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DEF 2019 – Confirmed Speakers in Principle [As of January 22, 2019] DEF 2019 – Confirmed Speakers in principle [as of January 22, 2019] International confirmed speakers Australia 1. Dr. Nicholas Pappas, Chairman, Bank of Sydney; President, The Hellenic Initiative Australia, Australia Bulgaria 2. Rosen Plevneliev, President 2012-2017, Republic of Bulgaria Brussels 3. Ino Afentouli, Program Officer for Greece, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO, Brussels 4. Dimitris Avramopoulos, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, European Commission, Brussels 5. Michel Barnier, Chief Negotiator, European Commission, Brussels (final confirmation in Jan. 2019) 6. Maria Demertzis, Deputy Director, Bruegel, Brussels 7. Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent – Europe, The New York Times, Brussels 8. Tassos Haniotis, Director, DG Agriculture & Rural Development, European Commission, Brussels 9. Michael Leigh, Senior Fellow, The German Marshall Fund US, Brussels 10. Dr. Ian Lesser, Vice President, German Marshall Fund US, Brussels 11. Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy, European Commission, Brussels 12. Pierre Moscovici, Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs, Taxation & Customs, European Commission, Brussels 13. Dimitris Papadimoulis, Vice President, European Parliament, Brussels 14. Margaritis Schinas, Chief Spokesperson, European Commission, Brussels 15. György Schöpflin, Member, Group of the European People's Party, European Parliament, Brussels 16. Marie De Somer, Head, European Migration and Diversity Programme – Senior Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre 17. Christos Stylianides, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management, European Commissioner, Brussels 18. Simone Tagliapetra, Research Fellow, Bruegel, Brussels 19. Gerassimos Thomas, Deputy Director-General for Energy, European Commission, Brussels Cyprus 20. Yanos Gramatidis, CEO, Justitia Advisory, Cyprus China 21. Zhiqin Shi, Professor, Tsinghua University, China 22. Dr. Wang Wen, Executive Dean, Chongyan Institute for Financial Services; VP, Silk Road School, China 23. Dr. Zhanchen Xu, Head, Strategic Department & OBOR Research Institute, China Center for Int. Economic Exchanges Czech Republic 24. Dr. Ludek Sekyra, Chairman of the Board, Sekyra Group, Czech Republic 1 | P a g e France 25. Liz Alderman, Chief European Business Correspondent, The New York Times, France 26. Elias A. Baltassis, Director Europe, Data & Analytics, Boston Consulting Group, France 27. George Dertilis, Directeur d’etudes, École des Hautes Études en Science Sociales, France 28. Alain Dupeyras, Head, Regional Development and Tourism Division, OECD, France 29. Riva Kastoryano, Senior Research Fellow, SciencesPo – Centre de Reserches Internationales, CNRS, France 30. Christine Ockrent, Columnist and Writer, France 31. Virginie Poncet, Head of International Consulting Activities, Project Leader for HDB Feasibility Study, BPI France 32. George Prevelakis, Professor of Geopolitics, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France 33. Jaques Rupnik, Senior Research Fellow, Sciences Po, France Germany 34. Dr. Ralf Beste, Policy Planning Division, German Foreign Affairs Office, Germany 35. Christoph Bornschein, CEO & Founder, Torben, Lucie und die gelbe Gefahr, Germany 36. Guy Brasseur, Leader, Environmental Modeling Group, Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany 37. Dr. Heiner Flassbeck, Former State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany 38. Sigmar Gabriel, Member of Parliament; Former Vice-Chancellor of Germany, Germany 39. Michael Schwarz, Executive Director International Affairs, Mercator Foundation, Germany 40. Dr. Daniela Schwarzer, Director, German Council on Foreign Relations, Germany 41. Matthias Spielkamp, Executive Director, AlgorithmWatch, Germany Hungary 42. Peter Fuzes, Public Sector Industry Leader, Eastern & Central Europe, Middle East & Africa, Oracle, Hungary Iran 43. Mahmoud Khaghani, Adviser, The Caspian Gris, Iran Ireland 44. Mary Harney, Minister of Health & Children 2004-2011, Ireland Israel 45. Dr. Uzi Arad, Senior Fellow, INSS, Israel 46. Ilana Dayan, Anchorperson, Israel’s Channel Two, Israel 47. Gila Gamliel, Minister for Social Equality, Israel 48. Yossi Shain, Professor of Political Science, Tel Aviv University, Israel Italy 49. Alberto Bagnai, President, Finance Committee, Senate, Republic of Italy 50. Claudio Borghi, President, Budget Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, Italy 51. Sandro Gozi, President, Union of European Federalists, Italy 52. Miguel Maduro, Director, School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, Italy 53. George Papaconstantinou, Professor, European University Institute, Italy 54. Jean Pisani-Ferry, Thommaso Padoa-Schioppa Chair, European University Institute, Italy 2 | P a g e Japan 55. Masako Kido, Professor, Kyoritsu Women's University, Japan Kazakhstan 56. Iskander Akylbayev, Executive Director of the Kazakhstan Council on International Relations, Kazakhstan Luxembourg 57. Dr. Werner Hoyer, President, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg 58. Rolf Strauch, Chief Economist, European Stability Mechanism, Luxembourg Nigeria 59. Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President, Federal Republic of Nigeria Norway 60. Olav Dalen Zahl, Chief Executive Officer, B2Holding ASA, Norway Portugal 61. Jose M. Barroso, Non-Executive Chairman, Goldman Sachs International (final confirmation in Dec. 2018) 62. Dr. Carlos Costa, Governor, Central Bank of Portugal, Portugal Romania 63. Ana Birchall, Deputy Prime Minister for Romania's Strategic Partnerships' Implementation, Romania 64. George Ciamba, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania Russia 65. Anton Anisimov, Editor-in-Chief, Sputnik International Broadcasting, Russia 66. H.E. Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s Ambassador to the EU 67. Dr. Vladimir Yakunin, Founder, Rhodes Forum, Russia Serbia 68. Jovan Kovacic, President, East West Bridge, Serbia Slovakia 69. Amb. Rastislav Kacer, Honorary Chairman, Globsec, Slovakia Spain 70. Antonio Carrascosa, Director of resolution planning & Decisions, Single Resolution Board, Spain Sweden 71. Mikael Ericson, CEO, Intrum Justitia AB, Sweden 72. Konstantinos Karantininis, Professor, Swedish University of Agriculutral Sciences, Sweden Switzerland 73. Yariv Adan, Product Lead on Google Assistant, Google, Switzerland 3 | P a g e 74. Dimitris Argirakis, General Manager, Groupe Tranchant, Switzerland 75. Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics, The Graduate Institute Geneva, Switzerland 76. Athanasios N. Lazanas, Chairman of the Board, Arclif Group, Switzerland 77. Menelaos Petrovas, Digital Marketing Manager, Airport Hotel Basel AG, Group Tranchant, Switzerland 78. Dr. Petteri Taalas, Secretary General, World Meteorological Organization, Switzerland 79. Richard Werly, Journalist, Le Temps, Switzerland The Netherlands 80. Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Former President , Eurogroup, Netherlands 81. Stefan Kilian, Managing Director and Head of Human Pharma MIDI region, Boehringer Ingelheim, Netherlands 82. Wietse van der Werf, Executive Director, Sea Ranger Service, Netherlands Turkey 83. Mehmet Kutman, Chairman, Global Investment Holdings, Turkey 84. Soli Özel, Visiting Fellow, Institute Montaigne; Professor, Kadir Has University, Turkey 85. Behlül Özkan, Associate Professor, Marmara University, Turkey 4 | P a g e United Kingdom 86. Joaquin Almunia, Chairman of the Board, CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies), UK 87. Iain Begg, Professional Research Fellow, London School of Economics, UK 88. Richard Clogg, Emeritus Fellow, St. Anthony’s College, UK 89. Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Professor of Public Law, University of Oxford, UK 90. Kevin Featherstone, Professor, Hellenic Observatory, LSE, UK 91. Sofia Gkiousou, Public Policy, Airbnb, UK 92. Apostolos Gkoutzinis, Partner, Milbank - Tweed - Hudley & McCloy, UK 93. Nik Gowing, Founder, Thinking the Unthinkable, UK 94. Mareva Grabowski, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Zeus+Dione, Greece 95. Costas Grammenos, Professor, Cass Business School, UK 96. Michael G. Jacobides, Sir Donald Gordon Chair of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, London Business School, UK 97. Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government, Department Politics & Int. Relations, Oxford University, UK 98. Konstantinos Kanellopoulos, Doctoral Researcher, University of Manchester, UK 99. Chris Langdon, Co-author, Thinking the Unthinkable, UK 100. Phillip Larbey, Centa - Managing Principal, NCC Group, UK 101. Richard Langstaff, CEO, Cepal, UK 102. Philippe Legrain, Senior Visiting Fellow, LSE European institute, UK 103. Yannis Manuelides, Partner, Allen & Overy, UK 104. Valsamis Mitsilegas, Professor, Queen Mary University of London, UK 105. Elia Mossialos, Professor of Health Policy, London School of Economics, UK 106. Alia Moubayed, Director of Geo-economics & Strategy, International Institute for Strategic Studies, UK 107. Vangelis Papachristoforou, Founder & CEO, Invel, UK 108. Elias Papaioannou, Professor of Economics, London Business School, UK 109. Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director, Eurasia Group, UK 110. Jurgen Rigterink, First VP Banking, EBRD, UK 111. Omiros Sarikas, Managing Partner & Founding Member, Brookstreet Equity Partners LLP, UK 112. John S. Roberts, Energy Security Specialist, Methinks Ltd, UK 113. Peter Spiegel, News Editor, Financial Times, UK 114. Vivienne Stern, Director, Universities UK International, UK 115. Tony Travers, Professor, Department of Government, LSE, UK 116. Dimitris Valatsas, Director Europe, Greenmantle, UK 117. Rebecca Walton, Regional Director EU, British Council, UK 118. Adam Ward, Deputy
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