Athens Democracy Forum 2021 Agenda Wednesday, September 29, 2021 - ALL TIMES LISTED ARE ATHENS TIME (GMT +3) Hotel Grande Bretagne (1, Vasileos Georgiou A, Syntagma Square) 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Stakeholder Breakfast Meeting: Athenian Charter for Business* Alexandros Chatzopoulos, Director General, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises Yannis Harizopoulos, Partner, McKinsey & Company Christina Koulias, Senior Manager, Global Governance, United Nations Global Compact Presented and Moderated by Alexander Rhodes, Head of Mishcon Purpose, Mishcon de Reya and Anthony Kefalas, Economist and Vice Chairman, Democracy & Culture Foundation Pre-Plenary Event: Democracy & Culture Foundation Day: Think. Talk. Do.* EMΣT – National Museum of Contemporary Art (Kallirrois Ave. & Amvr. Frantzi Str.) A series of talks, presentations and conversations presenting the work of the Democracy & Culture Foundation. 11:30 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. Welcome Remarks, Achilles Tsaltas, President, Democracy & Culture Foundation 11:35 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Democracy Catching up With Technology The Greek Digitalization Revolution: A case study Leonidas Christopoulos, Secretary General, Digital Governance and Simplification of Administrative Procedures In conversation with Marietje Schaake International Policy Director, Cyber Policy Center and International Policy Fellow, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Stanford University Moderated by Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, Europe, The New York Times Open Data and AI: A citizen and human centric approach Nanna-Louise Linde, Area Lead, Corporate, External and Legal Affairs, Microsoft Central and Eastern Europe Anthony Kefalas, Economist and Vice Chairman, Democracy & Culture Foundation Deploying an open innovation platform for Greece: 5G Ulf Pehrsson, Head of Government and Industry Relations, Ericsson Vicki Kolovou, Marketing Director, Digital Giraffes Combatting disinformation in undermining democracy Anthony Silberfeld, Director, Transatlantic Relations, Bertelsmann Foundation Kim Conniff Taber, Editorial Director, Democracy & Culture Foundation Mete Coban, Founder and Chief Executive, My Life My Say 12:45 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. Refugee Minors: Falling Through the Cracks Iris Abraham, Communications & Fundamental Rights Adviser European Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, Senior Research Fellow, ELIAMEP, Professor of Political Science, University of Athens EKPA Paul Nelson, Founding Principal, Resilient Cities Catalyst Moderated by Antigone Lyberaki, General Manager, SolidarityNow 1:20 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. Climate Hub: Building Up Resilience Rik Daems, President, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Michael Berkowitz, Founding Principal, Resilient Cities Catalyst Maria Logotheti, Economist, Minister Counselor ad honorem and Senior Policy Advisor, ELIAMEP Philip Glanville, Mayor of Hackney Borough of London Moderated by Anthony Kefalas, Economist and Vice Chairman, Democracy & Culture Foundation 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Lunch with the participation of the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance: Democracy and Technology: Catch Me If You Can Kyriakos Pierrrakakis, Minister of State and Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic Yuval Noah Harari, Historian and Author Dubravka Šuica, Vice President for Democracy and Demography, European Commission Moderated by Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, Europe, The New York Times 3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Curated Library – Kim Conniff Taber, Editorial Director, Democracy & Culture Foundation 3:45 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. Teen Democracy Dubravka Šuica, Vice President for Democracy and Demography, European Commission Ines Saltiel, Student and Alexia Papageorgiou, Student Moderated by Louise Hunter, Managing Director, Democracy & Culture Foundation 4:10 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. Culture Manifesto – Irina Bokova, Former Director General, UNESCO and Chair of Board of Governors, Democracy & Culture Foundation *By invitation and preregistration only Official Opening of the Athens Democracy Forum Hotel Grande Bretagne (1, Vasileos Georgiou A, Syntagma Square) 6:00 p.m. - 6:10 p.m. Welcome Remarks Achilles Tsaltas, President, Democracy & Culture Foundation 6:10 p.m. - 6:20 p.m. Welcome Keynote H.E. The President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou 6:20 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: Shifting Sands: Geopolitics in Crisis Mode From the rise of authoritarianism to the assault on the U.S. capitol, these have been times of turbulent and massive change. However the current crises play out, the world will not go back to where it was before. How will it look? What are the dangers and opportunities that the shifting sands may reveal? Ibijoke Faborode, Co-founder and Executive Director, ElectHER Zhou Hong, China Forum Expert