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in the Federation of Industries of Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Prime Ministers
Mitsotakis Kyriakos
Rama Edi
Zaev Zoran
Ambassadors
PYATT GEOFFREY
Reichel Ernst
RONNER-GRUBAČIĆ Stella
SMITH KATE
Speakers
Afentouli Ino
Program Manager, Public Diplomacy Division NATOAmanatidis Anthimos
CEO, EYATH S.A.ANASTASOPOULOS SIMOS
President, The Council on Competitiveness of GreeceAndreadis Michael
Chief Markets Operation and Business Development Officer, Athens Exchange GroupAngelidis Pantelis
President, Hellenic Association of Mobile Applications Companies (ΣΕΚΕΕ), GreeceAntholis William
Director and CEO, Miller Center, USAAntonakou Peggy
Regional Director for Southeast Europe, GoogleApostolakis Evangelos
Minister of National Defence (2019)Apostolopoulos Vassili
CEO, Athens Medical Group, GreeceAPOSTOLOU OLYMPIA
Consultant, Trade Coordinator, Greek Canners’ Association EKE, GreeceAravossis Konstantinos, Prof.
Secretary General of Natural Environment & Water, Ministry of Environment and Energy of the Hellenic RepublicBAKOYANNIS DORA
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece; Former Mayor of Athens,Balaskas Christos
Vice President and General Manager Greece, Eldorado GoldBENROUBI DINOS
General Manager Power & Gas Business Unit, Protergia MYTILINEOS, GreeceChanis Dimitris
CEO, HERALCES Group, member of LafargeHolcim, GreeceCHATZIPETROU ATHINA
CEO, Hellenic Development BankChristodoulides Nikos
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of CyprusCupolo Franco
Managing Director & CEO, THPA S.A., GreeceDemertzis Maria
Deputy Director, Bruegel, BelgiumDiamantidis Dimitris
Journalist, Radio Thessaloniki, ThessnewsDoukidis Georgios
Professor of eBusiness in the Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens Uni-versity of Economics and Business; independent board member, Athens ExchangeEfthymiadis Nikos
Chairman, Redestos Efthymiadis Agrotechnology Group; Chairman, Thess INTEC AE, GreeceEkaterinari Rania
CEO and member of the Board, Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations SAEllis Athanasios
Editor in Chief, Kathimerini English EditionFamellos Sokratis
Former Alternate Minister for Energy and Environment of GreeceFilis Constantinos
Executive Director, Institute of International Relations, GreeceFragogiannis Kostas
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Economic Diplomacy and Openness of the Hellenic RepublicGeorgiadis Adonis
Minister of Development and Investments of the Hellenic RepublicGEORGIOU SPYROS
Lieutenant Colonel, Spokesperson, Ministry for Civil Protection and Crisis Management of the Hellenic RepublicGouskou Angelika
Senior Partner, Selekos-Gouskou & Co Law Offices; co-Founder CG Hub, GreeceGouta Alexandra
Financial & Technology News Editor, ANA-MPAGrigoriadis N. Ioannis
Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University; Head of Turkey Programme, ELIAMEP, GreeceGuindos, Luis de
Vice President, European Central BankHARPANTIDIS CHRISTOS
Chairman and Managing Director, Papastratos; Head of the EU South East Cluster (Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Cyprus, Malta), Philip Morris InternationalIliou Theologos
Journalist in Mega channel and newspaper “Makedonia”KAILI Eva
Member of the European Parliament, part of the Hellenic S&D Delegation, EP Chair for AI, Science and TechKANELLIS PANOS
President, American Farm SchoolKARAMOUZIS VASSILIS
General Manager of Corporate and Investment Banking, National Bank of GreeceKatrougalos George
Former Foreign Minister of GreeceKefalogiannis Giannis
DEPUTY MINISTER OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTKyriakidou Kalliopi
Vice Governor for Energy, Infrastructure & Environment of Region of Western MacedoniaLAGAKOS ALEX
COO, Blue GridLAZARIDIS SOCRATES
CEO, Athens Exchange GroupManiatis Yannis
Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (2013-2015)Merola Virginio
Mayor of Bologna, ItalyMICHAILIDOU DOMNA
Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, responsible for social welfare and social solidarity, of the Hellenic RepublicMichalopoulos Theodosis
CEO, Microsoft Greece, Cyprus and MaltaMILONAS GEORGE
President & C.E.O., ALUMIL SAMylonas Theofanis
Chairman and CEO of Eurobank Asset Management M.F.M.C.; President, Hellenic Fund and Asset Management Association, GreeceNicolaides Byron
President CEPIS; CEO, PeoplecertNikoltsiou Maria
Journalist; Anchor, Alpha TV; Radio Producer, Alpha 989Notis Nectarios
Founder CEO, Notice Content and Services, FnB Daily, BnB DailyPachtas Dimitris
Deputy Director SME’s Banking at National Bank of GreecePagoulatos George
Director General, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign PolicyPapagiannidis Antonis
General Manager, ECONOMIA GROUPPapastergiou Dimitris
