Agenda

DAY 1 - Monday, 9 Nov DAY 2 - Tuesday, 10 Nov DAY 3 - Wednesday, 11 Nov DAY 4 - Thursday, 12 Nov DAY 5 - Friday, 13 Nov

10:00 - 12:00 CET

Transition towards a Blue Economy; case studies, lessons and perspectives

moderator:

Eleni Hatziyanni, Policy Officer, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission

Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic

Giuseppe Sciacca, Executive Secretary of the CPMR Islands Commission

Simone Bastianoni, Professor of Environmental and Cultural Heritage Chemistry, University of Siena, Italy

Anna Escoda, Projects and International Cooperation Area Manager at ASCAME

Caterina Pratico, Interreg Blue Growth Coordinator - CoNISMa

Giovanni Caprino, Vice-President of the National Blue Italian Growth Technological Cluster - BIG

Angeliki Kosmopoulou, Executive Director of the A.C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation

ON DEMAND

12:15 - 15:00 CET

e-Blue Agora -1st BLUE DEAL Business Forum (Side Event)

1st Session “Science, policymakers and SMEs to foster the Blue Energy deployment in the Mediterranean area”
2nd Session “SMEs/Enterprises acting in the Blue Energy market”
3rd Session “Funding opportunities and financial tools for SMEs”

ON DEMAND

15:00 - 17:00 CET

MED and Sustainable Tourism: State of play and strategic directions

moderator:

Eleni Hatziyanni, Policy Officer, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission

Joanna Mouliou Niessler, Policy officer and programme manager at the Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission

Olga Kefalogianni, Member of Parliament, Hellenic Republic

Angela Gerekou, President of the Greek National Tourism Organization

Gaetano Zarlenga, Director of CUEIM, Italy

Ioannis Pappas, Director, Mediterranean Region at GSTC (Global Sustainable Tourism Council)

Ioanna Dretta, Marketing Greece CEO

George Mountis, Managing Partner at Delfi Partners & Co

ON DEMAND