The Future of Logistics and Transport
in Thessaloniki 16-18 October 2026
LOGI.C returns dynamically once again, bringing together executives from the supply chain, transportation, industry, technology, and business communities for a three-day high-level conference event.
From 16 to 18 October, Thessaloniki becomes the meeting point for the logistics and freight transport sector through thematic sessions highlighting current challenges, emerging technologies, growth strategies, and international market trends.
With the participation of institutional bodies, academic institutions, research organizations, and leading companies, this year’s program focuses on Thessaloniki’s role as a regional logistics hub, supply chain maturity, modern business development practices in transport and logistics, the use of Artificial Intelligence, the new demands of road transport, as well as sustainability and alternative fuels.
LOGI.C 2026 aims once again to become a key reference point for the industry, creating a meaningful environment for the exchange of knowledge, experience, and synergies.
The conferences take place at BUILDING 15, HELEXPO Thessaloniki.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
11:00 – 12:00
Modern Practices in the Supply Chain & Transport by GRANT THORNTON
How businesses can strengthen their resilience, reduce operating costs and accelerate business transformation in an environment of constant disruption
Miltiadis Chatzimanolakis, Principal, Deals Services, GRANT THORNTON
12:00 – 13:00
Official Opening of the Exhibition
Lobby, BUILDING 13
13:30 – 17:00
Thessaloniki as a Regional Logistics Hub
Challenges, Opportunities and Strategic Choices by EEL.BE
13:30 – 13:50 Greetings – Opening
- Konstantinos Gioulekas, Deputy Minister of the Interior – Macedonia and Thrace
- Kostas Gioutikas, Deputy Governor of the Metropolitan Unit of Thessaloniki and Deputy Governor for Development and Environment of Central Macedonia
- Stelios Angeloudis*, Mayor of Thessaloniki
- Mary Efthimiatou, LOGI.C Organisation
- Dr. Dimitrios Tsitsamis, President, Hellenic Logistics Association of Northern Greece (EEL.BE)
13:50 – 14:00 Fireside Chat
SC&L talks with Dr. Ioannis Tsaras, CEO of ThPA S.A. – EXHIBITION SPONSOR
14:00 – 14:50 Roundtable A | «Prospects for Thessaloniki as a Transport HUB»
- Kostas Moraitidis, Vice President, Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBETH) – President of the Association of Sindos Industrial Area Companies
- Marios Papadopoulos*, President, Thessaloniki Chamber of Small and Medium Sized Industries (BETH)
- Kyriakos Merelis, President, Thessaloniki Professional Chamber (EETH)
- Dr. Panagiotis Ketikidis, President, Alexander Innovation Zone S.A.
- Themistoklis Sarasidis*, President, Greek International Business Association (SEVE)
- Nikolaos Fokas, Commercial Director, ThPA S.A.
Moderator: Dr. Dimitrios Tsitsamis, President, Hellenic Logistics Association of Northern Greece
14:50 – 15:00 Main speech
Mrs. Diana Cristescu, General Secretary, Freight Forwarders Association of Romania (USER)
15:00 – 15:10 Keynote speech
Mr. Karlov Rumen, Manager Large Infrastructure Projects – Ministry of Transport Bulgaria
15:10 – 15:50 Roundtable B | «Challenges for the Logistics Upgrade of Northern Greece & Cross-Border Cooperation»
- Savvas Karafyllidis, President, Bulgarian Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Prof. Simeon Ananiev*, President, Green Transport Center – GTC, Bulgaria
- Karlo Zmajsek, Transport logistics manager at Makpetrol – President of MIFA (Macedonian Association of International Freight Forwarders and Logistics Operators)
Moderator: Dr. Stavros Karamperidis, Associate Professor of Maritime Transport Economics & Shipping Logistics, International Hellenic University
15:50 – 16:00 PRESENTATION | Cross-Border Study «Cyprus–Northern Greece 2026. Shared prospects, supply chain flows and regional development»
Giorgos Loizidis, President, Cyprus Association of Supply Chain & Operations Professionals & General Manager, iMinder; Director, ECR CYPRUS
16:00 – 16:45 Roundtable C | «How the private sector views the operation of the Supply Chain. What it proposes for Northern Greece and international cooperation»
- Anastasios Manos, President & CEO, DOTSOFT SA
- Dimitris Bleris, Managing Director, UTILIZE
- Dr. Andreas Zervos, Chief Operating Officer, Mobile Technology
- Christos Athanasiadis, CEO, ROBOVISION
- Giorgos Loizidis, President, Cyprus Association of Supply Chain & Operations Professionals & General Manager, iMinder; Director, ECR CYPRUS
- Chrysanthos Marouchos, Director, Value Creation Consulting Ltd
Moderator: Mary Efthimiatou, Editor-in-Chief, SC&L magazine
16:45 – 17:00 Open discussion – Conclusions – Closing of the conference by the President of the Hellenic Logistics Association of Northern Greece, Dr. Dimitris Tsitsamis
* Speakers marked with an asterisk have been invited and their participation is to be confirmed.
