director, Green Business Certification Institute Europe

Johannes Kreißig

Chief Executive Officer DGNB e.V. and DGNB GmbH

Audrey Nugent

Director of Global Advocacy, WorldGBC

Laura Pallares

Head of Projects, Europe Regional Network (ERN), WorldGBC

Dan Asquith

BREEAM Business Development Manager, BRE Group

Ommid Saberi

Global Co-Lead, EDGE Green Building Program, IFC

Eleftherios Zacharakis

Account Manager EMEA, International WELL Building Institute ( IWBI)

Philippe Morel

Associate Professor & Programme Director of Architectural Computation MSc/MRes, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL Faculty of the Built Environment

Iannis Voutsinos

Head EU Affairs & Funding, PwC

Dr. Polydefkis Loukopoulos

Chairman & Managing Director Signify Greece, Israel, Cyprus, Malta

Pakis Papademetriou

Head of Sustainability & ESG, Eurobank

Georgios Giannakis

Project Manager, Head of R&D, HYPERTECH EnergyLabs

Esaam Elabasi

CEO, AI DIGITS Group, Director, AI DIGITS Academies

George Dritsanos

Vice President Secure Power, Schneider Electric Europe

Georgios Karakatsanis

Co-founder & CEO at EVOTROPIA Ecological Finance Architectures

Aris Tsatsarelis

Refrigeration Bus. Dev. Engineer, Daikin Sustainability Team, Daikin Greece

Julie Emmrich

Sustainable Finance Lead, World Green Building Council

Alexander Athanassoulas

President SBC GREECE

Dimitris Managoudis

Vice-president SBC GREECE

Pantelis Levantis

Member of the BoD, SBC Greece

Alexandros Archontidis

Treasurer, SBC GREECE

Konstantinos Katsakioris

Alternate Member of the BoD, SBC Greece

Programme

FIRST PART

OPENING REMARKS

10:00
Akis Kekridis, (MC), Executive Director SBC Greece
10:05
Alex Athanassoulas, President SBC Greece, President & CEO STIRIXIS Group
10:15
Cristina Gamboa, CEO World Green Building Council

GREECE & SUSTAINABILITY

10:20
Theodore Skylakakis, Minister of Environment and Energy of Greece
10.30
Yannis Mastrogeorgiou, Special Secretary Strategic Foresight Presidency of the Government 10.40 Nikos Tachiaos, Deputy Minister Ministry of Infrastructure of Greece
10.50
Ioannis Xifaras, Secretary General Ministry of Infrastructure of Greece

EU & SUSTAINABILITY

11:00
Richard Teichmann, Co-Chair ERN, World Green Building Council
11:10
Laura Pallares, Head of Projects Europe, World Green Building Council
11:20
Audrey Nugent, Director of Global Advocacy World Green Building Council
11:30
Pakis Papademetriou, Head ESG Eurobank
11:40
Panel Moderator Dimitris Managoudis, Vice President SBC Greece, CEO ICON Group

12:00
COFFEE BREAK

ENERGY EFFICIENCY & SUSTAINABILITY

12:30
Pat Barry, CEO Irish Green Building Council
12:40
George Dritsanos, Vice President Secure Power, Schneider Electric Europe
12:50
Ommid Saberi, Global Co-Lead EDGE, IFC World Bank
13:00
Christina Antoniou, Managing Directo Daikin Greece
13:10
Polydefkis Loukopoulos, Chairman & Managing Director Signify Greece, Israel, Cyprus, Malta
13:20
Panel Moderator Konstantinos Katsakioris, Alt. Member of BoD SBC Greece, Strategy & Sustainability Schneider Electric Hellas

13:50

BUFFET – LUNCH

SECOND PART

OPENING REMARKS

14:45
Stephen Richardson, Director Europe, World GBC
14.55
Rick Fedrizi, Executive Chairman International WELL Building Institute

EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABILITY

15:00
Johannes Kreißig, CEO DGNB
15:10
Kay Killman, Managing Director GBCI, LEED
15:20
Dan Asquith, BREEAM Business Development Manager BRE Group
15:30
Eleftherios Zacharakis, Senior Associate International WELL Building Institute
15:40
Panel Moderator Panel Moderator Pantelis Levantis, Member of BoD SBC Greece, Managing Director ECOVERITAS

16:00
COFFEE BREAK

PANEL SESSIONS

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

16:30
PANEL 1: ΑΙ & SUSTAINABILITY
- Giorgos Giannakis, Production Engineering & Management HyperTECH SA
- Philippe Morel, Associate Professor & Programme Director of Architectural Computation MSc/MRes The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL Faculty of the Built Environment
- Issam El-Absi, CEO AI DIGITS Group
- Panel Moderator Alexandros Archontidis, Treasurer SBC Greece, Commercial Manager Olympia Odos
17:10
PANEL 2: INNOVATION & COLLABORATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY
- Iannis Voutsinos, Head EU Affairs & Funding PwC
- Laura Pallares, Head of Projects Europe World Green Building Council
- George Karakatsanis, Chair SBC Greece Circular Economy Committee, Natural Capital Econometrics
- Panel Moderator Stephen Richardson, Director Europe, World GBC

CLOSING REMARKS

17:50
Alex Athanassoulas, President SBC Greece, President & CEO STIRIXIS Group

18:10

CONFERENCE END