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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 12.30 OPENING ADDRESS Her Excellency the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou 12.45 BREAK 12.50 OPENING REMARKS Rector Hélène Ahrweiler, President, Administration Council, European Cultural Centre of Delphi 13.00 THERMOPYLAE AND SALAMIS: THE TRIUMPH OF WILL Marianna V. Vardinoyannis, Goodwill Ambassador, UNESCO 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 Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, European Commission 14.00 BREAK 1 Confirmed Speakers DAY 1 | TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020 14.05 FIRESIDE CHAT I Vassilis Kikilias, Minister of Health, Hellenic Republic Chair: Dora Anagnostopoulou, Anchorwoman, MEGA TV 14.20 BREAK 14.25 FIRESIDE CHAT II Sotiris Tsiodras, Professor of Epidemiology, Health Ministry’s spokesperson Chair: Symeon G. Tsomokos, Delphi Economic Forum 14.40 BREAK 14.45 Dolores Monserrat, Minister of Health (2016-2018), Spain 15.00 BREAK 15.05 CEO TALK Theodoros Tryfon, Co/CEO, ELPEN Group; President, Panhellenic Union of Pharmaceutical Industries, Greece 15.10 BREAK 15.15 PREPARING FOR THE SECOND WAVE Panagiotis Arkoumaneas, President, National Public Health Organization (EODY) Athanasios-Meletios Dimopoulos, Rector, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Yannis Tountas, Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School Chair: 16.00 CEO TALK Pascal Apostolides, General Manager, AbbVie Pharmaceuticals SA, Greece 16.05 BREAK 16.10 HEALTHCARE & AI IN THE COVID Angela Spatharou, Partner, McKinsey & Company London 16.25 BREAK 2 Confirmed Speakers DAY 1 | TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020 16.30 DIGITAL HEALTH IN GREECE: DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS OF REAL WORLD EVIDENCE IN THE COVID-19 ERA AND BEYOND Vasilis Kontozamanis, Deputy Minister of Health Grigoris Zarifopoulos, Deputy Minister of Digital Governance Clara Well, Senior Epidemiologist, Kahn-Sagol – Maccabi Research & Innovation Institute, Israel Megan O' Brien, Executive Director, Policy Evidence Research, CORE Chair: Thanasis Tsakanikas, Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research 17.10 CEO TALK Michele Antognoli, Vice President, International Markets Department, BFF Banking Group 17.15 BREAK 17.20 CEO TALK Medtronic 17.30 BREAK 17.35 PANEL – DIANEOSIS Vasilis Kontozamanis, Deputy Minister of Health Yannis Tountas, Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School John Kyriopoulos, Emeritus Professor of Health Economics, National School of Public Health Chair: Thodoris Georgakopoulos, Editorial Director, diaNEOsis 18.15 BREAK 18.20 IN CONVERSATION Angela Gerekou, President, Greek National Tourism Organization, Greece Chair: Yanos Gramatidis, Honorary President, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, Greece 18.40 BREAK 18.45 IN CONVERSATION 18.55 BREAK 19.00 IN CONVERSATION Yannis Vroutsis, Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Hellenic Republic Chair: Amalia Katzou, Journalist, CNN Greece & Mega T 3 Confirmed Speakers DAY 1 | TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020 19.15 BREAK 19.20 OVERCOMING UNCERTAINTY IN HEALTH INSURANCE AND THE PENSION SYSTEM Effie Achtsioglou, Minister of Labour, Social Security and Social Solidarity (2016-2019) Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Chief Operations Officer, NN Hellas Christoforos Sardelis, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ethniki Insurance S.A. Milton Nektarios, Professor of Insurance, University of Piraeus, Greece Chair: Makis Pollatos, Journalist, Proto Thema, Greece 20.00 END OF DAY 1 4 Confirmed Speakers DAY 2 | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 STREAM 1 09.45 IN CONVERSATION CORONOVIRUS AND THE COST OF NON-EUROPE Content Partner: European Parliament Office in Greece Dimitris Papadimoulis, Vice President, European Parliament Anna Michel Asimakopoulou, Member, European Parliament Nikos Androulakis, Member, European Parliament Chair: Constantinos Tsoutsoplides, Head of Office, European Parliament Office in Greece 10.20 BREAK 10.25 IN CONVERSATION UK-EUROPE UNION: POST BREXIT Kate Smith, British Ambassador to Greece Lord Francis Maude, Member, House of Lords, UK Chair: Giannis Mandalidis, Manager, CNN.gr 10.55 BREAK 11.00 FIRESIDE CHAT III THE NEW POLITICAL CYCLE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION: WHAT CHANGED, WHAT HASN’T 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 11.20 BREAK 11.25 IN CONVERSATION ANOTHER TEST FOR EUROPE: PASS OF FAIL? 