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1-3 July 2025

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The Winners of the 2026 Les Jeunes Entreprises Awards: Innovation and Commitment in the Service of Society

Petits Héros, Company of the year 2026 Petits Héros creates educational graphic novels to help children overcome bullying and low self-esteem. Co-written with educators, these books feature inspiring stories and

JA Albania winners

Meet the Students Turning Agricultural Waste into Bio-Innovation – JA Albania

BIOCEL is a student-led venture dedicated to eliminating single-use plastics through high-performance, home-compostable packaging made from upcycled wheat straw. By bridging the gap between agricultural waste and sustainable retail, they

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SafeWave: JA Georgia Students Bringing Innovation to Water Safety

SafeWave, the winning team of JA Georgia’s National Company of the Year Competition, created an innovative GPS-based boat safety system designed to make water travel safer. Their idea addresses an

WHo is Joining us?

Kostas Adamopoulos

Manager Field Planning & Engineering, South East Europe & Eastern Europe, Turkey & Israel, FedEx

Loran Geskens

President of JA Alumni Europe

Roxana Mînzatu

Executive Vice-President Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness, European Commissioner

Sophia Kounenaki – Efraimoglou

Vice President of the Foundation of the Hellenic World

Ioannis Markoulidakis

Director Research & Innovation, PPC S.A.

Shervin Fekri

Programme Manager Community Investment International Corporate Relations/ Sustainability & Social Impact, NN Group N.V.

Vivian Paraschou

Greece Sustainability Business Development Leader | Country Delegate Schneider Electric Foundation

Daniel Paksy

Managing Director, Greece & Romania, J&J

Mario Roccaro

Programme Manager Education, EIT Food

Agata Czopek, PHD

Board Member, Project Management Institute Educational Foundation

IlIana Magra

Journalist, News anchor Kathimerini, SKAI News, Greece

Glenn Micallef

Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport

Andriana Paraskevopoulou

Journalist & News Anchor, ERT, Greece

Sévrine Pereira Teixeira

Senior Public Affairs Manager of Europen

Gillian Hinde

Global Corporate Responsibility Leader of EY

Carlos Izco

Innovation and Transformation Officer, SAP Southern Europe

Georgios Papadimitriou

Managing Partner Greece / Europe Central Financial Services Leader

Diana Filip

Deputy CEO & Chief Development Officer of JA Europe

Theodoros Loukaidis

Director General at Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation, Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation

Luigi Pessina

Director, Global Commercial Programs, Intel

Angelina Koumani

Red Coat/Customer Service Agent, Delta Air Lines

Valentina Lugli

Head of Communication & ESG, CA Auto Bank

Marios Katsiotis

Head of R&D, TITAN Group

Ashley Forsyth

Director, Social Impact Programs, PMI & Executive Director, PMIEF

Charlotte Helena Mukungu

Head of Philanthropy for EMEA, APAC and LATAM, Bank of New York (BNY)

Panos Skiadas

Deputy Chief Services Officer, Energy & Sustainability, Viohalco Companies

Leonidas Canellopoulos

Vice Chairman of the Board JA Greece, Chief Sustainability & Innovation Officer TITAN Group

Mei Li Powell

CEO of Euroclear Foundation

Vidhya Ganesan

Managing Partner at McKinsey Malaysia and JA Worldwide Board of Governors Member

Selva Pankaj

CEO at Regent Group and Global Council Member of JA Worldwide

Sam Masri

Global Chief Sales Officer at SAP and Global Council Member of JA Worldwide

Peter Njonjo

Founder and Chairman of Selu Foods and JA Worldwide Board of Governors Member

Mayu Avila

Chairperson of the People Development Committee and JA Worldwide Board of Governors Member

Jim Carroll

Senior Advisor for Global Government Relations at Honeywell International and JA Worldwide Board of Governors Member

Francesco Vanni d’Archirafi

Chairman of Euroclear, JA Europe Honorary Chair and Honorable Founder and Emeritus Governor of JA Worldwide

Dawn de Lima

Executive Vice President at TC Energy (North America) and Global Council Member of JA Worldwide

Camille R. Blair

Founder and CEO of Camille Francis LLC and Global Council Member of JA Worldwide

Asheesh Advani

President & CEO of JA Worldwide and JA Worldwide Board of Governors Member

Arnold Evans

Managing Director of JP Morgan Chase; Co-Head, Emerging Middle-Market and Chair of JA USA, JA Worldwide Board of Governors Member

Antonio Perdichizzi

President of Isola Catania Impresa Sociale and JA Worldwide Board of Governors Member

Karen Reddington

President (retired) of FedEx Europe and TNT and Chair of the Board of Governors of JA Worldwide

Siobhan McDonagh

Head Of Group People & Culture - UniCredit and JA Europe Board Member

Olivier Lazar

JA Europe Board Member

Martynas Kandzeras

Founder / CEO of Kandzeras Foundation, JA Europe Board Member and JA Worldwide Global Council Member

Nuria García Schwab

SVP Deputy Head EMEA of MetLife and JA Europe Board Member

Matthew Caruana

Chair of the Board of Executives / CEO of JA Malta and JA Europe Board Member

Riccardo Barberis

President of Northern Europe at ManpowerGroup and JA Europe Board Member

Irene Cervellera Micheli

Angel Investor for Start-ups and Vice-Chair of JA Europe

Bill Karnazes

Chief Services Officer & General Manager of Corporate Services for Viohalco Companies

Argyris Tzikopoulos

CEO of JA Greece

Emilios Kyriacou

Chair of JA Greece and CITI CEO and Banking Head Greece, Cyprus & Malta

Mario Nava

Director General of the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL), European Commission

Mark Timmermans

Vice President Network Planning and Engineering of FedEx and JA Europe Board Member

Christina Alevizou

Managing Director Customer Experience Operations, FedEx

Roberta Metsola

President of the European Parliament

Laurence Morvan

Chief of Staff to Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) CEO of Accenture

Salvatore Nigro

CEO of JA Europe

Silvia Cappellini

General Manager, UniCredit Foundation

GEN-E TALKS

Roberta Metsola

President of the European Parliament

Glenn Micallef

Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport

Eva Maydell

Member of the European Parliament

Laurence Morvan

Chief of Staff to Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) CEO of Accenture

Mark Timmermans

Vice President Network Planning and engineering of FedEx and JA Europe Board Member

Antonella Sberna

Vice President of the European Parliament

Roxana Mînzatu

Executive Vice-President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Training

Maria Walsh

Member of the European Parliament

Emilios Kyriacou

Chair of JA Greece and CITI CEO and Banking Head of Greece, Cyprus & Malta

Bill Karnazes

Chief Services Officer & General Manager of Corporate Services for Viohalco Companies

Institutional Partners

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Main European Partner

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European Signature Partners / Sponsors

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Online Partners / Sponsors

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ONLINE INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER

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