and Academic Member and Chair of Division of International Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Dubravka Šuica, Vice President for Democracy and Demography, European Commission (TBC) Moderated by Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, Europe, The New York Times 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Opening Conversation Stacey Abrams, Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist and Author In conversation with Patrick Healy, Deputy Editor, Opinion, The New York Times 7:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. City of Athens Democracy Award Introduction and Presentation: Kostas Bakoyannis, Mayor of Athens, Hellenic Republic to Wai Wai Nu, Founder and Executive Director, Women’s Peace Network 8:00 p.m. Welcome Dinner hosted by Mayor Bakoyannis and the City of Athens* *By invitation only Thursday, September 30 - ALL TIMES LISTED ARE ATHENS TIME (GMT +3) Hotel Grande Bretagne (1, Vasileos Georgiou A, Syntagma Square) 8:45 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Stakeholder Breakfast Meeting – Refugee Minors: Falling through the Cracks* Iris Abraham, Communications and Fundamental Rights Adviser, European Commission Vice- President Dubravka Šuica Michael Berkowitz, Founding Principal, Resilient Cities Catalyst Antigone Lyberaki, General Manager, SolidarityNow Moderated by Konstantina Karydi, Senior Director/Advisor Resilience & Global Urban Affairs, Urban Innovative Actions Expert and Anthony Kefalas, Economist and Vice Chairman, Democracy & Culture Foundation *By invitation and preregistration only 10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Welcome Remarks Achilles Tsaltas, President, Democracy & Culture Foundation 10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Opening Provocation: The Global War for Youth Parag Khanna, Founder and Managing Partner, FutureMap 10:30 a.m. - 11:05 a.m. Keynote Conversation Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic In conversation with Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, Europe, The New York Times 11:05 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Brass-Tacks Tutorial: Harnessing the Tools of Democracy Electing leaders at your local polling station isn’t the only way to do democracy. Four experts with extensive experience in running citizen’s assemblies, creating digital tools or organizing hybrid campaigns share their methods for engaging citizens in a meaningful way. Davide Casaleggio, President, Rousseau Association Claudia Chwalisz, Innovative Citizen Participation Lead, O.E.C.D. Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law, HEC Paris Aura Cifuentes, Director of Digital Government, Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, Colombia 12:00 p.m. – 12:20 p.m. BREAK 12:20 p.m. - 12:35 p.m. Tutorial: Youth and New Ideas for Participation and Information Urban Strandberg, Co-Founder and Managing Director, International Youth Think Tank Philippine Dutailly, Youth Fellow, International Youth Think Tank Fabian Wiek, Youth Fellow, International Youth Think Tank 12:35 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. Panel: The Art of Manipulation: Deepfakes and Democracy As deepfakes and other manipulated media become more sophisticated and cheaper to produce, people outside the world of tech are increasingly experimenting with them. For some creators, they can be powerful tools for expression. But they can also be used to influence people and sway opinions. Does the mere fact of calling something “art” give people creative license to toy with reality? How do we prepare and protect ourselves, our institutions and our democracies in a world where seeing is no longer believing? Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Former President, Estonia Barnaby Francis (aka Bill Posters), Artist-Researcher, Author and Facilitator Ashley Tolbert, Senior Security Engineer, Netflix Moderated by Farah Nayeri, Culture Correspondent, The New York Times 1:10 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. Lunch: Bespoke Symposium Combatting Racism and Hate Speech Hosted by the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center and the Greek Presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Amid rising xenophobia, anti-Semitism and racism, the lesson from history may be that we do not learn from history. Eighty years after the beginning of the mass killings of the Jews during the Holocaust, this panel will reflect on the role and responsibility individuals and states have in creating more inclusive societies. How can we combat hate crime and hate speech? How can we build safeguards against intolerance and discrimination today and in the future? Introduction: Nikos Dendias, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic Natan Sharansky, Human Rights Activist and Chair of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center Keynote: Father Patrick Desbois, Head of Academic Council, Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center; Founder and President, Yahad – In Unum Panel Discussion: Ambassador Chris Lazaris, Chair, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Irina Bokova,