Agenda

  • 09:00 - 10:00

Registrations / Welcome Coffee

 10:00 - 11:30     Keynote Sessions 

                                                             "Antigone" Hall

  • 10:00 - 10:15

Opening

Welcome Note and introduction to the AWS Day powered by Logicom

Speaker:
Thanasis Patsakas, Country Manager Greece, Cyprus, & Malta, AWS

  • 10:15 - 10:30

Κeynote by the Minister of Energy & Environment

Speaker:
Theodoros Skylakakis, Minister of Energy & Environment

  • 10:30 - 10:40

Κeynote by Andy Kinsella, CEO of Aer Soléir

Speaker:
Andy Kinsella, CEO of Aer Soléir

  • 10:40 - 10:50

Welcome Note by Michael Papaeracleous, Executive Director of Distribution at Logicom Public

Speaker:
Michael Papaeracleous, Executive Director of Distribution, Logicom Public

  • 10:50 - 11:05

Keynote by Gary Garyfalos, Managing Director at JPMorgan

Speaker:
Gary Garyfalos, Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase & Co

  • 11:05 - 11:30

Data Foundation in the age of Generative AI 

Speaker:
Ippokratis Pandis, Vice President – Distinguished Engineer, AWS

  • 11:30 - 11:45

Coffee Break

 11:50 - 13:00      Breakout Sessions 

"Antigone" Hall

"Iphigeneia" Hall

 

 
  • 11:50 - 12:10

Transforming Gaming Industry: Intralot's AWS Migration Journey with Cloud Nomads

How Skroutz handles Real-Time Schema Evolution without Disrupting Data Pipelines

Join Intralot and Cloud Nomads as they share insights from migrating their systems to AWS. Discover how this transformation enhanced scalability, performance, and disaster recovery capabilities, creating a more resilient and agile infrastructure. This session will explore the challenges, solutions, and impactful results of moving from on-premises to the cloud.

In this talk we will examine how Skroutz seamlessly manages schema evolution in Amazon Redshift, empowering product teams to introduce new features and implement database changes independently, without disrupting data pipelines. The solution ensures that all data is safely captured in the staging zone, without any data loss, while automatically notifying data warehouse teams and enabling them to respond and adapt efficiently.

Speakers:
Andonis Haniotakis, ICT Design & Delivery Architect, Intralot
Xanthos Symeou,  CEO, Cloud Nomads

Speakers:
Kostas Diamantis, Head of Data Warehouse, Skroutz
Konstantina Mavrodimitraki, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS

Duration: 20min

Duration: 20min

 

 
  • 12:15 - 12:35

Cost-Opt is the Old Way; How XM is embracing Cost Awareness on AWS

Adapcare’s Migration and modernisation journey to AWS for their EHR platform

Who does better cost analysis than Fintech? A fintech that has been around for more than 10+ years and keeps on thriving. Cost-opt is now considered a cliche, everybody knows about it. Cost awareness is the new kid on the block. It is included in transparency, observability, operations, security and all others pillars. From raw data to processed and finally to visualisation. Join this session to learn how we moved from optimization of our cost expenditure to awareness and transparency. If you need to get insights on rights and wrongs, learn from our mistakes or even find out how we did it then then this session is for you. Adapcare is a leading provider of an Electronic Health Records (EHR) platform in the Dutch healthcare market. More than 50 thousand doctors and nurses use its platform every week. Adapcare is migrating all its customers from a private cloud hosting provider to AWS and will discuss how AWS is helping Adapcare improve performance, accelerate product innovation and support finops best practices.

Speakers:
Christodoulos Xystras, Team Leader Cloud Engineering/Architecture, XM
Kostas Tzouvanas, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS

Speakers:
Ramon Postulart, CTO, Adapcare
Dionysis Lynardatos, Co-Founder and Director, Cambrian
Duration: 20min Duration: 20min
  • 12:40 - 13:00

How KONKAT addressed its Business Continuity considerations, building an advanced Disaster Recovery environment on AWS   

How CEPAL Developed a Data Platform with Databricks on AWS

KONKAT (IT company of a leading Business Group serving other companies of the organisation) describes their journey that led to the design and implementation of an advanced Disaster Recovery Experience on AWS. The company will share their experience regarding the initial objectives, the architecture design, the implementation and the challenges met (lessons learnt), as well as the final outcome and the benefits. Learn how LCM Go Cloud guided and supported KONKAT in this journey, so that its IT team is currently confident for the secure and timely recovery of its on-premises IT environment, lowering Recovery Point & Time objectives as well as optimising costs.