Mayor of Trikala, GreecePapathanasis Nikos
Alternate Minister of Development and Investments of the Hellenic RepublicPASPALIARIS ATHANASSIOS
Thessaloniki Industrial Complex Manager, HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A.Pefanis Dimitrios
General Manager, Insider.grPereira Alvaro Santos
Director of the Country Studies Branch, Economics Department, OECDPierrakakis Kyriakos
Minister of State and Digital Governance of the Hellenic RepublicPitsilis George
Governor, Independent Authority for Public RevenuePlessas S. Dennys
Global Pursuits Initiatives Vice President for Greece, Italy, the Americas and Africa, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics InternationalPramatari Katerina
Founding Partner, Uni.FundSavvakis Athanasios
President, Federation of Industries of Greece; Chairman, Hellenic Energy ExchangeSIARKOS ANTONIOS
President, European Cotton Alliance; President, Hellenic Cotton Association of Ginners and Exporters, GreeceSifnaios Konstantinos
Group Energy Director, Copelouzos Group, GreeceSkylakakis Theodoros
Alternate Minister of Finance, for Fiscal Policy, of the Hellenic RepublicSokou Katerina
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Future Europe Initiative, Atlantic Council, USASPYRAKI MARIA
Member of the European Parliament with Nea Demokratia party - European People's Party (EPP)Staikouras Christos
Minister of Finance of the Hellenic RepublicStathakis George
Professor of Political Economy, University of CreteSTRAUB Dieter
Investment Team for Greece with responsibility for the Corporates and Banks Unit, EIBTASOULI ALEXIA
Diplomatic Correspondent, OPEN TVTocci Nathalie
Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, ItalyTsakiris Yannis
Deputy Minister for Development and Investments of the Hellenic RepublicTsakloglou Panos
Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, in charge of Social Insurance, of the Hellenic RepublicTzikas Anastasios
President, TIF-HELEXPO SA; President, Technopolis Thessaloniki ICT Business Park SATzitzikostas Apostolos
President of the European Committee of the Regions - President of the Association of Greek Regions - Governor of the Region of Central MacedoniaUlgen Sinan
Executive Chairman, EDAM Think Tank, TurkeyVárhelyi Olivér
Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, European CommissionVarvitsiotis Miltiadis
Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs for European affairsVenizelos Evangelos
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013-2015), Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister (2011-2012) , GreeceVettas Nikos
General Director, Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) and Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business, GreeceVORIDIS MAKIS
Minister of Rural Development and Food of the Hellenic RepublicVoumvaki Jessie
Deputy Chief Economist, National Bank of GreeceWilson M. Damon
Executive Vice President, Atlantic Council, USAZacharos Stamatis
Journalist, Action 24 ChannelZanni May
President and co-founder, Women ActZemenides D. Endy
Executive Director, HALCZervas Konstantinos
Mayor of Thessaloniki
WELCOME ADDRESS
Athanasios Savvakis, President, Federation of Industries of Greece.
Symeon G. Tsomokos, Delphi Economic Forum
Theodoros Karaoglou, Deputy Minister of Interior, Macedonia and Thrace of the Hellenic Republic
Konstantinos Zervas, Mayor of Thessaloniki
ADDRESSING THE EUROZONE’S NEW ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CHALLENGES
Christos Staikouras, Minister of Finance of the Hellenic Republic
Luis de Guindos, Vice President, European Central Bank, Germany
Chris Allen, DG ECFIN Resident Adviser in Athens, European Commission
Simos Anastasopoulos, President, The Council on Competitiveness of Greece
Maria Demertzis, Deputy Director, Bruegel, Belgium
George Pagoulatos, Director General, ELIAMEP, Greece
MODERATOR: Antonis Papagiannidis, Managing Director, Economia Publishing
IN CONVERSATION
H.E. Ernst Reichel, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Hellenic Republic
MODERATOR: Maria Nikoltsiou, Journalist, ALPHA TV
EUROPE’S MOMENT: REPAIR & PREPARE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
Theodoros Skylakakis, Deputy Minister for Fiscal Policy of the Hellenic Republic
Dr. Domna Michailidou, Deputy Minister of Labor of the Hellenic Republic
Nikos Vettas, General Director, Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE); Professor, Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece
Dr Vassili Apostolopoulos, CEO, Athens Medical Group; President, E.E.N.E., Greece
MODERATOR: Stamatis Zacharos, Journalist, Action 24 Channel
IN CONVERSATION
Adonis-Spyridon Georgiadis, Minister of Development and Investment of the Hellenic Republic
MODERATOR: Alexandra Gouta, Financial & Technology News Editor, ANA-MPA
THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN IN CRISIS
Opening remarks
Nikos Dendias, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic (video message)
Nikos Christodoulides, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus (video message)
Discussants
George Katrougalos, MP, SYRIZA Party; Minister of Foreign Affairs (2019), Greece
Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President, Atlantic Council, USA
Nathalie Tocci, Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy
MODERATOR: Ino Afentouli, Program Officer for Greece, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO
IN CONVERSATION
H.E. Geoffrey R. Pyatt, US Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic (video message)
MODERATOR: Alexia Tasouli, Diplomatic Correspondent, OPEN TV
TURKEY AT A CROSSROAD
Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic
Evangelos Apostolakis, Minister of National Defence (2019), Greece
Sinan Ülgen, Executive Chairman, Think Tank EDAM, Turkey
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University; Head of Turkey Program, ELIAMEP, Greece
Dr. Constantinos Filis, Executive Director, Institute of International Relations, Greece
MODERATOR: Vassilis Karatzas, CIO, Levant Partners AIFM, Greece
IN CONVERSATION
INNOVATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN GREECE
Rania Ekaterinari, CEO, Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations S.A
MODERATOR: Alexandra Gouta, Financial & Technology News Editor, ANA-MPA
IN CONVERSATION
George Pitsilis, Governor, Independent Authority for Public Revenue, Greece
MODERATOR: Dimitrios Pefanis, Journalist, General Manager of insider.gr
IN CONVERSATION
Dora Bakoyannis, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic (2006-2009), Greece
MODERATOR: Athanassios Ellis, Editor-in-Chief, Kathimerini English edition, Greece
IN CONVERSATION
Prof. Evangelos Venizelos, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013-2015); Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister (2011-2012), Greece
MODERATOR: Athanassios Ellis, Editor-in-Chief, Kathimerini English edition, Greece
WHAT DOES THE US ELECTION MEAN FOR EUROPE AND GREECE?
William Antholis, Director CEO, Miller Center, University of Virginia, USA
Endy Zemenides, Executive Director, Hellenic American Leadership Council, USA
Katerina Sokou, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, USA
MODERATOR: Athanassios Ellis, Editor-in-Chief, Kathimerini English edition, Greece
IN CONVERSATION
THE FUTURE OF WORK: THE RESKILLING & UPSKILLING IMPERATIVE
Byron Nicolaides, President CEPIS; CEO, Peoplecert
MODERATOR: Maria Nikoltsiou, Journalist, ALPHA TV
EU ACCESSION OF WESTERN BALKANS: CREDIBILITY, PREDICTABILITY & POLITICAL STEER
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic (video message)
Edi Rama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania (video message)
Zoran Zaev, Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia (video message)
Olivér Várhelyi, Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, European Commission (video message)
WELCOME ADDRESS
Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Governor, Region of Central Macedonia
COVID-19: WHEN WILL IT END?
Vasilis Kontozamanis, Deputy Minister of Health of the Hellenic Republic (video message)
Spyros Georgiou, Lieutenant Colonel, Spokesperson, Ministry for Civil Protection and Crisis Management of the Hellenic Republic
Álvaro Santos Pereira, Director of the Country Studies Branch, Economics Department, OECD, France
MODERATOR: Dimitrios Pefanis, Journalist, General Manager of insider.gr
IN CONVERSATION
Yannis Tsakiris, Deputy Minister for Development and Investments of the Hellenic Republic
MODERATOR: Dimitrios Pefanis, Journalist, General Manager of insider.gr
STOCK MARKET: A MAJOR PILLAR OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
Theofanis Mylonas, Chairman and CEO of Eurobank Asset Management M.F.M.C.; President, Hellenic Fund and Asset Management Association, Greece
Georgios Doukidis, Professor of eBusiness in the Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business; independent board member, Athens Exchange, Greece
Michael Andreadis, Chief Markets Operation and Business Development Officer, Athens Exchange Group
MODERATOR: Socrates Lazaridis, CEO, Athens Exchange Group, Greece
IN CONVERSATION
Panos Tsakloglou, Alternate Minister for Labour of the Hellenic Republic
MODERATOR: Antonis Papagiannidis, Managing Director, Economia Publishing
THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE
Makis Voridis, Minister of Agricultural Development and Food of the Hellenic Republic
H.E. Stella Ronner-Grubacic, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Hellenic Republic
Dimitris Pachtas, Deputy Director SME’s Banking, National Bank of Greece
Panos Kanellis, President, American Farm School, Greece
Olympia Apostolou, Consultant, Trade Coordinator, Greek Canners’ Association EKE, Greece
Antonis Siarkos, President, Hellenic Cotton Association of Ginners and Exporters, Greece
MODERATOR: Nectarios Notis, CEO, FNB Daily; Publisher, BNB Daily
CLIMATE CHANGE & THE JUST TRANSITION
Prof. Konstantinos Aravossis, Secretary General of Natural Environment and Water, Ministry of Environment and Energy of the Hellenic Republic
Maria Spyraki, Member of the European Parliament, Greece
Sokratis Famellos, fmr Alternate Minister, Energy & Environment, Responsible for coordinating Energy and Environmental Policies within the SYRIZA party, MP, Greece
MODERATOR: Nectarios Notis, CEO, FNB Daily; Publisher, BNB Daily
FEMALE LEADERSHIP IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
May Zanni, co-founder & President, Women Act
Dr. Angelika Gouskou, Senior Partner, Selekos-Gouskou & Co Law Offices; co-Founder CG Hub, Greece
Katerina Pramatari, Founding Partner, Uni.Fund, Greece
MODERATOR: Dimitris Diamantidis, Journalist, Radio Thessaloniki, Thessnews
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS – THE CASE OF NORTHERN GREECE
Konstantinos Fragogiannis, Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness of the Hellenic Republic
Dieter Straub, Head of Corporate Financing Unit, European Investment Bank
Christos Balaskas, Vice President and General Manager Greece, Eldorado Gold
Nikos Efthymiadis, Chairman, Redestos Efthymiadis Agrotechnology Group; Chairman, Thess INTEC AE, Greece
Nikos Dimtsas, Chief Investment Officer, DIMAND SA, Greece
MODERATOR: Alexandra Gouta, Financial & Technology News Editor, ANA-MPA
IN CONVERSATION
Christos Harpantidis, President & CEO, Papastratos; Managing Director EU South East Cluster, Philip Morris International, Greece
MODERATOR: Maria Nikoltsiou, Journalist, ALPHA TV
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF GREECE’S ECONOMY AND ENTERPRISES
Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Ministry of Digital Governance of the Hellenic Republic
Eva Kaili, Member of the European Parliament, EP Chair for AI, Science and Tech, Greece
Dimitris Papastergiou, Mayor of Trikala, Greece
Anastasios Tzikas, President, Thessaloniki International Fair HELEXPO SA; President, Technopolis Thessaloniki ICT Business Park S.A., Greece
Pantelis Angelidis, President, Hellenic Association of Mobile Applications Companies (ΣΕΚΕΕ); Founder, VIDAVO, Greece
Theodosis Michalopoulos, CEO, Microsoft Greece, Cyprus and Malta
MODERATOR: Dimitrios Pefanis, Journalist, General Manager of insider.gr
PRESENTATION – NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE
Opening Statement
Vassilis Karamouzis, General Manager of Corporate and Investment Banking, National Bank of Greece
Presentation
BEYOND COVID-19: A GROWTH PATH FOR MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN GREECE
Jessie Voumvaki, Deputy Chief Economist, National Bank of Greece
MODERATOR: Maria Nikoltsiou, Journalist, ALPHA TV
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Stylianos Petsas, Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
LIFTING GREECE’S INDUSTRY SECTOR
Nikolaos Papathanasis, Deputy Minister of Development & Investments of the Hellenic Republic
Athina Chatzipetrou, President & CEO, Hellenic Development Bank
George Mylonas, President, ALUMIL SA, Greece
Anthimos Amanatidis, CEO, EYATH SA, Greece
Dennys Plessas, VP Business Development Initiatives Global Pursuits, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics/International
Dimitris Chanis, CEO HERACLES Group, member of LafargeHolcim, Greece
MODERATOR: Theologos Iliou, Journalist, Makedonia Newspaper
ENERGY
Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Environment and Energy of the Hellenic Republic
H.E. Kate Smith, British Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic
Prof. George Stathakis, Minister of Environment and Energy (2016-2019), Greece
Prof. Yannis Maniatis, Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (2013-2015), Greece
Athanassios Paspaliaris, Thessaloniki Industrial Complex Manager, Hellenic Petroleum
Dinos Benroubi, General Manager, Power & Gas Business Unit, Protergia MYTILINEOS, Greece
Kostis Sifnaios, Group Energy Director, Copelouzos Group, Greece
MODERATOR: Alex Lagakos, COO, Blue Grid
INFRASTRUCTURE – CONNECTIVITY
Ioannis Kefalogiannis, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport of the Hellenic Republic
Dmitry Pankin, President, Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, Greece
Franco Nicola Cupolo, CEO and Managing Director, Thessaloniki Port Authority, Greece
MODERATOR: Dimitris Diamantidis, Journalist, Radio Thessaloniki, Thessnews
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