Main Stage Program
🕐 Daily from 10:00
⭐ Official Opening / Closing
🎤 Keynote
👥 Panel Discussion
🔥 Firechat
🍽️ Lunch Break
10:00 – 10:30
Opening Address
Andreas Vyras
Mayor of Larnaca
10:30 – 11:00
Opening Keynote
Dr. Nicodemos Damianou
Minister of Innovation
11:00 – 11:20
Keynote 1
Sandra Da Silva
Leading Beyond Algorithms
11:20 – 11:40
Keynote 2
Silia Vassiliou
GenAI Tools & Hacks
11:40 – 12:00
Keynote 3
Giorgos Kosta
Turning Company Audio into a Searchable Brain
12:00 – 12:20
Keynote 4
Wael Masri
A Brilliant Stranger in Your House
12:20 – 12:40
Keynote 5
Sebastian Niehaus
When AI Comes First, the Solution Often Comes Last
12:40 – 13:00
Keynote 6
Aletia Trakakis
The Empathy Layer — Building AI That Reads the Room
13:00 – 13:30
🍽️ Lunch Break
14:20 – 14:40
Keynote 8
Andy Gee
SEO vs Performance Ads in the Age of AI Visibility
14:40 – 15:00
Keynote 9
Nikolas Stratis
AI in Accounting
15:00 – 15:20
Firechat
Gen Alpha + Gen AI: Building Agile, Joyful, and Productive Learners
Speakers: Dr. Tassos Anastasiades, Zenonas Neofytou, Maria Gavriel Eliades, Theodora Kakouri
15:20 – 15:50
Panel 1
How AI is Reshaping Enterprise Operations and Productivity
Moderator: Christiana Aristidou • Panelists: Haim Michael, Konstantinos Karamatzianis, Theodora Christou, Thomas Hansen, Adonis Anastasio
15:50 – 16:10
Keynote 11
Tony Jacobs
Will AI Replace Humans?
16:10 – 16:30
Keynote 12
Ari Habeshian
16:30 – 17:20
Panel 2
The Future of Generative AI: Innovation, Risks, and Real-World Impact
Moderator: Angelos Kleanthous • Panelists: Dr. Tassos Anastasiades, Afrah Hassan, Elpidoforos Anastasiou, Zenonas Neofytou, Petros Mavrakis, Adonis Anastasio
17:20 – 17:40
Keynote 13
Petros Nearchou
Unmapped Access: The Hidden AI Risk in Modern Organisations
17:40 – 18:00
Keynote 14
Dr. Tassos Anastasiades
AI in Education
18:00 – 18:30
Panel 3
AI Governance, Ethics, and Regulation in a Global Economy
Moderator: Artem Chernevskiy • Panelists: Elpidoforos Anastasiou, Christina Ioannou, Petros Nearchou, René Krikke, Andrey Ivashentsev
18:30 – 18:50
Keynote 15
Socrates Panayi
AI Companionship
18:50 – 19:10
Keynote 16
Haim Michael
When Code Is Cheap, Specifications Matter
19:10 – 19:30
Keynote 17
Christina Ioannou
Why AI Governance, Regulation, and Strategy Fail Before They Begin
19:30 – 19:50
Keynote 18
Andreas Theys
AI Readiness: a Step-by-Step Guide
19:50 – 20:00
Closing
Mario Lucas
10:00 – 10:20
Keynote 19
Sarah Kearney
AI in Investing
10:20 – 10:40
Keynote 20
Anna Gurina
The Business of AI: What Separates Adoption from Experimentation
10:40 – 11:00
Keynote 21
Andrea Gémesi
Can AI Make Us More Human?
11:00 – 11:30
Panel 4
AI and the Future of Work: Reskilling, Automation, and Human Collaboration
Moderator: Andrea Gémesi • Panelists: Haim Michael, Robert Kopi, Andy Gee, Andreas Theys
11:30 – 12:00
Keynote 22
Massimo Martina
Will AI Replace the Artist?
