Registrations & Coffee

Opening Remarks by Souzana Theodoridou, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Business Pathways

How to Make a Big Company Feel Small Again?
Panos Tsiantoulas, Chief People Officer, OTE Group Moderator: Thanasis Kotsanis, Leadership Advisor, Business Pathways|How can large organizations reclaim the agility, speed, and entrepreneurial mindset of smaller companies without losing the strengths that come with scale?

Live Case Study: The Brilliant Jerk Dilemma - Fire, Fix or Promote?
with Anastasia Anastasopoulou, Chief People Officer, Accenture Greece and Vassilis Adamidis, Group Head of HR Greece/Cyprus/Albania Nestle
When your highest performer becomes your biggest cultural liability, what matters more: results, behavior, or the courage to make a difficult call?

Bite-Size Training: Leadership Under Pressure
Dimitris Papadimitriou, Co-Founder & Principal Consultant, Business Pathways |A practical, high-impact training experience exploring how leaders can recognize their behavioral patterns, manage their reactions, and make better decisions when pressure rises.

What Happens When Companies Have to Defend How - and Why - They Pay People Differently?
George Katopodis, Group HR Director, Athens Medical Group, Vasilis Chouliaras, HR Director Eastern Europe, Turkey, Middle East and Africa, Barilla Group & Nasia Skountzou, Group HR Director, EPSILONNET |As pay transparency challenges long-established compensation practices, how prepared are organizations to explain, justify, and defend their pay decisions?

Coffee Break

What CEOs Wish HR Understood About Running a Business?
Eleftheria Zourou, Founder & CEO, Doctoranytime & Moderator: Vangelis Sinanidis, Managing Partner, Ci Partners | what CEOs expect from HR, the business value of the HR Director role, and the dilemmas between business priorities and people’s needs.

HR Transformation: When Technology Meets Business Strategy!
Lena Garyfallou, Honorary Chairwoman, iGlass, Gerasimos Chatziemmanouil, Chief HR Officer, iGlass & Moderator: Stefanos Chaniotakis, Division Director HCM, ENTERSOFTONE |A real-world HR transformation case exploring how technology, leadership, and HR come together to streamline processes, unify data, and build a more strategic, data-driven HR function.

Culture: Shared Vision, Divided Authority Among CEO & HR Director?
Dimitra Gourdoupi, Director of Corporate Communications & CSR, Campeon Gaming, Anta Savvala, Group HR Director, IKNOWHOW SA, Andreas Grammatis, Founder & CEO, Douleutaras/Your Hero & Moderator: Katerina Mygiaki, Head of People & Culture, Sea Pioneer Shipping Corporation |When business growth demands cultural change, who really shapes the organization’s direction, and what happens when the CEO and HR Director disagree?

2027 & Beyond HR Greece Benefits Survey Findings
Triantafyllos Bergeles, Commercial Director, Up Hellas & Panayiotis Kotrokois, Head of Marketing, Up Hellas | A presentation of key survey findings exploring what employees really want from their benefits, what companies provide, and how employees perceive their value, offering fresh insights into the future of employee benefits.

Lunch Break & Networking

Eliminating Employer Risk: How to Identify and Mitigate Compliance Risks in the Digital Age
Vasilis Prassas, Labor Affairs Consultant |From regulatory complexity to digital transformation, discover how businesses can proactively identify compliance risks, protect their organizations, and turn compliance into a strategic advantage.

Debate: Who Owns Innovation - HR or the Business?
Marios Fakiolas, Chief Technology Officer, Omilia Maria Mavrommati, HR Director, insurancemarket & Moderator: Maria Kouneli, Head of Learning Events, Startup Pathways |If innovation is everyone's responsibility, why does ownership remain so unclear, and should HR lead the transformation or challenge the business to own it?

Dear HR Director, Would Your Board Member Call You a Business Leader? 
Achillia Kontou, HR Director, Ayvens, Iro Ferentinou, Independet Non-Executive Director, Optima bank & Moderator: Popi Antonopoulou, HR Director, Aambience Services | An uncomfortable but necessary reality check on whether HR truly speaks the language of business, influences financial decisions, and earns its seat at the leadership table.

Hiring 2030: What Do You Hire for When Jobs Keep Changing in the AI Era?
Maria Gonidi, Vice President, People & Culture Europe Functions, The Coca-Cola Company, Anneta Gizari, Chief People Officer, Obrela & Moderator: Apostolia Tekidou, Head of Consultants, Business Pathways | When AI keeps redefining jobs faster than companies can fill them, what should organizations actually hire for: skills, potential, adaptability, or something entirely different?

Closing Remarks