Symeon Tsomokos is the Founder and President of Delphi Economic Forum, an independent and impartial non-profit organization committed to deliver and promote innovative ideas for sustainable and competitive growth for Southeast Europe. He established SGT S.A in Athens in 1997, and TGI in Belgrade in 2001 and in Brussels in 2016, which he presides successfully all these years. He is the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Serbia in the region of Thessaly in Greece. He is also the Founder of the Business Council for Greece-United States, the Greek-Hungarian Business Council, the Greek-Egyptian Business Council, while in 2006 he established the Greece-Serbia Chamber of Commerce which he presides. In the past he has served as Commercial Specialist at the US Embassy in Athens (1973-1980) and CEO at the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce (1980-1997). He has also served as Secretary General & Treasurer of the Council of the American Chambers of Commerce based in Europe (1990-1993) and as Secretary General of the Business Council Greece-Turkey (1993-1998). In 1993, he was an Eisenhower Exchange Fellow.
Wednesday 9
12.00 - 13.30
Opening Session | Plenary
Leto Hall | Amalia Hotel
Statements
H.E. Constantine An. Tassoulas, President of the Hellenic Republic
H.E. Rumen Radev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria
Mathias Cormann, Secretary General of the OECD, France
Welcome Remarks
Panagiotis Roilos, President, European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Greece
Fanis Spanos, Governor, Region of Central Greece
Panagiotis Tagalis, Mayor of Delphi
Chair of the Opening Session: Symeon G. Tsomokos, Delphi Economic Forum
15.00 - 15.45
Costa Carras European Citizens Award Ceremony
Phrynichos Hall | European Cultural Centre of Delphi
by Europa Nostra & ELLINIKI ETAIRIA - Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage
Opening Addresses by Co-organisers of the Costa Carras European Citizens Awards
✓ Sneška Quadvlieg-Mihailovic, Secretary General, Europa Nostra
✓ Lydia Carras, Founder & President, ELLINIKI ETAIRIA - Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage
Addresses by the Founding Partners of the Costa Carras European Citizens Awards
✓ Symeon G. Tsomokos, Delphi Economic Forum
✓ Anastasios Paul Leventis, Chairman, A.G. Leventis Foundation
✓ Ioannis Tsakiris, Vice-President, European Investment Bank
Presentation of the Gold Award
✓ Xenia Loizidou, Chair of the Board of Directors of AKTI Project and Research Centre / Gold Award Laureate
Presentation of the Silver Award
✓ Sara Roversi, President of the Future Food Institute and Paideia Campus / Silver Award Laureate
Closing Remarks
Launch of the Call for Entries for the Costa Carras European Citizens Awards 2026
Sneška Quadvlieg-Mihailovic, Secretary General, Europa Nostra
Shiva Dustdar, Director, Head of EIB Institute
Thursday 10