Prime Minister

KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS

Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in as Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic on July 8th, 2019.

President of Nea Demokratia since January 2016, managed to modernize his party, renew and boost its membership base, create a system of funding based on small annual donations by the members and put in place a code of transparency and accountability in the operations of the party.

He led his party to a landslide victory three years later, campaigning on a platform for jobs, strong growth and lower taxes. Nea Demokratia was the first party to win an absolute majority in the Greek Parliament since 2009.

As Minister of Administrative Reform and e-Government from June 2013 until January 2015, he spearheaded comprehensive national reforms by implementing a functional reorganization of institutions, structures and processes.

A member of the Parliament since 2004, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has participated in the Committee for Constitutional Amendment, the Committee for Trade and the Committee for National Defense. He was also an active member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

As Chairman of the Environment Committee between 2007-2009, he passionately pursued issues pertaining to climate change and advocated for the need for environmentally sustainable growth. Since then, he was the shadow-minister for the environment and climate change for Nea Demokratia until 2012.

Before entering politics, he worked for ten years in the private sector as a financial analyst with Chase Investment Bank, a consultant with McKinsey and Company and finally as CEO of NBG Venture Capital at the National Bank of Greece.

He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Social Studies, summa cum laude, from Harvard University, and earned an MA in International Relations from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis is married to Mareva Grabowski and they have three children, Sofia, Constantinos and Dafni.

Managing Director of Eurobank

FOKION KARAVIAS

Mr. Fokion Karavias holds the position of Chief Executive Officer at Eurobank S.A. and he is Member of the Board of Directors.

He has served at Eurobank as Senior General Manager, Head of Group Corporate and Investment Banking, Capital Markets & Wealth Management and member of the Executive Committee (2014 – 2015), General Manager and member of the Executive Committee (2005 – 2013), Deputy General Manager and Treasurer (2002 -2005).

He started his career in banking in 1991, at JP Morgan, in New York, in the market risk management division. In 1994, he joined Citibank, in Athens, responsible for derivatives and fixed income business in Greece. In 1997, he joined Eurobank, as head of fixed income and derivatives trading. In 2000, he became Treasurer at Telesis Investment Bank.

He is also Chief Executive Officer of Eurobank Ergasias Services & Holdings S.A. and Member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Bank Association.

He holds a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, a Master’s and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. He has published several papers on topics concerning his academic research. He was born in Athens in 1964.

Deputy Minister of Social Cohesion and Family

MARIA-ALEXANDRA KEFALA

Maria-Alexandra Kefala was born on July 30, 1985 in Ioannina, where she lives. She is married.

Physician by profession specializing in paediatrics. She is a graduate of the Medical School of the University of Ioannina and holds a master’s degree from the National School of Public Health “Health Promotion of Children and Adolescents”. She speaks English, French and German.

She was elected Member of Parliament for Ioannina with New Democracy for the first time in the elections of July 2019 and was re-elected in the elections of June 2023. She was Secretary of the Parliament during the period 2019-2023. From 2019 until 2022, she participated as a member of the “Special Standing Committee on Equality, Youth and Human Rights”, the “Sub-Committee on the Issues of Persons with Disabilities” and the “Sub-Committee on Combating Human Trafficking and Exploitation” of Parliament, of which she assumed the presidency from October 2022 until April 2023.

She was also a member of the “Standing Committee on Social Affairs” of the Parliament. At the same time, she was elected as Vice-President of the Economic, Commercial and Fiscal Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Cooperation Organization. During the 2019-2023 parliamentary term, she was Vice-President of the “Greece-Albania” Friendship Parliamentary Group and a member of “Greece-USA”, “Greece-Qatar”, “Greece-North Macedonia”, “Greece-Armenia” and “Greece-Egypt”.

  • Deputy Minister of Social Cohesion & Family on June 27, 2023. The youngest Deputy Minister of the Greek Government.
  • Member of Parliament for Ioannina with New Democracy on June 26, 2023 and July 7, 2019. One of the youngest members of the National Representation.
  • Secretary of the Parliament.
  • President of the Special Standing Committee on Equality, Youth and Human Rights.
  • Chairman of the Subcommittee on Disability Issues.
  • Chairman of the Subcommittee on Combating Human Trafficking and Exploitation.
  • Member of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs.
  • Elected to the Executive Secretariat of the ND since February 22, 2020
  • She was the president of NODE of Ioannina, the youngest president of NODE nationwide at the age of only 28
  • She was the Vice President of the Local Youth Council of the Municipality of Pamvotida.
Professor of Demography University of Thessaly

BYRON KOTZAMANIS

Byron KOTZAMANIS, Demographer, Docteur es Lettres et Sciences Humaines (Univ. Paris X, France). Principal Investigator, Research Project “Demographic Imperatives in Research and Practices in Greece -Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (2021-2023). Researcher at the National Centre of Social Research (1983-1996), Associate Professor (1989-99) and Professor (1999-2019) of Demography (University of Thessaly, Dept of Planning and Regional Development).

