OUTLOOK FOR GREECE AND THE REGION VISION March 2-5, European Cultural Centre - Delphi, Greece. Topics to be discussed:

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1 Topics to be discussed: OUTLOOK FOR GREECE AND THE REGION VISION March 2-5, 2017 European Cultural Centre - Delphi, Greece H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos will declare the Forum Open on Thursday, March 2, 2017 at Delphi Economic Forum II will engage top experts and thinkers from the world of politics, the economy, entrepreneurship and academia, as well as Greek and foreign think tanks in an effort to address key issues, confronting Greece, the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region, and Europe. 4th ANNOUNCEMENT Powers shifts in a multipolar world Russia, Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans: Tensions and resolutions On U.S. leadership, politics and the international order The future of Europe Brexit: The impact on the UK and the EU Populism: Restoring trust in Democracy Inequality and the new globalization Countering terror: Security or values? The future of banking in Europe: Regulation, supervision and the changing competitive landscape Changing places: Migration, urbanization and ethnic shifts The new strategic equation in the Eastern Mediterranean The future of Energy in the Eastern Mediterranean Linking diaspora and homeland

2 Media and Democracy Priority axes to improve competitiveness: A national plan for the economic rehabilitation Industrial policy for a sustainable growth path Debt vs Growth-Growth in a time of debt? Long term investing: Economic development and integration Promoting innovation for jobs and growth Structural reforms for more inclusive growth Cultural prerequisites for growth Tourism development prospects: A vision for the years to come Policies for sustainable agriculture and food systems Delivering a business case for digital transformation Judicial system and regulatory reforms Higher Education reforms in Greece The political dynamics of constitutional revision Opportunities of Life Sciences in Greece Cultural heritage as economic value: Economic benefits and social opportunities Confirmed speakers (in principle) : Despina Anastasiou Regional Leader, Dow Central Europe; President, Dow Hellas Simos Anastasopoulos President, American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce Andreas Andreadis President, Greek Tourism Confederation - SETE William J. Antholis Director and CEO, Miller Center, University of Virginia Vassilis Antoniades Senior Partner, Managing Director, Athens, The Boston Consulting Group Andreas Athanasopoulos CEO, Dixons South-East Europe SA Dimitris Avramopoulos European Commissioner, Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dora Bakoyannis Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Arup Banerji Regional Director for the EU Countries, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Group Pierpaolo Barbieri Executive Director, Greenmantle Dr. Antony Bartzokas Board Director for Greece and Portugal, EBRD Stavros Benos President, Diazoma; Deputy Minister of Public Administration

3 Lain Begg Professorial Research Fellow, European Institute, LSE Marek Belka Prime Minister of Poland ; Governor, Central Bank of Poland James Henry Bergeron Chief Political Advisor, Allied Maritime Command, NATO, UK Adriano Bosoni Senior Analyst, Europe Costa Carras Founder, Ellniki Etairia - Society for the Environment and the Cultural Heritage Amb. Michael B. Christides Secretary General of the Permanent International Secretariat, BSEC Nicos Christodoulakis Professor of Economic Analysis, AUEB Nikos Christodoulou CEO, Christodoulou Family Conno Christou Co-Founder, Avocarrot Dr. Antonia Colibasanu Senior Analyst, Geopolitical Futures Mohammad Darawshe Director, Center for Equality and Shared Society, Givat Haviva Institute, Israel George B. Dertilis Directeur d études at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales Kemal Derviş Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution Anna Diamantopoulou Frm. European Commissioner for Employment; President, DIKTIO Nikiforos Diamandouros Ombudsman of the European Union Thanos P. Dokos Director General, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) Petros Doukas Chairman, Capital Partners SA; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgios I. Doukidis Professor, Athens University of Economic & Business Andreas G. Drimiotis Business Consultant Efstathios P. Efstathopoulos Professor, Medical Radiation Physics, Medical School, University of Athens Nikos Efthymiadis Chairman, REDESTOS - Efthymiadis Agrotechnology Group Kevin Featherstone Head of the European Institute, LSE Niall Ferguson Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University Theodoros Fessas Chairman, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises

4 Konstantinos Filis Director of Research, Institute of International Relations, Panteion University Spyridon Flogaitis Director, European Public Law Organization; President, EPLO Board of Directors Georgios Gerapetritis Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Athens Tassos Giannitsis Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Sandro Gozi Under Secretary of State in charge of European Policies, Italy Stefanos Gritzalis Rector, University of the Aegean Dr Daphne Halikiopoulou Associate Professor in Comparative Politics, University of Reading Gikas A. Hardouvelis Minister of Finance ; Professor of Finance and Economics, University of Piraeus Martin Hellwig Director, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods Dr. Zoran Ilievski Associate Professor, Faculty of Law "Iustinianus Primus" Ss.Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje Stathis N. Kalyvas Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science, Yale University Laure Kaltenbach Managing Director, Forum d Avignon Vasilis Karapostolis Professor of Culture and Communications, University of Athens George Katrougalos Alternate Minister for European Affairs, Greece Niki K. Kerameus Head of the Education, Research and Religious Affairs Sector, New Democracy Party Theodoros Kitsakos CEO, Public Gas Corporation- DEPA Jovan Kovacic Co-Founder and President East West Bridge Ulysses Kyriacopoulos Hon. Chairman, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises Dr. Ian Lesser Senior Director, Foreign and Security Policy German Marshall Fund of the U.S. Nicholas M. Logothetis Founder, Concordia Summit; Executive Member of the Board, Libra Group Harris Makryniotis Managing Director, Endeavor Greece Emilios Markou Co-founder, Hellas Direct Klaus Masuch Principal Adviser, Directorate General Economic, ECB Giles Merritt Founder and Chairman, Friends of Europe

5 George Michos CEO, Heracles Group of Companies Zooulis Mina CEO, Athenian Brewery Pericles Mitkas Rector, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Nikos Mouyiaris, Founder and CEO, Mana Products Cas Mudde Associate Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia Dr. Nancy Okail Executive Director, The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Sheri L. Orlowitz Founding Partner, ARTEMIS Holdings Group LLC Soli Özel Professor of International Relations, Kadir Has University, Turkey Panos Paleologos President and Founder, HotelΒrain Alexis Pantazis Co-founder, Hellas Direct George Papaconstantinou Minister of Finance, Greece ; Chairman, GSP Advisory George A. Papandreou Prime Minister of Greece ; President, Socialist International Takis S. Pappas Associate Professor, University of Macedonia, Greece; Dr. Nikos Passas Professor and Co-Director, Institute for Security and Public Policy, Northeastern University Harris Pastides Panagiotis Pikrammenos President, Caretaker Prime Minister of Greece May- University of South Carolina June 2012; Former President of the Supreme Administrative Court Kyriakos Pierrakakis Director of Research, DiaNEOsis Dr. Madsen Pirie President, Adam Smith Institute Athanassios G. Platias Professor of Strategy, University of Piraeus George Provopoulos Governor of the Bank of Greece , Chairman, Postbank Athanasia Psaltis Director, Ephorate of Antiquities of Phocis Mujtaba Rahman Managing Director, Europe, Eurasia Group Dirk Reinermann Program Manager, Southern Europe, World Bank Group Mario López-Roldán Head of the Cabinet s Intelligence Outreach & Speech Writing Unit, OECD

6 Ségolène Royal Minister of Energy, Environment and Marine Affairs, France Saskia Sassen Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University Plutarchos Sakellaris Professor of Economics and Finance,AUEB Athanasios Savvakis President, Federation of Sotiris Sirmakezis General Manager, Group Chief Digital Industries of Northern Greece & Technology Officer Eurobank Konstantinos Simitis Prime of Greece Deborah L. Wince-Smith President & CEO, U.S. Council on Competitiveness Dejan Šoškić Governor, National Bank of Serbia Christos Staikouras Coordinator of Economic Affairs, New Democracy Dr. Philipp Steinberg Director General for Economic Policy, Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany Yannis Stournaras Governor, Bank of Greece Rolf Strauch Member of the Management Board, European Stability Mechanism Nicholas Theocarakis Chairman and Scientific Director, Centre of Planning and Economic Research Panayotis Aristidis Thomopoulos Chairman, National Bank of Greece Peter Tichansky President, Business Council for International Understanding Tony Travers Professor, Department of Government, LSE Dr. Theodore Tsakiris Athanassios Tsaftaris Assistant Professor for Minister of Rural Development and Petroleum, Geopolitics and Foods, Greece Economics, School of Business, University of Nicosia Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School Ioanna Tsivacou Emeritus Professor, Organizational Theory and Management, Panteion University Dimitris Valatsas Director Europe, Greenmantle Natacha Valla Member of the Council of Economic Advisors to the French President; Periklis Venieris Founder, Green Cola Evangelos Venizelos Deputy Prime Minister of Greece

7 Panagis Vourloumis Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, OTE General Charles F. Wald VP, Senior Advisor, Deloitte Services LP Thomas Wieser President, Economic and Financial Committee, EU Guntram B. Wolff Director, Bruegel Georgios Zanias Professor, International and European Economic Studies, AUEB Programming Partners: DELPHI ECONOMIC FORUM NPO 9, Karneadou street, Athens, Greece Tel: Fax: