International Hybrid Conference EU Policies towards East Mediterranean: Energy and Security-2nd Day

Friday, 4 November 2022

Hotel Electra Metropolis (15, Mitropoleos Str, Athens)

Eastern European Time (UTC + 02:00)

9:00 – 9.15 Registration

9.15 – 9:45 Welcome addresses:

H.E. Nikolaos-Georgios Dendias, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic (via video message)

Prof. Yannis Valinakis, fmr Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic; President, Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Athens

I. Delimitation Challenges in the East Mediterranean Sea

Chair: Prof. Linos-Alexandros Sicilianos, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Athens; Vice-President, Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Athens

9.45 – 11.45

- Prof. Nathalie Ros, University of Tours; V-P and S-G, AssIDMer, Tours
- Prof. Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero, University of Seville

Dr. Yunus Emre Acikgonul, Law of the Sea Expert, Istanbul

Alexander Varshavsky , fmr Petroleum Commissioner in the Ministry of Energy, Tel Aviv
Ioannis Stribis, Ass. Professor, University of the Aegean; Director of the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Athens, Rhodos

11.45 – 12.00 Coffee Break

II. Security in the East Mediterranean Sea

Chair: Prof. Panayotis Tsakonas, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens

12.00 -14.30

Amos Gilead, Maj. General (Res.); Executive Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy, Reichman University; Chairman of the Annual Herzliya Conference Series, Herzliya
Dr Ronald Meinardus, Senior Research Fellow, ELIAMEP; fmr Director at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Istanbul;
Prof. Cengiz Aktar, Adjunct Professor, University of Athens
Dr. Petros Savvides, University of Buckingham Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies, Buckingham
Aya Burweila, Senior Adviser, Research Institute for European and American Studies, Athens
Prof. Kostas Ifantis, Panteion University, Athens

14.30 – 15.45 Lunch Break

III. Energy Challenges in the East Mediterranean Sea

Chair: Prof. Nikolas Farantouris, University of Piraeus; Board Member, Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Athens, Piraeus

15.45 – 17.45

Prof. Yannis Maniatis, University of Piraeus; fmr Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Athens
Aviv Kirshenbaum, Managing Director New Ventures, Herzliya
Costis Stambolis, Chairman and Executive Director, IENE, Athens

17.45 – 18.00 Coffee Break

IV. Roundtable – Policy Proposals

Chair: Prof. Yannis Valinakis, President, Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Athens

18:00 – 19:30

Dr. Michael Rubin, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Washington D.C.

Asli Aydintasbas, Brookings Institute, Washington D.C.

Amb. (ret.) Michael Harari, MITVIM, Tel Aviv
Dr. Thanos Dokos, National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Athens