INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE GREECE FORWARD II PROGRESSIVE REFUGEE POLICIES FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW ATHENS, GREECE, 19TH DECEMBER 2016 Agenda 10:00-10:30 Gathering and registration 10:30-10:45 Welcome • Yannis Mastrogeorgiou - Director of DIKTIO • Hedwig Giusto - FEPS Senior Policy Advisor 10.45-10.50 Greetings • Anna Diamantopoulou - President of DIKTIO, and Former EU Commissioner 10:50-11:15 Opening remarks • H.E. The President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos 11:30-13:15 First session The World and the Refugee Question: A Global Landscape of Shifting Refugee Flows Moderated by Aggelos Athanasopoulos, Journalist at To Vima • Stavros Lambrinidis - European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for Human Rights, and Former Greek Foreign Minister • Philippe Leclerc - UNHCR Representative in Greece • Maria Elena Koppa - Assistant Professor of International Relations, Panteion Univerity of Social and Political Sciences, and Former Member of the European Parliament (S&D Group) • Dimitris Papadimoulis - Vice-President of the European Parliament (GUE Group) 14:30 -16:15 Second session Europe and the Refugee Question: Solidarity in (In)action Moderated by Vassilis Ntousas, FEPS International Relations Policy Advisor • Tanja Fajon - Vice-President of the Socialists & Democrats Group, European Parliament • Yannis Maniatis - Member of the Greek Parliament (PASOK), and former Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change • Gerald Knaus - Chairman of the European Stability Initiative • David Kipp - Associate at the Global Issues Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs 16:30-18:00 Third session Greece and the Refugee Question: National Priorities and a Progressive National Policy Response Moderated by Aristotelia Peloni, Journalist at Kathimerini • Ioannis Mouzalas - Greek Minister of Immigration • Giorgos Kaminis - Mayor of Athens • Stavros Theodorakis - Leader of To Potami • Helga Kristensen - Program Manager for Europe of the Norwegian Refugee Council – NORCAP 18:00-19:30 Concluding session Progressive Solutions - Finding a New Way Forward Moderated by Anna Diamantopoulou - President of DIKTIO, and Former EU Commissioner • Massimo D’ Alema - President of FEPS, and Former Prime Minister of Italy • Constantinos Simitis - Former Prime Minister of Greece 2 .