12:00-12:15
Directing the Image.

Keynote by Nikos Nikolopoulos, Creative Lighting 

 

12:20-12:55
Panel “3D Printing, AI, Visualization and other stories”

New technologies in the field of architecture, with a special emphasis on 3D printing and artificial intelligence (AI), will radically change architecture and construction. How can we imagine a future where these cutting-edge innovations reshape the way we design, build, and interact with the built environment? What are the challenges and opportunities, and how do they relate to sustainability, efficiency, and creativity in architectural practice?

• Nikos Nikolopoulos, CREATIVE LIGHTING Moderator-Presenter
• Nepheli Chatzimina, Architect Scripta
• Eftychis Efthymiou – Decode Fab Lab
• Evangelos Velaoras – Great Visual Studio

 

13:00 – 13:40
Panel “Sustainability Builds Resilience”

The current demand can only be for safer, more adaptable, and harmonious built environments that withstand the challenges posed by climate change and natural hazards. Architects and urban planning experts discuss cutting-edge strategies for designing resilient buildings and communities against natural disasters. Sustainable design, smart building technologies, and the incorporation of biophilic elements to enhance both human and environmental well-being are put on the table.

• Elias Messinas, Ecoweek Conference
• Moderator – Presenter
• Maria Kaltsa – Arc Nest 
• Thomas Doxiadis – Doxiadis Plus
• Thanos Pagonis – Assistant Professor of Urban Design NTUA
• Spyros Tsagaratos – ASPA SA
• Stavros Gyftopoulos, Professor at the School of Architectural Engineering NTUA / Tombazis & Associates Architects

13:45- 14:10
Conversation “Future Athens” 

• Leon Avigad, CEO & Co- founder of Brown Hotels)
• Danai Makri, Head of Content of Design Ambassador

 

14:10-14:30
Keynote “Urban Regeneration”

Nikos Triantafyllopoulos. Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic School of the University of Thessaly.

 

14:35 – 15:20
Panel “Future Athens”

The heart of Athens is being transformed into a walkable city. With buildings that incorporate residential, commercial, and recreational spaces, prioritizing accessibility, inclusion, and community participation. At the same time, climate change is altering the needs of residents, affecting the desired configurations of sheltered and open spaces. How can we promote a sustainable, human-centered urban fabric?

• Minos Digenis – Digenis Architects
• Martha Giannakopoulou – IF UNTITLED, Architect & founder of If-architects, Housing consultant for IOM Geneva- Shelter & settlements
• Nikos Triantafyllopoulos, Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic School of the University of Thessaly
• Kostas Markazos – CEO Premia Properties
• Dimitris Papoulis – CEO Trade Estates
• Maria Kaltsa, Architect, Arc Nest

Moderator: Giorgos Lambiris, Journalist Capital.gr – Forbes Greece, Moderator

 

15:25-16:00
Panel “Social and affordable housing 

We delve into the critical issue of socially and economically affordable housing in Athens. We explore innovative approaches to address the housing crisis and create inclusive communities, drawing from international examples. We discuss the prospects in Athens.

• Ivan Blasi keynote,Curator Mies Van Der Rohe Awards 
• Sotiris Sideris, Reporters United 
• Angeliki Demertzi – Co-founder of SYMBOLO GP
• Irene Iliopoulou – Co-founder of SYMBOLO GP

Moderation: Martha Giannakopoulou – IF UNTITLED – Senior Advisor & Technical Consultant UN Environment Programme Europe / Housing consultant & advisor at IOM – UN Migration 

 

16:05 – 16:40
Panel “ Polykatoikia, Οutside – Ιn”

We examine the apartment building on three axes. The new apartment buildings, with original facades and contemporary typologies, are impressive. At the same time, apartment renovations create unexpected refuges behind old facades. However, there is also great interest in the need for a holistic approach to the issues of a city whose building stock is ‘aging’.

