Energy & Sustainability Club, Management Science Laboratory and MBA International of Athens University of Economics & Business, organized the 7th Energy Conference on “Innovation & Investments towards a Sustainable Energy Transition” on Wednesday, April 25th, 2018 at the Royal Olympic Hotel, Athens.
The conference covered a variety of areas and topics, such as the innovative trends within the energy markets, the modern financing methods for energy investments, with emphasis in sustainable development and the new technologies. All the above were presented within the framework of the Energy Transition which is already in progress throughout Europe and globally.
The keynote speakers of the conference were:
Michael Verriopoulos – Secretary General for Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Environment & Energy.
Prof. Yiannis Maniatis – MP, Democratic Coalition Party, f. Minister of Energy & Environment.
Kostas Skrekas – MP, New Democracy Party, Head of Energy and Environment Sector, f. Minister of Development.
Prof. George Ioannou – Director, Management Science Laboratory, Athens University of Economics & Business.
Prof. Kostas Andriosopoulos – Professor in Finance and Energy Economics, ESCP Europe.
Konstantinos Venetsanos – Director, Head of Structured Finance at National Bank of Greece.
George Daniolos – Managing Director, HERON.
Ioannis Margaris – Vice President, Independent Power Transmission Operator.
Nikolaos Nezeritis – Head of Structured Finance, Alpha Bank.
George Nounesis – President of the BoD, National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”.
Dimitrios Papakonstantinou – Strategy Advisor to the CEO, Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator SA.
Savvas Seimanidis – President, European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF).
Dimitris Sarantopoulos – Chairman & founder of Energy & Sustainability Club.
The conference was attended by business executives, entrepreneurs, policy makers, diplomats, academics and researchers from energy, construction, shipping and technology sectors.