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Monday, December 9, 2019 - The Metropolitan Club

Agenda


21st Annual Capital Link Invest in

Greece Forum:"GREECE IS BACK"


 
7:20 AM – 7:50 AM     REGISTRATION
     
7:50 AM – 7:55 AM  

WELCOME REMARKS

Mr. Nicolas Bornozis, President - Capital Link

     
7:55 AM – 8:00 AM  

OPENING REMARKS

H.E. Haris Lalacos - Ambassador of Greece to the United States

  Audio Webcast video Video

 

     
8:00 AM – 8:40 AM  

THE MACRO PICTURE - THE GREEK ECONOMY & EUROPE POST BREXIT

 

Moderator: 
Mr. Pavlos E. Masouros,
Managing Partner - Masouros & Partners Law Firm

 

Panelists:

 

  Audio Webcast video Video

 

 

     
    THE GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE
8:40 AM – 8:45 AM  

GREECE IN A NEW ERA - LOOKING AHEAD WITH CONFIDENCE

Mitsotakis

H.E. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic
(via webcast)
 Video Webcast

     
8:45 AM – 9:05 AM  
Staikouras  

MORNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER

 

GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC POLICY & OBJECTIVES
H.E. Christos Staikouras, Minister of Finance, Hellenic Republic


  Audio Webcast

 

     
9:05 AM – 9:45 AM  

SOVEREIGN & CORPORATE GREEK DEBT AS A FUNDING MECHANISM & AN INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

 

Moderator:
Mr. Apostolos Gkoutzinis
, Partner - Milbank

 

Panelists:

  Audio Webcast  

 

 

     
9:45 AM – 10:40 AM  

LARGE PROJECTS TRANSFORMING GREECE - BUSINESS & INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

 

Moderator:
Mr. Constantinos Lambadarios, Managing Partner - Lambadarios Law firm


Introductory Keynote Remarks:
H.E. Yannis Tsakiris, Deputy Minister of Development & Investment, Responsible for Public Investments & NSRF - Hellenic Republic

 

Panelists:


  Audio Webcast
     
10:40 AM – 11:25 AM  

TOURISM – INVESTMENT & BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

 

Moderator:
Mr. Panayotis Bernitsas, Managing Partner - Bernitsas Law Firm


Introductory Keynote Remarks

H.E. Harry Theocharis, Minister of Tourism - Hellenic Republic

 

Panelists:

 

  Audio Webcast video Video
11:25 AM – 12:05 PM   FOREIGN INVESTMENT REINVIGORATES THE GREEK REAL ESTATE MARKET – THE RESTART OF THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR IN GREECE

 

Moderator:
Mr. Petros Machas, Founding Partner & Chairman - Machas & Partners Law Firm

 

Panelists:


  Audio Webcast
     
12:05 PM – 12:55 PM   THE NEW LANDSCAPE IN ENERGY & UTILITIES – GREECE AS AN ENERGY GATEWAY

 

Moderator:
Mr. Euripides Ioannou, Partner Potamitis Vekris


Introductory Keynote Remarks

H.E. Gerassimos Thomas, Deputy Minister for Energy & Natural Resources - Ministry of Environment & Energy, Hellenic Republic

 

Panelists:


  Audio Webcast
     
12:55 PM – 1:00 PM   THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ENERGY MARKET IN GREECE AND PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT PRESENTATION BY:
Ms. Vivian Bouzali, Head of Communication & Marketing Strategy - Mytilineos 
  Audio Webcast
     
1:05 PM – 2:30 PM  

LUNCHEON & KEYNOTE ADDRESS

 

Welcome Remarks by

Mr. Ajay Kanani
Director, International Capital Markets – New York Stock Exchange

 

 

Introductory Remarks
Mr. Jay Collins
Managing Director, Vice Chairman Corporate & Investment Banking - Citi

 

 

Georgiadis Keynote Address
H.E. Adonis Georgiadis
Minister of Development & Investments, Hellenic Republic
  Audio Webcast
     
2:40 PM – 3:20 PM   GREECE AS AN INVESTMENT & BUSINESS DESTINATION - THE FOREIGN INVESTOR PERSPECTIVE

 

Moderator:
Mr. Panos Papazoglou, Regional Accounts Leader, Central Eastern Southeastern Europe and Central Asia, Country Manager Greece - EY

 

Introductory Presentation:
Greece’s Attractiveness - An EY Survey Among International Investors

 

Panelists


  Audio Webcast
     
3:20 PM – 3:50 PM  

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN GREECE - THE DOMESTIC INVESTOR PERSPECTIVE - The potential of SME's

 

Moderator:
Mr. Evangelos Lakatzis, Partner - Saplegal – A.S. Papadimitriou & Partners Law Firm

 

Panelists:


  Audio Webcast
     
3:50 PM – 4:40 PM   BANKING SECTOR - STRATEGY & SECTOR OUTLOOK

 

Moderator:
Ms. Christina Papanikolopoulou, Partner, Head of Finance & Capital Markets - Zepos & Yannopoulos Law Firm

 

Introductory Keynote Remarks
H.E. George Zavvos,
Deputy Minister of Finance, Responsible for the Financial System –  Ministry of Finance, Hellenic Republic

 

Panelists:


  Audio Webcast
     
4:40 PM – 4:45 PM   BANKING SECTOR - INTRODUCTORY KEYNOTE REMARKS
Mr. Martin Czurda
, CEO - Hellenic Financial Stability Fund
  Audio Webcast
     
4:45 PM – 5:25 PM   THE NEW LANDSCAPE IN NON-PERFORMING LOANS - THE BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR RESTRUCTURING, GROWTH & INVESTMENT

 

Moderator:
Mr.
Panos Katsambas, Partner Reed Smith

 

Panelists:

 

 

  Audio Webcast video Video

 

     
5:25 PM – 5:35 PM  

REBOUND & INVEST: CAPTURING GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES TO FINANCE THE TRANSFORMATION OF GREEK BANKING
Mr. Thomas Kelepouris
, Associate Partner - McKinsey & Company

 

  Audio Webcast video Video
     
5:35 PM – 6:15 PM   GREECE AS A LOGISTICS & TRANSPORTATION HUB – GREECE A GLOBAL MARITIME FORCE


Introductory Keynote Remarks: Greece as a Global Logistics & Transportation Hub
H.E. Ioannis PlakiotakisMinister of Maritime Affairs & Insular Policy –  Hellenic Republic

 

Moderator:
Mr. Costas Paris,
Senior Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

 

Regulations & Shipping, IMO 2020 & Beyond, Technology & Shipping, Sanctions, Tariffs & Impact on Commerce & Trading, Access to Capital, Shipping Markets Outlook, and more


Panelists:

 

  Audio Webcast video Video

 

 

     
6:15 PM – 7:15 PM   Cocktail Reception
     







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