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

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

11:30 ARRIVAL OF GUESTS & PARTICIPANTS – REGISTRATION

12:30 WELCOME ADDRESS

12:45 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

14:00 Greece 2020-2025: Developmental and Social Goals Opening statement √Adonis-Spyridon Georgiadis, Minister of Development & Investment of the Hellenic Republic

Discussants √Chris Allen, DG ECFIN Resident Adviser in Athens, European Commission √Anna Diamantopoulou, President DIKTYO, Greece √Gikas Hardouvelis, Professor of Finance & Economics, Banking & Financial Management Department, University of Piraeus, Greece √Panos Tsakloglou, Professor of Economics, International & European Economic Studies Dept., Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

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

15:00 Break – light lunch

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15:30 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 Benjamin Haddad, Director, Future Europe Initiative, Atlantic Council, USA √Vessela Tcherneva, Deputy Director, European Council on Foreign Relations, Bulgaria √Anna Visvizi, Director of Research, Institute of East-Central Europe, Poland

17:00 In conversation √Prof. Evangelos Venizelos, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013-2015); Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister (2011-2012), Greece

17:30 Looking to the East H.E. Qiyue Zhang, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China

18:00 Energy Security Considerations in Eastern Mediterranean Opening statements Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Environment and Energy of the Hellenic Republic Temenuzhka Petkova, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Bulgaria Aleksandar Antic, Minister of Mining and Energy of the Republic of Serbia Dr Yuval Steinitz, Minister of Energy of Israel

Discussants HEL.PE. representative DEPA representative DESFA representative

19:00 In conversation Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of Digital Governance of the Hellenic Republic

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

20:00 Break – end of the first day

20:30 SE Europe: Taking forward regional cooperation and reforms , 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

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Friday | November 15

08:30 ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS

09:15 OPENING REMARKS Alexis Tsipras, Leader of the Opposition Party

09:45 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

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

11:00 Investing in Northern Greece: A new landscape?

12:00 The critical role of employers' organizations in the economic and social development of Eastern Europe √Georgios Karanikas, President, Hellenic Confederation of Commerce & Entrepreneurship (ESEE) √Miloš Nenezić, President, Serbian Association of Employers (SAE), Serbia √Milena Angelova, Secretary General, Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA); Vice- President in charge of Budget, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Belgium √Florin Jianu, President, National Council of Small and Medium Sized Private Enterprises in Romania (CNIPMMR), Romania

13:00 Break – light lunch

14:00 Athens Stock Exchange Group √Socrates Lazaridis, CEO, Athens Stock Exchange Group, Greece

15:00 Research presentation √Panos Papazoglou, Managing Director, Ernst & Young, Greece

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15:30 Greek Banking Sector and the future of Financial Stability Opening Statement , Governor, Bank of Greece

Christos Megalou, CEO, Piraeus Bank, Greece Vassilios Psaltis, CEO, Alpha Bank, Greece Pavlos Mylonas, CEO, National Bank of Greece Fokion Karavias, CEO, Eurobank, Greece Fotis Kourmousis, Special Sectoral Secretary for Private Debt Management, Governmental Council for Private Debt Management, Ministry of Finance of the Hellenic Republic

16:30 In conversation √Christos Harpantidis, President & CEO, Papastratos; Managing Director EU South East Cluster, PMI

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

18:00 How can SE Europe close the Digital Divide Opening Statement √Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, European Commission

√Grigoris Zarifopoulos, Deputy Minister of Digital Governance of the Hellenic Republic √H.E. Mark Allen, Ambassador of Canada to the Hellenic Republic √Eva Kaili, Member of the , Head of the Hellenic S&D Delegation √Anastasios Tzikas, President, TIF HELEXPO SA, Greece

Discussants Microsoft representative Google representative

19:00 Cocktail – end of the summit

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