| 19 October 2006 |
| 13:00 |
WELCOME LUNCH |
| 14:00 |
OPENING SESSION: |
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- Welcome address: Kostas Karamanlis, Prime Minister, Greece
- Opening address: Philippe Maystadt, President, European Investment Bank
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| 15:45 |
SESSION I: Perspectives for the region – a view from politics
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- Chairman: Gerlando Genuardi, EIB Vice-President
- Speakers:
- Olli Rehn, EU Commissioner for Enlargement
- Ali Babacan, Minister of State for Economy; Head of EU negotiations, Turkey
- Dimitrij Rupel, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
- Yannis G. Valinakis, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Greece
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Coffee break |
| 17:00 |
SESSION II: Perspectives for the region – a view of the analysts
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- Discussion panel: moderated by Quentin Peel, international affairs editor, Financial Times
- Speakers:
- Gerald Knaus, President, European Stability Initiative
- Loukas Tsoukalis, President of the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policies, Special Adviser to José Manuel Barroso
- Laza Kekic, Director, Economist Intelligence Unit
- Panayiotis Ioakimidis, Professor of Political Science at the University of Law, Economics and Politics of Athens, specialist in EU issues
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| 18:30 |
End of conference day I
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| 20:00 |
Forum dinner at the Hilton Hotel
- Guest speaker: Georgios Alogoskoufis, Minister for Economy and Finance, Greece
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| 20 October 2006 |
| 09:30 |
SESSION III : Regional integration |
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- Chairman: Torsten Gersfelt, EIB Vice-President
- Speakers:
- Georgios Souflias, Minister of Environment, Planning and Public Works, Greece
- Miroljub Labus, former Deputy Prime Minister, Serbia
- Michalis Sarris, Minister of Finance, Cyprus
- Galina Tosheva, Deputy Minister of Economy and Energy, Bulgaria
- Mustafa Alper, Secretary General, International Investors Association of Turkey,YASED
- Anastassios Kallitsantsis, Member of the Board of Directors, Federation of Greek Industries
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COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:15 |
Session IV: Investing in the region
- Chairman: Ivan Pilip, EIB Vice-President
- Speakers:
- Sebastian Vladescu, Minister of Finance, Romania
- Ioannis Pehlivanidis, Vice-Chairman and Deputy CEO, National Bank of Greece
- Giorgio Tellini, Chief Executive Officer, SACE Credit Insurance, Italy
- Fernando Becker, Corporate Resources Director, Iberdrola, Spain
- Thomas Hackett, Director General, Lending Operations in Europe, EIB
- Francis Carpenter, Chief Executive Officer, European Investment Fund
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| 13:00 |
Closing remarks:
- Georgios Alogoskoufis, Minister for Economy and Finance, Greece
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| 13:30 |
LUNCH |
