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Learning Agility: Leading, Adapting, and Growing Across Generations
Date: Saturday, November 21, 2026
Time: 17:00
Participation: 40€
As a non-profit institution, ACG will direct all event proceeds to support the Alba Scholarship Fund
Organized by: ACG Office of Advancement-Alumni
Location: The American College of Greece | Aghia Paraskevi Campus
Reconnect. Learn. Lead. Celebrate.
The first-ever Alba Alumni Reunion is bringing together Alba graduates from all generations for an evening of reconnection, learning, meaningful conversation, and celebration.
Designed especially for the Alba community, from recent graduates to experienced professionals, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and C-level executives, the reunion will combine thought-provoking executive learning, an intergenerational leadership discussion, an interactive masterclass, networking, and a celebratory evening experience.
REGISTER NOW
Register today and join us on campus for the first Alba Alumni Reunion.
Why Join?
The 2026 Alba Alumni Reunion is more than a reunion. It is an opportunity to reconnect with the Alba community while exploring the ideas and capabilities that will shape leadership in the years ahead.
Throughout the evening, you will have the opportunity to:
- Explore how learning agility is changing in the era of AI.
- Exchange perspectives with Alba alumni and business leaders from different generations and career stages.
- Rethink leadership through an interactive masterclass focused on learning, unlearning, and becoming.
- Reconnect with classmates, colleagues, and friends from across the Alba community.
- Celebrate the enduring connections that make the Alba experience unique.
The Program
17:00 | Registrations
18:00 – 20:45
- Part I: The Reflective Dialogue
- Part II: The Discussion Panel
- Part III: The Masterclass
20:45 – 23:00+ | Party/Cocktail Reception with Live DJ
Check out the detailed program.
Part I | Learning Agility in the Era of AI
What do leaders need to learn, and what do they need to unlearn?
Learning agility is often understood as the speed at which we acquire new skills. But in an era of accelerating AI disruption and overlapping crises, the challenge goes beyond learning faster.
This session explores the deeper dimensions of learning agility: developing a meaningful working fluency with AI, becoming more deliberate about how we think and make decisions, and recognizing when human judgment remains essential.
At the same time, leaders may need to unlearn approaches shaped by conditions that no longer hold — from traditional leadership models to single-discipline ways of thinking that can make today's broader challenges harder to recognize.
The conversation ultimately asks a fundamental leadership question:
As our ability to learn and adapt increases, what should we be adapting towards — and why?
The session will explore the role of purpose, meaning, values, and human judgment in helping leaders remain relevant and resilient in a rapidly changing world.
Dr. Nikos Mylonopoulos is Professor of Digital Business at Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece and Director of the SEV Center of Excellence in Creative Leadership.
He has teaching and research interests in the areas of digital business, digital transformation, enterprise systems, social media and mobile services. He has taught at Warwick Business School, Sheffield University Management School, Loughborough University Business School, Birkbeck College (University of London), Kedge Business School, and the Athens University of Economics and Business. He delivers Executive Education seminars to senior leaders of global companies in banking, pharma, industrials, IT, and others. Much of his teaching makes use of computer-based business simulations (by Harvard Business Schools, INSEAD/CALT and HEC Montreal). His research has been published in international refereed journals and conferences, including Management Science, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, Computers and Human Behavior, Communications of the ACM, among others.
He has led and participated in numerous international research consortia with funding from the European Commission. During the 2009-2014 Greek crisis, he led a successful turnaround as Associate Dean of Academic Programs and MBA Academic Director. He has also served as Associate Dean of Innovation and Technology, Academic Director of Applied Research and International Projects, and Academic Director of IT.
He is a member of the Association of Information Systems. As a Board Member of HEPIS (Hellenic Society of Informatics Professionals) he was the lead author of the reference study on employability and digital skills in Greece.
Dr Gerasimos Kouvaras is Academic Director of Applied Research and Innovation and Teaching Fellow at Alba Graduate Business School. An executive, educator, consultant, and advocate for transformative change, he has almost 30 years of leadership experience, including serving as Country Director of ActionAid and Amnesty International, and as Executive Director of the World Human Forum, which he currently represents—alongside Alba—in the global Inner Development Goals movement.
