PRESS RELEASE

Athens, 25.1.2021. The 4^th Ecomobility Conference was successfully organized as a virtual event on 20 January 2021 by the Hellenic Association for Energy Economics (HAEE) in cooperation with insider.gr.

Ecomobility is one of the most important alternatives in the effort of minimizing air pollution and, at the same time, a solid economic potential for our country. State representatives, academics, executives and experts of the energy sector had the chance to participate in a high level forum for knowledge dissemination and exchange of views concerning the latest developments in the field of ecomobility and sustainable transportation in general.      

The conference was under the auspices of the Ministries of Environment & Energy, Infrastructure & Transportation, Interior and the Central Union of Greek Municipalities.

Keynote remarks were given by the Minister of Environment and Energy, Mr. Kostas Skrekas, the Minister of Infrastructure & Transportation, Mr. Kostas Ach. Karamanlis, the Regional Governor of Attica, Mr. Giorgos Patoulis, the Mayor of Athens, Mr. Kostas Bakoyannis, the MP Thessaloniki B, Director of Environment and Energy Sector of Syriza, Mr. Sokratis Famellos and the MP Thessaloniki B, Director of Environment, Energy and Climate Change of KIN.AL., Mr. Giorgos Arvanitidis. Speeches and short presentations were given by: Dr. Dionysios Papachristou, Director of Press & Public Relations Office of RAE, Ms. Alexandra Sdoukou, Secretery General of Energy and Mineral Resources of Ministry of Energy and Environment, Mr. Iraklis Menegatos, General Manager of Network Development and Management, Mr. George Kavvouras, CEO of Vinci Energies, Mr. Aggelos Fragakis, Mayor of Chalki, Mr. Antonis Kabourakis, Mayor of Rodos, Mr. Stefanos Drakos, Vice-Mayor of Cultural Monuments of Rodos Municipality, Mr. Kostas Andriosopoulos, Professor at ESCP Business School, CEO of Akuo Energy Greece & former President of the Hellenic Association for energy Economics, Mr. Kostas Fragkogiannis, Deputy minister for Economic Diplomacy and Extroversion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kyriakos Kofinas, General Manager of Ecomobility at PPC, Mr. Nikos Prezas, Manager of Sales and Marketing at Volkswagen, Mr. Nikolaos Komineas, Mayor of Astypalaia, Mr. Thanos Zarogiannis, Electric Vehicles Charging Specialist and Advisor on Ecomobility, Mr. Georgios Papaefthimiou, Senior Expert Power System Development and Operations at Elia Grid International, Mr. Nikos Zahariadis, CEO of Elpedison, Mr. Aristidis Grammatikopoulos, Manager Product Marketing at Fysiko Aerio Elliniki Etaireia Energeias, Mr. Elias Petris, Strategy and Development Manager at nrg, Mr. Vasilis Bakolas, Distribution System Expert at Protasis, Mr. Spiros Papaefthimiou, President of HAEE and Assoc. Prof. at the Technical University of Crete, Mr. Ioannis Kefalogiannis, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation, Mr. Theodoros Spyropoulos, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Greek Leasing Companies and CEO of NBG Leasing, Mr. Charalambos Marmaggelos, CEO of MC Chargers, Mr. Georgios Vasilakis, President of the Hellenic Association of Motor Vehicle Importers Representatives, Mr. Vasilis Danias, General Manager of BEAT, Mr. Petros Karabilas, General Director of IDEEA, Ms. Maria Spyraki, MEP Nea Dimokratia, Ms. Kalliopi Kyriakidou, Regional Vice-Governor of Western Macedonia for Energy, Infrastructures and Environment, Mr. Fernando Kalligas, Head of Corporate Affairs, and Management Office at DESFA, Mr. Konstantinos Sfetsioris, Consultant at Circular and Member of the Committee for the National Strategy on Hydrogen, Mr. Efthymios Bakogiannis, General Secretary of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment of the Ministry of Environment and Energy, Mr. Dimitris Papastergiou, President of KEDE & Mayor of Trikala, Mr. Thanos Vlastos, Professor of Urban Planning and Transport at NTUA, Mr. Panagiotis Papantoniou, President of SES and Mr. George Kremlis, Adviser of the Prime Minister for Energy, Climate, Environment and Circular Economy issues.               

The Conference’s Gold Sponsors were PPC and Elpedison, Silver Sponsors were Akuo Energy Greece, DEDDIE and Fysiko Aerio Elliniki Etaireia Energeias, and Contributors MC Chargers, NBG Leasing, nrg, PROTASIS and Vinci Energies.

If you missed the live transmission of the event, you may watch the full video and the panel discussions here. (in Greeek Language).