THESSALONIKI SUMMIT will begin in:
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The Agenda
Learn more about the Agenda, Keynote Speakers and Sessions.
Learn MoreThe Organisers
The Conference is organized by The Federation of Industries of Greece in cooperation with Delphi Economic Forum
Learn MoreThe Venue
The conference will be held
in the Porto Palace Hotel Thessaloniki, Greece
Strict health protocol procedures will be applied, based on the prevailing Greek Government’s health measures due to covid-19
All participants attending the Event need to demonstrate, before their entering the venue, one of the following:
EU’s Green Pass Certificate (14 days must have been passed since 2nd dose), a Vaccination Certificate (14 days must have been passed since 2nd dose) or proof that you have been positive with Covid-19 within the past six (6) months.
Rapid tests will not be acceptable for Event’s participation as this is no longer an option as per latest health protocols.
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Rama Edi
Zaev Zoran
Ambassadors
H.E. Amrani Yossi
H.E. Chizhov Vladimir
H.E. ÖZÜGERGİN BURAK
H.E. PYATT GEOFFREY
Speakers
Aesopos Chris
Chairman; Hellenic Fund and Asset Management Association; CEO, Alpha TrustAlamanos Panayiotis
CEO, ΣΟΛ CroweAllen Chris
Resident Adviser in Athens of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Economic and Financial AffairsAndreadis Eleni
Group Director of Sustainability & CSR, Sani Resort/Ikos Resorts Group, GreeceAPOSTOLIDES PASCAL
General Manager, AbbVie Pharmaceuticals S.A.Apostolopoulos Christos
President of the Association of Greek Dairy IndustriesApostolopoulos G. Vassili
CEO, Athens Medical Group; President, E.EN.E.APOSTOLOU KONSTANTINOS
President, Greek Canners’ Association (EKE); Deputy President, National Interbranch Organization of Stone FruitsArapogiannis Thomas
Agriculture Vice President, TÜV Hellas (TÜV NORD)AVRAMOPOULOS DIMITRIS
fmr European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs & Citizenship; fmr Minister of Foreign AffairsBakatselos Nikolaos
President & CEO, Pyramis Metallourgia A.E. and Pyramis Deutschland GmbH; President, American-Hellenic Chamber of CommerceBakoyannis Kostas
Mayor of AthensBERNYCK WALTER
POLITICAL COUNSELLOR - EMBASSY OF CANADA, ATHENS, GREECEBizakis Apostolos
Transport Engineer, CEO, TREDIT SA; Vice President, EEL.BEBurkl Magnus
CFA, Principal, Financial Services Oliver WymanCHARITSIS ALEXIS
MP SYRIZA Party, fmr. Minister of InteriorChatzakou Mary
President, MEVGALChatzipetrou Athina
CEO and President of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Development Bank SACHATZIVASILEIOU TASOS
PhD; MP; Secretary of the Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs, Hellenic ParliamentChristodoulides Marinos
Chairman Cyprus Stock ExchangeDiamantidis Dimitris
JournalistDIMAS CHRISTOS
Deputy Minister for Development and Investments in charge of Research and InnovationDimitriou Andreas
President of ''APSI- PINDOS''Dimitriou Dimitrios
President, Chamber of Ioannina PrefectureEFTHYMIADIS NIKOS
Chairman, REDESTOS - Efthymiadis Agrotechnology Group; Chairman & CEO, Thess INTEC S.A.ELISAF MOSES
Mayor of IoanninaEllis Athanasios
Editor in Chief, Kathimerini English EditionGariboldi Nico
Sr Director, Site Lead of Pfizer's Center for Digital Innovation (CDI) in ThessalonikiGEORGIADIS ADONIS
Minister of Development and Investments of the Hellenic RepublicGiannakakis Christos
Chairman, National Interprofessional Organization of Fruits, Nuts and PearsGiantsis Dimitris
General Director of Directorate General of Projects, of Information Society SAHardouvelis A. Gikas
Professor of Finance and Economics in the Department of Banking and Financial Management of the University of Piraeus and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of GreeceHatzidakis Kostis
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, a Member of the Greek Parliament and the Vice President of the New Democracy PartyHousnis Nick
Branch Manager Thessaloniki, BEINOGLOU SAKafatos E. Vassilis
Deloitte PartnerKAIRIDIS DIMITRIS
MP New Democracy Party; Professor of International Politics, Panteion University of AthensKalafatis Stavros
Deputy Minister of Interior Responsible for Macedonia - Thrace - Member of Parliament ND, GreeceKaliakatsos Christos
MD, Hotel Nikopolis Thessaloniki; Member of Board of Directors, THA; Elected Member of the Board, TCCIKaramanlis Kostas
Minister of Infrastructure & TransportKargarotos Iakovos
Vice Chairman, PAPASTRATOS SAKarountzou Georgia
Head of Corporate Affairs and Communications, JTI HellasKIKILIAS VASSILIS
Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic RepublicKiriakidou Kalliopi
ViceGovernor for Energy, Infrastructure and EnvironmentKrneta Siniša
CEO of Belgrade Stock ExchangeLAJČÁK MIROSLAV
EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina DialogueLAZARAKOU VASSILIKI
JSD, Chair, Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC)LAZARIDIS SOCRATES
CEO, ATHENS EXCHANGE GROUPLazoulas Nikolaos
EXELIXIS-HORECALiagkos Athanasios
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) S.A.LIVANOS SPILIOS
MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOODMallias P. Alexandros, Amb. (ret.)