Director (1998-2019) of the Laboratory of Demographic and Social Analyses of UTH. Director of the post-graduate studies program of the Dept. of Planning and Regional Studies (2001-2004) and of the Joint French-Greek Master Program “Population-Development-Foresight” organized by the Universities of Thessaly and Bordeaux (2015-2017). President (2001-2004) of the Association of French Speaking Demographers (AIDELF) and Honorary President since 2005. President (2007->) of the Association Demobalk. Chevalier de Palmes Academiques of the French Government (2005). Expert of the European Commission responsible for the re-organization of the Statistical Institutes in Western Balkans (Montenegro, Serbia, BiH) in the framework of PHARE and CARDS programs and member of numerous Monitoring and observation missions (EU, Consul of Europe, UNFPA) for censuses operations in ex-socialist countries.

Scientific responsible for the implementation of several research programs financed by national, foreigners and international institutions. Author, co-author and editor of books about demographic /population developments in Greece and Balkans. Author of several papers in collective volumes examining issues of demographic policy, population projections, migration, mortality, family/fertility (as well as the spatial dimensions of demographic phenomena) in Greece / Balkans.

General Secretary of the Supreme Confederation of Multi - Child Parents of Greece

DIMITRA - INES AGGELI

Dimitra-Ines Aggeli was born in Athens in 1966, where she grew up and lives. She is of Athenian origin. Married and mother of 6 children.

Graduated Programmer/Computer Analyst. She speaks English, German, French. Municipal Councilor of the Municipality of Athens, President of the Municipal Nursery of Athens, Secretary General of the Supreme Confederation of Multiple Children of Greece (ASPE), Secretary General of the Union of Multiple Children of Athens (E.P.A.), Member of the Board of Directors of OPEKA, Member of the Board of the European Large Families Confederation (E.L.Fa.C.), Member of the Board of the “Kephalinian Brotherhood of Athens”.

MEMBER

  • of the EU of the Economic and Social Committee of Greece (E.K.E.)
  • of the Corps of Greek Scouts,
  • of the Hellenic Red Cross,
  • of the “Women’s Political Association”,
  • of the “Network of Eminent Women in Local Government”
  • of Volunteers of the World,
  • of the “Cultural & Beautifying Association of Patisia”,
  • of the Panhellenic Women’s Organization “Panathinaiki”

She worked as an administrative executive in the creation and support of commercial applications (customized applications) for large companies (insurance, publishing, shipping, agricultural cooperatives, trade, etc.)

She taught in free study workshops on IT subjects.
As a volunteer she has participated in many social and environmental actions
as well as in sports events (pan-Hellenic, pan-European, Olympic, Special Olympics).

Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security, Professor of International Economic Studies AUEB

PANAGIOTIS TSAKLOGLOU

BA in Economics (University of Thessaloniki), MA and PhD in Economics (University of Warwick).

Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business, Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA, Bonn) and Senior Research Fellow of the Hellenic Observatory (LSE, London). He has published over 100 books, scholarly articles and contributions to collective volumes, made over 200 presentations in conferences and workshops and participated in over 50 research and consultancy projects. His research focuses on Economics of Social Policy (inequality, poverty, social exclusion, redistributive role of the state) Labour and Education Economics (determinants of unemployment, returns to education).

Since August 2020, Deputy Minister of Labour in charge of Social Insurance. During the period 2012-2014 he was Chairman of the Greek Government’s Council of Economic Advisers and member of the EU Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) and Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) as well as alternate member of Ecofin and Eurogroup. He has also been Social Policy advisor to Prime Ministers G. Papandreou (2010-2011) and L. Papademos (2011-2012) and a member of the EU Economic Policy Committee (EPC, 2010-2011). Further, he was member of the Greek Government’s Council of Advisors on Employment and Social Insurance (2001-2002), National Council for Research and Technology (2001-2005) Council of Economic Advisors (2002-2004 and 2009-2012) and member of the Independent Authority for the Evaluation of Tertiary Education (2006-2009).

