Representatives of the government, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Commission, as well as leading executives of Greek businesses, will present their proposals for Greece’s productive reconstruction at the 3rd Naftemporiki Economic Conference entitled “Productive Greece in the next decade” which is organized on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at Zappeion Mansion.
The Conference and the Special Edition of “Naftemporiki” will focus on the great challenges of Greece’s entrepreneurship, the financial tools for enhancing growth, the dedication to Greek tourism as the steam engine of the Greek economy, the major projects that are launched in the direction of upgrading the role of Greece as a modern and powerful transport hub of SE Europe, as well as the National Plan for Energy and Climate.
The proceedings of the 3rd Economic Conference will be opened with greetings addressed by Bank of Greece (BoG) governor Yannis Stournaras, the Vice-President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas, Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos, as well as the Minister of Digital Governance Dimitris Papastergiou. Martin Bijsterbosch, Head of Mission of the European Central Bank for Greece, will be a keynote speaker, while Theodoros Tryfon, Co CEO of the ELPEN Group and President of the Panhellenic Union of Pharmaceutical Industries, will speak about the contribution of the Greek Pharmaceutical Industry to the production model of the next decade.
The conference agenda also includes a live interview with Alexandros Exarchou, Vice President of the Board of Directors & CEO of Intrakat while a dialogue will follow on:
The main business challenges
Julia Tseti, President & CEO of Tsetis Pharmaceutical Group of CompaniesAristotelis Panteliadis, President & CEO of METRODimitris Andriopoulos, Dimand CEOThanasis Papanikolaou, Vivartia CEOTheodore Tzouros, Executive General Manager, Chief Corporate and Investment Banking, Piraeus BankCOORDINATION: Dimitris Vergados, Director of Public and Media Communication at SEV
Financial Tools for Growth
Nikos Papathanasis, Alternate Minister of National Economy and FinanceEleni Vrettou, Managing Director of Attica BankYannos Kontopoulos, CEO ATHEX GroupKonstantinos Akrivos, Chairman of the Board & Financial Director of efoodVassilis Kazas, CEO of Grant ThorntonCOORDINATION: Natasa Stassinou, Editor-In-Chief at the website naftemporiki.gr
Greek Tourism, the engine of the Greek Economy
Olga Kefalogianni, Minister of TourismKallinikos Kallinikos, Vice President of SETEAlexandros Vassilikos, President of the Hotel Chamber of Greece & President of HOTRECThanos Michaelides, CEO of Thanos Hotels and Resorts & President of the All Cyprus Association of HoteliersDionisis Theodoratos, President of SEENCOORDINATION: Thanassis Adamopoulos, Editor-in-Chief at Naftemporiki
The large projects
Christos Staikouras, Minister of Infrastructure & TransportStefanos Theodoridis, Chairman of the Board of SuperfundPetros Suretis, Authorized Consultant & Executive Member of the Board of Directors GEK TERNACOORDINATION: Anestis Dokas, Journalist at Naftemporiki
Energy, Green Development
Theodoros Skylakakis, Minister of Environment & EnergyManousos Manousakis, President & CEO of IPTOVassilis Tsaitas, Chief Financial Officer of HELLENiQ ENERGY GroupGeoffrey Ross Pyatt, Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources (live link)COORDINATION: Georgios Plevrakis, CEO of HEC
As part of the conference, there will also be a presentation of the anniversary edition of “Naftemporiki” entitled “100 YEARS OF ECONOMIC HISTORY” by Michalis Psalidopoulos (Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & Advisor, Institute for Hellenic Growth and Prosperity, American College of Greece).
In addition, in his intervention, Nikitas Constantellos, President & CEO of ICAP CRIF, will talk about the evolution of the financial figures and creditworthiness of Greek companies.
The conference is held under the auspices of the Ministry of National Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Development and the General Secretariat of International Economic Relations and Openness of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