fmr. Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to Washington D.C. (2005-2009)Mamadas Dimitrios
CEO, S. & A. MAMADAS SA - Touristic enterprisesMILONAS GEORGE
President & CEO, ALUMIL S.A.Moralis Ioannis
Mayor of PiraeusMoravenov Manyu, Assoc. Prof.
Chief Executive DirectorNicolaides Byron
founder and CEO, PeopleCertNikoltsiou Maria
Journalist, Anchor, ALPHA TVNotis Nectarios
Founder-CEO, Notice Content and Services (FnB Daily - BnB Daily), Co- Founder, ESGreecePANKIN DMITRY
President, Black Sea Trade and Development BankPAPADIMITRIOU OLYMPIOS
President, SFEE; General Manager, Novo Nordisk HellasPapadogiannis Yannis
Chief Editor, www.BusinessDaily.grPapaioannou G. Nikolaos
Rector Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GreecePAPASTERGIOU DIMITRIS
Mayor of Trikala; President, Union of Mayors of Greece (KEDE)PASSALARI TINA
Partner KKS AdvisorsPEFANIS DIMITRIOS
Director of Financial and Business Content, DPG Group of CompaniesPETROVITS DIMITRIOS
Deputy Regional Governor in the Prefecture EvrosPETSAS STELIOS
Alternate Minister of Interior of the Hellenic RepublicPierrakakis Kyriakos
Minister of Digital GovernancePitsilis George
Governor, Independent Authority for Public RevenuePlevris Athanasios
Minister of Health of the Hellenic RepublicPORFYRIS NIKOLAOS
Chief Post-trading & International Business Development Officer, ATHEXGroupPROTOPSALTIS SPIROS
Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Manpower Employment Organization (OAED); First Vice-Chair, European Network of Public Employment ServicesSACHINIDIS Philippos
fmr. Minister of Economy (2012)SKYLAKAKIS THEODOROS
Alternate Minister of Finance, for Fiscal Policy of the Hellenic RepublicSMYRLIS IOANNIS
Secretary General of International Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic RepublicSTAIKOURAS CHRISTOS
Minister of Finance of the Hellenic RepublicStathakis George
MP; fmr. Minister of Environment and EnergyStylianides Christos
Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection of the Hellenic RepublicTakas Nikolas
CEO, THERMI VENTURE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT S.A.Tryfon Theodore
President, Greek Association of Pharmaceutical IndustryTsiboukis Antonis
Managing Director, Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, MaltaTzitzikostas Apostolos
President of the European Committee of the Regions - President of the Association of Greek Regions - Governor of the Region of Central MacedoniaTzortzakis Pantelis
Executive Vice Chairman, Hellenic Development BankTZOVARAS DIMITRIOS
Director of Central Directorate and Chairman of the BoD, CERTHVENIZELOS EVANGELOS
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013-2015); Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister (2011-2012); Professor of Constitutional Law at the Aristotle University of ThessalonikiVETTAS NIKOS
General Director, Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research –IOBE Professor, Athens University of Economics and BusinessXenogiannakopoulou Marilisa
Head of the Labour and Social Affairs’ Department in the Parliamentary Group of SYRIZAXifaras Ioannis
General Secretary of Transport - Ministry of Infrastructure and TransportXIROCOSTAS ANDREAS
Managing Director, SAP Hellas, Cyprus, MaltaZakonjšek Matej
Director of Transport CommunityZAMPOUKAS ANDREAS
JournalistZampoukis Ioannis
Mayor of AlexandroupolisZervas Konstantinos
Mayor of Thessaloniki
ARRIVAL OF GUESTS – REGISTRATION
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
Fulfilling the EU’s promise – How soon?
