Draft 23.09.2019 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 Greece √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 √ confirmed Draft 23.09.2019 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 Kyriakos Mitsotakis, 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 √ confirmed Draft 23.09.2019 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 √ confirmed Draft 23.09.2019 15:30 Greek Banking Sector and the future of Financial Stability Opening Statement Yannis Stournaras, 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 European Parliament, 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 √ confirmed .