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The Complex Context of Growth DRAFT AGENDA (as of May 31, 2018)
CONFERENCE DAY ONE
THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2018
11:30
Arrival of guests & participants Imperial Plovdid Hotel & Spa Registration
12:15
Imperial Hall - Photo opportunity
12:30
14:30
Opening luncheon (by invitation only) Guest of honor and Speaker H.E. Boyko Borissov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria Ball room EU: clash of visions (plenary) Ekaterina Zaharieva, Deputy P.M. Judicial Reform & Minister of Foreign Affairs Lilyana Pavlova, Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU Sophie McLoughlin, representative of President Macron’s team, France Loukas Tsoukalis, President ELIAMEP, Greece Chair: Ivan Krastev, Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies
15:45
Ball room Euro area expansion (plenary) Henry Newman, Director Open Europe, UK Dr Marek Dabrowski, Non-Resident Scholar at Bruegel, Brussels Chair: Dr. Georgy Ganev, Centre for Liberal Strategies
16:30
Ball room Euro banking union (plenary) Georgios Kyrtsos, Member of the European Parliament, Greece Petia Dimitrova, CEO, Postbank, Bulgaria Levon Hampartzoumian, CEO & Chairman, Board of UniCredit Bulbank
Chair: Kaloyan Staykov, journalist & financial analyst, Capital weekly 2 Confirmed Speaker Working language English and Bulgarian
16:30
Panorama The Geopolitics of the Region (plenary) Eric Lebedel, Ambassador of France Constantinos Filis, Research Director, Institute of International Relations,Greece Alkis Courcoulas, journalıst correspondent, Turkey Chair: Antoinette Primatarova, Centre for Liberal Strategies
17:30
Break
18:00
Ball room (parallel session) European energy union Opening Statements Temenuzhka Petkova, Minister of Energy of Bulgaria Aleksandar Antic, Minister of Mining & Energy, Serbia Dr. Ivan Ivanov, Chairman of KEVR, Bulgaria Comments on oil and gas Teodora Georgieva, Executive Officer & Board Member, ICGB AD Alex Lagakos, Founding Chairman, Greek Energy Forum, Greece Erol User, President & CEO, User Holding, Turkey Dimitris Tzortzis, CEO, DEPA, Greece Comments on electricity and renewables Olivier Marquette, President, AES Bulgaria Slavtcho Neykov, Chairman, Energy Management Institute Dr. Yolian Ivanov, Executive Director, Southern Europe of “The Collins Group”
Chair: Dr. Ognian Minchev, Director, Institute for Regional & International Studies, Bulgaria
3 Confirmed Speaker Working language English and Bulgarian
18:00
Panorama (parallel session) Western Balkans prospects George Ciamba, State Secretary, Romania Dimitris Kourkoulas, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs 2012-2015, Greece Dimitris Mardas, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs 2015-2016, Greece Dr Marek Dabrowski, Non-Resident Scholar at Bruegel, Brussels Andreas Papadopoulos, Adviser Economic Governance, DG NEAR Takis Theodorikakos, Head of Strategic Planning Sector, New Democracy Party Dr. Krassen Stanchev, Associate Professor, Sofia University Chair: Vessela Tcherneva, Deputy Director, ECFR, Bulgaria
20:00
Reception hosted by the Municipality of Plovdiv and the Plovdiv Economic Forum, at MORADO restaurant
4 Confirmed Speaker Working language English and Bulgarian
CONFERENCE DAY TWO
09:00
FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018
Arrival of participants
09:30
Ball room In Conversation (plenary) Tomislav Donchev, Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria Chair: Yordan Mateev, editor-in chief, Forbes Bulgaria
10:00
Ball room In Conversation (plenary) The Challenge of an inclusive Growth Dr. Arup Banerji, Regional Director, World Bank Group , Belgium
10:30
Ball room Keynote address (plenary) Green growth and circular economy George Kremlis, Honorary Director, European Commission, in charge of circular economy issues
10:45
Ball room Keynote address (plenary) Emil Karanikolov, Minister of Economy of Bulgaria
11:00
Break
11:30
Ball room (parallel session) Bulgaria’s capital formation and developments in FDI Stamen Yanev, Executive Director, Investbulgaria Agency Marco Montecchi, President, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria Stamatios Theodoropoulos, Chairman, Hellenic Business Council in Bulgaria Andrey Novakov, Member of the European Parliament European, Bulgaria Speaker of US corporation based in Bulgaria, TBA Chair: TBA
5 Confirmed Speaker Working language English and Bulgarian
11:30
Panorama (parallel session) Corruption & state capture Vladimir Ikonomov, President, ACFE Bulgaria Dr. Anna Damaskou, Chair, Board of Transparency International, Greece Dr. Ognian Minchev, Director, Institute Regional & International Studies, Bulgaria Diana Valkova, Dinova Rusev & Partners Law Office, Bulgaria Chair: Dr. Georgy Ganev, Centre for Liberal Strategies
12:45
Ball room Regional development and economic clusters in Bulgaria Opening Statements Nikolay Nankov, Minister of Regional Development & Public Works, Bulgaria Dr. Arup Banerji, Regional Director, World Bank Group, Brussels Comments Andreas Beikos, Head, European Investment Bank, Bulgaria Larisa Manastirli, Director EBRD, Sofia Resident Office, Bulgaria Dr. Yolian Ivanov, Executive Director, Southern Europe of “The Collins Group” Plamen Panchev, Chairman of the Board, TEZ Andrey Novakov, Member of the European Parliament European, Bulgaria
Chair: Petar Ganev, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Market Economy 14:15
Light Lunch
15:15
Ball room (parallel session) Demography: threats and opportunities Claus Haugaard Sorensen, Special Representative at the Danish Representation to the EU Alkis Courcoulas, journalıst correspondent, Turkey Dr. Elitsa Dimitrova, Associate Professor, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Chair: Dr. Ruzha Smilova, Centre for Liberal Strategies
6 Confirmed Speaker Working language English and Bulgarian
15:15
Panorama (parallel session) Improving the Education output Krasimir Valchev, Minister of Education and Science, Bulgaria Mr Giuseppe Saccone, Representative of Multiversity S.p.a. Italia Dr. Momchil Metodiev, Programme Coordinator, Comunitas Foundation; Editorin-Chief of Christianity and Culture magazine Boyan Zahariev, Open Society Institute Sofia Latchezar Bogdanov, Industry Watch Chair: Dr. Milla Mineva, Centre for Liberal Strategies
16:30
Break
17:00
Ball room (parallel session) The future is here: open data, artificial intelligence, robots Lord Maude of Horsham, Member, House of Lords; Minister of State, Trade and Investment (2015-2016), UK Anna Diamantopoulou, President, DIKTIO, former EU Commissioner, Greece Todor Tagarev, Head of IT for Security dep’t, Institute of Information & Communication Technologies Ivaylo Slavov, Member of the Board of the Amercian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Bulgaria
Chair: Louisa Slavkova, Director of Sofia Platform 17:00
Panorama (parallel session) Rule of Law - security of property rights & contract enforcement (plenary) Dr. Evgeni Kanev, Managing partner, Maconis LLC, Bulgaria Dr. Daniel Smilov, Program Director, Centre for Liberal Strategies
Chair: Dr. Georgy Ganev, Centre for Liberal Strategies
18:30
Reception
7 Confirmed Speaker Working language English and Bulgarian