31/01/2019

17:00-18.45 Registration & Welcome Drinks Conference Centre “Ioannis Vellidis” 19:00 Official Opening of Zootechnia and Agrocircle Conference Centre “Nikolaos Germanos”

Introducing Agrocircle, Mr. Margaritis Schinas, Chief Spokesperson of the European Commission , Governor of the Region of Central 21:00 Official Dinner (By Invitation only)

01/02/2019

09.00- 09.30 Registration 09:30- 11.00 Opening Addresses Tassos Tzikas, President HELEXPO Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Governor of the Region of Daniel Calleja Crespo, DGENV, Director General George Kremlis, Honorary Director of the European Commission Socrates Famellos, Alternate Minister of Environment & Energy (tbc) Ivelina Vasileva, Chair of the Environment Committee of the Bulgarian Parliament, f. Minister of Environment Tassos Haniotis, Director, Strategy and Policy Analysis, DG AGRI, European Commission 11:00-12:00 Roundtable “Common Agricultural Policy, the way forward” Moderator: Alexander Bartovic, Head of Unit F2-DG AGRI

Ioannis Tsironis, f. Alternate Minister of Agriculture, f. Alternate Minister of Environment, Head of the Managing Authority of the Operational Programme Agriculture , Regional governor of the (tbc) Panos Kanellis, President of American Farm School (tbc) / Kostantinos Rotsios, Perrotis College (tbc) Region of Central Macedonia, (tbc) Eleni Hatziyianni, Region of 12:00-12:30 Coffee break 12:30-14:30 Roundtable “Agriculture and water resources; Agriculture and waste; Sustainable Agriculture: bio-cultivation, pesticides and fertilizers issues, nitrates” Moderator: George Kremlis, Honorary Director, European Commission

Tassos Haniotis, Director, Strategy and Policy Analysis, DG AGRI, European Commission Gikas Petros, Ass.Professor, Technical University of Crete Panayiotis Goulas, em.Professor (f.rector), TEI of Zaharoula Andreopoulou, Ass.Professor, Forest and Environmental Informatics, Aristotle University of Laura Chessa, Desertification Research Centre (NRD-UNISS), University of Sassari (Italy) Barzanas Thomas, Institute of Bio-economy and Agrotechnology, IBO- Certh 14:30-15:30 Lunch 15:30-16:30 “Financing- Funding Instruments & alternative mechanisms” Moderator: Serafim Tsokas, Vice president of the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (tbc)

Representative of Region of Central Macedonia (tbc) Ivalyo Moskovski, Vice president of the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (tbc) Representative of Eurobank (tbc) Representative of Procredit (tbc) Representative of Diadikasia Business Consulting SA. Stergios Stogios, Kylla Group , Consulting Agency Victor Vizikas, Bio-based Indutries (BBI) 16:30-18:00 “Best Practices, National and European success stories” Moderator: Achileas Davelis, President of the Association of Thessalian Enterprises and Industries

Representative of Hellenic Petroleum Tsiomos Akis, ONFLOW Representative of Biogas Lagada Konstantinos Kechagias, Biostruction Representative of Hellatron Representative of Flour Mills S.A. Eleni Bairami, Eco-Hellas Representative of Mevgal Representative of Agrodiatrofiki PC. 18:00-18:30 Conclusions and Closure