This session explores Cepal's strategic implementation of Databricks to address its data intelligence requirements. Attendees will gain insights into the synergy between Databricks clusters and AWS EC2 instances, as well as their seamless integration with Amazon IAM. The presentation will delve into the configuration of Unity Catalog for managing data stored in S3, while also covering advanced topics such as sophisticated ETL pipeline development, improved team collaboration methodologies, and real-time data lineage tracking. This comprehensive overview will demonstrate how organizations can harness these powerful tools to optimize their data management and analytics processes.

Speaker:
Sotiris Bourlas, Head of Systems and Networks, KONKAT
Costas Kappos, Managing Partner, LCM Go Cloud
Konstantinos Kourmousis, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS

Speakers:
Nikolaos Papastefanakis, Head of Data Engineering, Cepal
Vasiliki Tsourouni, Data Engineer, Cepal
Pavlos Kaimakis, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS

Duration: 20min

Duration: 20min

  • 13-00 - 14:00

Light Lunch

 14:00 - 15:35      Breakout Sessions 

"Antigone" Hall

"Iphigeneia" Hall

 

 
  • 14:00 - 14:20

Qualco - Resilient AWS Setup for Banking Workloads

How Omilia accelerates Generative AI Prototyping using AWS

 

In this session, we’ll dive into how QUALCO, a global leader in financial software, enhanced its financial security framework through an advanced, cloud-based solution. With a focus on mutual TLS (mTLS) implementation, this case study showcases how Blazeclan supported QUALCO in bolstering data security and ensuring compliance across multiple regions. Attendees will gain insights into the challenges, technical strategies, and key outcomes that demonstrate how a secure, scalable cloud architecture can elevate financial data protection and drive business resilience.

In this session we will present Amazon Bedrock that offers an efficient solution for quickly iterating on generative AI models during early-stage development. Instead of spinning up dedicated server infrastructure, Bedrock enables rapid experimentation with different pre-trained models, both tuned and untuned, with minimal configuration changes. This flexibility is especially valuable for gathering initial results and evaluating various model sizes, significantly accelerating proof-of-concept work. Additionally, in controlled production releases with limited traffic, Bedrock's pay-per-use model provides cost efficiency while offering built-in guardrails that ensure security and compliance. This approach allows teams to optimize resources without compromising quality during early phases, before scaling becomes a priority.

 

Speakers:
Jerome Coenraets, Managing Partner, Blazeclan
Athanasios Darras, Fintech Director, Qualco

Speakers:
Spiros Methenitis, Head of Product, Omilia 
Athina Pachatouridi, Account Executive, AWS

Duration: 20min

Duration: 20min

  • 14:25 - 14:45

Cloud Governance at Scale on AWS - How Mondelez has adopted a Zero Clicks Approach for Cloud Governance

AWS Serverless: How Qobo transformed their SaaS Offerings

 

It can be challenging to determine where to start, how to manage hybrid or regulated environments, or how to onboard an entire organization to the cloud. In this session, learn best practices in cloud governance for building a well-architected, scalable foundation on AWS. In addition the core Cloud engineering team from Mondelez will dive deep into how they leveraged AWS Control Tower Account Factory for Terraform (AWS AFT) to automate their Cloud Governance at scale.

Partnering with Parsectix, Qobo utilized the AWS Well-Architected Framework to guide their cloud strategy. They implemented DevOps automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to streamline their infrastructure across multiple regions. This transition boosted operational efficiency and enabled seamless deployments through automated CI/CD workflows. Learn how AWS services like CloudFront, ALB, ECS, and RDS helped Qobo create a secure, scalable, and cost-efficient platform, ready to support future growth.