Professor of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Medical School of Athens, Director of the 2nd Obstetrics-Gynecology Clinic, Aretaiio University. UoA Hospital

NIKOLAOS VLAHOS

Dr. Nickolas Vlahos was born in Athens in 1965.

He graduated from the University of Athens Medical School in June of 1989 with Honors.

Immediately following, he served for 2 years as a Second Lieutenant in the Hellenic Military Air force.

Following the completion of his military service and his medical service in underserved areas in Greece, he was accepted by the State University of New York, where he specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology (1992-1997) and became Board Certified by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

In 1997 Dr. Vlahos was accepted as a fellow by the  Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore USA, where he trained for three years in order to attain the subspecialty in Reproductive Endocrinology.

The Reproductive Endocrinology Fellowship included comprehensive training in all of the assisted reproduction techniques, including, IVF, GIFT, ICSI, as well as all of the advanced Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic surgical techniques.

In July of 1999 the University of Johns Hopkins offered Dr. Vlahos the position of  Lecturer in Reproductive endocrinology.

In the year 2000 following written and oral exams he became Board Certified as a Reproductive Endocrinologist.

In July of the Year 2000 Johns Hopkins University offered Dr. Vlahos the position of Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

The years 2000-2004 were spent working as an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, USA.

In 2001 Dr Vlachos was proclaimed Director of the department of Endometriosis and Laparoscopic Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital ; in the same year he also undertakes the responsibilities of  Co-Director for the department of Assisted Reproduction and IVF.

In September of 2004 Dr. Vlahos is offered the position of Assistant Professor at the 2nd  Department  of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Athens, as director of the division  of Assisted Reproduction.

In December of 2010 he is promoted to the position of Associate Professor and he became the director of the department of Endoscopic surgery of Aretaieio University Hospital.

In May of 2015 Dr. Vlahos was promoted to the position of Full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Assisted Reproduction

Dr Vlahos has been commended by the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopy Surgery ( AAGL)  for his exemplary performance in laparoscopic surgery, he has been awarded the title “Top Doc In America for Endometriosis and IVF” and has been nominated several time for the WHO IS WHO in AMERICA as well as WHO is WHO in Medicine and Health Care. He has been the principal author of more than 100 scientific publications and contributing author for 8 medical books.

He has been a reviewer for several scientific journals  in the field of IVF and endoscopic surgery and he has organized several courses in endoscopic surgery and IVF.

His main areas of interest are:  infertility and assisted reproduction, IVF, endometriosis, and advanced endoscopic surgery.

Obstetrician - Reproductive Gynecologist, Vice President of "Mother" Hospital, Vice President of the "HEALTH IVF Embryogenesis" Unit, Co-founder of the non-profit Be-Live Association

VASILEIOS KELLARIS, MD, MSC, PHD

Vasilios Kellaris was born in Athens. He is a medical graduate of NKUA (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), while he served as a Resident Obstetrician at “ATTIKON” University Hospital, having completed part of his training at “Elpis” and “Aglaia Kyriakou” Children’s hospital.

He holds a Master’s degree in High Risk Pathology Pregnancy and a PhD from the Medical School of NKUA.

He also holds a Diploma in Specialization in Management and Organization of Health Units from the Open University of Athens, an A.L.S.O. Diploma (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics, U.K.) and a Certificate of the Vocational Training Centers (KEK) in “Human Reproduction”.

He is further educated in the field of Infertility and Assisted Reproduction Methods at the University Hospital UZ Brussel. Additionally, he is a Certified Sonographer and holds a “Focus on Gynecology” Diploma and a ISGE Certification (International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology).

He is Vice President of “Mitera” hospital, Vice President and co-founder of the “Hygeia IVF Embryogenesis” Center and Co-founder of the Non-profit Organization for infertility and birth deficit Be-Live.

Moreover, he is a Research Fellow of the Hellenic Society of Reproductive Medicine (E.E.A.I.) and member of the Coordinating Committee for Human Reproduction of C.V.T. (Vocational Training Center).

Furthermore, he is a fellow of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), member of the European Academy of Gynecological Surgery (MIS Academy Europe) and of the Global Fertility Academy (GFA).

He is an editorial board member of British Medical Journal (BMJ).

