10th Cyprus Summit RESTORING CONFIDENCE IN EUROPE REINVENTING CYPRUS

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10th Cyprus Summit RESTORING CONFIDENCE IN EUROPE REINVENTING CYPRUS
10th Cyprus Summit
RESTORING CONFIDENCE IN EUROPE
REINVENTING CYPRUS
November 4th, 2014
Hilton Park Nicosia, Cyprus
The Economist Events for Greece, Cyprus & Malta
Pr o v i s io na l p ro g r a mm e
08:30
Registration/ Refreshments
09:00
THE ECONOMIST’S FORECAST ON EUROPE AFTER THE ELECTIONS
• Cyprus’s recovery: where do we stand?
John Peet , Europe Editor, The Economist
09:10
Official opening:
REINVENTING CYPRUS
• On the road to recovery
Nicos Anastasiades, President of the Republic of Cyprus
09:25
Discussion
09:35
Keynote address:
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE’S FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT
Benoît Cœuré , Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
09:50
Discussion
10:00
RESTORING CONFIDENCE IN CYPRUS
• Thinking beyond the crisis
Klaus Regling, Managing Director, European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
*Harris Georgiades , Minister of Finance, Cyprus
• The outlook for the Cypriot banking system
Francesco Drudi, Head of Fiscal Policies Division, European Central Bank
Chrystalla Georghadji , Governor, Central Bank of Cyprus
10:50
Discussion
11:10
IN DIALOGUE WITH THE CYPRIOT BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL COMMUNITY
*Mark Lewis, Mission Chief for Cyprus, IMF
Phidias Pilides , President, Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry
*Christis Hassapis , Chairman, Bank of Cyprus
Evgenios Evgeniou , Chief Executive Officer, PwC Cyprus
11:50
Discussion
12:05
Break
12:35
A POLITICAL AND GEOSTRATEGIC OVERVIEW OF THE SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN AND EASTERN
MEDITERRANEAN REGION IN VIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
• The Middle East • Ukraine • Iraq –Kurdistan • Syria
Nicholas Burns, Former US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and
International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
12:50
Discussion
13:00
LOOKING INTO THE CYPRUS ISSUE:
A GLIMMER OF HOPE
*Lisa Buttenheim , Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head, United Nations Peacekeeping
Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
• In dialogue with:
Averof Neofytou , President, The Democratic Rally Party (DISY)
Andros Kyprianou , General Secretary of the Central Committee, Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL)
*Nicholas Papadopoulos , President, Democratic Party (DIKO)
13:40
Discussion
13:55
Official Luncheon
PAVING THE WAY TO A SOLUTION ON THE CYPRUS ISSUE:
HAVE WE MADE PROGRESS DURING THE PAST YEAR?
• The US perspective
Guest of honour and keynote speaker:
John Koenig , Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Cyprus
15:20
DIGITAL AND IT IN THE BUSINESS WORKPLACE:
WHAT ARE THE NEW TRENDS AND CHALLENGES?
Harper Reed , Chief Executive Officer, Lunar Technology Corp, USA, Chief Technology Officer
for President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign
Victor Kislyi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Wargaming.net
15:40
Discussion
15:55
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO REIGNITE THE CYPRIOT ECONOMY
Constantinos Petrides , Under Secretary to the President of the Republic of Cyprus
• The international perspective
*Michael Pollock , Managing Director, Spectrum Gaming Group, U.S.A.
Shelly Porges , Co-Chair, Ready for Hillary 2016, Former CMO, Bank of America, Former Director Global
Entrepreneurship Programme, Department of State, USA
16:25
Discussion
16:40
REDESIGNING THE ENERGY MAP OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
• New projects in the pipeline
• Recent developments in the region
• What is the forecast and impact on Cyprus during the next decade?
*Amos J. Hochstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Diplomacy, Bureau of Energy Resources,
U.S. Department of State
*Alexander Varshavsky, Acting Director General, Natural Gas Authority, Israel
• The business perspective
*John Tomich , General Manager Cyprus, Noble Energy
*Jean-Luc Porcheron , General Manager Cyprus, Total
Constantinos Taliotis, Partner, Head of Energy, PwC Cyprus
17:30
Discussion
17:45
End of conference
* Awaiting confirmation
September 3rd, 2014
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