• Konstantinos Lambrinopoulos – Klab
• Pavlos Chatziangelidis – 314 Architecture
• Katerina Karagianni – KKMK Architects
• Giannis Armeftis – Armeftis + Partners
• Maria Deda – Deda Architects
• Irene Giotopoulou – DNE Architects

Moderator, Danai Makri, Head of Content Design Ambassador/ARCHISEARCH.gr

 

16:45-17:15
Panel “Architecture exported”_1η ημέρα 

Greek architecture has achieved unique recognition for its aesthetics at an international level. Is the next day one that will bring even more prestige and international projects for Greek firms? How does an office create networks abroad, and which skills need to be improved for even greater awareness?

• Loukas Bobotis – Bobotis Architects 
• Konstantinos Karambatzakis – K-Studio 
• Maria Papafigou – OOAK Architects 
• Thomas Amargianos – Betaplan

Moderator, Danae Makri, Head of Content Design Ambassador/ARCHISEARCH.gr

 

17:20-17:40
In conversation, “Collage”

• Konstantinos Pantazis, Co Founder Point Sυpreme
• Danai Makri, Head of Content Design Ambassador/ARCHISAERCH.gr 

 

17:45-18:20
Panel “The retail and branding design challenge”

New brands with spatial expression are being created at a rapid pace. What are the challenges in designing corporate identity in a world where it’s becoming increasingly difficult to attract and maintain the public’s attention? How can space tell the story of the brand?

• Moderated by Giorgos Lambiris, Journalist CAPITAL.GR-FORBES GREECE.”
• Stergios Galikas / Post Spectacular Office
• Kyriakos Tsagalidis – Q Project
• Chrysokona Mavrou – Chrysokona Mavrou
• Katerina Kourkoula – En Route
• Giannis Kandylaris – Barespace Architecture

 

18:20-18:35
In Conversation: “Art & Architecture”

Andre Mone, Artist  

12:00-12:20
In conversation: Wasted – If the walls could speak

• John Veikos, founder of Praxis – design delivery
• Anna Sbokou, lighting designer founder of aslighting

Moderation Elias Messinas, Ecoweek Conferences 

 

2.12:25-12:40
Keynote “Design, Branding & Architecture”

Stergios Galikas, the Design Ambassador Associate Creative Director of Post Spectacular Office

 

 “Investors Talk”, Curated by Arbitrage

12:40-13:15
Real Estate & Investment Panel

• Giannis Gkanos, CEO, Alpha Urban Properties 
• Stavros Tolias, CEO, ZOIA 
• Ioannis Orfanos, Founding Partner, Arbitrage Real Estate

Moderator: Giorgos Lambiris, Capital.gr – Forbes Greece

 

13:15 – 13:45
Panel “Light in Architecture”

• Nikos Vasileiou, Bright
• Anna Smpokou, AS Light
• Thanasis Danilof, Danilof Light Confirmed

Moderation: Nikos Nikolopoulos, Founder Creative Lighting

 

13:50-14:30
Panel “Leisure architecture revisited _ 1”

Popular destinations in the countryside are being built more and more, with their environment constantly changing. Their anthropogeography evolves: new “nomads” residents change the usual operation of the community, while locals interact with new representations and relationships. Unplanned construction remains preferable by investors and offers architects a field to instill the most mature form of their experiences in new buildings.

Simultaneously, settlements have unused real estate, while there is a need to examine which conditions require renovation or reinvention of infrastructure. In this panel, we follow the latest creations in leisure architecture and discuss the future of it in the countryside. Interesting ideas and developments worth discovering and discussing.

• Sotiris Anyfantis – A2 Architects
• Ourania Pikramenou – Deplot Architects
• Eleana Makridi – Makridis Architects
• Aristeidis Dallas – Aristides Dallas Architects
• Tasos Georgantzis – Urban Soul Project

Moderation: Danae Makri, Head of Content Design Ambassador

 

14:35-15:20
Panel “What is luxury?”

