Speaking Engagements

Eleni Polychroniadou frequently delivers presentations around the world, covering topics such as:

  • How to unlock green buildings at scale

  • What will it take to deliver net zero buildings and the retrofit revolution

  • The link between real estate and green finance

  • How do we make environmental verification accessible to all

  • How to drive climate action across communities

She is also an experienced panel moderator, having facilitated conversations with key industry leaders in the space of ESG, green buildings and sustainable finance.

Credentials (chronological order)

London Climate Connections, UK, May 2022, “How Every Building Can Be Green” (presentation), delivered in English

UK Construction Week, UK, May 2022, “Navigating the Earth Economy: how to find and grow the green money” (panel), delivered in English

Reset Connect, June 2022, UK, “Green from the Ground Up-Developing Net Zero Buildings and Infrastructure to Support Business” (panel moderator), delivered in English

Accelerating the decarbonisation of the build environment with EDGE (hosted by BEIS, IFC and Sintali-SGS), UK, October 2022, “Decarbonising portfolios at scale” (panel moderator), delivered in English

La Nueva Era De La Infraestructura Sostenible, Bolivia, October 2022, “Historias de éxito globales: Transformación de los mercados” (presentation), delivered in Spanish

Bolivia Industry Leaders, Bolivia, October 2022, “Superando los desafios de la transformacion” (presentation), delivered in Spanish

GRI Residential Europe, UK, November 2022, “ESG & Repurposing Assets - E+S= Success, but G causing drag?” (panel), delivered in English

Climate Reality COP27 Forum+, UK, November 2022, “Realising Change: The Role We Play in the Energy Transition” (presentation), delivered in English

ASHRAE Hellenic Chapter, Greece, December 2022, “How Do We Decarbonise the Existing Building Stock in Greece?” (presentation), delivered in Greek

British Embassy in Athens, Greece, February 2023, “Unlocking the Business Benefits of Verification” (presentation + panel), delivered in English

MIPIM, France, March 2023, “Measuring Impact: how to measure, report and embed ESG into your operations” (panel), delivered in English

FICCI Real Estate Investment Summit, India, March 2023, “The Future of Real Estate Development” (panel), delivered in English

Prague Property Forum, Czech Republic, April 2023, “ESG is here to stay – How to build a successful strategy?” (panel), delivered in English

TEDx University of Piraeus, Greece, May 2023, “The secret to finding a climate job” (presentation), delivered in Greek

UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UK REiiF), UK, May 2023, “Picking Up The Pace – Green Transition, Finance and Innovation” (panel), delivered in English

European ESG Property Forum, Poland, May 2023, “What will it take to transform Europe’s building stock?” (presentation), delivered in English

EuroBank Academy, June 2023, “ESG: Energy transition, green building, energy efficiency and renewable energy” (virtual panel), delivered in Greek

ULI Greece & Cyprus Annual Conference 2023: Renew Reuse Rebuild or Die, Greece, June 2023, "Rethinking Spaces: The Motives and Methodologies (panel), delivered in English

Chamber of Construction Colombia (CAMACOL) EDGE for Retail, Colombia, September 2023, “Global success stories” (presentation), delivered in Spanish

University of Warwick Climate Negotiation Forum, UK, November 2023, “Key to Delivering Green Buildings at Scale” (presentation), delivered in English

EBRD Driving the green transition: How SMEs can navigate climate challenges and grow sustainably, December 2023, “Hospitality for a resilient future: Adapting to climate change and seizing opportunities in Tourism” (virtual panel), delivered in English

EBRD Driving the green transition: How SMEs can navigate climate challenges and grow sustainably, December 2023, “Building climate resilience: managing climate and supply chain challenges in Construction” (virtual panel), delivered in English

UCL, Climate Reality Project, and Climate Cafe Love Your Planet, UK, February 2024, “Role of Businesses in driving the Green Transition” (panel), delivered in English

Property Forum, March 2024, “Net-Zero Property Update 2024” (virtual panel), delivered in English

Global Shapers Munich, April 2024, “Sustainable Cities: Planning & Building” (virtual presentation), delivered in English

Footprint+, UK, May 2024, “Impact lending: Practically implementing ESG” (panel), delivered in English

UN Global Compact, May 2024, “Better Hospitality Initiative” (virtual panel), delivered in English

IFC Mexico, Greenshoring Retos y Oportunidades, Mexico, May 2024, “Carbono Cero Estrategias y Desafios” (panel), delivered in Spanish

Unlocking Business Benefits with Green Building Certification, India, September 2024, host and moderator

COP29, Blue Zone, World Bank Pavilion, Azerbaijan, November 2024, “Greening Affordable Homes Affordably” (panel), delivered in English

Mitie, COP29: What’s next? UK, December 2024, “How to stay on course with net zero targets” (panel), delivered in English

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