12:00 – 12:30
🍽️ Lunch Break
12:30 – 13:00
Keynote 23
Manos Gryparis
Investments: Top AI Stocks and Related Industries
13:00 – 13:20
Keynote 24
Igor Akimov
Five AI Tools That Pay for Themselves in a Week
13:20 – 13:50
Firechat
Discussion on the AI Strategy of Cyprus and Human Centricity
Speakers: Chief Scientist Demetris Skourides, Dr. Tasos Anastasiades
13:50 – 14:10
Keynote 25
Afrah Hassan
Data Before Agents: Why Robotics Breaks the AI Hype Cycle
14:10 – 14:40
Keynote 26
Haim Michael
The Evolution of Software Developers in the Age of AI
14:40 – 15:00
Keynote 27
Manos Gryparis
Social Media: How AI Is Your Daily Assistant
15:00 – 15:20
Keynote 28
Fawzi Goussous
Why is Harness Engineering the Next Big Thing
15:20 – 15:30
Keynote 29
Kevin Zheng
15:30 – 16:00
Panel 5
Human + AI: Building Better Recruitment Processes for the Future
Moderator: Andreas Theys • Panelists: Marie Pavlou, Andy Gee
16:00 – 16:30
Keynote 30
Andrew Pearson
AI is Turning the Advertising World Upside Down
16:30 – 17:00
Keynote 31
Melissa Gamez
From Random Prompts to Real Systems
17:00 – 17:30
Keynote 32
Kyriaki Parmakki
How Do I Make My Business AI Ready?
17:30 – 18:00
Panel 6
AI in Marketing and Customer Engagement
Moderator: Andreas Theys • Panelists: Andrew Pearson, Melissa Gamez, Andy Gee
18:00 – 18:30
Keynote 33
Michael A. Kinazides
Leadership: Building Under Attack
18:30 – 19:00
Keynote 34
Angelina Alyabyeva
19:00 – 19:20
Keynote 35
Marios Nicolaou
AI for Greece and Cyprus for Culture and Tourism
10:00 – 10:20
Keynote 36
Vassilis Tsakalos
10:20 – 10:50
Panel 7
AI in Business: Driving Growth, Efficiency, and Competitive Advantage
Moderator: Angelos Kleanthous • Panelists: Haim Michael, Anton Abashkin, Dr. Maryam Kazemi Manesh, Richard Cooksey, Pavlos Charalambides
10:50 – 11:10
Keynote 37
Chariton Christou
Beyond Generative AI: Tabular Machine Learning for Business Impact
11:10 – 11:30
Keynote 38
Robert Kopi
The Agentive Age
11:30 – 11:50
Keynote 39
Anton Abashkin
Beyond the Hype: Driving Real-World AI ROI in Traditional Offline Retail
11:50 – 12:10
Keynote 40
Tatiana Iacovou
The Wisdom Advantage: Why Experience Is the Ultimate AI Superpower
12:10 – 12:40
🍽️ Lunch Break
12:40 – 13:00
Keynote 41
Artemis Kontou
The Future of Health and Wellness: What's Next?
13:00 – 13:20
Keynote 42
Orestis Michael
AI for Social Media Marketing Strategy
13:20 – 13:40
Keynote 43
Angelos Kleanthous
What's Your Excuse Now?
13:40 – 14:10
Panel 8
Preparing Society for the Age of AI
Moderator: Vasileios Ioannidis, Ph.D. • Panelists: René Krikke, Melissa Gamez, Natale Mastoroudes
14:10 – 14:30
Keynote 44
Andre Kuzminykh
AI-First Company: How to Scale Operations Without Scaling the Team
14:30 – 14:50
Keynote 45
Artem Chernevskiy
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (Azure Foundry), CEO of AICA: AI Cloud Agency
14:50 – 15:10
Keynote 46
Katerina Chernevskaya
Does Your AI Understand How Your Organization Works?
15:10 – 15:30
Keynote 47
Sara Rikab
From Chatbots to Colleagues: An AI That Does the Accounting, Not Just Chats About It
15:30 – 15:50
Keynote 48
René Krikke
Human-centric, Sovereign and Interoperable AI Ecosystems
15:50 – 16:10
Keynote 49
Dr. Maryam Kazemi Manesh
Businesses Don't Need More AI. They Need AI That Fits.
16:10 – 16:30
Keynote 50
Volodymyr Zhukov
AI in Research
16:30 – 16:50
Keynote 51
Ksenia Sternina
How AI Helps Build What People Actually Want
16:50 – 17:20
Keynote 52
Fawzi Goussous