Circle the MED Opening Ceremony
Speakers
:
George Papandreou
Former Prime Minister of Greece, President of Circle the Med
H.E. Constantine An. Tassoulas
President of the Hellenic Republic
Nasser Kamel
Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)
Haris Doukas
Mayor of Athens, Hellenic Republic
Kata Tüttő
President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR)
Energy as a Bridge: Climate Resilience, Energy Security, and Peace in the Mediterranean
Moderator
:
Marilena Koppa
Dean of the School of International Studies, Communication and Culture, Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of European, International and Area Studies, Panteion University
Speakers
:
Omar Amer Youssef
Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Greece
Sophie Scarvelis
Project Unit Manager at Interreg Euro-MED Programme
Francesco Corvaro
Special Envoy For Climate Change of the Italian Government
Marija Pujo Tadić
Special Advisor/Envoy for Climate Action of the Republic of Croatia and President of the International Institute for Climate Action (IICA)
Francisco Gaztelu Mezquiriz
Director of the North Africa Directorate, DG MENA, European Commission
Ambassador Hesham Youssef
Senior Advisor at European Institute of Peace (EIP)
Simone Bastianoni
Vice Rector, University of Siena
Prof. Michael Scoullos
WES-BCA Team Leader, Chairperson, MIO-ECSDE
The Blue Horizon: Water, Seas, Islands, and Coastal Futures Reimagining the Mediterranean Blue Economy
Moderator
:
Georgios Dikaios
Marie Curie Fellow, Leiden University; Senior Research Fellow, UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy & ELIAMEP
Speakers
:
Costas Kadis
Εuropean Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans
Vassilis Kikilias
Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy of Greece
Olivier Poivre d’Arvor
Ambassador and Special Envoy to the President of the French Republic for the ocean and poles
Dr Heba Sharawy
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Environment for Coastal, Lake, and Port Affairs, Egypt
Dr Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou
Greek Prime Minister's Special Envoy For the Oceans
Isabelle Ryckbost
Secretary General, European Sea Ports Organisation
Geneviève Pons
President and Director General of Europe Jacques Delors
Maria Damanaki
Independent Advisor on Climate - Oceans, former European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Professor at NOVA University Lisbon, Vice President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
Living Heritage and Sustainable Tourism: Resilient Societies and the Human Pillar of Mediterranean Sustainability
Moderator
:
Alexia Spyridonidou
Climate Governance Specialist EPLO, EU Climate Pact Ambassador
Speakers
:
Apostolos Tzitzikostas
European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism
Olga Kefalogianni
Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic
Vladan Đokić
Rector of the University of Belgrade, Serbia
Nadine Abdel Ghaffar
Cultural Entrepreneur, Curator, and Founder of Art D’Égypte
Dr Sofia Avgerinou-Kolonia
Emeritus Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Planning, School of Architecture, NTUA, President of ICOMOS Hellenic
Georgios Drakopoulos
Founder & CEO of Tourism Generis
Georgios Sylaios
Professor, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Department of Environmental Engineering
Fireside Chat
Speakers
:
George Papandreou
Former Prime Minister of Greece, President of Circle the Med
Éva Bördős
Executive Director, DemNet
Financing the Pact: Mobilising Sustainable Investment and Enabling a Circular Economy for a Just Transition and a Resilient Mediterranean
Moderator
:
Ioannis Mardikis
Environmental Sustainability Specialist Department of Technical Cooperation (EPLO)
Speakers
:
Sandrine Kergroach
Senior Economist and policy analyst at the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE)
Vassilis Korkidis
President of the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ioannis Androulakis
President of Green Fund
Sergio Ponsa Salas
Director - BETA Technological Center
Roger Garcia i Noguera
Director of MedWaves
