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Export Summit IV Country & Corporate Branding: Enhancing Extroversion 15Th of June 2016 Makedonia Palace Hotel Thessaloniki Programme Export Summit IV Country & Corporate Branding: Enhancing Extroversion 15th of June 2016 Makedonia Palace hotel Thessaloniki programme 09:30 - 10:00 Registration 10:00 Opening - Welcoming Remarks • Kyriakos Loufakis, President of the Board, Greek International Business Association - SEVE • Maria Kollia - Tsaroucha, Deputy Minister of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction (for Macedonia and Thrace) • Dimitris Mardas, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs 11:00 Keynote Speaker - Country Branding Nicolas Papadopoulos, Chancellor’s Professor of Marketing and International Business, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada 11:30 - 14:00 Successful International Brands PANEL I • Ioannis Capras, Representative of Bosch Group in Greece and CEO Robert Bosch SA with responsibility for Greece, Cyprus, Albania and Malta • Konstantinos Deligiannis, General Manager for Southern Eastern Europe, General Electric HealthCare • Ion Voreopoulos, Country Leader, 3M Hellas • Jerome Gregoire, Country Managing Director Greece, Cyprus, Malta, FERRERO Moderator: Yannis Hajidimitriou, Professor, Chairman Dept. of Business Administration, University of Macedonia PANEL II • Vassilis Gounaris, Managing Director, BASF Hellas • Vassilis Rabbat, President & CEO, Xerox Hellas • Dimitris Kossyfas, Head of Travel Vertical, Google Greece Moderator: Dimitris Karavassilis, Founder - Managing Director DK Consultants, Member of the BoD SEVE 14:00 - 15:00 Light Snack 15:00 City Branding • Yiannis Boutaris, Mayor of Thessaloniki • Reiniera van Pallandt, Head of Financial and Business Services, Amsterdam in Business, City of Amsterdam • Nikos Koutsogiannis, Mayor of Naoussa Moderator: Nikolaos Varsakelis, Vice - Rector of Finance, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 16:00 Country Brand and Investment • Christos Staikos, Chairman, Enterprise Greece • Panagiotis Frountzis, President, Export Credit Insurance Organisation • Dimitris Makris, CEO, Thessaloniki Port Authority SA • Dimitris Tsakonitis, General Manager of Mines and Works, Grecian Magnesite S.A. • Orestis Omran, Counsel, Head of Greek Desk, DENTONS Moderator: Rallio Lepidou, Journalist - Founder www.ka-business.gr 17:00 Greek Success Stories PANEL I • Spyros Theodoropoulos, CEO, Chipita SA • Paul Efmorfidis, Founder, COCO-MAT SA • Michalis Panagiotakis, Deputy CEO, DODONI SA • Evangelos Gerovassiliou, CEO, Ktima Gerovassiliou SA Moderator: Yiannis Perlepes, General Manager, NAFTEMPORIKI PANEL II • Gedeon Voulis, CEO, Voulis Chemicals • Aris Kefalogiannis, CEO, Gaea Products SA • Yiannis Ververidis, Principal, CITY COLLEGE, International Faculty, University of Sheffield Moderator: Panagiotis Hassapis, Financial Supervisor SEVE 19:00 Closing Remarks Andreas Chasapis, General Manager, Commercial Banking, EUROBANK Cocktail programme 09:30 - 10:00 Εγγραφές 10:00 Έναρξη - Χαιρετισμοί • Κυριάκος Λουφάκης, Πρόεδρος, Σύνδεσμος Εξαγωγέων Βορείου Ελλάδος - ΣΕΒΕ • Μαρία Κόλλια - Τσαρουχά, Υφυπουργός Εσωτερικών & Διοικητικής Ανασυγκρότησης (για Μακεδονία - Θράκη) • Δημήτρης Μάρδας, Υφυπουργός Εξωτερικών 11:00 Κεντρικός Ομιλητής - Country Branding Nicolas Papadopoulos, Chancellor’s Professor of Marketing and International Business, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada 11:30 - 14:00 Επιτυχημένα Διεθνή Brands PANEL I • Ιωάννης Κάπρας, Εκπρόσωπος της Bosch Group στην Ελλάδα & CEO Robert Bosch SA για Ελλάδα, Κύπρο, Αλβανία και Μάλτα • Κωνσταντίνος Δεληγιάννης, Γενικός Διευθυντής Southern Eastern Europe, General Electric HealthCare • Ίων Βορεόπουλος, Country Leader, 3M Hellas • Jerome Gregoire, Country Managing Director Ελλάδα, Κύπρος, Μάλτα, FERRERO Συντονιστής: Γιάννης Χατζηδημητρίου, Καθηγητής, Πρόεδρος Τμήματος Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων, Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας PANEL II • Βασίλης Γούναρης, Γενικός Διευθυντής, BASF Hellas • Βασίλης Ραμπάτ, Πρόεδρος & Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος, Xerox Hellas • Δημήτρης Κόσσυφας, Επικεφαλής του τομέα Travel, Google Greece Συντονιστής: Δημήτρης Καραβασίλης, Ιδρυτής - Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος DK Consultants, Μέλος ΔΣ ΣΕΒΕ 14:00 - 15:00 Ελαφρύ Γεύμα 15:00 City Branding • Γιάννης Μπουτάρης, Δήμαρχος Θεσσαλονίκης • Reiniera van Pallandt, Head of Financial and Business Services, Amsterdam in Business, City of Amsterdam • Νίκος Κουτσογιάννης, Δήμαρχος Νάουσας Συντονιστής: Νικόλαος Βαρσακέλης, Αναπληρωτής Πρύτανης Οικονομικών, Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης 16:00 Country Brand and Investment • Χρήστος Στάικος, Πρόεδρος, Enterprise Greece • Παναγιώτης Φρουντζής, Πρόεδρος, Οργανισμός Ασφάλισης Εξαγωγικών Πιστώσεων (ΟΑΕΠ) • Δημήτρης Μακρής, Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος, Οργανισμός Λιμένος Θεσσαλονίκης AE • Δημήτρης Τσακωνίτης, Γενικός Διευθυντής Μεταλλείων & Εργοστασίων, Ελληνικοί Λευκόλιθοι ΑΜΒΝΕΕ • Ορέστης