Trends change. What is luxury today in the countryside, and how is it defined in the city? A villa with a pool that maximizes the permitted construction of the plot or minimal living in a virgin landscape? A vertical villa in an apartment building or a house with a garden? Realities such as lack of space, priorities such as sustainability, and needs such as the balance of privacy and socialization give multiplicity to the definition.

• Dimitris Karambatzakis – K-STUDIO
• Sotiris Tsergas – BLOCK722
• George Tsolakis – Tsolakis Architects
• Dimitris Potiropoulos – Potiropoulos + Partners
• Stathis Tryfonopoulos – Diarchon Architects
• Dimitris Tsigos – OMNNIVIEW

Moderation – Presentation: Danae Makri, Head of Content Design Ambassador

 

15:25-16:15
Panel “Leisure architecture revisited _ 2”

The investigation continues. We get to know the most impressive projects that have been completed, get a taste of those that are coming, pivot to rural development, and start the dialogue about the future of leisure architecture.

• Tsampikos Petras – Petras Architecture
• Telemachos Andrianopoulos – Tense Architecture Network
• Aude Mazelin – Mykonos Architects
• Aristides Kordas – Kordas Architects
• Stella Pieri – Pieris Architects
• Alexandros Kitriniaris – KAAF Architects

 

16:20-16:35
In conversation: “Thought Leadership on Tourism & Architecture”

• Vaggelis Stylianides, Founder, Vaggelis Stylianidis Architects
• Danai Makri, Head of Content Design Ambassador

 

16:40-17:15
Panel “Profiling Investors & Architects”

Who are the new investors? Why do they choose Greece, and what are their expectations? How do the international perceptions of a specific social class align with historical preservation? Also to be discussed: 1. The significance of Greek institutional investors in the real estate sector. 2. To what extent is the influx of foreign capital from institutional investors of other countries happening right now and expected to increase in the future? What are the reasons this might not be happening to the extent that it could? What’s the role of the investment grade? 3. What problems do institutional investors face? (bureaucracy, increased borrowing costs, lack of product, etc.) 4. What are institutional investors currently looking to buy, and with what criteria? 5. What is the role of design? 6. What is the role of climate change or underpopulation?

• Errikos Arones – CEO, Hellenic Properties
• Napoleon Avgoustis – Senior Business Consultant, Noval Property
• Ilias Manoukas – Head of Investment, Bollmann Gruppe Germany
• Manolis Psallidas – Head of Development, ELEMKΑ A.E., Member of Mytilineos group
• Kostas Sideris – COO, Inventio 

Moderation: Giorgos Lambiris – Journalist, CAPITAL.GR

 

17:20-18:00
Panel “Βlueprint for tomorrow’s office”

In an architectural adventure in the Mediterranean region, we dare to rethink office buildings like never before. The mission of architects is to create sustainable refuges that cultivate well-being and increase productivity. The Mediterranean climate – whose charm is at risk due to climate change – requires smart designs with high adaptability to changing environmental conditions. Adaptability in interior design is also demanded by dynamically evolving work models.

The new offices are located in business zones as well as in the lively heart of the city, becoming a composite element of the urban fabric and our reality. How do we design for these?

• Giorgos Batzios – Georges Batzios Architects Michalis Mavroleon – A&M Architects
• Ilias Papageorgiou – Pila Studio
• Panos Bastos – TRB Project Management Confirmed
• Christos Gotsis – Gotsis – Serafeimidou Architects

Moderation: Giorgos Lambiris. Journalist, CAPITAL.GR-FORBES

 

18:05-18:25
From Cities for Cars to Cities for People.

Green Mobility by KOSMORIDE

For a century, we’ve loved our cars. But they haven’t loved us back. Our obsession with them has a huge toll on public health, the environment, public space, accessibility. To meet the challenges of the 21st century, our cities need a new vision. And we need a new mobility mindset.”

Adam Markakis, Head of Kosmoride