He has his private clinic in Athens and Samos.

Obstetrician – Reproductive Gynecologist, Founder of the non-profit Be-Live Association

HARIS HINIADIS

Haris Hiniadis is an Obstetrician-Gynecologist specializing in IVF and Laparoscopic Surgery and co-founder of Be-Live.

He is Vice President of HYGEIA IVF-Embryogenesis and Member of the Board of Directors. of the Mother Hospital

He teaches at the Postgraduate Program “Human Reproduction” of the School of Medicine of D.P.Th. as well as the students of the Medical School of the European University Cyprus.

He has been Scientific Manager of the MITERA IVF Unit, where he worked for 18 years performing thousands of IVF treatment cycles.

He specialized in Gynecology at University Hospitals London and holds the Diploma of Faculty for Family Planning of the British College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (RCOG). He specialized in ultrasound at King’s College under Professor Cyprus Nicolaidis and was Curator of Gynecology at King George Hospital.

He specialized in IVF and worked as a Specialist Curator in the IVF Unit of Saint Bartholomew’s University Hospital, London.

He specialized in Laparoscopy & Hysteroscopy in Clermont-Ferrand and holds the European Diploma in Gynecological Endoscopy, Université d’Auvergne and the Diploma in Robotic Laparoscopy, Strasbourg.

Through Be-Live, which was awarded as the Best New Non-Profit Organization, it develops intense charitable activity and performs free IVF treatments to economically weak infertile couples, contributing to the conquest of the dream of the family and the reduction of infertility in our country.

He is a member of the European Society of Reproduction (ESHRE), the European Society of Gynecological Endoscopy (ESGE), the International Society for Fertility Preservation (ISFP) and the Hellenic Society of Assisted Reproduction Physicians.

Director at Institute of Social Research (EKKE) / Professor of Rural Sociology & Geography (HUA)

APOSTOLOS PAPADOPOULOS

Apostolos Papadopoulos has studied sociology in Greece (Department of Sociology, Panteion University) and in the United Kingdom (M.Sc (Econ) at the Department of Sociology of the London School of Economics and Political Science), while he holds a PhD in human geography from the United Kingdom Basil (University of Sussex). He has been employed as a researcher at the National Center for Social Research (EKKE), the University of Patras and the Agricultural University of Athens. He was elected Lecturer in Agricultural Sociology and served at the University of Ioannina for five years. He was then elected Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography of Harokopio University where he serves to this day at the rank of Professor with the subject “Social and Geographical Analysis of Rural Areas”. At Harokopion University, after being elected, he has assumed the position of the Director of the “Applied Geography and Spatial Management” (2009-2011), the Vice-Rector of Economic Planning, Development and Research (2011-2015), and the Dean of the School of Environment , Geography and Applied Economics (2017-2018).

He has coordinated as a scientific officer, as well as worked as a principal investigator in numerous research projects funded by the European Commission, Greek State agencies and other agencies. He has published a large number of articles in international scientific journals (Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy; Agriregionieuropa; Applied Geography; Autonomie Locali e Servizi Sociali; Environment and Planning C; Europa XXI; Frontiers in Sociology; International Review of Sociology; Italian Review of Agricultural Economics; Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies; Journal of Rural Cooperation; Journal of Rural Studies; Méditerranée; Migration Letters; Sociologia Ruralis; Southeast European and Black Sea Studies), Greek scientific journals (Geographies, Social Research Review, Political Science Review, Sociological Review), collective volumes and conference proceedings. In addition to Greek and English, his scientific work has been published in Italian and Portuguese.

He has been a member of the Working Group on Immigration coordinated by the Office of the Prime Minister (Official Gazette, Issue 1650/25-08-2011). He has been appointed a member of the Advisory Committee (2017-2020) of the International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agricultural Studies (CIHEAM) which is a recognized European Research and Educational Organization based in Paris, while for the last two years (2019-2020) he has been elected President of this scientific advisory board.

From the position of President of the Hellenic Sociological Society (HSE), he undertook the task of organizing one of the largest social science conferences in Greece. Specifically, as President of the Local Organizing Committee, he organized the 13th Conference of the European Sociological Society (ESA) in Athens entitled “(Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities”, in the period August 29 – September 1, 2017. then he was elected a member of the Executive Committee of the European Sociological Society (ESA) for two periods (2017-2019, 2019-2021), while he served as Vice-President of External Affairs in the same European society for both periods.

