The first Coating Forum took place on October 19, 2022 at the Athens Conservatory. View the program and videotaped speeches by clicking on the links below.
OPENING – WELCOME REMARKS 
Dr. Evripidis Tsaousoglou, Managing Director, Institute of Coating Technologies (IoCT)
Dr. Yiannis Kontoulis, President of the Board, ELIPYKA
Panos Scarlatos, Director General, Hellenic Association of Chemical Industries member of CEFIC
SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS – INNOVATION TRENDS
Karthik Ashok Kumar, Sustainability Officer, CEPE
Aristotelis Nikolakopoulos, R&D Director, VITEX
Dimitris Nikolakis, Managing Director, KRAFT PAINTS
Konstantinos Aslanis, Director of Research & Development & Technical Support, ISOMAT S.A.
Vivi Dilaveri, BU Manager, CHRYSO concrete admixtures, NORDIA SA
Chairperson: George Lampiris, Journalist, Build Constructive News
Panel A – Q&A session
ROUND TABLE: CAN WE BUILD SUSTAINABILITY & PERFORMANCE IN AN AFFORDABLE APPROACH AT THE SAME TIME?
Armodios Yannidis, President HACI & CEO VITEX S.A.
Olga Itsiou, Chief Operating Officer, DIMAND S.A.
Andreas Athanassopoulos, Deputy CEO, Eurobank Group, Chief transformation Officer, Digital, Retail | Executive Member of BoD Eurobank
Chairperson: Stefania Souki, Business Director, Proto Thema
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT LEADERS
Charalampos Giannikopoulos, Founder, DCarbon
Maria Alexiou, Chair BoD, CSR HELLAS, Vice-Chair BoD CSR Europe, Senior ESG Advisor, TITAN Group
Ivy Nanopoulou, Αrchitect, President / Managing Partner, Thymio Papayannis and Associates SA ,TPA
Ioannis Sideris, Chief Sustainability Officer, Thrace Group
Carlos Feito, Technical Director, Elementis specialties
Chairperson: Nikos Karagiannis, Journalist-Founder, ypodomes.com
Panel B – Q&A session
TRANSITION TO A MORE CIRCULAR RENEWABLE AND RESOURCE EFFICIENT SOCIETY
Gregory Nikitas, Marketing Manager, TITAN Cement S.A. Greece
Olympia Dolla, Sustainable Construction Manager, Eurima & Vice President, ECO Platform
Emanuele Dalla Libera, Area Sales Manager-Italy, Balkan Regions, Eurofins Product Testing A/S
George Primikyris, Sustainability & ESG Coordinator, SustChem
Menelaos Kokkinos, Scheme Manager Environmental & Energy Department TÜV AUSTRIA HELLAS
Eleftherios Zacharakis, Senior Technical Account Manager Client Success EMEA, International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)
Chairman: Dimitris Kokkonis, IoCT co-founder, President of scientific division Paints-Varnishes-Inks of Greek Chemists Association, R&D Director Berling
Panel C – Q&A session
