Speakers 2023

H.E. Dr. Badr Abdelatty

Ambassador of Egypt to Belgium
Embassy of Egypt in Brussels

Ghazi Ben Ahmed

President
Mediterranean Development Initiative

Michael Arghyrou

Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors
Hellenic Ministry of Finance

Mustafa Aydin

President
International Relations Council

Vladimir Bilcik

MEP
European Parliament

Cristina Lobillo Borrero

Director
European Commission

Antonia Colibasanu

COO, Senior Geopolitical Analyst
Geopolitical Futures

Aude Maio Coliche

Director of Strategic Communication & Foresight
European External Action Service

Declan Costello

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

Maria Demertzis

Senior Fellow Bruegel
Adjunct Professor of Economic Policy European University Institute

Angelina Eichhorst

Managing Director Europe
European External Action Service

Constantinos Filis

Director/Professor
Institute of Global Affairs/American College of Greece

Megi Fino

Deputy Minister
Ministry of Europe & Foreign Affairs, Albania

Harris Georgiades

Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee
Cyprus Parliament

Beate Gminder

Deputy Director-General
European Commission

Nik Gowing

Co-Director
Thinking the Unthinkable

Alina Inayeh

Advisor to GMF President Heather Conley
German Marshall Fund

Dimitris Kairidis

Minister of Migration and Asylum
Hellenic Republic

Faruk Kaymakci

Ambassador
Turkish Permanent Delegation to the EU

Marilena Koppa

Professor of Comparative Politics
Panteion University Athens

George Kremlis

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

Irina Kustova

Research Fellow
CEPS
Nicolas Kyriakides

Nicolas Kyriakides

President
Cyprus Forum

Miroslav Lajčák

EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and Western Balkans
European External Action Service

Ian Lesser

Vice President and Executive Director
German Marshall Fund of the US

Konstantinos Mavros

CEO
PPC Renewables

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

Geoffrey Pyatt

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

Margaritis Schinas

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

Despina Spanou

Head of Cabinet, Cabinet of Vice-President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas
European Commission

Antigoni Vafeidou

Director of Operations and Legal for Europe
Advent Technologies

Esther Pozo Vera

Head of Unit for Asylum
European Commission

Charlina Vitcheva

Director General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
European Commission

Sofia Voultepsi

Deputy Minister
Ministry of Migration and Asylum

IOANNIS VRAILAS

Permanent Representative, Greece to the EU

Ioannis Xifaras

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

Endy Zemenides

Executive Director
Hellenic American Leadership Council