He has assumed the position of Editor-in-Chief at the international peer-reviewed scientific journal Sociologia Ruralis (2020-2023) and the position of Associate Editor at NEW MEDIT: Mediterranean Journal of Economics, Agriculture and Environment. He is also a member of the editorial board of the scientific journals Migration Letters, Europa XXI and Sociological Review, a member of the international scientific board of the journals Border Studies, Social Studies [Studime Sociale], and Autonomie locali e servizi sociali and a member of the scientific board of the journal Social Cohesion and Development (Social Cohesion and Development).

Ph.D Demography, Researcher at EKKE

PAVLOS BALTAS

Pavlos Baltas is a Researcher (Grade C) in Institute of Social Research (IKE) at the Greek National Center for Social Research (EKKE).

He has worked at Observatoire Démographique Européen (ODE) of Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques (INED) in Paris and in several research projects on Demographic Analysis, Population Projections, Data Analysis and Thematic Mapping.

His current research interests are lying in the areas of Demographic Analysis, Population Geography and the use of Big Data (Satellite images and Social Media Data) in social sciences.

He has been an adjunct lecturer at University of Bordeaux, University of Thessaly, Athens University of Economic and Business, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and at University of Aegean.

He holds a PhD in Demography, a MSc entitled “Population, Development and Prospective” and a MSc entitled “Planning and Regional Development”.

Minister of Labour and Social Welfare

ADONIS GEORGIADIS

Adonis Georgiadis was born on November 6th, 1972, in Athens. He is married to Eugenia Manolidou and they have two children, Perseus and Alcaeus. He graduated from the Faculty of History & Archaeology of the School of Philosophy of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.

In 1993, he took over the management of publications ‘GEORGIADIS-LIBRARY OF GREEK’. In 1994, he founded the Liberal Studies Center “GREEK EDUCATION”.

Elected MP in Athens B region in the elections of 2007 and 2009 with the LAOS political party.

In February 2012, he joined the Nea Demokratia political party, having resigned from the parliamentary office. Elected with Nea Demokratia in Athens B in the national elections of 2012 and 2015.

In 2011, he was Vice Minister of Shipping in the Government of Lucas Papademos and in 2013 he was appointed Minister of Health in the Government of Antonis Samaras.

On July 9, 2019, Adonis Georgiadis was sworn in as Minister of Development and Investments in the Government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a position he held for 4 years.

In the elections of 21 May 2023, Adonis Georgiadis was re-elected Member of Parliament for the Northern Sector of Athens. On June the 27th was sworn as Minister of Labour and Social Welfare.

Secretary General for Equality and Human Rights

ZEFI DIMADAMA

PhD, Msc, Special Teaching Staff, Department of International, European & Regional Studies, Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences

Dr. Zefi Dimadama teaches as a Special Teaching Staff in the Department of International, European and Regional Studies at Panteion University, she holds a PhD and a Master’s Degree in the scientific field of “Regional Economic Development and Environmental Policies”.

She has been the General Director of the International Center for Black Sea Studies and has a significant presence in International Forums and scientific contribution to research activities in the field of economy and sustainable development, gender equality and human rights. She was the Vice-President of the Women of the European Socialist Party (PESWOMEN) and head of the ESK Women of the Network for Climate Change and the Environment. She is the President of the Athens Branch of the Greek Women’s Union (EGE) and former Vice-President of the Women’s Political Association.

She is active internationally in research and academic collaborations related to Sustainable Development with an emphasis on the integration of the 17 UN Goals and the achievement of Goal 5 on gender equality and the empowerment of women. She has participated in the work of the UN and in the 67th session of the UN Commission (UN CSW67) in March between 6-17/2023 in New York, while she has been invited to a number of international conferences, seminars as a speaker and coordinator of thematic sections.

She is the author of two monographs “Economy, Development, Environment. Theoretical Approaches and Sustainable Development Policies” (Papazisi Publications 2008), and “Sustainable Economic Development. The Integration of the 17 UN Goals. Economic and environmental dimensions” (Papazisi Publications, 2021) while participating in individual and collective scientific announcements in Greek and international publications.

