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22.04.2024 – 15.09
The goal for a “Climate Neutral, Resilient and Smart Central Macedonia” is the topic of the conference co-organized by the Central Macedonia Department 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 is to play a key role in accelerating the actions planned to shield against the now visible effects of climate change but also to exploit new data and technologies both for safety and for improving the 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.
Moreover, the fact that Central Macedonia is a small Greece, a micrograph of the country from the man-made 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 Deputy 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 Advisor.
- Economy & Insularity.
- 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.
- Coordinated by: Vangelis Moisesis.
Take part:
- Paris Billias, Deputy Regional Governor for Infrastructure and Networks, PKK.
- Konstantinos Koutsoukos, Managing Director of “Egnatia Odos SA”.
- 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.