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, Greece 12.05 BREAK 12.10 FIRESIDE CHAT IV HOW THE PANDEMIC IS RESHAPING THE WORLD Ivan Krastev, Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria Chair: Maria Demertzis, Deputy-Director, Bruegel, Brussels 5 Confirmed Speakers DAY 2 | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 STREAM 1 12.35 BREAK 12.40 IN CONVERSATION 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 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 VI WORLD ECONOMY POST COVID19 Andrew Liveris, Chairman, The Hellenic Initiative Chair: George Pagoulatos, Director General, ELIAMEP; Professor, Athens University of Economics, Greece 13.40 BREAK 13.45 THE EMERGING LANDSCAPE IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN I 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 Gülnur Aybet, Senior Advisor to the Turkish President Thanos Dokos, Alternate National Security Adviser to the Greek Prime Minister Chair: Ioannis Grigoriadis, Assoc. Professor, Dept Political Science & Public Administration, Bilkent University 14.15 BREAK 14.20 FIRESIDE CHAT VII Geoffrey Pyatt, United States Ambassador to Greece Chair: Alexia Tasouli, Dimplomatic Correspondent, Open TV, Greece 6 Confirmed Speakers DAY 2 | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 STREAM 1 14.40 BREAK 14.45 THE EMERGING LANDSCAPE IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN II 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 15.10 BREAK 15.15 WHAT FUTURE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY IF MULTILATERALISM FAILS? 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 of Economics, UK 15.50 EAST MED ENERGY: A POST-COVID OUTLOOK Content Partner: Institute of International Relations (IDIS) Matthew Palmer, Dep. Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Europ. & Eurasian Affairs, US Department of State Dr. Charles Ellinas, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council Dr. Mitat Çelikpala, Professor & Dean, Faculty of Economics & Social Sciences, Kadir Has University, Turkey Chair: Constantinos Filis, Executive Director, Institute of International Relations 16.30 BREAK 16.35 FIRESIDE CHAT IX KAIROS! WHAT EUROPE WILL EMERGE FROM THE COVID CRISIS? Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford Chair: Loukas Tsoukalis, President, Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Greece 17.05 BREAK 17.10 MAPPING THE EUROPE-CHINA RELATIONS Dr. Yiwei Wang, Jean Monnet Chair Professor, School of International Studies, Renmin University, China Dr. Jin Fang, Secretary General, China Development Forum Foundation Dr. Chun Ding, Professor of Economics & Director of Center for European Studies, Fudan University Chair: Cheng Li, Director & Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center Foreign Policy, Brookings, USA 17.50 BREAK 17.55 US FOREIGN POLICY AND THE 2020 ELECTIONS Amb. Ivo Daalder, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Former US Ambassador to NATO Chair: Endy Zemenides, Executive Director, Hellenic American Leadership Council, USA 7 Confirmed Speakers DAY 2 | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 STREAM 1 18.10 THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN TURKEY Dr. Aykan Erdemir, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracy; Former MP in Turkey Özgür Mumcu, Turkish journalist, Academic, Free-Speech Activist & Novelist Chair: Endy Zemenides, Executive Director, Hellenic American Leadership Council, USA 18.35 BREAK 18.40 FIRESIDE CHAT X IMMIGRATION Panagiotis Mitarachi, Minister of Migration and Asylum, Hellenic Republic Chair: Eva Antonopoulou, Anchorman, SKAI TV 18.55 HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE PULL-FACTOR: TREATING REFUGEES IN A POST-COVID WORLD Gerald Knaus, Co-Founder, European Stability Initiative, Austria Juerg
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