Professor of Social Security Law in the Department of Business Administration (Social Policy Unit), Director of the Social Administration Research Lab at the University of West Attica in Athens

GABRIEL AMITSIS

Gabriel Amitsis is an international lawyer and academic; first rank Professor of Social Security Law in the Department of Business Administration (Social Policy Unit) and Director of the Social Administration Research Lab (https://sarl.uniwa.gr) at the University of West Attica in Athens (www.uniwa.gr). Through his research and writing interventions, he pioneered the promotion of new institutions and tools of the Welfare State in Greece, such as the establishment of the Guaranteed Minimum Income, the elaboration of the National Strategy for Social Inclusion and the establishment of the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family.

He is the Coordinator of the Greek Chapter of the Academics Stand Against Poverty Network (academicsstand.org), the Chair of the Working Group on Social Services Research (European Social Network, https://www.esn-eu.org/),  the Vice-Chair of the Working Group for Housing Systems in Transition at  HOUSING EUROPE – The European Federation of Public, Cooperative and Social Housing (www.housingeurope.eu) and a senior member of the European Network for Research on Supplementary Pensions  (https://enrsp.org/). His main research interests focus on critical social agendas, as social security, social welfare, social inclusion, employment, social entrepreneurship, regional development, migration and asylum.

Prof. Amitsis is author and co-author of twenty books and has published in international edited books and journals, while he is the chief editor of the book series “The reform of the Social State”, published since 2016 by the leading Greek publisher PAPAZISIS. His best-selling monograph “The commitment to active inclusion of vulnerable groups – Lessons from Social Europe” (in Greek) was published in 2014 by PAPAZISIS with a foreword from Laszlo Andor, former EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.

Associate Professor of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Scientific Director of INEMY – ESEE

VALIA ARANITOU

Valia S. Aranitou is an associate professor of Political Sociology at the Department of Political Science of the University of Crete, Greece.

She studied Economics and Economic Sociology in Athens and in Paris.

In her doctoral thesis she explored the case of small traders in post-war Greece within the context of social identity and political behavior.

Her research interests include: organized interests and their role in the political system, recent developments in labour relations and the economic prerequisites of Democracy.

She is the scientific director of INEMY the research institute of the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship.

Publisher - Director Realnews

NIKOS CHATZINIKOLAOU

Nikos Chatzinikolaou was born on October the 9th 1962, in Alexandroupolis, Evros. He started working as a journalist in 1983 covering education topics in the newspaper “MESIMVRINI”.

In 1984, he received the “Botsi” award for journalism. He then started to cover political issues. Meanwhile, he started his collaboration with the Sunday edition of the newspaper “Akropolis”, the newspaper “Ethnos” and the magazines “ENA” and “STATUS”.

In 1987, he started working for the newly founded radio “ATHINA 9,84”. At the same time he became member of the founding committee of the station. He also temporarily worked at the radio stations “ERA”, “SKY 100,4”, “PLANET” and “STATUS FM”.

In 1989, he started his collaboration with MEGA TV station. From 1998 until 2003 he was General Director of News and Information department of the station.

From 2003 until 2007, he collaborates with ALPHA TV Station, as Executive Vice President and General Director of News and Information department and later, as Chairman and CEO.

From April 2007 until October 2011 he collaborates with ALTER TV station.

In September 2007 he founded along with Andreas Kouris the «Real Group», which owns the radio station “Real Fm 97.8” in Athens, “Real Fm 107.1” in Salonica, “Ellinikos 93,2” in Athens, the weekly (every Sunday) newspaper “Real News” and the news portal “Real.gr”.

In 2012 Nikos Chatzinikolaou created his own personal site-blog “Enikos.gr” and the financial news blog “Enikonomia.gr”.

From September 2013 until June 2016, he collaborates with STAR Channel TV Station.

Since January 2017, he is the anchorman of the main news edition of ANT1 TV Station.

Nikos Chatzinikolaou is board member of European Newspaper Publishers Association (ENPA).

Co-founder DOME CONSULTING FIRM & Communication Expert

MARIANA PIRGIOTI

She studied Political Sciences at the Department of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and media training at the BBC Academy. She is a journalist, political analyst, TV anchorwoman until 2011 and General Manager of the think tank Institute of Democracy, Konstantinos Karamanlis until 2014.

She is an experienced and distinguished media trainer for “tradional” and cyber crisis management in companies such as: PETROLA HELLAS, HELLENIC PETROLEUM (ELPE), LAFARGE BETON, HALYPS BUILDING MATERIALS, ITALCEMENTI GROUP, REGENCY CASINO THESSALONIKI, HSBC, CREDIT AGRICOLE LIFE, DELTA, KATSELIS, GOODY’S, EVEREST, CARREFOUR, GENESIS FARMA and others.

