Agenda

Conference Agenda

Advanced Telecoms Summit 2026 Conference Agenda

10:00 - 11:00

Registration

10:00 - 11:00

11:00 - 11:05

Introduction

› Vasilis Giannikos, CEO, Verticom

› Dimitris Mallas, Business Development, Content Intelligence Agency

11:05 - 11:20

Fireside chat

› Dimitris Papastergiou, Minister of Digital Governance and AI, Hellenic Republic

11:05 - 11:20

11:20 - 12:30

Session Ι - "Fiber optic cable systems - the key to Greece's evolution into a digital hub"

› Fireside chat
› Alexandros Bechrakis, President, Greek Data Center Association

› Panel Discussion
› Nick Galanis, Head of Wholesale, Grid Telecom
› Valentin Velichkov, Chief Executive Officer, Vestitel
› Michalis Oikonomakos, Business Development Director, Islalink
› Antonios Kollaras, Network Investment Director, EXA Infrastructure
› Loukas Balis, Principal Account Manager, International Wholesale OTE, OTE Group

12:30 - 13:45

Session ΙΙ - "Data centers - the current status and future plans"

› Keynote
Thanassis Tsikogias, Senior Data Center Solutions Architect, Schneider Electric

› Fireside chat
› George Doukas, Director of Datacenter Southeast Europe & Datacenter Expert European Region, Huawei Digital Power

› Panel Discussion
› Sakis Amaxopoulos, Senior Business Development Manager, Digital Realty
› Antonis Oikonomou, Enterprise Commercial Lead, Greece, Cyprus, Malta and Adriatics, Microsoft
› Nikos Konstantinidis, Country Director Greece, Data4 Greece
› Christos Petrocheilos, CEO, KIEFER

12:30 - 13:45

13:45 - 14:30

Break

14:30 - 15:50

Session ΙΙΙ - "AI & Telecoms - Artificial Intelligence is changing networks and enterprise networking"

› Keynote

› Andrea Spaccapietra, Head of Cloud Software and Services, Region South Europe and Eurasia, Ericsson

› Keynote
› Eric Joyce, Director Global Business Development, Adtran

› Keynote
› Panagiotis Demestichas, Co-founder, Chairman and CEO, WINGS ICT SOLUTIONS SA

› Panel Discussion: "Digital Networks Act – Challenges & Opportunities"
› Dr. Konstantinos Karantzalos, Secretary General of Telecommunications and Post, General Secretariat of Telecommunications and Post, Ministry of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence
› Elsa Sependa, Head of Public Policy for Europe, GSMA
› Aris Markou, General Manager, Greek Mobile Operators Association
› Olga Nodarou, Head of Directorate of Legal Services, Helelnic Telecommunicatios and Post Commission(EETT)

14:30 - 15:50

15:50 - 16:20

Break 2

16:20 - 17:40

Section IV: The New Landscape Space Brings to Telecommunications

› Keynote
› Nitin Sapra, Director - Regulatory Advocacy, GSMA

›Fireside Chat
› Dr. Konstantinos Karantzalos, Secretary General of Telecommunications and Post, General Secretariat of Telecommunications and Post, Ministry of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence

›Fireside Chat
› Antonis Tzortzakakis, Chief Executive Officer, Phaistos Investment Fund, 5G Ventures S.A.

› Keynote
› Maria Kalama, Managing Director, Open Cosmos Aegean

16:20 - 17:40

17:40 - 18:40

Section V: The Next Day of Telecommunications Network Growth

› Keynote
› George Vitiniotis, Network Services Director, Accenture

› Panel Discussion
› Nikos Panopoulos, Chief Executive Officer, PPC FiberGrid (Member of PPC Group)
› George Tsonis, Chief Technology Officer, OTE Group
› Manolis Grigorakis, Chief Technology Officer, Nova Telecommunications & Media
› Nikos Plevris, Chief Network Officer, Vodafone Greece
› Ioannis Papadimos,Public Affairs Manager, Inalan