THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2024
11:00 Arrival of Guests - Registration
11:30 Welcoming Remarks
Alexis Papahelas, Executive Editor, KATHIMERINI
Gikas Hardouvelis, President, National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation
Symeon G. Tsomokos, Delphi Economic Forum
12:00 Fireside Chat
Kostas Kostis, Professor of Economics & Social History, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens; Director of the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation
with Alexis Papahelas, Executive Editor, KATHIMERINI
12:30 Fireside Chat
George Arapoglou, CEO, Pulse RC
with Sia Kosioni, Journalist and Anchorwoman, SKAI
and George Kouvaras, Journalist, ERT
13:00 Economy
Georgios Alogoskoufis, Former Minister of Economy & Finance
Euclid Tsakalotos, Former Minister of Finance
George Papaconstantinou, Former Minister of Finance
Debate with
Nikos Vettas, General Director, Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE); Professor, University of Athens
Miranta Xafa, CEO, EF Consulting
Panagis Vourloumis, Former Chairman, OTE
Chair: Vasilis Ziras, Journalist, KATHIMERINI
15:00 Fireside Chat
Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Former President of the Hellenic Republic
with Notis Papadopoulos, Journalist, KATHIMERINI
15:30 Break - light lunch
16:30 Fireside Chat
Panagiotis Pikrammenos, Former Prime Minister and former Deputy Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
with Athanasios Ellis, Editor-in-chief, KATHIMERINI English Edition
17:00 Justice and Institutional Integrity
George Floridis, Minister of Justice
Kostas Skandalidis, Former Minister of Home Affairs, Public Administration & Decentralization
Nikos Voutsis, Former President of the Greek Parliament
Debate with
Nikiforos Diamantouros, Professor Emeritus, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Kalliopi Spanou, Professor, University of Athens
Moderator: Pavlos Tsimas, Journalist, SKAI
18:30 Fireside Chat
Loukas Papademos, Former Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
with Kostas Kostis, Professor of Economics & Social History, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens; Director of the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation
19:00 Break
20:00 Dinner (by invitation only)
In conversation
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
Kostas Kostis, Professor of Economics & Social History, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens; Director of the National Bank of Greece
Cultural Foundation and
Alexis Papahelas, Executive Editor, KATHIMERINI
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2024
09:00 Arrival of Guests - Registration
09:45 Welcoming Remarks & Presentation: Greece seen from abroad - Foreign discourses on the Metapolitefsi
Kevin Featherstone, Professorial Research Fellow and Director of the Hellenic Observatory in the European Institute at London School of Economics
10:15 Environment
Theodore Skylakakis, Minister of Energy & Environment
Socrates Famellos, Former Alternate Minister of Energy & Environment
Ioannis Maniatis, Former Minister of Energy & Environment
George Stasinos, President, Technical Chamber of Greece
Debate with
Lydia Carra, Founder & Vice President, Elliniki Etairia, Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage
Dimitris Vayanos, Professor of Finance, London School of Economics
Chair: George Lialios, Journalist, KATHIMERINI
12:00 Foreign Policy, Greece's Ties to the EU
Evangelos Venizelos, Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic | Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dora Bakoyanni, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Nikos Kotzias, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Debate with
Constantinos Filis, Director of the ACG Institute of Global Affairs & Professor of International Relations, American College of Greece
Konstantina Botsiou, Professor of History & International Relations, Univ. of Piraeus; Director, Council for International Relations
Chair: Athanasios Ellis, Editor-in-chief, KATHIMERINI English Edition
14:00 Break – Light lunch
14:30 Fireside Chat
Antonis Samaras, Former Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
with Alexis Papahelas, Executive Editor, KATHIMERINI
15:15 Greece's Political Evolution
Stefanos Manos, Former Minister of Finance
Paraskevas Avgerinos, Former Minister of Social Services
Alekos Papadopoulos, Former Minister of Interior
Debate with
Yannis Voulgaris, Professor, Dept. of Political Science & History, Panteion University
Vassiliki Georgiadou, Prof. of Political Science, Panteion University; Director & President of the BoD, National Centre for Social Research
Evanthis Chatzivasiliou, Professor, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Chair: Antonis Karakousis, Journalist, To Vima
17:15 Fireside Chat
George Papandreou, Former Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
with Sia Kosioni, Journalist and Anchorwoman, SKAI
18:00 Social Policy and Education
Anna Diamantopoulou, President, DIKTYO for the Reform of Greece and Europe; Former EU Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs;
Former Minister for Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs
Tassos Giannitsis, Former Minister for Labor and Social Insurance
Effie Achtsioglou, Former Minister for Labor, Social Insurance & Social Solidarity
Debate with
Manos Matsaganis, Professor of Public Finance at Polytechnic University of Milan
Antigone Lymperaki, Professor Dept. of Economic & Regional Development, Panteion University
Paschos Mandravelis, Journalist, KATHIMERINI
Chair: Iliana Magra, Journalist, KATHIMERINI
20:00 Break
20:30 Dinner (by invitation only)
Keynote Address
Mark Mazower, Professor of History, Columbia University, New York
with Margarita Pournara, Journalist, KATHIMERINI
SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2024
09:15 Arrival of Guests
10:00 Welcoming remarks
Elaine Papoulias, Executive Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
10:30 Fireside Chat
Alexis Tsipras, Former Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
with Xenia Kounalaki, Journalist, KATHIMERINI
11:15 The Next 50 Years, is Democracy Safe? Is Greece Reformable?
Yannis Stournaras, Governor, Bank of Greece
Kevin Featherstone, Professorial Research Fellow and Director of the Observatory in the European Institute at London School of Economics
Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government & fellow of All Souls College, Oxford University
George Pagoulatos, Ambassador of Greece to the OECD
Christina Koulouri, Rector, Panteion University for Social and Political Sciences
Chairman: Hugo Dixon, Commentator-at-Large for Reuters
13:15 Fireside Chat
H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou
Elaine Papoulias, Executive Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Michalis Tsintsinis, Journalist, KATHIMERINI
14:00 Closing Remarks - Lunch (by invitation only)
Alexis Papahelas, Executive Editor, KATHIMERINI
Kostas Kostis, Professor of Economics & Social History, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens; Director of the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation
Mark Mazower, Professor of History, Columbia University, New York
Elaine Papoulias, Executive Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government & fellow of All Souls College, Oxford University
Chair: Elias Maglinis, Journalist, KATHIMERINI
16:00 End of Conference