Journalist

KATIA MAKRI

Katia Makri is a journalist at Antenna Channel, one of the leading television networks in Greece. She has more than 20 years of experience as a political editor, and worked during that time for Ethnos, Eleftherotypia and Real newspapers, Star Channel, Alter Channel, Real, Alpha, and Flash Radio.

She was born in Athens, she has a master in European Studies and speaks fluently English and Italian.

Chief Editor, Real News

KONSTANTINOS ROBOTIS

Born and raised in Athens, Konstantinos Rompotis entered journalism in 1998 as a business editor at Imerissia daily financial newspaper.

Since then, he has worked in several newspapers, radio stations, magazines, and news portals as a financial editor and a columnist.

Since 2008 he has joined Real Media Group. He currently serves as Chief Editor at Real news newspaper.

He speaks English, German and French.

General Manager of Enikos.gr

MANOS NIFLIS

Manos Niflis is a journalist, General Manager of the websites enikos.gr and enikonomia.gr and radio host for Real fm 97.8, with a daily show.

He has presented TV shows for ALTER CHANNEL and Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), with an extensive experience in covering socio-political issues.

Previously, he served as News Director of the radio station ALPHA 98.9, Director of the website Zougla.gr, Editor-in-Chief for the newspapers “Agora” and “Athinaiki”, Editor-in-Chief of the TV shows “Enopios Enopio”, “Zougla”, “Kitrinos Tipos” and Coordinator of the ALPHA TV’s news bulletin.

An extremely important issue for our country.

Demography has always been an extremely important issue for our country.

The national policy framework to address it is created by:

  • the public debate
  • the exchange of views
  • the citation of data
  • fruitful reflection

In this context, Next is Now and Dome Consulting are organizing for the 2nd consecutive year, the conference: Demographic 2023 – Time to Act, on October 17, 2023, at the Athens Marriot Hotel.

The proceedings of the conference will be opened again this year by the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, while government representatives, politicians, specialist academics and market stakeholders will participate in the panels.

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    Conference
    agenda

    09:15 - 10:00
    Registration
    10:00 - 10:30 | Summit Opening
    Speech by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
    Kyriakos Mitsotakis
    KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS

    Prime Minister

    10:30 - 10:40
    Greetings via video
    10:40 - 10:45
    Video
    10:45 - 10:55
    Greetings
    Fokion Karavias
    FOKION KARAVIAS

    Managing Director of Eurobank

    10:55 - 10:56
    Video
    11:00 - 11:20
    Interview of the Minister of Social Cohesion and Family, Mr. Sophia Zaharaki, by Mr. Nikos Chatzinikolaou
    Sofia Zacharaki
    SOFIA ZACHARAKI

    Minister of Social Cohesion and Family

    Nikos Chatzinikolaou
    NIKOS CHATZINIKOLAOU

    Publisher - Director Realnews

    11:20 - 12:20 | Section A
    The national demographic plan – Family and young people in focus
    Maria-Alexandra Kefala
    MARIA-ALEXANDRA KEFALA

    Deputy Minister of Social Cohesion and Family

    Byron Kotzamanis
    BYRON KOTZAMANIS

    Professor of Demography University of Thessaly

    Dimitra - Ines Aggeli
    DIMITRA - INES AGGELI

    General Secretary of the Supreme Confederation of Multi - Child Parents of Greece

    Mariana Pirgioti
    Moderator MARIANA PIRGIOTI

    Co-founder DOME CONSULTING FIRM & Communication Expert

    12:20 - 13:20 | Section B
    Economic development and demographic policy – Insurance, low fertility and population aging
    Panagiotis Tsakloglou
    PANAGIOTIS TSAKLOGLOU

    Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security, Professor of International Economic Studies AUEB

    Marina Stefou
    MARINA STEFOU

    Secretary General of Demographic and Housing Policy

    Nikolaos Vlahos
    NIKOLAOS VLAHOS

    Professor of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Medical School of Athens, Director of the 2nd Obstetrics-Gynecology Clinic, Aretaiio University. UoA Hospital

    Vasileios Kellaris, MD, MsC, PhD
    VASILEIOS KELLARIS, MD, MSC, PHD

    Obstetrician - Reproductive Gynecologist, Vice President of "Mother" Hospital, Vice President of the "HEALTH IVF Embryogenesis" Unit, Co-founder of the non-profit Be-Live Association

