On April 18th, Prof. Phoebe Koundouri, AUEB, chaired the forum at Athens Circular Forum, which aims at making Athens and Attica a promising example of an international player, acting as a beacon of innovation and disseminating good practices across Greece. Among the speakers are:
- Giannis Maniatis, ex Minister of Energy, Environment & Climate Change, Member of Parliament, Professor at University of Piraeus
- George Vernicos, President of Economic & Social Committee, General Secretary of SETE, Honorary President of Greenpeace & entrepreneur in shipping, tourism and yachting
- Maria Lekakou, Dean of the Business School of the University of Aegean, Professor of Maritime Economics, running the Blue Growth Initiave for the promotion of ocean literacy and blue entrepreneurship
- George Kofinakos, Managing Director of Storm Harbour LLP in London, Chairman of the BoD of EuPraxis FSI, previously CEO and Executive Director of a Private Equity Fund in Luxemburg focusing on Renewables and Green Investments, Distinguished Executive-in-Residence for Rutgers Graduate Business School