11:00 – 13:00
Supply Chain Maturity in the Food Sector
Gaps & opportunities between Industry & 3PL – Presentation of a Nationwide Survey by Mentor-Chain
11:00 – 11:10 Introduction & Welcome
11:10 – 11:40 Anestis Manganaris, Founder & Managing Director Mentor-Chain
«Presentation of the results of the Nationwide Survey on Supply Chain Maturity in the Food Sector»
11:40 – 12:40 Roundtable Discussion – «The market comments on the survey findings and presents cases»
Participants:
- Kyriakos Damianidis, Vice President EEL.BE (Hellenic Logistics Association of Northern Greece)
- Konstantinos Papageorgiou, President EEL (Hellenic Logistics Association)
- Dimitris Kavalarakis, Owner and CEO KAVALARAKIS EE
- Iraklis Argyriou, Logistics Manager, Parametros Group
- Triantafyllos Giortsos, Supply Chain Director, KRI KRI
12:50 – 13:00 Conclusions – Discussion
13:00 – 15:00
Artificial Intelligence in the Supply Chain of Northern Greece
What businesses are using and how employees are adapting to the new era, by ILME (Logistics Management Institute of Greece)
13:00 – 13:30 Results of the 1st Nationwide ILME Survey on AI. Presentation of Indices and Commentary on the Findings
Dimitris Papasotiriou, Vice President ILME, Managing Director DIGICOM Systems SA
«Presentation of the findings of the 1st Nationwide Survey on AI»
- Greek Enterprise & SUPPLY CHAIN AI Maturity Index
- AI Expected Value Index
- AI Workforce Impact Expectations
- AI Technology Readiness Index
13:30 – 13:40 Fireside Chat
SC&L talks with Mr. Evangelos Sofronis, Head of Sales ARCHEIOTHIKI
13:40 – 14:45 Panel discussing the results of the Nationwide Survey on AI in Greek Businesses & the Supply Chain
Participants:
- Themis Giovanoudis, Commercial Director Northern Greece Integrator EPSILON SINGULARLOGIC
- Chronis Trevlakis, Freight forwarding road director OB STREEM
- Mobile Technology (executive to be confirmed)
- Gilbert Besbalta, CEO BYTECOM
- Dimitris Siapatis, Logistics Systems Director JUNGHEINRICH
14:45 – 15:00 Sotiris Marinakis, Board Member ILME
«Presentation of the ILME Survey on the driver shortage problem»
Moderator: Kostas Theofanidis, President ILME
15:00 – 17:00
Organisation & Development of Logistics & Transport Companies
Strategies & best practices by projectyou
15:00 – 15:05 Introduction to the session
15:05 – 16:00 Panel 1 | Organisation & Growth Strategy of Transport Companies
Participants:
- Katerina Theofanidou, Founder & Managing Director, projectyou
«projectyou: Company presentation and activities» - Kostas Theofanidis, Supply Chain Professional
«What commercial companies expect from their transport partners» - Sotiris Marinakis, Business Transformation Consultant
«Proposals to transport companies for tackling the driver shortage. Commentary on the ILME survey» - Christos Gounaridis, Founder, Gounaridis & Associates – Consulting Engineers
«Safe transport as a competitive advantage» - Michalis Kontomaris*, Senior Supply Chain & Intralogistics Planning Expert – active operations in Greece & Romania
«The experience of transport companies from Romania»