    Haris Hiniadis
    HARIS HINIADIS

    Obstetrician – Reproductive Gynecologist, Founder of the non-profit Be-Live Association

    Katia Makri
    Moderator KATIA MAKRI

    Journalist

    13:20 - 14:00
    Break / Finger Food
    14:00 - 15:00 | Section C
    Demographic challenges and education
    Apostolos Papadopoulos
    APOSTOLOS PAPADOPOULOS

    Director at Institute of Social Research (EKKE) / Professor of Rural Sociology & Geography (HUA)

    Pavlos Baltas
    PAVLOS BALTAS

    Ph.D Demography, Researcher at EKKE

    Maria Kakali
    MARIA KAKALI

    Mayor of Agios Efstratioς

    Antonis Makris
    ANTONIS MAKRIS

    Professor of Robotics in Agios Efstratios

    Kostis Dimtsas
    KOSTIS DIMTSAS

    General Manager, Charity Organization "Mission" of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens

    Konstantinos Robotis
    Moderator KONSTANTINOS ROBOTIS

    Chief Editor, Real News

    15:00 - 16:00 | Section D
    The new reality for workers – The issues of equal opportunities
    Keynote Speaker
    Adonis Georgiadis
    ADONIS GEORGIADIS

    Minister of Labour and Social Welfare

    Participants
    Adonis Georgiadis
    ADONIS GEORGIADIS

    Minister of Labour and Social Welfare

    Zefi Dimadama
    ZEFI DIMADAMA

    Secretary General for Equality and Human Rights

    Gabriel Amitsis
    GABRIEL AMITSIS

    Professor of Social Security Law in the Department of Business Administration (Social Policy Unit), Director of the Social Administration Research Lab at the University of West Attica in Athens

    Valia Aranitou
    VALIA ARANITOU

    Associate Professor of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Scientific Director of INEMY – ESEE

    Manos Niflis
    Moderator MANOS NIFLIS

    General Manager of Enikos.gr

    16:00 - 16:15
    Conclusions / Summit Closure

    Speakers

    KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS

    Prime Minister

    FOKION KARAVIAS

    Managing Director of Eurobank

    SOFIA ZACHARAKI

    Minister of Social Cohesion and Family

    MARIA-ALEXANDRA KEFALA

    Deputy Minister of Social Cohesion and Family

    BYRON KOTZAMANIS

    Professor of Demography University of Thessaly

    DIMITRA - INES AGGELI

    General Secretary of the Supreme Confederation of Multi - Child Parents of Greece

    PANAGIOTIS TSAKLOGLOU

    Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security, Professor of International Economic Studies AUEB

    NIKOLAOS VLAHOS

    Professor of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Medical School of Athens, Director of the 2nd Obstetrics-Gynecology Clinic, Aretaiio University. UoA Hospital

    VASILEIOS KELLARIS, MD, MSC, PHD

    Obstetrician - Reproductive Gynecologist, Vice President of "Mother" Hospital, Vice President of the "HEALTH IVF Embryogenesis" Unit, Co-founder of the non-profit Be-Live Association

    HARIS HINIADIS

    Obstetrician – Reproductive Gynecologist, Founder of the non-profit Be-Live Association

    APOSTOLOS PAPADOPOULOS

    Director at Institute of Social Research (EKKE) / Professor of Rural Sociology & Geography (HUA)

    PAVLOS BALTAS

    Ph.D Demography, Researcher at EKKE

    KOSTIS DIMTSAS

    General Manager, Charity Organization "Mission" of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens

    ADONIS GEORGIADIS

    Minister of Labour and Social Welfare

    ZEFI DIMADAMA

    Secretary General for Equality and Human Rights

    GABRIEL AMITSIS

    Professor of Social Security Law in the Department of Business Administration (Social Policy Unit), Director of the Social Administration Research Lab at the University of West Attica in Athens

    VALIA ARANITOU

    Associate Professor of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Scientific Director of INEMY – ESEE

    Moderator
    NIKOS CHATZINIKOLAOU

    Publisher - Director Realnews

    Moderator
    MARIANA PIRGIOTI

    Co-founder DOME CONSULTING FIRM & Communication Expert

    Moderator
    KATIA MAKRI

    Journalist

    Moderator
    KONSTANTINOS ROBOTIS

    Chief Editor, Real News

    Moderator
    MANOS NIFLIS

    General Manager of Enikos.gr

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