An executive, educator, consultant, and advocate for transformative change, he has over 25 years of leadership experience, including serving as Country Director of ActionAid and Amnesty International, and as Executive Director of the World Human Forum, which he currently represents—alongside Alba—in the global IDG movement. He is also the co-founder of Sarli Kouvaras Consulting PC, through which he has worked with over 50 national and international organizations and hundreds of individuals, from youth activists to UN officials, designing and delivering learning experiences and authoring educational toolkits that bridge inner growth and outer change.
He holds a PhD in Management from Bayes Business School, City, University of London, an MBA, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree, combining academic rigor with hands-on expertise. Among his various voluntary roles, he has served as a board member of several nonprofit and social change organizations in Greece and as Vice Chair of the Board of the International Forum for Volunteering in Development (FORUM). Also a published poet, award-winning photographer, and classically trained vocalist with international performance experience, he is a member of the Community Arts Network, bringing artistic experimentation and creativity into the field of education and learning design.
Part II | Panel Discussion
Future-Proofing Leadership: Unlocking the Power of Lifelong Learning
How can leaders and organizations continue to learn and adapt across generations
This panel brings together Alba alumni and business leaders from different career stages to explore how lifelong learning and learning agility can strengthen collaboration across generations.
The discussion will examine how organizations can encourage mutual mentoring, knowledge exchange, adaptability, and collaboration between different generations in the workplace.
It will also explore how different experiences and perspectives can become a source of strength — helping individuals and organizations navigate change while continuing to learn from one another.
Dr. Evi Baralou is a Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies at the Open University in the UK and the academic lead for the MSc in Tourism Management at Alba Graduate Business School at The American College of Greece. The courses she teaches include Leading and Managing Change, Organisational Learning, Managing People, HR Management, Business Intelligence, International Business, and Writing and Presentation Skills.
Her research interests focus on knowledge creation through virtual reality and the use of games for organisational learning. She has participated as a principal investigator or academic lead in various European-funded projects related to the use of virtual reality in organisational learning, staff selection, training, and development.
Dr. Baralou has published studies in books, international scientific journals, academic collections, and conference proceedings. Her research publication "How is new organizational knowledge created in a virtual context? A dialogical approach," published in the leading international journal Organization Studies (ABS 4), was nominated for the distinguished Roland Calori Award as one of the top five scientific publications for 2014 and 2015. Dr. Baralou is a reviewer for prestigious journals and has served on the program committees of several academic conferences.
Speakers:
Nadia Gogozotou, Alba ’04, President of the Innovation Fund Committee, Greek Ministry of Health
Kelly Panagiotidou, Alba ’08, Managing Director, REBORRN
Alexis Komselis is the Director of AHEAD, the Alba hub for entrepreneurship and development, and a teaching fellow at Alba. His work at AHEAD focuses on supporting new venture creation and family businesses longevity through outreach programs like VentureGarden, NextGen Mentoring and FamBiz Toolkit. He teaches entrepreneurship related courses at Alba. Alexis holds a BSc in Business Administration from Deree - The American College of Greece, an MSc in Entrepreneurship from the University of Aberdeen and a Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods from Robert Gordon University.
Part III | Masterclass
The Leader You Need Next
Learning. Unlearning. Becoming.
What made us successful yesterday may not be enough to lead tomorrow.
This interactive masterclass invites participants to challenge established assumptions about leadership and consider what they need to learn, unlearn, and become next.
From adapting across generations to moving beyond control and certainty, the session explores the personal evolution required to lead in an increasingly complex world.
Participants will be encouraged to look beyond the question of “What do I need to learn next?” and ask a more fundamental one:
“Who do I need to become next?”
Nektarios Zisis is the Co-Founder and CEO of Growth Point, a leadership and people development company and member of the G.P.A. Ecosystem. With more than 20 years of experience in commercial and leadership roles, he works with leaders and organizations to turn leadership principles into practical behaviours that create measurable and lasting impact.
He is a John Maxwell Certified Leadership Trainer, Speaker and Coach, and an international speaker who has contributed to major business and leadership conferences and forums, including the Delphi Economic Forum, Fortune events, Balkan conferences, Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) events, and other international stages.
Through Growth Point, Nektarios designs leadership development experiences combining workshops, assessments, mentoring and long-term digital learning journeys.
His work is built around a simple belief: growth is a process, not an event. His approach focuses on self-awareness, behavioural change, and the leadership shifts required to empower others, remain relevant and create meaningful, lasting impact.
Join alumni from across generations for an evening of learning, connection, and celebration.
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