Moderator: Kostas Theofanidis, Supply Chain Professional
16:00 – 17:00 Panel 2 | Best Practices of Transport Companies
Participants:
- Renos Dimitriou, Owner, Dimitriou Trans | President of the Panhellenic Union of Transport Companies (PEME)
«Cooperation between transport companies: the PEME proposal and role» - Dimitris Zdanis, Owner, Zdanis Transport | Board Member PEME
«The succession of the new generation in family transport businesses» - Giorgos Orfanos, Owner, Parametros Group
«The growth and evolution of a modern Logistics company» - Theodoros Bozinis, Import Manager, OB-Streem
«Criteria for selecting carriers by large Logistics companies»
Moderator: Kostas Theofanidis, Supply Chain Professional
* Speakers marked with an asterisk have been invited and their participation is to be confirmed.
TRUCK & VAN DAY
11:00 – 13:00
«80 years of OFAE: Road freight transport in Greece in 2030» by OFAE
11:00 – 11:10 Dimitris Fokaidis, Chairman of the Board OFAE – INSTITUTIONAL INTRODUCTION
11:10 – 11:55 Panel A | «The Greek transport company today. Competitiveness, market & operational challenges»
Invited to participate:
- Konstantinos Sakaretsios, Secretary General, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport
- Dimitris Mandalozis, Chief Operations Officer Aegean Motorway
- Konstantinos Karasoulis, Fleet Manager Karasulis Transport
- Dimitris Tsaousidis, Board Member OFAE, Representative Astra Cargo & Logistics
- Christos Giannakakis, 2nd Vice President, National Union of Agricultural Cooperatives (ETHEAS)
Moderator: Mary Efthimiatou, Editor-in-Chief, SC&L magazine
11:55 – 12:05 Apostolos Kenanidis, Secretary General OFAE – INSTITUTIONAL INTERVENTION
«From 80 years of presence to the priorities of 2030»
12:15 – 12:50 Panel B | «Road transport 2030: drivers, technology, green transition & regulatory framework»
Invited to participate:
- Themis Sarasidis*, President SEVE
- Kyriakos Merelis, President EETH
- Christodoulos Iliadis, Vice President & Managing Director Iliadis Cargo
- Giorgos Thomaidis, Thomaidis Transport & Logistics
- Konstantinos Chaniotis, CEO Telenavis – Vice Chairman of the Board ITS HELLAS
- Nikolaos Rodopoulos, Chairman & Managing Director On Line Data
- Ioannis Markovits*, Head of the Thessaloniki Customs Region Directorate
Moderator: Panagiotis Emmanouil, Editor-in-Chief, Truck & Van Magazine
12:50 – 13:00 Iro Doumani, General Director OFAE – Conclusions & Next Steps
13:00 – 14:00
«Transport facing new realities – Challenges and adaptation in a changing market» by PEME
A meet-and-inform invitation about the new realities in the freight transport market, from PEME, the new collective body of the sector.
Participants:
- Eirinaios Dimitriou, President
- Ioannis Lioudakis, Vice President
- Dimitrios Venizelos, Secretary
- Nikolaos Katsanas, Treasurer
- Dimitrios Kavalarakis, Deputy Secretary
- Panagiotis Kolaros, Board Member
- Dimitrios Zdanis, Board Member
* Speakers marked with an asterisk have been invited and their participation is to be confirmed.