 

Speakers:
Naim Gkamperlo, Cloud Engineering Leader Europe, Mondelez
Thanos Kataras, Global Cloud Engineering Lead, Mondelez
Leo Drakopoulos, Technical Lead Greece, Cyprus & Malta, AWS

Speakers:
Iacovos Constantinou, CTO, Qobo
Pavlos Kleanthous, CEO, Parsectix

 

Duration: 20min

Duration: 20min

   
  • 14:50 - 15:10

Streamlining Academic Cloud Infrastructure Administration: AWS-Driven User Management Solutions for GRNET

How Hellas Direct is redefining the Insurance Tech-Driven Shift at Scale with Cloud-Native and Advanced Machine Learning Operations on AWS

 

In this presentation we will explore how GRNET, Greece's national research and technology infrastructure provider, partnered with PCG to implement AWS solutions for managing educational cloud resources. The case study details their innovative approach to three key challenges: secure resource isolation for students, automated infrastructure deployment using Terraform, and precise cost tracking across educational institutions. The implemented solution demonstrates how AWS services can be leveraged to create a secure, efficient, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure for academic environments, offering valuable insights for similar educational implementations.

AI and Machine Learning are transforming all aspects of the Insurance industry, from distribution to underwriting, pricing, and claims. Advanced technologies and data are reshaping these pillars in near real-time, moving the offline model into an online, customer-centric business approach. Hellas Direct leads this transformation by leveraging AWS services to enable its Data Platform. In this session we will present how AWS services enable streamlined data engineering operations, such as efficient data ingestion, real-time transformations, and analytics. At the same time, we will show you how to support numerous machine learning models in production.

 

Speakers:
Panos Louridas, Director of Research and Development, GRnet
Thanasis Politis, Solutions Architect, PCG

Speakers:
Panagiotis Stavrianos, Head of AI/ML, HellasDirect
Stathis Peioglou, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS

 

Duration: 20min

Duration: 20min

   
  • 15:15 - 15:35

Supercharge Software Development with Generative AI on AWS

ΑΙ.Adaptive: How Profile is leveraging Cloud based Text-to-Action for Data Lakes on AWS

 

Generative AI has the power to help you reimagine the way that developers and organizations learn, plan, create, deploy, and securely manage applications. Across the software development lifecycle—from architecting to developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining applications—generative AI developer tools save time, automate undifferentiated heavy lifting, and create space for innovation and creativity. Learn how AWS is innovating responsibly to deliver tools such as Amazon Q so that builders can focus on meaningful work that drives impact for their customers.

AI.Adaptive is an AI solution designed for financial institutions. It enhances data exploration, automates workflows, and improves risk management. It supports multiple large language models (LLMs), allowing flexible AI integrations tailored to specific needs. AI.Adaptive also strengthens fraud detection and enables real-time insights for operational efficiency, making it a powerful tool for data-driven decision-making. AWS cloud services provide seamless integration with Profile Software’s fintech solutions, and also with any other Software and Data Lake of any institution and enterprise, ensuring robust performance and security.

 

Speaker:
Dimitrios Papageorgiou, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS

Speakers:
Apostolos Kritikopoulos, CTO, Profile Software
Alexandros Soumplis, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS

 

Duration: 20min

Duration: 20min

 

  • 15:35 - 16:00

Coffee Break

 16:00 - 17:35      Breakout Sessions 

 

 

"Antigone" Hall

"Iphigeneia" Hall

 

 
  • 16:00 - 16:20

Powering the New Era of Education in Greece: Digital School

Why Inclusion matters & What each of us can do - A discussion with AWS, Workable and Omilia

 

The first pilot course of the new Ministry of Education’s initiative, namely “Digital School”, was live-streamed through a platform built purely on AWS. Join this session to delve into the architecture behind it including, between others, AWS Elemental & Amazon CloudFront, helping break physical & financial barriers for students aged 12-18 years old. Lastly, get a glimpse of how AWS AI & GenAI tools can power automatic subtitle generation & enrichment in the Greek language.

Join us for this inclusion panel which promises an enlightening dialogue with inclusion ambassadors of our clients, Partners and local communities in tech. This panel is more than a conversation; it’s a call to action for change, collaboration, and comradeship. We’re in this together—reaching across cultures—creating global tech innovations that connects our diverse world and unite us in new and exciting ways. Whether you are an industry veteran or a newcomer to the tech world, this event is an invaluable opportunity to be part of the movement towards greater inclusivity and equality in tech. Everyone is welcome.

