Speakers 2023

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Badr Abdelatty

Ambassador of Egypt to Belgium
Embassy of Egypt in Brussels
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Ino Afentouli

Executive Director
Institute of International Relations
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Anna – Michelle Asimakopoulou

Member
European Parliament
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Michael Arghyrou

Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors
Hellenic Ministry of Finance
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Mustafa Aydin

President
International Relations Council
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Ghazi Ben Ahmed

President
Mediterranean Development Initiative
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Agron Bajrami

Ambassador of the Republic of Kosova in Brussels
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Vladimir Bilcik

MEP
European Parliament
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Tasos Chatzivasileiou

Member of the Parliament
New Democracy
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Antonia Colibasanu

COO, Senior Geopolitical Analyst
Geopolitical Futures
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Jorgo Chatzimarkakis

CEO
Hydrogen Europe
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Declan Costello

Deputy Director-General, DG Economic and Financial Affairs
European Commission
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Athanasios Dagoumas

President
Regulatory Authority for Energy, Waste and Water (RAEWW)
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Katalin Dobranszky

Senior Director – Innovation, Finance and Fiscal Affairs
ECSA
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Maria Demertzis

Senior Fellow, Adjunct Professor of Economic Policy
Bruegel, European University Institute
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Angelina Eichhorst

Managing Director Europe
European External Action Service
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Constantinos Filis

Director, Institute of Global Affairs, American College of Greece
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Matteo Fumerio

International Relations Officer
European Commission
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Basil Gavalas

Managing Partner
Milhous Associâtes Consultancy and Development Corporation
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Harris Georgiades

Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee
Cyprus Parliament
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Nik Gowing

Co-Director
Thinking the Unthinkable
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Ioannis Hadjiyiannis

Head of Unit “Horizontal Policies” / Head of Athens Office, DG REFORM, European Commission
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Christos Harpantidis

Vice President
Philip Morris International, South-East Europe
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Suela Janina

Ambassador
Mission of Albania to the EU
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Alina Inayeh

Advisor to GMF President Heather Conley
German Marshall Fund
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Fernando Kalligas

Senior Director, Corporate Affairs, ESG & Communication
DESFA
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Faruk Kaymakci

Ambassador
Turkish Permanent Delegation to the EU
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Evangelos Kalpadakis

Diplomatic Advisor to the Leader of the Main Opposition/SYRIZA PA
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George Kremlis

Special Advisor to the Greek Prime Minister on energy, climate environment and circular economy issues
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Marilena Koppa

Professor of Comparative Politics
Panteion University Athens
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Meglena Kuneva

Former EU Commissioner, EU Ambassador to CoE, Chief Negotiator and Minister for Europe, Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria
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Nicolas Kyriakides

President
Cyprus Forum
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Irina Kustova

Research Fellow
CEPS
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Ian Lesser

Vice President and Executive Director
German Marshall Fund of the US
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Konstantinos Mavros

CEO
PPC Renewables
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Maira Myrogianni

Secretary General for International Economic Affairs
Ministry Foreign Affairs
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Plamena Nenkova

Deputy Executive Director,Strategies, Communications & International Affairs,
Glavbolgarstroy Holding (GBS)
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George Pagoulatos

Ambassador of Greece to the OECD
Professor of European Politics & Economy, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB); Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges
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Geoffrey Pyatt

Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources
U.S. Department of State
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Margaritis Schinas

Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life
European Commission
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Despina Spanou

Head of Cabinet, Cabinet of Vice-President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas
European Commission
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Symeon G. Tsomokos

Delphi Economic Forum
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Esther Pozo Vera

Head of Unit for Asylum
European Commission
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Angelos Syrigos

Member of the Parliament, New Democracy
Hellenic Republic
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Antigoni Vafeidou

Director of Operations and Legal for Europe
Advent Technologies
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Olivér Várhelyi

European Commissioner for Neighbourhood & Enlargement
European Commission
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Sofia Voultepsi

Deputy Minister
Ministry of Migration and Asylum
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Ioannis Vrailas

Permanent Representative
Greece to the EU
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Ioannis Xifaras

Secretary General of Transport
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Hellenic Republic