Friday October 25th 2019

08:00 – 09:00 Registration & welcome coffee

09:00 – 09:15 Master of Ceremony Welcome Remarks
09:15 – 09:25     Congress opening

Christodoulos Antoniadis, President, GAIA EPICHEIREIN

09:25 – 09:30     Opening address

George Handjinicolaou, President, Piraeus Bank

09:30 – 10:00     Guest of Honor

Dacian Ciolos, Chair of the “Renew Europe” group in the European Parliament, Former Prime Minister of Romania, Former European Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development

10:00 – 10:15     Introductory speech by Ioannis Mavroudis, CEO, GAIA EPICHEIREIN
10:15 – 10:45     Opening Address

Mavroudis Voridis, Minister for Rural Development & Food

10:45 – 12:00     Keynote Speeches

  • Nikos Pappas, Member of the Hellenic Parliament (SYRIZA), Former Minister for Digital Policy
  • Paolo De Castro, Member of the European Parliament, Coordinator, “Progressive Alliance of the Socialists & Democrats” group in the Committee on Agriculture & Rural Development Former President of the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture & Rural Development Former Minister of Agriculture of Italy
  • Pekka Pesonen, Secretary General, COPA-COGECA
12.00 – 14.00     1st Thematic Session: The sustainability challenge for the current and future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) – Innovation as a catalyst

  • Pierre Bascou, Director, Directorate D – Sustainability & Income Support, DG Agriculture, European Commission
  • Yves Madre, President, Farm Europe
  • Konstantinos Baginetas, Secretary General, Ministry for Rural Development & Food
  • Dimitris Kapnias, Project Manager, GAIA EPICHEIREIN
  • Fotis Chatzipapadopoulos, President, NEUROPUBLIC S.A.
  • Christos Barlias, Vice-President, GAIA EPICHEIREIN, President, Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Korinthia

Moderator: Elli Tsiforou, Head of Brussels Office, GAIA EPICHEIREIN

14:00 – 15:00     Lunch Break
15:00 – 17:00     2nd Thematic Session: Priorities & policies for sustainable and innovative agri-cooperatives & collective farmers’ schemes

  • Umberto Di Pasquo, Senior Policy Advisor, COGECA
  • Spyros Antonopoulos, President, Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Argolida (REA)
  • Andreas Dimitriou, President, Agricultural Poultry Cooperative (PINDOS)
  • Ioannis Koufoudakis, CEO, NEUROPUBLIC S.A.
  • Ioannis Kallias, CEO, TÜV AUSTRIA HELLAS, President, HellasCert
  • Alkiviadis Alexandrou, Deputy General Manager, Agribusiness Sector, Piraeus Bank Group

Moderator: Nikos Lappas, Editor in Chief, Ypaithros Chora Newspaper

17:00 – 17:30     Closing session

Ioannis Mavroudis, CEO, GAIA EPICHEIREIN