Georgios Gerapetritis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic
Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs & Diaspora, Republic of Kosovo
Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Serbia
Margaritis Schinas, Vice President, Promoting our European Way of Life, European Commission
Igli Hasani, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Republic of Albania
Elmedin Konaković, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina
Ranko Krivokapić, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Montenegro
Bujar Osmani, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of North Macedonia
Western Balkans: Old problems – New challenges
Gabriel Escobar, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European & Eurasian Affairs, US Department of State
* Miroslav Lajčák, EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue & Western Balkans
* Anita Richter, Head of South East Europe Division & interim, OECD
Lord Stuart Peach, Prime Minister's Special Envoy to the Western Balkans, UK
* Vassilis Monastiriotis, Eleftherios Venizelos Chair in Contemporary Greek Studies, Hellenic Observatory; Professor of Political Economy, European Institute, London School of Economics
Manuel Sarrazin, Special Representative for the countries of the Western Balkans, Federal Republic of Germany
Ioannis Armakolas, Senior Research Fellow, Head, South-East Europe Programme, ELIAMEP
South East Europe: The New Landscape in the geopolitical chessboard
H.E. George J. Tsunis, US Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic
H.E. Xiao Junzheng, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Hellenic Republic
H.E. Çağatay Erciyes, Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to the Hellenic Republic
H.E. Noam Katz, Ambassador of Israel to the Hellenic Republic
Migration & Immigration challenges in the region
Dimitris Kairidis, Minister of Migration and Asylum, Hellenic Republic
* Byron Camilleri, Minister for Home Affairs, Security, Reforms and Equality, Republic of Malta
Luigi Maria Vignali, Director General for Italian Citizens Abroad and Migration Policies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Republic of Italy
Nikolay Dochev Nikolov, Director, Migration Directorate, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Bulgaria
Greece- Türkiye: Closer, but how close?
Kostas Fragkogiannis, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic
H.E. Mehmet Kemal Bozay, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs & Director for EU Affairs, Republic of Türkiye
The Leaders RoundTable – Official Dinner
ARRIVAL OF GUESTS
WELCOME ADDRESS
* Athanassios Savvakis, President, Organizing Committee, Thessaloniki Summit; Honorary President, Federation of Industries of Greece
In Conversation: An overview of the Greek Economy
Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Economy & Finance, Hellenic Republic
Energy cooperation in Southeast Europe
(Part 1)
Theodoros Skylakakis, Minister of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic
Rumen Radev, Minister of Energy, Republic of Bulgaria
Dubravka Djedovic, Minister of Mining and Energy, Republic of Serbia
Sebastian-Ioan Burduja, Minister of Energy, Republic of Romania
Kreshnik Bekteshi, Minister of Economy, Republic of North Macedonia
(Part 2)
George Stassis, Chairman and CEO, Public Power Corporation, Greece
Andreas Shiamishis, CEO, HELLENiQ ENERGY, Greece
Christos Copelouzos, CEO, Copelouzos Group, Greece
Maria Rita Galli, CEO, DESFA, Greece
Vladimir Malinov, Executive Director, Bulgartransgaz EAD, Bulgaria
ESG and Climate Crisis
* Manolis Grafakos, General Secretary for Waste Management Coordination, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic
* Dr Athanasios Dagoumas, President, Regulatory Authority for Energy, Waste and Water
* Antonios Kontoleon, Chairman, Hellenic Union of Industrial Energy Consumers (UNICEN)
Progress on RRF – What is for Northern Greece
Nikos Papathanasis, Alternate Minister of Finance, Hellenic Republic
In Conversation: The Leader of the opposition
President, SYRIZA party
Integrating Industry 4.0 and the green transition
* Georgios Doukidis, Prof. eBusiness, Dept of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business; Independent board member, Athens Exchange, Greece
Christos Harpantidis, Vice President, Philip Morris International South-East Europe
* Yanna Andronopoulou, General Manager, Microsoft Greece, Cyprus and Malta
* Andreas Xirocostas, Managing Director, SAP Hellas S.A.
Labour market imbalances: Managing demand for workers in the primary and secondary sectors
* Adonis Georgiadis, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Hellenic Republic
* Spyros Protopsaltis, Governor, Greek Public Employment Service (DYPA)
* Giannis Panagopoulos, President, Greek General Confederation of Labour (GSEE)
In Conversation
Nikos Androulakis, President, PASOK party
In Conversation
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Banking Panel
* Gikas Hardouvelis, Chair of the Board, Non-Executive, National Bank of Greece
Attracting large FDI’s in Northern Greece
Konstantinos Skrekas, Minister of Development, Hellenic Republic
* Alexis Charitsis, MP; Alternate Minister of Economy & Development, Hellenic Republic (2016-2018)
Nikos Efhymiadis, Chairman and CEO, ThessINTEC
Athanasios Liagkos, Executive Chairman of the BoD & Managing Director, Thessaloniki Port Authority
Dimitris Andriopoulos, Chairman & CEO, Dimand
* Thanos Psathas, CEO, ETVA VIPE SA
Vassilis Kafatos, Partner, Deloitte Greece
END OF THE THESSALONIKI SUMMIT
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