Ομράν, Counsel, Επικεφαλής του Ελληνικού Τμήματος, DENTONS Συντονιστής: Ραλλιώ Λεπίδου, Δημοσιογράφος - Ιδρυτής www.ka-business.gr 17:00 Ελληνικές Επιτυχημένες Ιστορίες PANEL I • Σπύρος Θεοδωρόπουλος, Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος, Chipita ΑΕ • Παύλος Ευμορφίδης, Ιδρυτής, COCO-MAT ΑΕ • Μιχάλης Παναγιωτάκης, Αναπληρωτής Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος, ΔΩΔΩΝΗ ΑΕ • Ευάγγελος Γεροβασιλείου, Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος, Κτήμα Γεροβασιλείου ΑΕ Συντονιστής: Γιάννης Περλεπές, Γενικός Διευθυντής, ΝΑΥΤΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ PANEL II • Γεδεών Βούλης, Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος, Voulis Χημικά • Άρης Κεφαλογιάννης, Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος, Gaea Products ΑΕ • Γιάννης Βερβερίδης, Διευθυντής, CITY COLLEGE, Διεθνές Τμήμα του Πανεπιστημίου του Sheffield Συντονιστής: Παναγιώτης Χασάπης, Οικονομικός Επόπτης ΣΕΒΕ 19:00 Κλείσιμο Ανδρέας Χασάπης, Γενικός Διευθυντής, Εμπορική Τραπεζική, EUROBANK Κοκτέιλ speakers Boutaris Yiannis, Mayor, Municipality of Thessaloniki Mr. Yiannis Boutaris was born in Thessaloniki in 1942 and obtained his Degree in Chemistry in 1965 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and his Diploma of Oenology from the Wine Institute of Athens in 1967. From 1969 till 1996, he served successively as Assistant Director, Technical Director, and Managing Director at the family wine industry J. BOUTARI & SON S.A. In 1998 he created KIR YIANNI winery, located at the privately-owned vineyards of Yiannakohori and Amyndeon, run today by his two sons. He led “Protovoulia for Thessaloniki” at two successive municipal elections in 2006 and 2010 as candidate for Mayor and was elected Mayor of Thessaloniki in November 2010 (first term Jan 2011 - Aug 2014) and in May 2014 (present term Sept 2014 - Aug 2019). Capras Ioannis, CEO, Bosch Hellas Mr. Ioannis Capras graduated and obtained a Master degree in Business Administration at the University of Munich. He began his professional career in 1992. In April 2000, he joined Allianz SE as Regional Director for Europe and in 2006 he was appointed CFO of Allianz Greece. Since January 2012, Mr. Ioannis Capras has been the representative of Bosch Group in Greece and CEO of Robert Bosch SA, with responsibility for Greece, Cyprus, Albania and Malta. Chasapis Andreas, General Manager, Commercial Banking, EUROBANK Mr. Andreas Chasapis, General Manager, is heading Commercial Banking, the unit responsible for SMEs corporate clients, since July 2014. He is also Chairman of the Board for the 100% subsidiaries ERB Leasing S.A. and ERB Factors S.A. Prior to his current appointment, Andreas Chasapis headed the Group Transaction Banking and Large Corporate units and his experience in the Banking & Financial Services industry exceeds 25 years. He holds a Bachelor Degree in International Business & Management and an MBA in Finance & Investment Banking from Pace University, New York. He speaks Greek, English and French. Deligiannis Konstantinos, General Manager, General Electric HealthCare Mr. Konstantinos Deligiannis was born in 1972. He graduated from the Physics Department of the University of Athens in 1994. In 1998 he received PhD degree in Solid State Physics from University Southampton of United Kingdom. He worked as a researcher tier 1B for one year at the same university. He was awarded, in 1998, with the EU Marie Curie Fellowship in the field of materials science at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherché Scientifique), in Grenoble (France). He joined GE Healthcare in 2003, where in 2005 he was appointed as Sales Manager of Greece, in 2010 as Zone Manager of Central and West Balkans, and since 2013 he is the General Manager of South Eastern Europe. He has been honored with the Bodossakis Foundation Scholarship. Efmorfidis Paul, Founder, COCO-MAT SA The naked abundance of the Laconian field is my birthplace. I have an everlasting yearning for knowledge but I pride myself only for knowledge that cannot be taught. I am insatiable for new travels, which makes me supremely rich. My wisdom is the price for my mistakes. One companion, four children, my brother and a handful of friends are the source of my inexhaustible inspiration. I long to reach out for the unknown and for everything that resists its unravelling. I have been walking this world for more than half a century being constantly at war with tallow until I transform myself into pure energy. COCO-MAT is merely a stop in my life’s journey. My destination is the salty taste of seaweed in my mouth, the shaking of the leaves at noon, the gasp of my lungs when I try to climb that steep road, the love that blooms between two quadriceps and two bicycle wheels, the bursting laugh in the dead of night. The naked abundance of the Laconian field. Frountzis Panagiotis, President, Export Credit Insurance Organization (ECIO) Mr. Panagiotis Frountzis has been appointed President of the Export Credit Insurance Organization (ECIO) in April 2016. He holds
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