11th HAEE Energy Transition Symposium

Monday, May 25, 2026

Venue: Room , Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece, Athens

Session I: Energy Systems, Industrial Innovation And Decarbonization Pathways

• A Steady-State Model of the Greek Natural Gas System Analyzing Hydrogen Injection to Absorb Excess Renewable Electricity
  Ioannis K. Korogiannos, Dimitrios E. Papantonis, Athanasios S. Dagoumas
• Coping with Realities: Takeaways from 3 Years of Energy Transition
  Hemmat Safwat
• Towards a Techno-Economically Viable CCU Pathway
  Anthoula Plakia, Panagiotis Grammelis
• Innovation as an Instrument for Energy Transition in Hard-to-Abate Industries
  Evanthia A. Nanaki, M. Papageorgiou, S. Kiartzis

Chair: Eleni Ntemou, PhD Candidate, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Research Associate, HELLENiQ ENERGY Center for Sustainability & Energy @Alba Graduate Business School

Session II: Society, Geopolitics And Inclusive Energy Transition Frameworks

• Rethinking Membership in Energy Communities: Behavioral Archetypes, Member Contributions, and Justice-Based Incentives
  Georgios D. Lamprousis, Dimitra Koumparou, Spyridon K. Golfinopoulos
• The India–Middle East–Europe Corridor (IMEC) and the Geopolitics of Energy in the Broader Middle East (BME): A Risk-Based Analysis
  Philip-Mark Spanidis, Konstantinos Koutsogiannis, Konstantina Tsalapati
• Energy Consumption Patterns and Energy Performance of School Buildings
  Eleni A. Skreka, Kosmas A. Kavadias, John K. Kaldellis

Chair: Georgia Giannakidou, PhD Candidate, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Senior Research Fellow, HELLENiQ ENERGY Center for Sustainability & Energy @Alba Graduate Business School

Session III: Governance, Strategic Risk And Emerging Technologies In The Energy Transition

• Managing Risk in the Energy Transition: An Integrative Review of Uncertainty, ESG, and Corporate Resilience
  Sotiris Apostolou, Filippos Ioannidis, Kyriaki Kosmidou
• Algorithmic Supervision of European Electricity Markets
  Spyros-Nikitas Tsamichas
• The Role of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in the Energy Transition
  Maria Lykidi
• Waste Heat Recovery Applications for Energy Efficiency in Modern Naval Vessels
  Aysel Çamcı, Yasin Arslanoğlu, Özcan Arslan

Chair: Prof. Kyriaki Kosmidou, Director, Postgraduate Studies in Master in Business Administration-MBA, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Steering Committee member, HELLENiQ ENERGY Center for Sustainability & Energy @Alba Graduate Business School