 

Speakers:
Dimitriοs Amaxilatis, CTO, Sparkworks
Nikiforos Botis, Solutions Architect, AWS

Speakers:
Niky Riga, VP of Engineering, Workable
Petroula Karagianni, People Operations Manager, Omilia

Natasa Intzoglou, Head of ISV CEE, AWS

 

Duration: 20min

Duration: 20min

  • 16:25 - 16:45

Learn How to Build Hybrid Network Connectivity with AWS

Maximizing business value through Modern Data Strategy practices on AWS

 

In this session, learn how cloud and existing data centers can be used in hybrid mode. Explore AWS networking services and how you can establish hybrid connectivity between existing data centers and the cloud through several use cases.

What does it mean to be data driven? An organization that harnesses data as an asset, to drive sustained innovation, and create actionable insights to supercharge the customer experience. Organizations that are the forefront of innovation rely not just on great data tools and solutions, but in well-architected strategies and frameworks that span across data domains such as Databases, Analytics and GenAI. In this session we will deep-dive into the purpose, need and goals of setting an organization-wide Data Strategy and explain how AWS can provide a head start to data-minded organizations to quickly and efficiently realize value from their data.

 

Speaker:
Stamatopoulos Theodoros, Principal Cloud Support Engineer, AWS

Speaker:
Andreas Kitsios, Data Specialists Manager, Europe Central, AWS

 

Duration: 20min

Duration: 20min

   
  • 16:50 - 17:10

Power Today's User Demand with Content Delivery on AWS

The Road to GenAI-driven Reinvention

 

To power today's demand for new content, Amazon CloudFront offers an efficient solution to accelerate the deliver of your content closer to your users, from download data to the stream of live events you want to archive the best performance. While Amazon S3 delivers millisecond unlimited storage for all your content. In this session, get insights and learn on how improve performance, and deliver faster and more efficient content, while at the same time have cost optimization in mind. Also learn how to look into your Amazon S3 storage needs and leverage advanced features to reduce storage cost by taking advantage of colder storage tiers.

For large enterprises to achieve GenAI reinvention and transform raw AI technologies into scalable systems, four key imperatives are essential for empowering the digital core. These imperatives include Autonomous Agents for independent task execution, the Enterprise Cognitive Brain for comprehensive data indexing, the Architecture/Switchboard for context-based model selection, and Foundation Model Customization for tailoring solutions to client needs. Together, these elements enable the continuous reinvention of an enterprise's highest value capabilities.

 

Speaker:
Hugo Adao, Principal support engineer, AWS

Speakers:
Gerasimos Mileounis, Data & AI Managing Director, Accenture

Christos Tripodis, Data & AI Senior Manager, Accenture

 

Duration: 20min

Duration: 20min

   
  • 17:15 - 17:35

Cortex AI Assistant on AWS, Energy AI with a Human Touch from Avokado/Metlen Group

From Development to Production: Serverless Developer Best Practices for Efficient, Scalable, and Cost-Effective Solutions on AWS

 

Our presentation will showcase how our innovative CORTEX Gen AI assistant, powered by AWS, is transforming the way AVOKADO delivers Energy ML model output and energy insights to enterprise customers of any power utility. By streamlining the process of Energy Data Science, with Generative AI on the AWS tech stack we're accelerating the green energy transition of energy supply chains.

Do you want to take advantage of the full power of serverless architectures for your production workloads? Have you been trying to tune your applications for higher performance and lower cost? Are you wondering how to speed up development time? This session provides architectural best practices, optimizations, and useful shortcuts that experts use to build secure, high-scale, and high-performance serverless applications.

 

Speakers:
Ioanna Rodopoulou, AI engineer, Avokado
Dimitris Tziotis, Senior AI/ML Specialist, AWS

Speakers:
Eleni Dimitropoulou, Senior Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS
Lefteris Karageorgiou, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS

 

Duration: 20min

Duration: 20min

 

  • 17:35 - 18:30

Happy Hour: Drinks & Networking