Energizing Greece at 7th Thessaloniki Summit | South-East Europe’s moment: Chartering a new course to prosperity & stability | Novemberr 20-21, 2023
AGENDA
DAY 1 | 20 NOVEMBER 2023
10:30 ARRIVAL OF GUESTS – REGISTRATION
11:50 WELCOME ADDRESS
- Loukia Saranti, President, Federation of Industries of Greece
- Symeon G. Tsomokos, Delphi Economic Forum
- Efstathios Konstantinidis, Deputy Minister of Interior for Macedonia and Thrace, Hellenic Republic
- Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Governor, Region of Central Macedonia
- Konstantinos Zervas, Mayor of Thessaloniki
12:20 Opening Speech
- Margaritis Schinas, Vice President, Promoting our European Way of Life, European Commission (On-Line)
12:40 South East Europe: The New Landscape in the geopolitical chessboard
- H.E. Noam Katz, Ambassador of Israel to the Hellenic Republic
MODERATOR: Alexia Tasouli, Diplomatic Correspondent
13:00 South East Europe: The New Landscape in the geopolitical chessboard
- Sibylla Bendig, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Thessaloniki
MODERATOR: Alexia Tasouli, Diplomatic Correspondent
13:20 South East Europe: The New Landscape in the geopolitical chessboard
- Maria Olson, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Athens
13:30 Civil Society: Promoting Cohesion and Economic Growth through Diversity and Inclusion
- Lia Papazoglou, Co-Founder, Ecogenia NGO, Climate Programs Director
- Stefania Toufexi, Regional Aftercare Manager, Europe and Africa, The A21 Campaign
- Apostolos Karabairis, Thessaloniki Pride Representative
MODERATOR: Maria dG Olson, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Athens
14:20 Break – light lunch
15:10 In conversation
- George Pitsilis*, Governor, Independent Authority for Public Revenue, Greece
- MODERATOR: Dimitris Diamantidis, Journalist, Radio Thessaloniki, Thessnews
15:30 Western Balkans: Old problems – New challenges
- Miroslav Lajčák, EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue & Western Balkans
- Ioannis Vrailas, Permanent Representative of Greece to the European Union
- Vassilis Monastiriotis, Eleftherios Venizelos Chair in Contemporary Greek Studies, Hellenic Observatory; Professor of Political Economy, European Institute, London School of Economics
MODERATOR: Nik Gowing, Founder, Thinking the Unthinkable, UK
16:20 Migration & Immigration challenges in the region
- Dimitris Kairidis, Minister of Migration and Asylum, Hellenic Republic
“European solutions for a common European problem: moving from illegal to legal immigration, under clearly-defined conditions and rules, according to the needs of Greek and other European societies”
- Byron Camilleri, Minister for Home Affairs, Security, Reforms and Equality, Republic of Malta
- Beate Gminder, Deputy Director-General and Head of Task Force Migration Management
MODERATOR: Alexia Tasouli, Diplomatic Correspondent
17:10 Speech by:
- Stelios Aggeloudis, Mayor-Elect of Thessaloniki
17:20 In Conversation
- Ioannis Zampoukis, Mayor of Alexandroupolis
MODERATOR: Dimitris Diamantidis, Journalist, Radio Thessaloniki, Thessnews
17:40 Building infrastructure: The role of the financial sector and the capital markets
- Christos Staikouras, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Hellenic Republic
MODERATOR: Annie Karolidou, Financial and Business Editor, Newspaper Makedonia / makthes.gr (portal)
18:10 Building infrastructure: The role of the financial sector and the capital markets
- Dr Georgios Konstantopoulos, BoD Chairman, Egnatia Odos SA
- Elenos Karaindros, Chief Strategy and M&A Officer, MYTILINEOS; Chairman, M Concessions
- Matej Zakonjšek, Director, Transport Community Permanent Secretariat
MODERATOR: Annie Karolidou, Financial and Business Editor, Newspaper Makedonia / makthes.gr (portal)
19:00 Geopolitics and the Energy Transition
- Geoffrey R. Pyatt, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State (On-Line)
MODERATOR: Alexia Tasouli, Diplomatic Correspondent
19:10 End of the first day
20:30 Official Dinner
Guest of honor & speaker:
- Dimitris Kairidis, Minister of Migration and Asylum, Hellenic Republic
“The challenge of reforms: from a stagnating Greece to a creative Greece”
*to be confirmed
DAY 2 | 21 NOVEMBER 2023
09:30 ARRIVAL OF GUESTS
10:30 WELCOME ADDRESS
- Athanassios Savvakis, President, Organizing Committee, Thessaloniki Summit; Honorary President, Federation of Industries of Greece; Chairman, Energy Exchange Group; Executive Director, BioSolids SA
10:40 Energy cooperation in Southeast Europe
- Theodoros Skylakakis, Minister of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic (On-Line)
- Athanassios Savvakis, Chairman, Energy Exchange Group
- Alexandros Papageorgiou, CEO, Hellenic Energy Exchange
- Zoi Kampouri, Coordinator, Energy Working Group of SBE; Managing Director, ReSight IKE
MODERATOR: Dimitris Pefanis, Manager, CNN Greece
11:20 ESG and Climate Crisis
- Manolis Grafakos, General Secretary for Waste Management Coordination, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic (on-line)
- Dr Athanasios Dagoumas, President, Regulatory Authority for Energy, Waste and Water
- Anthimos Amanatidis, CEO, EYATH SA
- Antonios Kontoleon, Chairman, Hellenic Union of Industrial Energy Consumers (UNICEN)
- Kostas Yazitzoglou, President, Greek Mining Association (SME)
- Babis Thamnidis, CFO, JTI Greece, Cyprus, Malta and SEKAP factory, Japan Tobacco International Hellas
- George Melidis, Manager FINPRO, Member of Business EXCO, Howden Hellas Insurance & Reinsurance Brokers S.A.
- Nik Gowing, Founder, Thinking the Unthinkable, UK
MODERATOR: Andreas Zampoukas, Journalist
12:30 Break
13:20 Integrating Industry 4.0 and the green transition
- Konstantinos Kyranakis, Deputy Minister of Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic (On-Line)
- Georgios Doukidis, Prof. eBusiness, Dept of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business; Independent board member, Athens Exchange, Greece
- George Milonas, President & CEO, ALUMIL SA; Head, ALUMIL GROUP; Honorary President, Federation of Industries of Greece (SBE)
- George Margonis, CEO, PAPASTRATOS, Greece
- Andreas Xirocostas, Managing Director, SAP Hellas
- Yanna Andronopoulou, General Manager, Microsoft Greece, Cyprus and Malta
- Dr. Kyriacos Sabatakakis, Country Managing Director, Accenture Greece
MODERATOR: Nectarios Notis, Founder – CEO, Notice Content and Services (BnB Daily – FnB Daily – ESGreece)
14:20 In Conversation
- Adonis Georgiadis, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Hellenic Republic
MODERATOR: Andreas Zampoukas, Journalist
14:40 Labour market imbalances: Managing demand for workers in the primary and secondary sectors
- Panos Tsakloglou, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Hellenic Republic
- Spiros Protopsaltis, Governor and Chairman of the BoD, DYPA the Greek Public Employment Service
- Yannis Panagopoulos, President, Greek General Confederation of Labour
MODERATOR: Andreas Zampoukas, Journalist
15:15 In Conversation
- Nikos Androulakis, President, PASOK party
MODERATOR: Maria Nikoltsiou, Journalist, Anchor, ALPHA TV
15:35 Break – light lunch
16:10 Banking and Stocks: Shaping the future of finance
- George Zavvos, Chairman of the board & CEO, Hellenic Development Bank
- Yianos Kontopoulos, CEO, Athens Exchange Group
MODERATOR: Dimitris Pefanis, Manager, CNN Greece
16:40 In Conversation: The Leader of the opposition
- Stefanos Kasselakis, President, SYRIZA party
MODERATOR: Maria Nikoltsiou, Journalist, Anchor, ALPHA TV
17:10 Attracting large FDI’s in Northern Greece
- Konstantinos Skrekas, Minister of Development, Hellenic Republic
- Nikos Efthymiadis, Chairman and CEO, ThessINTEC
- Athanasios Liagkos, Executive Chairman of the BoD, ThPA S.A.
- Thanos Psathas, CEO, ETVA VIPE SA
- Vassilis Kafatos, Deloitte Partner – Growth Leader; President, Deloitte Alexander Competence Center
- Georgia Karountzou, Director of Corporate Affairs & Communications, Japan Tobacco International Hellas
- Kyriakos Andreou, Territory Strategy, Clients & Market Leader, PwC
MODERATOR: Alexandra Gouta, Financial & Technology News Editor, ANA-MPA
18:00 Fulfilling the EU’s promise – How soon?
Discussion:
- Ambassador Goran Aleksic, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgrade
- Liza Gashi, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Pristina
- Gazmend Turdiu, Secretary General, Ministry of Europe & Foreign Affairs, Tirana
Keynote address:
- Georgios Gerapetritis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic
MODERATOR: Symeon G. Tsomokos, Delphi Economic Forum
19:00 END OF THE THESSALONIKI SUMMIT
