Old Parliament House, “Vouleftikon”, Nafplio

Setting out the theme and context of the third Greek-British Symposium through a short review of the year past for each country and the major changes to the UK-GR relationship.

Keynote Speakers:

·           Lord Hill of Oareford, House of Lords, former European Commissioner for Financial Services

·           Dimitris Papalexopoulos, CEO, TITAN 

Exploring investment opportunities in infrastructure (large scale but also micro) and sharing lessons between the UK and Greece. Geopolitics and security angles to be considered.

Keynote Speaker: Dev Sanyal, Chief Executive, Alternative Energy and Executive Vice President, Europe and Asia regions, BP plc

Moderator: Nick Malkoutzis, Editor & Co-Founder, Macropolis

Panelists:

·         Yannis Maniatis, Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change 2013-2015; Professor Emeritus, Department of Public Law and Political Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

·         Mathios Rigas, CEO, Energean 

The most global part of the Greek economy is facing new challenges serving the international trade. UK is the base of a good part of Greek and non Greek shipping.

Keynote Speaker: Prof Gelina Harlaftis, Department of History, Ionian University

Moderator:   Ilias Bissias, Director, Naftika Chronika

Panelists:

·        Katy Ware, Director of Maritime Safety and Standards, UK Ship Register

·         Paris Kasidokostas, Latsco 

·         John C. Liras,  Chairperson, Foreign Affairs, UGS

Session  to be led by Universities UK and British Council, in part marking 80 years of the British Council Greece and the current and future opportunities in partnering on education.

Keynote Speaker: Niki Kerameus, Minister, Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Greece

Moderator: Maria Nikoltsiou, Journalist, Alpha TV 

Panelists:

·         Vasso Kindi, Professor of Philosophy, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National & Kapodistrian University

·         Vivienne Stern, Director,  Universities UK International (UUKi)

·        Catherine Morgan, Professor of Classics and Archaeology, All Souls College, Oxford