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The Agenda
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The Conference is organized by The Federation of Industries of Northern Greece (FING) in cooperation with Symeon G. Tsomokos S.A., with the support of…
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The conference will be held
in the Ioannis Vellidis
Congress Centre,
Thessaloniki, Greece
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Speakers
Allen Chris
DG ECFIN Resident Adviser in Athens, European CommissionAmbassador Geoffrey R. Pyatt
U.S. Embassy in GreeceAnastasopoulos Simos
President, American-Hellenic Chamber of CommerceAndreadis A. Andreas, Dr.
CEO Sani, Ikos GroupAthanasopoulos Takis
Chairman of the Board of HERACLES Group, LafargeHolcim GreeceBartzokas Anthony
Alternate Board Director, EBRDChatzidimitriou Traianos
Journalist, General Director EthnosChristodoulakis Nicos
Professor of Economic Analysis, Athens University of Economics and Business, Research Associate LSE, Hellenic ObservatoryDendias Nikos
Member of Parliament for B' Athens, Nea Dimokratia PartyDiamantidis Dimitris
Journalist, Radio Thessaloniki, ThessnewsDiamantopoulou Anna
President, DIKTIO- Network for Reform in Greece and EuropeDimitriadis Dimitris
Managing Director, Hellas Gold S.A.Doukidis Georgios
Professor of Management, Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and BusinessDrakoularakos Stavros
CEO, 24MEDIA GroupEllis Athanasios
Senior International Correspondent, KathimeriniEngel Andrea
Principal Country Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)Erlich Yigal
Founder & Managing Partner, YOZMA GroupFamellos Sokratis
Alternate Minister for the Environment and EnergyFolias Christos
CEO “FOLIAS & ASSOCIATES”, Ex Minister of DevelopmentGavras Panayotis
Head, Policy and Strategy- Black Sea Trade and Development BankGeorgakopoulos Thodoris
Editorial Director, diaNEOsisIlievski Zoran, Dr.
Associate Professor of Political Science, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in SkopjeKafarakis Phil
President, Specialty Food AssociationKalafatis Stavros
MP, New Democracy PartyKaleagasi Bahadir, Dr.
CEO, TÜSİAD - Turkish Industry & Business Association & President, Bosphorus InstituteKaramanlis Kostas
Shadow Minister of Infrastructure & Transport, New Democracy PartyKatrougalos George
Alternate Minister for European Affairs of the Hellenic RepublicKitsakos Theodoros
CEO, Public Gas Corporation – DEPA, GreeceKotsis Athanasios
Chairman of the Board of Directors, INTRASOFT InternationalKoumoutsakos George
Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs, New Democracy PartyKoutsianas Nikos
Chairman, APIVITA SAKyrtsos Georgios
Member of the European Parliament, New Democracy PartyLazaridis Socrates
CEO, Athens Stock Exchange, GreeceLiapakis Xenofon
General Manager, CIO & Services Interamerican Group, Chairman, Hellenic CIO ForumMichailidou Domna, Dr.
Adjunct Lecturer University of Cambridge Reforms' Consultant to the President of New Democracy PartyMilonas George Alex.
Chairman and CEO, ALUMIL SA, GreeceMytilineos Stefanos
Deputy General Manager Piraeus BankNotis Nectarios
Financial Commentator, Athens 9,84 FM, CEO, FnB DailyPagoulatos George
Professor of European Politics and Economy at the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in BrugesPanourgias E. Lazaros, Dr.
Head EIF (European Investment Fund) Affairs, Brussels
Agenda
Under the Auspices of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic
Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos
REGISTRATION
Registrations for the Conference
WELCOME ADDRESS
Athanasios Savvakis, President, Federation of Industries of Northern Greece - Speech
Maria Kollia - Tsaroucha, Deputy Minister of Interior (Macedonia and Thrace) of the Hellenic Republic
Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Governor, Region of Central Macedonia
Yiannis Boutaris, Mayor of Thessaloniki
THE NEW STRATEGIC CHALLENGES IN EUROPE AND THE EAST MEDITERRANEAN: HOW THEY AFFECT THE REGION
MODERATOR: Antonis Papayiannidis, Chief Executive, ECONOMIKI EPITHEORISI
George Katrougalos, Alternate Minister for European Affairs of the Hellenic Republic
George Koumoutsakos, Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs, New Democracy Party
Georges Prevelakis, Professor of Geopolitics, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris
Panagiotis Gavras, Head Policy and Strategy, Black Sea and Trade Development Bank
Dr. Zoran Ilievski, Associate Professor of Political Science, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
TOWARDS A NATIONAL ECONOMIC PLAN AND GROWTH STRATEGY
MODERATOR: Traianos Chatzidimitriou, Journalist, General Director Ethnos
Nicos Christodoulakis, Prof. of Economic Analysis, Athens University of Economics and Business
Dimitrios P. Tsomocos, Prof. of Financial Economics & Fellow in Management, University of Oxford - Presentation
Prof. Anthony Bartzokas, Alternate Board Director, EBRD - Presentation
George Provopoulos, Governor of the Bank of Greece (2008-2014), Chairman, Postbank (Bulgaria)
