DRAFT CONFERENCE PROGRAM

CONFERENCE: «STRATEGY FOR AN OUTWARD ECONOMY: VISION & REALITY»

1st DAY

09.00-13.30 SPECIAL EVENT: THE ROADMAP OF AN OUTWARD ECONOMY

09.00 Registration - Coffee

09.30 Welcome Speech Christina Sakellaridis, Chairman, Panhellenic Exporters Association Confirmed

09.40 Keynote Address , Minister, Ministry for Development & Competitiveness Confirmed

10.00 SESSION 1: REFORMS FOR MOST COMPETITIVE GREEK EXPORTS Opening Address George Filiopoulos, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Development & Competitiveness Confirmed

Keynote Address Tom Butterly, Chief of the Global Trade Solutions Section, United Nations, UNECE Confirmed

Constantine Nichoritis, Director, D.G of Customs and Excise Duties, Ministry of Finance Confirmed Sofia Papagianni, Head of Customs Procedures, Ministry of Finance Confirmed Nikolaos Mavrikos, Chairman, Panhellenic Association of Ship Suppliers Confirmed George Xirogiannis, Head of International Trade & Relations, SEV Hellenic Federation of Enterprises Confirmed

11.30 Break – Coffee

11.45 Keynote Address Athanasios Tsaftaris, Minister, Ministry of Rural Development and Food Confirmed

12.10 SESSION 2: INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES IN EXPORT FACILITY Opening Address Fotis Kourmousis, Advisor, Ministry of Finance Confirmed

Keynote Address Antonis Kastrisianakis, European Commission DG TAXUD Director Confirmed

Chrisoula Papadimitriou, Directorate of Processing Standardization and Quality Control of Products of Plant and Food, Department of Food Quality Control, Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development and Food Confirmed Nikolaos Archontis, Chief Operations Officer, Panhellenic Exporters Association Confirmed

13.30 Light Lunch

OPENING OF THE PLENARY SESSION

13.30 Registration - coffee

14.15 Welcome Speeches Christina Sakellaridis, Chairman, Panhellenic Exports Association

Official Opening H.E. President of the Greek Republic Mr. Karolos Papoulias

14.25 Keynote Speaches Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister, Ministry for Development & Competitiveness Chris Megalou, Chief Executive Officer, Eurobank

15.00 OUTWARD ECONOMY: FINANCE, PRODUCTION, TOURISM, TRANSPORT, CULTURE , Minister, Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Tasos Liaskos, Secretary of Tourism George Stathakis, Member of the , SΥRΙΖΑ party

16.45 Break-Coffee

16.00 KEYS TO ASSIST FOREIGN TRADE Keynote Speech Notis Mitarachis, Greek Deputy Minister, Ministry for Development and Competitiveness

Angelos Kotsiopoulos, Chief Executive Officer, Export Credit Insurance Organization Alkiviadis Kalabpokis, Chief Executive Officer, Hellenic Foreign Trade Board Nikolaos Philippas, Chairman, Centre of Planning and Economic Research

Vasso Kollia, General Secretariat for Gender Equality

17.15 FINANCING GREEK MANUFACTURING MACHINE Keynote Speech Constantinos Vousvounis, General Manager, Eurobank

Constantinos Antonopoulos, CEO INTRALOT Group, Guido Clary, Senior Police Officer, European Investment Bank Giorgos Gerontoukos, Chairman & CEO, Hellenic Fund for Entrepreneurship and Development TBC

18:00 END OF 1ST DAY

20:00 DINNER WITH GUEST OF HONOR & KEYNOTE SPEAKER THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC MR (ADMISSION ONLY WITH INVITATION)

2nd DAY

09.00 Welcome coffee

09.30 Official Opening Evangelos Venizelos Vice President Of the Government & Minister of Foreign Affairs Hellenic Republic

09.50 , General Secretary of Public Revenue, Ministry of Finance

10.00 ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE RELATIONS OF WITH CRITICAL TARGET MARKETS

Panagiotis Mihalos, Secretary General for International Economic Relations and Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Peter Schoor, Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Jenny Bloomfield, Ambassador, Embassy of Australia Vladimir Chkhikvishvili, Ambassador, Embassy of the Russian Federation TBC Xiaoli Zou, Ambassador, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China Jean Loup Kuhn-Delforge, Ambassador, Embassy of France Michael Christidis, Ambassador, B Directorate-General Ministry of Foreign Affairs

12.00 WAYS OF PENETRATION IN FOREIGN MARKETS

Doukas Marinopoulos, Chairman, Diplomatic Employees Union, Economic and Commercial Affairs Confirmed Themistoklis Kalpaktsoglou, Chairman, Export Credit Insurance Organization Constantinos Lambrinopoulos, Chairman, Hellenic management Association Tasos Vamvakidis, Commercial Director, PCT/PCDC Constantinos Kastrinakis, Vice President, Kantor Managemet Consultant Zooullis Mina, Managing Director, Athenian Brewery

13.15 Break

13.30 SUCCESS STORIES OF AN OUTWARD ECONOMY Keynote Speech Gina Mamidakis, Member of the Board of Directors of SETE, EEDE & Managing Director of Bluegr & Mamidakis Hotels Costas Bakouris, Chairman, Corinth Pipeworks SA Vassilios Katsos, President & CEO, Pharmathen Marika Lamprou, Chief Executive Officer, SingularLogic Eleftherios Saitis, Chief Executive Officer, KRONOS SA Dimitris Papanikolaou, Vice President, Neon Energy

15.00 END OF CONFERENCE - COCTAILS