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Economist Conferences - The Second Sustainability Summit: The green agenda after Copenhagen, October 20, 2010, Hilton Athens

The Second Sustainability Summit shall provide fresh thinking and a stimulating dialogue with top-flight speakers from Greece and abroad.

Find out the latest developments in green economy and jobs growth, gaining knowledge on challenges and opportunities ahead regarding green development, business prosperity and the strategy for a robust economy:

• What is the new climate agenda after Copenhagen?
• Who is driving the green agenda?
• How are businesses responding to sustainability challenge?
• How "green-developed" has South-East Europe become?
• Who pays for climate change?
• Will we win the bet for a sustainable world?

Preliminary conference pogramme
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Hilton Athens

08:00
Registration and refreshments

09:00
Chair's opening remarks:
The latest thinking of The Economist and the EIU on corporate sustainability

• John Andrews, Consultant Editor, The Economist

09:15
After Copenhagen: What is the new climate change agenda?

• Ioannis Maniatis, Deputy Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Greece

09:30
Questions and discussion

09:40
Who is driving the green agenda?

• Karl Falkenberg, Director-General for the Environment, European Commission (acceptance in principle)

09:50
Questions and discussion

10:00
Is society demanding change from businesses or not?

• Robin Chater, Secretary-General, The Federation of European Employers

The Greek case

• Nikos Analytis, President, Hellenic Network for Corporate Social Responsibility

10:20
Questions and discussion

10:30
Green business: a successful business?

• Kirsi Sormunen, Vice-president for Environmental Affairs, Nokia
• Rich Lechner, Vice-president, Energy and Environment, IBM

10:50
Questions and discussion

11:00
Break

11:30
Green IT: How much progress have we made?

• Antonis Markopoulos, Special Secretary for Digital Planning, Greek Ministry of Regional Development and Competitiveness

Business roundtable discussion

• a cost effective reality for businesses?
• a way out of the crisis?

Isidoros Sideridis, Business Development Manager, Sieben

12:00
Green banking: obstacles and opportunities
Representative of the banking sector

12:10
Questions and discussion

12:20
Jobs and growth through green business

• Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Former President, Standing Committee for the Environment, Hellenic Parliament, MP, Nea Dimokratia Party
• Nikos Chryssogelos, Chemist, Environmentalist, Executive, Ecogreens, Greece
  

The business perspective:

• Constantine Michalos, President, Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry

12:50
Questions and discussion

13:00
Who pays for climate change?

• Alexis Tsipras, President, Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology, Greece
• Costas Cartalis, Professor, MP and President, Standing Committee for the Environment, Hellenic Parliament
• Nikos Charalambides, Executive Director, Greenpeace Greece
• Demetres Karavellas, Chief Executive Officer, WWF Greece

13:40
Questions and discussion

13:50
Will we win the bet for a sustainable world?

• George Grammatikakis, Professor Emeritus, University of Crete

14:00
Questions and discussion

14:10
How are countries in South-East Europe tackling climate change? What still needs to be done?

• Spyros Kouvelis, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece

The business prospective:

• Peter Michel Heilmann, President, EuroCharity
• Nikolos Vlachopoulos, Business Commercial Director, Vodafone Greece
  

14:30
Questions and discussion

14:40
Green development in South-East Europe: Theory and action

• Tina Birbili, Minister of Environment, Energy & Climate Change, Greece
• Fatmir Mediu, Minister of Environment, Forestry and Water Administration, Albania
• *Laszlo Borbely, Minister of Environment & Forests, Romania
• *Veysel Eroglu, Minister of Environment and Forests, Turkey
  

15:20
Questions and discussion

15:30
Luncheon

• Guest of honour and keynote speaker: Tina Birbili, Minister of Environment, Energy & Climate Change, Greece

17:00
Conclusions - End of conference

Please find attached:

• The programme of the Summit
• The confrimed speakers 

and make here your online registration.

For further information, please visit the official conference Web site.