ATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL GREEK ECONOMIC … · 2019. 11. 27. · Nick Chrissos Director of Innovation EMEAR, Strategy and Planning, Cisco PANEL 2 AI and Greece. Working Together

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10:00-10:30 WELCOME ADDRESSES

Elias Spirtounias Executive Director, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce

Nikolaos Bakatselos President, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce

Theodore Fessas Chairman, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV)

10:30-10:45 THE U.S. PERSPECTIVE

Geoffrey Pyatt U.S. Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic

10 :45-11:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Christos Staikouras Minister of Finance

11:00-11:45 ❯ PANEL DISCUSSION

The Future of the Greek Banking System

George Zavvos Deputy Minister of Finance*

Christos Megalou CEO, Piraeus Bank

Pavlos Mylonas CEO, National Bank of Greece*

Vassilios Psaltis CEO, Alpha Bank*


Seeking the Right Investments: An Open Discussion between Government and Investors

Adonis Georgiadis Minister of Development and Investments

George Elekidis Vice President, Bain Capital Credit

Alexis Atteslis Co-Head of Europe and Partner, Oak Hill Advisors

Michail Zekyrgias Managing Director, Global Credit & Special Situations Group, Bank of America

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Kostas Karagiannis Operating Partner, Apollo Capital Management

Aziz Francis Founder, Brook Lane Capital

Nicholas Papapolitis Managing Partner, P&P, Chair, AmCham Investment & Finance Committee


Investing in Greece’s Competitive Advantage: The Tourism Sector

An open discussion with:

Harry Theocharis Minister of Tourism

Stephanos Theodoridis Chair, Amcham Tourism Committee and Managing Director, TEMES

13 :15-13:45 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Bob Diamond Founding Partner and CEO, Member of Investment Committee, Atlas Merchant Capital Non-executive member, BoD, Praxia Bank

Q&A

13:45-15:15 LUNCHEON

INTRODUCTION


GUEST OF HONOR AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Yannis Stournaras Governor, Bank of Greece


Greece in the International Investment Map


Kostas Fragkogiannis Deputy Minister of Economic Diplomacy and Openness, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Alexandros Costopoulos Secretary General, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce


Perspectives on the Economic and Trade Relations between Greece and the United States


Dale Tasharski Deputy Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Elias Spirtounias Executive Director, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce

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The Energy Sector Going Forward: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead

Keynote Speaker Gerassimos Thomas Deputy Minister of Energy and Environment

Andreas Shiamishis CEO, Hellenic Petroleum

George Ioannou CEO, HEnEx S.A.

Κostas Andriosopoulos Vice President, DEPA


The Circular Economy in Greece as a Catalyst for Growth

Konstantinos Aravossis* Secretary General for Natural Environment and Water, Ministry of Environment and Energy

George Stavros Kremlis* Hon. Director European Commission, Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister, Energy, Climate,

Environment and Circular Economy

Sissy Iliopoulou Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability Manager, Greece, Cyprus and Malta,

Coca-Cola Hellas

Dimitris Kontaxis President, Federation of Recycling and Energy Recovery Industries and Enterprises (SEPAN)

Panagiotis Mourgos Managing Director, TEXAN

20:30-22:30 DINNER

INTRODUCTION


GUEST OF HONOR AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Alexis Tsipras Opposition Leader and President of SYRIZA

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10:00-10:15 WELCOME ADDRESSES

George Patoulis Governor, Region of Attica*

Athanasios Savvakis President, Federation of Industries of Greece

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Greece and the Global Finance & Capital Markets

Alex Patelis Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister

Georgia Mourla Director, Listings Division, Athens Exchange Group

Spyros Tsiloglou Managing Director, Head of Greece and Cyprus Investment Banking, Credit Suisse

Konstantinos Kostopoulos Vice President, Morgan Stanley

Alexandros Argyros Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking Division, Axia Ventures Group

Moderator: Apostolos Gkoutzinis, Partner, Milbank


Maximizing the Prospects of the Shipping Sector*


Ioannis Plakiotakis Minister of Shipping*

Representative from EY


Turning the Odds by Investing in Education


Niki Kerameus Minister of Education and Religious Affairs

Litsa Panayotopoulos Treasurer, Chair, Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee, American-

Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Chairman, EVIA IP

Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos Professor of Political Science, University of Athens

13:00-14:00 BUFFET LUNCHEON

14:00-16:30 ❯ SPECIAL SECTION

Digital Transformation of Greece

PANEL 1 The importance of the Innovative R&D in a Developed Society

Nick Chrissos Director of Innovation EMEAR, Strategy and Planning, Cisco

PANEL 2 AI and Greece. Working Together for a Future proof Private and Public Sector

Theodosis Michalopoulos CEO Microsoft Greece, Cyprus and Malta

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PANEL 3 Simplifying Citizens Services through Advanced Technologies

Michalis Kassimiotis Managing Director, Hewlett Packard Enterprise-Greece

Chiara Tomasi Public Policy, Google Cloud

PANEL 4 Advanced Technologies and Sustainability: Scaling Cloud, AI and Blockchain to Drive

Growth

Spyros Poulidas CEO, IBM Greece & Cyprus

Moderator:

Nikos Maniatis, Sales Director, IBM Greece & Cyprus

An open discussion with: Grigoris Zarifopoulos, Deputy Minister of Digital Governance


Investments and Justice


Panos Alexandris Secretary General, Ministry of Justice

Panayotis Lymperopoulos First Vice President, Association of Judges and Prosecutors

John Kyriakides Managing Partner, KG Law Firm and Chair, AmCham Legislative Reform Committee


The Undisputed Role of the Health Sector as a Growth Driver

Vicky Loizou Secretary General for the Coordination of Economic and Growth Policy Makis Papataxiarchis Chair, AmCham Pharmaceutical Companies Committee and Managing Director, Janssen-

Cilag Pharmaceutical S.A.C.I.

Zachary Ragousis President & Managing Director, Pfizer Hellas

Pascal Apostolides Managing Director, AbbVie Pharmaceuticals


The Competitiveness in Greece

An open discussion with: Simos Anastasopoulos President, Council on Competitiveness of Greece (CompeteGR), Honorary AmCham

President and Chairman & CEO, Petsiavas SA

Socrates Lazaridis CEO, Athens Exchange Group

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Vassilis Kafatos Partner, Deloitte

Venetia Koussia Director General, Council on Competitiveness of Greece (CompeteGR)

18:30–19:30 COCKTAIL RECECPTION

M O N D AY, J A N U A R Y 1 3 , 2 0 2 0 * *19:30-22:00 DINNER

INTRODUCTION


GUEST OF HONOR & KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Kyriakos Mitsotakis Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic

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**The Prime Minister has rescheduled his participation for January 13, 2020 (instead of December 4, 2019) due to force majeure circumstances.

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ATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL GREEK ECONOMIC … · 2019. 11. 27. · Nick Chrissos Director of Innovation EMEAR, Strategy and Planning, Cisco PANEL 2 AI and Greece. Working Together