Chris Allen, DG ECFIN Resident Adviser in Athens, European Commission
Dr. Andreas A. Andreadis, CEO Sani, Ikos Group - Speech
SPEECH
Nikos Dendias, Parliamentary spokesperson for Nea Dimokratia Party
MODERATOR: Symeon Tsomokos, Delphi Economic Forum
INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC DEBT AND GROWTH
MODERATOR: Stamatis Zacharos, Publishing Consultant, 24Media Group, Journalist, Athens 9.84 Radio
Christos Staikouras, MP ND, Head of ND Economic Policy Sector, former Alternate Minister of Finance - Presentation
Socrates Lazaridis, CEO, Athens Stock Exchange, Greece - Presentation
Panagiotis Tsakloglou, Prof. International & European Economic Studies, AUEB
Dr. Domna Michailidou, Adjunct Lecturer University of Cambridge Reforms' Consultant to the President of New Democracy Party
BREAK
SPEECH
Dr. Bahadir Kaleagasi, CEO, Turkish Industry & Business Association & President, Bosphorus Institute
MODERATOR: Symeon Tsomokos, Delphi Economic Forum
DRIVERS OF GROWTH FOR THE ECONOMY OF NORTHERN GREECE
MODERATOR: Yiannis Papadogiannis, Journalist, KATHIMERINI
Anna Diamantopoulou, President, DIKTIO- Network for Reform in Greece and Europe - Presentation
Stavros Kalafatis, MP, New Democracy Party - Speech
George Pagoulatos, Prof. of European Politics and Economy, AUEB
Takis Athanasopoulos, Chairman of the Board of HERACLES Group, LafargeHolcim Greece - Presentation
Dimitris Dimitriadis, Managing Director, Hellas Gold S.A.
Panos Papazoglou, Managing Partner, EY Greece
SPEECH
George Pitsilis, Governor, Independent Authority for Public Revenue, Hellenic Republic
MODERATOR: Dimitris Diamantidis, Journalist, Radio Thessaloniki, Thessnews
FINANCING GROWTH
MODERATOR: Christos Folias, CEO “FOLIAS & ASSOCIATES”, Ex Minister of Development
Georgios Kyrtsos, Member of the European Parliament, New Democracy Party
Athanassios Vlachopoulos, Senior Director, Piraeus Bank
Dr. Lazaros E. Panourgias, Head, EIF (European Investment Fund) Affairs, Brussels
Andrea Engel, Principal Country Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Dimitris Valatsas, Director Europe, Greenmantle
SPEECH
Εvangelos Venizelos, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
MODERATOR: George Skabardonis, Author, Journalist
OFFICIAL DINNER
Guest of Honor & Speaker:
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Leader of the Opposition & President of New Democracy Party
REGISTRATION
Registrations for the Conference
WELCOME
Athanasios Savvakis, President, Federation of Industries of Northern Greece
Symeon Tsomokos, Delphi Economic Forum
THE NEW ENERGY MAP IN THE REGION
MODERATOR: Alexia Tasouli, Political correspondent in 24MEDIA and in MEGA CHANNEL
Gerassimos Thomas, Deputy Director General, DG Energy, European Commission
Maria Spyraki, Member of the European Parliament, New Democracy Party - Presentation
Theodoros Kitsakos, CEO, Public Gas Corporation (DEPA), Greece - Presentation
Grigorios Stergioulis, Chief Executive Officer, Hellenic Petroleum SA - Presentation - Speech
Katerina Papalexandri, Country Manager Greece, Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG - Presentation
INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONNECTIVITY IN GREECE AND SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE
MODERATOR: Nectarios Notis, Financial Commentator, Athens 9,84 FM, CEO, FnB Daily
Sokratis Famellos, Alternate Minister of Environment and Energy of the Hellenic Republic
Stergios Pitsiorlas, Deputy Minister of Economy and Development of the Hellenic Republic
Kostas Karamanlis, Shadow Minister of Infrastructure & Transport, New Democracy Party
George Milonas, Chairman and CEO, ALUMIL SA, Greece
BREAK
INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MODERATOR: Athanasios Ellis, Senior International Correspondent, Kathimerini
PROLOGUE SPEECH: Simos Anastasopoulos, President, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
SPEECH: Geoffrey R. Pyatt, U.S. Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic
CASE STUDY ISRAEL: Erlich Yigal, Founder, Chairman and Managing Partner, The YOZMA Group
Stefanos Mytilineos, Deputy General Manager Piraeus Bank
Georgios Doukidis, Professor of Management, Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business
Phil Kafarakis, President, Specialty Food Association
Nikos Koutsianas, Chairman, APIVITA S.A.
Stavros Drakoularakos, CEO, 24MEDIA Group
ADVANCING A DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE ECONOMY
MODERATOR: Thodoris Georgakopoulos, Editorial Director, diaNEOsis
Nikos Pappas, Minister of Digital Policy, Media and Telecommunications of the Hellenic Republic
Anastasios Tzikas, President, Federation of Hellenic ICT Enterprises – SEPE
Xenofon Liapakis, General Manager, CIO & Services Interamerican Group, Chairman, Hellenic CIO Forum
Athanasios Kotsis, Chairman, INTRASOFT International
OFFICIAL DINNER
Guest of Honor & Speaker:
Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
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