“Climate neutral, resilient and smart Central Macedonia” conference on 4/24

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 us against the now visible effects of climate change but also to take advantage of new data and technologies both for safety 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 Attendance
half past ten Regards

1^the Thematic Unit

11:00 Environment and Climate Change
Coordinates: Alexandra Guta
Take part:
Sotiris Mylonas member of the Working Group “Climate neutral, resilient and smart Central Macedonia”
George TsakoumisPresident of the TEE/TKM
Apostolos TzizikostasRegional Governor of Central Macedonia
Giorgos – Stavros Kremlis, Executive Director European Commission, Circular Economy & Insularity Advisor
Matthew 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 p.m Coffee break

2^the Thematic Unit

13:00 Infrastructure for Resilience and Civil Protection
It coordinates: Vangelis Moises
Take part:
Paris BilliasDeputy Regional Governor of Infrastructures and Networks, PKK
Konstantinos KoutsoukosManaging Director of “Egnatia Odos S.A.”
Miltiadis GouzourisCEO of HVA International
Gerasimos A. Papadopoulos President North East Atlantic & Mediterranean Tsunami Warning System, IOC/UNESCO
Konstantinos KallergisPresident and CEO of “Roikos Consultants Engineers SA”
14:30 Light lunch

3^the Thematic Unit

15:30 Smart Cities
Coordinates: George Katsianis
Take part:
George StasinosPresident of the TEE
George Karagiannidis Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Polytechnic School of AUTH
Theofilos MylonasPresident of the Association of Information Technology Businesses of Greece
Nikolaos JollasVice-Regional Governor of Digital Governance PKK