Speaker mic guide
Lapel mic coverage · four key voices
Stefanos Kokkorikos
Host · Moderator
Lapel mic entire day · host & session 1 moderator
Dr. Nikos Kyriakoulis
Host · Moderator
Lapel mic entire day · host & session 2 moderator
Haris Tsotsos
Session moderator
Lapel mic during the entire session 3
Nikos Frangakis
Session moderator
Lapel mic · session 4 moderator
All day – lapel mic continuously
Session moderator – lapel mic during moderated session
Agenda
Durations and speakers at a glance60′Registration & coffee · 08:30–09:30
5min
Stefanos KokkorikosDr. Nikos Kyriakoulis
Welcome by Hosts
10min
Dr. Nikos Kyriakoulis
Fear of Losing or Losing to Fear: Physical AI and Industry 5.0
Session 1
Physical AI & Industry 5.0: Why It Matters
09:45–10:55 · Moderator: Stefanos Kokkorikos
Lapel mic for the entire session
10min
Dr. Costas Troulos
Physical AI: A Greek Perspective
20min
Prof. Kostas Daniilidis
From Artificial to Physical Intelligence
15min
Dr. Milan Kumar
Embodied AI in Manufacturing – Where Value shows up now & What it takes to scale
15min
Dr. Oscar Lazaro de Barrio
Industrial AI at the Core of the Factory: Manufacturing Competitiveness in a Global Landscape
10min
Ioannis SandisStefanos Kokkorikos
The Last Mile for Industrial AI: Data, Trust and Money
35′Coffee break · 10:55–11:30
Session 2
Industry 5.0: Employing Agents to Work with Humans and Transform Machines and Processes
11:30–13:00 · Moderator: Dr. Nikos Kyriakoulis
Lapel mic for the entire session
10min
Prof. John Soldatos
AI Agents: The New Co-Workers of the Factory Floor
10min
Prof. Iñigo Flores Ituarte
Beyond Automation: AI-Orchestrated Design-to-Manufacturing – Connecting design, simulation, and human-centric manufacturing
10min
Dr. Babis Manousiadis
Beyond the Factory Gate: AI, Industrial Ecosystems and Regional Development
10min
Dr. Francesca Flamigni
TTTech – Software-defined Systems across Domains
15min
Dr. Nikos KyriakoulisDr. Apostolos ChondronasiosAthanasia Sakavara
From Smart Manufacturing to Agentic Experience
35min
Moderator: Konstantina Tsioli
Prof. Pedro MaloDr. Sergio GusmeroliProf. Antonios GasteratosDr. Leire Bastida
The New Paradigm of Industry, Agentic AI and Humans
60′Lunch · 13:00–14:00
Session 3
Physical AI: Embodied Intelligence and the New Era of Autonomous Machines
14:00–15:30 · Moderator: Haris Tsotsos
Lapel mic for the entire session
10min
Dr. Dominic Gorecky
From Agentic to Physical AI: The last frontier of Industry 5.0
10min
Nick Arapkoules
Why We Made a Humanoid Robot in 6 Months
10min
Panagiotis Lagios
From Programmed to Adaptive Robots
10min
Dr. Fotis Dimeas
Why 99.9% is not enough. Industrial Grade Physical AI for Logistics Automation.
10min
Dr. Jacopo Cassina
Machinery AI – transform Machines into Agents
40min
Moderator: Haris Tsotsos
Dr. Fotis DimeasNick ArapkoulesChristos AthanasiadisZacharias GiamalakisPanagiotis Lagios
From Lab to Production: What We Tend to Ignore About Autonomous Industry
30′Coffee break · 15:30–16:00
Session 4
Real Industrial Challenges on the Road to Autonomy
16:00–17:00 · Moderator: Nikos Frangakis
Lapel mic for the entire session
15min
Ioannis Sandis
Optimise your cement plant. Empower your team – Leveraging The Power of AI
10min
Dr. Panagiota Tsarouchi
From Automation to Autonomy: An Industrial Journey towards Intelligent, Adaptive Manufacturing
10min
Cecilia Fatás Paúl
Unravelling Physical AI: Connecting the Pieces Behind Intelligent Industrial Systems
15min
Niki Nicolas Grigoriou
Smart Production and Autonomous Systems: Real-World application of Smart Production and AI
5min
Artur Fritz
From Engineering to Operations: AI and Physical AI for Software-Defined Automation
5min
Stefanos KokkorikosDr. Nikos Kyriakoulis
Closing Remarks