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The Day After THE DAY AFTER DELPHI ECONOMIC FORUM V | DIGITAL DRAFT AGENDA TUESDAY-FRIDAY, JUNE 9-12, 2020 DAY 1 | TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020 12.25 WELCOME REMARKS Symeon G. Tsomokos, Delphi Economic Forum 12.30 OPENING ADDRESS Her Excellency the President of the Hellenic Republic Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou 12.45 BREAK 12.50 OPENING REMARKS *Language: Greek Rector Hélène Ahrweiler, President, Administration Council, European Cultural Centre of Delphi 13.00 THERMOPYLAE AND SALAMIS: THE TRIUMPH OF WILL *Language: Greek Marianna V. Vardinoyannis, Goodwill Ambassador, UNESCO, Greece Rector Hélène Ahrweiler, President, Administration Council, European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Greece Chair: Antonis Sroiter, Anchorman, Alpha TV, Greece 13.25 BREAK 13.30 KEYNOTE SPEECH *Language: English THE DAY AFTER COVID-19: WORKING TOWARDS A HEALTHIER AND MORE RESILIENT EU Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, European Commission 1 Confirmed Speakers DAY 1 | TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020 13.45 FIRESIDE CHAT II *Language: Greek POTENTIAL INTERNATIONAL EFFECTS ON DEMOCRACY & HUMAN RIGHTS FOLLOWING THE HEALTHCARE CRISIS Nikos Voutsis, MP, Syriza Party; Former Speaker, Hellenic Parliament Chair: Voula Kehagia, Journalist, Ethnos Newspaper, Greece 14.00 BREAK 14.05 FIRESIDE CHAT I *Language: Greek Vassilis Kikilias, Minister of Health, Hellenic Republic Chair: Dora Anagnostopoulou, Anchorwoman, MEGA TV, Greece 14.20 BREAK 14.25 CEO TALK *Language: Greek Theodoros Tryfon, Co/CEO, ELPEN Group; President, Panhellenic Union of Pharmaceutical Industries, Greece Chair: Ioannis Politis, Journalist, Action 24 Channel, Greece 14.30 BREAK 14.35 FIRESIDE CHAT I *Language: Greek Lina Mendoni, Minister of Culture and Sports, Hellenic Republic Chair: Fotis Papathanasiou, General Manager, B&M Theocharakis Foundation, Greece 14.55 BREAK 15.00 PREPARING FOR THE SECOND WAVE *Language: Greek Panagiotis Arkoumaneas, President, National Public Health Organization (EODY), Greece Athanasios-Meletios Dimopoulos, Rector, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Yannis Tountas, Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece Chair: Noni Karagianni, Journalist, Greece 15.40 CEO TALK *Language: Greek Pascal Apostolides, General Manager, AbbVie Pharmaceuticals SA, Greece 15.45 BREAK 2 Confirmed Speakers DAY 1 | TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020 15.50 HEALTHCARE, DIGITAL AND AI UNDER COVID-19 Angela Spatharou, Partner, McKinsey & Company London, UK 16.05 BREAK 16.10 DIGITAL HEALTH IN GREECE: DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS OF REAL WORLD EVIDENCE IN THE COVID-19 ERA AND BEYOND *Language: English Vassilis Kontozamanis, Deputy Minister of Health, Hellenic Republic Grigoris Zarifopoulos, Deputy Minister of Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic Staffan Lindblad, Emeritus Professor, Karolinska Institute, Sweden Clara Weil, Senior Epidemiologist, Macchabitech, Israel Megan O' Brien, Executive Director, Global Center for Observational and Real World Evidence at MSD, USA Chair: Aggelos Tsakanikas, Nat. Technical University of Athens, Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research 17.00 CEO TALK *Language: English Michele Antognoli, Vice President, International Markets Department, BFF Banking Group, Italy 17.05 BREAK 17.10 CEO TALK *Language: English Maarten Akkerman, Senior Director Value Based Health Care, Medtronic, Netherlands 17.15 BREAK 17.20 THE NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE POST COVID-19 ERA: A RESEARCH BY DIANEOSIS *Language: Greek Programming Partner: diaNEOsis Vassilis Kontozamanis, Deputy Minister of Health, Hellenic Republic Yannis Tountas, Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece John Kyriopoulos, Emeritus Professor of Health Economics, National School of Public Health, Greece Chair: Thodoris Georgakopoulos, Editorial Director, diaNEOsis, Greece 17.55 BREAK 18.00 IN CONVERSATION *Language: Greek Andreas Xanthos, Member, Hellenic Parliament; Minister of Health 2015-2019, Hellenic Republic Chair: Dani Vergou, Journalist, Efimerida ton Syntakton, Greece 3 Confirmed Speakers DAY 1 | TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020 18.15 KEYNOTE SPEECH *Language: English Tao Zhang, Deputy Managing Director, IMF, USA 18.25 BREAK 18.30 PRESENTATION *Language: English THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE: THE NEW STRESSES ON LEADERSHIP. A timely update for leaders on the alert issued to the opening session of the Delphi Forum 2018. Nik Gowing, Director and Co-author, Thinking the Unthinkable, UK 18.55 BREAK 19.00 IN CONVERSATION *Language: Greek Yannis Vroutsis, Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Hellenic Republic Chair: Amalia Katzou, Journalist, CNN Greece & Mega TV, Greece 19.15 BREAK 19.20 IN CONVERSATION *Language: Greek Effie Achtsioglou, Minister of Labour, Social Security and Social Solidarity (2016-2019), Hellenic Republic Chair: 19.35 BREAK 19.40 OVERCOMING