Programme

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8:30 - 9:30 | Coffee & Welcome

9:30 - 10:00 | Opening Remarks & Kickoff

  • Yannis Roussos, President of the Cyclades Chamber of Commerce & President of INSULEUR 
  • Elena Calistru, President of the ECO Section
  • Thanasis Kontogeorgis, Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister
  • Emmanouil Koutoulakis, Secretary General for Shipping and Ports (tbc)
  • Welcome by local organizations (tbc)

10:00 - 10:15 | The Cyclades Chamber of Commerce as a digital chamber

10:15 - 10:30 | Aegean cuisine

10:30 - 12:00 | Island voices: evidence of Cyclades

  • Tourism & Hospitality
  • Agri-food & local production
  • Connectivity & transportation
  • Energy transition & resilience

12:00 – 12:15 I From the experience of the Cyclades to European policy

12:15 - 12:30 I Conclusion of the Morning Session 

  • Stephane Bijoux, rapporteur of the EESC

  • Yannis Roussos, President of Insuleur   

The hearing will be web streamed and interpreted in EN, FR and EL.
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