Conference “Climate Neutral, Resilient and Smart Central Macedonia” on April 24 at TEE/TKM

THE target for one “Climate Neutral, Resilient and Smart Central Macedonia” is the theme of the conference they are co-organizing Department of Central Macedonia of the TEE and the Region of Central Macedonia at the TEE/TKM Amphitheater (M. Alexandrou 49), on Wednesday, April 24, from 10:00 in the morning.

The goal of the conference, according to a relevant announcement, is to play a key role in accelerating the actions planned to shield us against the now visible effects of climate change, but also to take advantage of new data and technologies both for security and improving our quality of life.

With very recent memories and many unhealed wounds from the floods in Thessaly and the fire on the Evros, with the Bill “Arrangements to deal with the multi-layered effects of climate change” in Parliament and the fire season having already started in some areas, it is the need to raise, discuss and promote proposals and solutions is obvious.

After all, the fact that Central Macedonia is a small Greece, a micrograph of the country from the anthropogenic activities it hosts but also from its geomorphology and size, the topics and conclusions of the Conference will have a pan-Hellenic scope.

The core of the effort was the conclusion of a Working Group of expert scientists set up by the TEE/TKM to draw up an Action Plan for a climate-neutral, resilient and smart Central Macedonia.

At the conference, the Minister of Energy and Environment, Mr. Theodoros Skylakakis, the Under-Minister of the Interior – Macedonian Sector of Thrace, Mr. Stathis Konstantinidis, and the Mayor of Thessaloniki, Mr. Stelios Angeloudis, will address the conference.

The event includes three thematic sections and will be held in the form of a discussion of the participants, according to the following program, which will be moderated by journalists from Thessaloniki.

Here is the Program:

10:00 Arrival
10:30 Greetings

1st Thematic Unit

11:00 Environment and Climate Change
Moderator: Alexandra Gouta
Take part:
Sotiris Mylonas, member of the Working Group “Climate neutral, resilient and smart Central Macedonia”
Giorgos Tsakoumis, President of TEE/TKM
Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Regional Governor of Central Macedonia
Giorgos – Stavros Kremlis, Executive Director European Commission, Circular Economy & Insularity Advisor
Mattheos Santamouris, Distinguished Professor, Anita Lawrence Chair High Performance Architecture, School Built Environment, Faculty Art Design and Architecture, University New South Wales, Sydney Australia
12:30 Break – coffee

2nd Thematic Unit

13:00 Infrastructure for Resilience and Civil Protection
Moderator: Vangelis Moisesis
Take part:
Paris Billias, Deputy Regional Governor for Infrastructure and Networks, PKK
Konstantinos Koutsoukos, Managing Director “Egnatia Odos S.A.”
Miltiadis Gouzouris, CEO of HVA International
Gerasimos A. Papadopoulos, President North East Atlantic & Mediterranean Tsunami Warning System, IOC/UNESCO
Konstantinos Kallergis, President and CEO of “Roikos Consulting Engineers SA”
14:30 Light Lunch

3rd Thematic Unit

15:30 Smart Cities
Coordinated by: Giorgos Katsianis
Take part:
Giorgos Stasinos, President of the TEE
Giorgos Karagiannidis, Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Polytechnic School of AUTH
Theofilos Mylonas, President of the Association of Information Technology Businesses of Greece
Nikolaos Tzollas, Deputy Regional Governor for Digital Governance, PKK