THE AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS SUMMIT

ACCELERATING GROWTH

AND COMPETITIVENESS FEBRUARY 7TH 2013 HYATT REGENCY HOTEL,

Under the auspices In association with

HELLENIC REPUBLIC HELLENIC REPUBLIC

Ministry of Rural Development Ministry of and Food and Thrace

PROGRAMME

08:30 Registration 09:00 Chairman’s introductory remarks John Parker, Globalisation Editor, The Economist

Welcome remarks Theodoros Karaoglou, Minister of Macedonia and Thrace, Yannis Boutaris, Mayor of Thessaloniki 09:15 COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY (CAP 2020) AND THE CHALLENGES FOR EUROPE • Food production • Climate change and water management • Bioenergy & Biodiversity

Tassos Haniotis, Director, Economic analysis, perspectives and evaluations, DG for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission 09:25 Discussion 09:40 ESTABLISHING A NEW STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR AGRI-BUSINESS IN GREECE •Developing our strategic advantages for the rural development of Greece

Athanasios Tsaftaris, Minister of Rural Development and Food, Greece

• The European perspective: Greece and the Netherlands Simon Smits, Vice-Minister for Foreign Trade, The Netherlands

• The main Opposition’s viewpoint Giorgos Stathakis, MP, Head of the Development Sector, SYRIZA 10:10 Discussion 10:30 WHAT IS GREECE’S POSITION AND POTENTIAL? • The need for new agricultural policy and reforms • National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) • Contract Farming: An opportunity for Greece’s agribusiness sector?

Horst Reichenbach, Head, EU Task Force Thanasis Skordas, Deputy Minister of Development, Greece

• In dialogue with the business sector: Nikos Efthymiadis, President, REDESTOS Efthymiadis Agrotechnology Group & Honorary President, Federation of Industries of Northern Greece Dimitrios Lakassas, President, Greek International Business Association (SEVE) Nikolaos Pentzos, President, Federation of Industries of Northern Greece Annie Michailides, Vice-president, Michailides Group of Companies 11:10 Discussion

11:30 Break

12:00 TACKLING UNEMPLOYMENT IN GREECE: WHY IS AGRIBUSINESS AN OPPORTUNITY? • Young educated professionals steer towards agriculture

Nikos Panagiotopoulos, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Security, Greece Tzanetos Karamichas, President, Pan-Hellenic Confederation of Unions of Agricultural Co-operatives (PASEGES) Vassilis Giannopoulos, President, Pan-Hellenic Union of New Farmers (PENA) 12:30 Discussion 12:45 A NEW ERA FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP  Innovation Extroversion Funding Modernization

Demetri Politopoulos, Chief Executive Officer, Macedonian Thrace Brewery Ioannis Papadopoulos, President, Hellenic Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and CEO, Ventures Yannis Mandalas, Chief Executive Officer, Mastihashop Nicos Porfiris, Vice Chairman, Exchange Maria Vlachou, Managing Director, Fereikos Gefsis Socratis Ploussas, Vice-president, Hellenic Start-up Association Theodore Tsemperoulis, Marketing Director, Marinopoulos

13:45 Discussion

14:05 HOW CAN THE SECTOR’S FINANCING HELP OVERCOME THE ECONOMIC CRISIS? Nikolas Haritakis, Vice-Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, New Economy Development Fund (TANEO)

14:15 Discussion

14:30 Networking luncheon

15:30 NEW TECHNOLOGIES, INNOVATION AND PRACTICES AT THE SERVICE OF AGRICULTURE • Hydroponic technology • Modernising agribusiness • R&D • Environmental friendly methods • High-tech Agriculture: From tree to market

Laan van Staalduinen, Director General, Social Sciences Group, Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre) Nick Sigrimis, Professor, Agricultural University of Athens, Founder and honorary chair of ICT in Agriculture of CIGR, Founder and President of spinoff Geomations -From Research to Practice Amos Levin, Founding member, Director and Chief Food Technology Officer (CFTO), Pomeg-Tech, Israel

16:00 Discussion

16:20 ORGANIC FOOD AND FARMING IN EUROPE: WHERE DO WE STAND? Christopher Stopes, President, IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements), EU Group

HOW CAN GREECE BECOME THE CENTRE FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION IN EUROPE? Charalambos Tsokanis, President, Federation of Organic Farmers of Greece Anagnostis Argyriou, Researcher, Institute of Applied Biosciences, The Centre for Research and Technology Hellas

Discussion, Coordinated by: 16:50 Dimitrios Simeonidis, President, Business and Cultural Development Center and President, Organic Products Cluster 17:10 LESSONS FROM SCANDINAVIA: FARMER-OWNED, EXPORT-ORIENTED AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS Kostas Karantininis, Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala and University of Copenhagen, Denmark

17:20 Discussion 17:30 Roundtable discussion with the regional governors REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT & AGRIBUSINESS GROWTH: NEW OBJECTIVES & NEW PROPOSALS ON THE TABLE

Constantinos Agorastos, Regional Governor, Georgios Dakis, Regional Governor, , Regional Governor, , Regional Governor, (acceptance in principle)

18:10 Discussion and Conclusions

18:30 End of Conference

05/2/2013 This agenda is registered to Hazlis & Rivas, the Official and Exclusive Representative of the Economist Conferences for Greece, Cyprus and Malta. All speakers mentioned herein have confirmed their participation, except for those that appear with an asterisk.