The Agricultural Sector in Greece after 2020 and the New Common Agricultural Policy of the EU Tuesday, 27 March 2018 Divani Caravel Hotel, Athens 09:00-09:30 Registration Coffee 09:30-10:45 Greeting Speeches Vaggelis Apostolou, Minister, Ministry of Rural Development and Food Vassilis Leventis, Leader of the Greek centrist party, Union of Centrists Fotini Arampatzi, Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Serres Prefecture, Nea Dimokratia Party, Head of Rural Development and Food Michalis Tzelepis, Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Serres Prefecture, Dimokratiki Symparataxi (Democratic Coalition) George Markopouliotis, Head of European Commission Representation in Greece Christodoulos Antoniadis, Commercial and Rural Policy Advisor, Piraeus Bank, President, GAIA Epicheirein S.A. 10:45-11:00 Greeting Speech Alexandros Kontos, President of the BoD, S.A.S.O.E.E., General Manager S.E.K.E. S.A., f. Minister of Rural Development & Food Giannis Sarros, Editor-in-chief, Ypaithros Chora e-mail : info@sasoee.com.gr, tel.: (+30) 210 3810 206, mob.: (+30) 6932 985 244 1
11:00-12:30 Session 1: The new CAP as a tool for developing the Greek countryside and supporting Greek farmers income Challenges and prospects for crops and livestock production after 2020 11:00-11:15 Nikitas Printzos, Farmer, President, EAS Volos - EVOL Greek agriculture and livestock farming at the threshold of the new CAP 11:15-11:30 Georgios Mathioudakis, DG Agriculture & Rural Development, Unit F.1 Conception and Consistency of Rural Development, European Commission Challenges and proposals for the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 11:30-11:40 Dimitrios Melas, f. Minister of Rural Development and Food Common Agricultural Policy: Challenges-Critical points for the national consultation 11:40-11:50 Moschos Korasidis, f. General Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food The Agricultural Sector beyond 2020 - The new CAP 11:50-12:00 Katerina Savvaidou, Assistant Professor, Law School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, f. Secretary General of Public Revenues The future of the Common Agricultural Policy: The European Court of Auditors approach 12:00-12:10 Vassilis Parolas, General Manager, EAS Thesprotias-Prevezas, Head of SASOEE for EU issues C.A.P. and Cooperatives 12:10-12:30 Q&A John Panagos, Publisher and General Manager, Agrenda 12:30-13:00 Coffee Break e-mail : info@sasoee.com.gr, tel.: (+30) 210 3810 206, mob.: (+30) 6932 985 244 2
13:00-14:15 Session 2: The participation of collective actions in the development of crops and livestock production Strong cooperatives (organisations and enterprises) in a highly competitive Greek and international environment 13:00-13:15 Paulo Gouveia, Chief Policy Advisor, Copa and Cogeca European cooperatives and the future CAP 13:15-13:25 Christos Giannakakis, President, Consortium of Cooperatives of the Prefecture of Imathia Interprofessional Unions 13:25-13:35 Lazaros Mamalis, Communications Director, Cooperative Group of EAS Trikalon Cooperative dairies as a lever to support Greek livestock farming 13:35-13:45 Yannis Mandalas, CEO, Mediterra SA, an affiliate company of the Chios Gum Mastic Growers Association Mastiha Chiou: Acting Cooperatively 13:45-13:55 George Kon. Katsoulis, Representative of EAS Messinias to the BoD of S.A.S.O.E.E. The role of collective actions (cooperatives, producer groups) in the development of Greek agriculture 13:55-14:05 Efthymios Fotinos, President, AS Adendrou, Vice president, EAS Thessalonikis Strong cooperatives as a vehicle for the development of the rural economy 14:05-14:15 Q&A Makis Apostolou, Journalist, Head of Communications, S.A.S.O.E.E. 14:15-15:15 Lunch Break e-mail : info@sasoee.com.gr, tel.: (+30) 210 3810 206, mob.: (+30) 6932 985 244 3
15:15-17:00 Session 3: Taxation social security premiums insurance of the agricultural production. New development tools, financing, credit insurance, agrologistics at the service of the contemporary farmer-businessman 15:15-15:30 Dimitris Zorbas, CEO & General Manager, Syneteristiki Asfalistiki Syneteristiki Ins. Co and Cooperatives 15:30-15:45 Alexis Polytakis, Head of the Agricultural Sector Operations Development & Agricultural Entrepreneurship, Piraeus Bank Modern Financial Tools for the Agricultural Sector 15:45-15:55 Nikos Koutliabas, President, A.S.E.P.O.P. Velventou The tax treatment of cooperative farmers in Greece 15:55-16:05 Efthymios Saitis, General Manager of Tax Administration, Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE) Provision of services to citizens and taxpayers 16:05-16:15 Panayotis Petrou, Cooperator to the Secretary-General of Industry, Ministry of Economy and Development Linking Agricultural Products with Manufacturing and Tourism 16:15-16:25 Kostas Skiadas, f. S.G., Ministry of Rural Development and Food Agricultural Insurance in Greece 16:25-16:35 Dimitris Christou, Director, Market Development, GS1 Association Greece GS1 Barcodes or how to attribute unique identity to my products? 16:35-16:45 Grigoris Moutafis, President & General Manager, Export Credit Insurance Organization (ECIO) ECIO - Insurance & Funding Tool for Greek Exporting Enterprises 16:45-17:00 Q&A Tassos Telloglou, Correspondent, Η KATHIMERINI 17:00-17:15 Coffee Break e-mail : info@sasoee.com.gr, tel.: (+30) 210 3810 206, mob.: (+30) 6932 985 244 4
17:15-18:30 Session 4: Inflows, use of water resources, modern technologies and innovation to boost competitiveness 17:15-17:30 Elli Tsiforou, Head of Brussels Office, GAIA EPICHEIREIN S.A. Smart Farming in the new CAP 17:30-17:45 Dimitrios Papagiannidis, Director General, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Dipl. Civil Engineer MEng NTUA Implementing environmental and effective governance in the Rural Development. Landfill Public Works and the "WATERWAYS" project 17:45-17:55 Panagiotis Ilias (Ph.D.), Research Manager Geo.AI Engineer, Neuropublic S.A. Smart Agriculture Services: Their application to Greek rural reality 17:55-18:05 Thymis Efthymiadis, Executive Vice President, REDESTOS - Efthymiadis Agrotechnology Group Exploiting new technologies to tackle climate change and the food crisis: The example of AquaTech 18:05-18:15 Mark Legas, President, Pegasos Agrifood Coop, 7Grapes The results of using smart farming services in 7Grapes 18:15-18:25 Theodore Vassilopoulos, President, Greek Young Farmers Association (GYFA) The CAP after 2020: Designing with vision 18:25-18:30 Q&A Stavros Paisiadis, Correspondent, agrotypos.gr, Agriculture-Livestock magazine 18:30 End of the Conference e-mail : info@sasoee.com.gr, tel.: (+30) 210 3810 206, mob.: (+30) 6932 985 244 5