Table of Contents
Speakers
Aggeloudis Stelios
Mayor-Elect of Thessaloniki
Aleksic Goran
Mayor-Elect of Thessaloniki
AMANATIDIS ANTHIMOS
CEO, EYATH S.A.
Andreou Kyriakos
Territory Strategy, Clients & Markets Leader, PwC
Andronopoulou Yanna
General Manager, Microsoft Greece, Cyprus & Malta
Androulakis Nikos
President of PASOK – Movement for Change
Bendig Sibylla
Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Thessaloniki
Camilleri Byron, Dr.
Minister for Home Affairs, Security, Reforms and Equality – Malta
Dagoumas Athanasios
President, Regulatory Authority for Energy, Waste and Water
Diamantidis Dimitris
Journalist, Radio-Thessaloniki & thessnews.gr
Doukidis Georgios
Professor of eBusiness, Dept of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business; independent board member, Athens Exchange, Greece
Efthymiadis Nikos
Chairman & CEO, Thess INTEC S.A.
Gashi Liza
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora
Georgiadis Adonis
Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Hellenic Republic
Gerapetritis George
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Gminder Beate
Deputy Director-General, Head of the Task Force Migration Management and the Directorates “HOME Affairs Funds” and “Innovation and Audit”, DG HOME
Gouta Alexandra
Financial & Technology News Editor, ANA-MPA
Gowing Nik
Founder, Thinking the Unthinkable, UK
Grafakos Manolis
General Secretary for Waste Management Coordination, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic
Kafatos E. Vassilis
Deloitte Partner – Growth Leader; President, Deloitte Alexander Competence Center
Kairidis Dimitris
Minister of Migration and Asylum, Hellenic Republic
Kampouri Zoi
Coordinator, Energy Working Group of SBE; Managing Director, ReSight IKE
Karabairis Apostolis
Office Director, Thessaloniki Pride
Karaindros Elenos
Chief Strategy and M&A Officer, MYTILINEOS; Chairman, M Concessions
Karolidou Annie
Financial and Business Editor, Newspaper Makedonia / makthes.gr (portal)
Karountzou Georgia
Director of Corporate Affairs & Communications Japan Tobacco International Hellas
Kasselakis Stefanos
President, SYRIZA Party
Katz Noam
Ambassador of Israel to the Hellenic Republic
Konstantinidis K. Efstathios (Stathis)
Deputy Minister of the Interior, sector of Macedonia and Thrace
Konstantopoulos Georgios, Dr.
BoD chairman , Egnatia Odos S.A.
Kontoleon Antonios
Chairman of the board, Hellenic Union of Industrial Energy Consumers (UNICEN)
Kontopoulos Yianos
CEO, Athens Exchange Group
Kyranakis Konstantinos
Deputy Minister of Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic
Lajčák Miroslav
EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and Western Balkans
Liagkos Athanasios
Executive Chairman of the BoD, Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) S.A.
Margonis George
CEO, Papastratos
Melides George
Financial Lines Manager, Howden Hellas S.A
MILONAS GEORGE
President & CEO, ALUMIL SA; Head, ALUMIL GROUP; Honorary President, Federation of Industries of Greece (SBE)
Monastiriotis Vassilis
Eleftherios Venizelos Chair in Contemporary Greek Studies, Hellenic Observatory; Professor of Political Economy, European Institute, London School of Economics
Journalist, Anchor, Commentator, Alpha TV; Radio Producer, Τalk Radio 989
Notis Nectarios
Founder-CEO, Notice Content and Services (FnB Daily – BnB Daily), ESGreece
Olson Maria
Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece
Panagopoulos Yannis
President, Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE)
Papageorgiou Alexandros
CΕΟ, Energy Exchange Group
Papazoglou Lia
Co-founder of NGO Ecogenia
Pefanis Dimitrios
Manager, CNN Greece
Protopsaltis Spiros
Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors, DYPA the Greek Public Employment Service
Psathas Thanos
CEO, ETVA VIPE SA
Pyatt R. Geoffrey
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State
Sabatakakis Kyriacos, Dr.
Country Managing Director, Accenture Greece
SAVVAKIS ATHANASSIOS
President, Organizing Committee, Thessaloniki Summit; Honorary President, Federation of Industries of Greece; Chairman, Energy Exchange Group; Executive Director, BioSolids SA
SCHINAS Margaritis
Vice President, Promoting our European Way of Life, European Commission
SKREKAS KONSTANTINOS
Minister of Development, Hellenic Republic
Skylakakis Theodoros
Minister of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic
Staikouras Christos
Minister of Transport & Infrastructure, Hellenic Republic
TASOULI ALEXIA
Diplomatic correspondent Greece
Thamnidis Babis
CFO, JTI Greece, Cyprus, Malta and SEKAP factory, Japan Tobacco International Hellas
Toufexi Stefania
Regional Aftercare Manager, Europe & Africa, at The A21 Campaign
TSAKLOGLOU PANOS
Deputy Minister of Labour & Social Affairs, Hellenic Republic
Turdiu Gazmend
Secretary General, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Albania
Tzitzikostas Apostolos
Governor of the Region of Central Macedonia
Vrailas Ioannis
Permanent Representative of Greece to the European Union
Xirocostas Andreas
Managing Director – SAP Hellas
YAZITZOGLOU Konstantinos
President, Greek Mining Association (SME)
Zakonjšek Matej
Director, Transport Community Permanent Secretariat
Zampoukas Andreas
Journalist
zampoukis Ioannis
Mayor of Alexandroupolis
ZAVVOS GEORGE
CEO, Hellenic Development Bank
Zervas Konstantinos
Mayor of Thessaloniki
Agenda
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
15:30
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”
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)
George Milonas, President & CEO, ALUMIL SA; Head, ALUMIL GROUP; Honorary President, Federation of Industries of Greece (SBE)
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 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
14:40
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
Organisers
Organized by:
The Federation of Industries of Greece was founded in 1915, as an independent non-profit association for industrial companies and local or sectoral enterprise organizations.
On June 2018, the status of Social Partner has been conferred on our Federation, in accordance with the National Law L4554/18.06.2018.
At the General Assembly of the Members of the Federation of Industries of Northern Greece, on January 25, 2019, the name changed to Federation of Industries of Greece.
SBE holds regular events -fora, conferences, workshops, seminars- focusing on growth, entrepreneurship, international economies, external trade and other strategic challenges.
Organized by:
Delphi Economic Forum is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization addressing geopolitical challenges and promoting socially responsible growth policies for Greece and the wider Eastern Mediterranean region.
Working in close cooperation with international organizations, governments, businesses, think tanks & civil society, it cultivates a network of experts with the goal to encourage common understanding and to promote sustainable solutions to the most complex global and regional issues.
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