UNCERTAINTY IN HEALTH INSURANCE AND THE PENSION SYSTEM *Language: Greek Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Chief Operations Officer, NN Hellas Christoforos Sardelis, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ethniki Insurance S.A., Greece Milton Nektarios, Professor of Insurance, University of Piraeus, Greece Chair: Makis Pollatos, Journalist, Proto Thema, Greece 20.15 END OF DAY 1 4 Confirmed Speakers DAY 2 | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 STREAM 1 09.30 CORONOVIRUS AND THE COST OF NON-EUROPE *Language: Greek Content Partner: European Parliament Office in Greece Dimitris Papadimoulis, Vice President, European Parliament Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou, Member, European Parliament Nikos Androulakis, Member, European Parliament Chair: Constantinos Tsoutsoplides, Head of Office, European Parliament Office in Greece 10.00 CEO TALK *Language: English Marc-Olivier Sabourin, Vice President, Global Defence & Security, CAE 10.05 THE EMERGING LANDSCAPE IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN I *Language: Greek Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic George Katrougalos, Member, Hellenic Parliament; Foreign Affairs Minister (2019) Alexandros Diakopoulos, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic Chair: Ioannis Politis, Journalist, Action 24 Channel, Greece 10.35 BREAK 10.40 IN CONVERSATION *Language: English UK-EUROPE UNION: POST BREXIT Kate Smith, British Ambassador to Greece The Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham, Founder, FMA, UK Chair: Giannis Mandalidis, CNN Greece 10.55 BREAK 11.00 FIRESIDE CHAT III *Language: English THE NEW POLITICAL CYCLE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION: WHAT HAS CHANGED AND WHAT HASN’T POST COVID Content Partner: European Commission Representation in Greece Margaritis Schinas, Vice President, Promoting our European Way of Life, European Commission Chair: Florian Eder, Managing Director, Politico, Brussels 11.20 BREAK 5 Confirmed Speakers DAY 2 | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 STREAM 1 11.25 ANOTHER TEST FOR EUROPE: PASS OF FAIL? *Language: Greek Anna Diamantopoulou, President, DIKTIO; f. European Commissioner & Greek Cabinet Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs & Citizenship (2014-2019) Christos Stylianides, European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management (2014-2019) Chair: Giorgos Kouvaras, Journalist, Action 24 Channel, Greece 12.05 BREAK 12.10 FIRESIDE CHAT IV *Language: English HOW THE PANDEMIC IS RESHAPING THE WORLD Ivan Krastev, Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria Chair: Maria Demertzis, Deputy Director, Bruegel, Brussels 12.35 BREAK 12.40 IN CONVERSATION *Language: English GERMAN PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES DISCUSSED Ernst Reichel, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Hellenic Republic Chair: Xenia Kounalakis, Head of Foreign Desk, Kathimerini, Greece 12.55 BREAK 13.00 FIRESIDE CHAT V *Language: English THE CURRENT RELEVANCE OF THE MULTINATIONAL TRADING SYSTEM Amb. Alan Wolff, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization, Switzerland Chair: Odin Linardatou, Journalist, Head of Media, ELIAMEP, Greece 13.20 BREAK 13.25 FIRESIDE CHAT *Language: Greek Nikos Christodoulides, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Cyprus Chair: Nefeli Lygerou, Journalist, Proto Thema Newspaper, Greece 13.40 BREAK 6 Confirmed Speakers DAY 2 | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 STREAM 1 13.45 THE EMERGING LANDSCAPE IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN II *Language: English Content Partner: Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President, Atlantic Council, USA Nathalie Tocci, Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali; Honorary Professor at the University of Tübingen, Italy Sinan Ülgen, Executive Chairman, Think Tank EDAM, Turkey Thanos Dokos, Alternate National Security Adviser to the Greek Prime Minister, Greece Chair: Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, Assoc. Professor, Bilkent University; Senior Researcher, ELIAMEP 14.25 BREAK 14.30 FIRESIDE CHAT *Language: English Geoffrey Pyatt, United States Ambassador to Greece Chair: Alexia Tasouli, Diplomatic Correspondent, Open TV, Greece 14.45 BREAK 14.50 IN CONVERSATION *Language: Greek Evangelos Apostolakis, Minister,National Defence 2019; Chief, Hellenic Nat. Defence General Staff 2015-19 Chair: Constantinos Filis, Executive Director, Institute of International Relations 15.10 WHAT FUTURE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY IF MULTILATERALISM FAILS? *Language: English Content Partner: Hellenic Observatory, LSE C. Randall Henning, Professor of International Economic Relations, American University, USA Jean Pisani-Ferry, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Chair, European University Institute, Italy Linda Yueh, Visiting Professor, LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics, UK Chair: Kevin Featherstone, Professor, London School
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