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Under the Auspices of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos

November 14-15, 2019 4th Summit Thursday | November 14

10:30 ARRIVAL OF GUESTS & PARTICIPANTS – REGISTRATION

11:30 OPENING REMARKS H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos

12:00 WELCOME ADDRESS √Theodoros Karaoglou, Deputy Minister of Interior, and Thrace of the Hellenic Republic Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Governor, Region of Konstantinos Zervas, Mayor of Thessaloniki

12:30 Which are the priorities for the new EU leadership? Opening statement Margaritis Schinas, Vice President, European Commission

Discussants √Georgios Markopouliotis, Head of Representative of the EU Commission in √H.E. Kate Smith, Ambassador of the UK to the Hellenic Republic √Loukas Tsoukalis, President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Greece √Zsolt Darvas, Senior Fellow, Bruegel, Belgium √Francois Heisbourg, Senior Advisor & Chair, International Institute for Strategic Studies, France

13:30 Greece 2020-2025: Developmental and Social Goals Opening statement √Adonis-Spyridon Georgiadis, Minister of Development & Investment of the Hellenic Republic

Discussants √Anna Diamantopoulou, President DIKTYO, Greece √Chris Allen, DG ECFIN Resident Adviser in Athens, European Commission √Gikas Hardouvelis, Professor of Finance & Economics, Banking & Financial Management Department, University of Piraeus, Greece √Panos Tsakloglou, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece √Eva Kaili, Member of the European Parliament, Head of the Hellenic S&D Delegation, Greece

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14:30 In conversation √H.E. Geoffrey R. Pyatt, US Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic

15:00 Break – light lunch

16:00 In conversation √H.E. Ernst Reichel, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Hellenic Republic

16:30 South East Europe: Ongoing Challenges and Future Prospects Opening statements √Kocho Angjushev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia Tomislav Donchev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria

Discussants √Maria Spyraki, Member of the European Parliament, Greece √Dmitry Pankin, President, Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, Greece √Vessela Tcherneva, Deputy Director, European Council on Foreign Relations, Bulgaria √Anna Visvizi, Director of Research, Institute of East-Central Europe, Poland √Benjamin Haddad, Director, Future Europe Initiative, Atlantic Council, USA

17:30 In conversation √Prof. Evangelos Venizelos, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013-2015); Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister (2011-2012), Greece

18:00 Looking to the East √H.E. Qiyue Zhang, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Hellenic Republic

18:30 Energy Security Considerations in Eastern Mediterranean Opening statement √Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Environment and Energy of the Hellenic Republic

Discussants √Kocho Angjushev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia Temenuzhka Petkova, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Bulgaria Aleksandar Antic, Minister of Mining and Energy of the Republic of Serbia √Gerasimos Thomas, Deputy Minister for Environment and Energy of the Hellenic Republic √Konstantin Konstantinov, CEO, Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange EAD (IBEX), Bulgaria

19:30 In conversation √George Koumoutsakos, Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection of the Hellenic Republic

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20:00 Break – end of the first day

20:30 SE Europe: Taking forward regional cooperation and reforms Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic Boyko Borissov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria Viorica Dăncilă, Prime Minister of the Republic of Romania Edi Rama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania Zoran Zaev, Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia

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Friday | November 15

08:00 ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS

09:00 OPENING REMARKS Alexis Tsipras, Leader of the Opposition Party

09:30 Enhancing Connectivity through Transport Infrastructure Opening statements Zorana Mihajlović, Deputy PM & Minister of Construction, Transportation & Infrastructure, Republic of Serbia √Kostas Karamanlis, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport of the Hellenic Republic Rossen Jeliazkov, Minister of Transport, IT and Communications of the Republic of Bulgaria

Discussant √Sotiris Theofanis, Chairman of the BoD and Managing Director, Thessaloniki Port Authority SA, Greece

10:30 In conversation √Ioannis Plakiotakis, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy of the Hellenic Republic

10:45 In conversation √Christos Dimas, Deputy Minister of Development and Investment of the Hellenic Republic

11:00 Enhancing the economic and trade relations between US and Greece in light of the geostrategic developments in the East Med region

12:00 The critical role of employers' organizations in the economic and social development of Eastern Europe Opening Statement √Theodoros Karaoglou, Deputy Minister of Interior, Macedonia and Thrace of the Hellenic Republic

Discussants √Georgios Karanikas, President, Hellenic Confederation of Commerce & Entrepreneurship (ESEE) √Miloš Nenezić, President, Serbian Association of Employers (SAE), Serbia √Milena Angelova, Secretary General, VP, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), √Florin Jianu, President, National Council of Small and Medium Sized Private Enterprises in Romania (CNIPMMR), Romania

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13:00 Break – light lunch

13:55 In conversation for the Strategic Plan of Cyprus Stock Exchange. √Marinos Christodoulides, Chairman, Cyprus Stock Exchange

14:10 Greek capital market - a springboard for growth. The important role of domestic savings. √Vassiliki Lazarakou, Chair, Hellenic Capital Market Commission, Greece √Socrates Lazaridis, CEO, Athens Exchange Group, Greece √Kimon Volikas, Managing Director, Alpha Asset Management AEDAK; President, Hellenic Fund and Asset Management Association, Greece √Nikos Vettas, General Director, Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE)

15:00 How can Greece take advantage of its comeback as an investment destination? Attractiveness Survey - Greece July 2019 √Panos Papazoglou, Managing Director, Ernst & Young, Greece

15:30 In conversation √Christos Harpantidis, President & CEO, Papastratos; Managing Director EU South East Cluster, PMI

16:00 Greek Banking Sector and the future of Financial Stability Opening Statement “EMU Architecture: Monetary, fiscal and financial stability policy issues” √Yannis Stournaras, Governor, Bank of Greece

Discussants √George Handjinicolaou, Chairman of the Board, Piraeus Bank; Hellenic Bank Association; Athens Stock Exchange, Greece Vassilios Psaltis, CEO, Alpha Bank, Greece Pavlos Mylonas, CEO, National Bank of Greece Fokion Karavias, CEO, Eurobank, Greece

17:00 Making Industrial Policy work for growth, jobs and development Opening Statement Nikolaos Papathanasis, Deputy Minister of Development and Investment of the Hellenic Republic

Discussants √Milena Angelova, VP, European Centre of Employers & Enterprises providing Public Services & Services of general interest (CEEP), Belgium √Dimitris Chanis, CEO HERACLES Group, member of LafargeHolcim, Greece

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18:00 How can SE Europe close the Digital Divide Opening Statement Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of Digital Governance of the Hellenic Republic

Discussants √Grigoris Zarifopoulos, Deputy Minister of Digital Governance of the Hellenic Republic √H.E. Mark Allen, Ambassador of Canada to the Hellenic Republic √Anastasios Tzikas, President, Thessaloniki International Fair HELEXPO SA; President, Exhibition Research Institute; President, Technopolis Thessaloniki ICT Business Park, Greece

19:00 Cocktail – end of the summit

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