Agenda

SCHEDULE DETAILS Agenda

This is the agenda of the 2nd edition of the Euro-Mediterranean Economic & Business Forum 2026, where the thematic verticals and keynote sessions that guided the debate throughout the two-day event were presented. A journey through the major challenges and opportunities that will shape the economic and business future of the Mediterranean. Below, you can review the details of each session held.

14:45-15:15

Forum Registration

Athens Marriott, 385, Syngrou Avenue, 175 64 Athens Ground Floor: Aegean Sea Ballroom

15:15- 15:30

Welcome & Forum Opening Remarks

Vassilis Korkidis

Josep Santacreu

15:30-16:00

Institutional Speeches

Video Statement

Apostolos Tzitzikostas

16:00-16:50

Roundtable on advancing trade in the Mediterranean

Roger Albinyana

Dimitris Skalkos

16:50-17:10

Coffee Break

17:10-18:00

Structured dialogue for a Mediterranean Blue Economy

George Alexandratos

Miltiadis Varvitsiotis

Dionysis Theodoratos

18:00-18:50

Roundtable identifying the geopolitics of transport and logistics

Iro Doumani

Sotirios Serbos

Nikos Rodopoulos

Jordi Torrent

Enric Pons

SCHEDULE DETAILS Agenda

This is the agenda of the 2nd edition of the Euro-Mediterranean Economic & Business Forum 2026, where the thematic verticals and keynote sessions that guided the debate throughout the two-day event were presented. A journey through the major challenges and opportunities that will shape the economic and business future of the Mediterranean. Below, you can review the details of each session held.

08:30-09:00

Forum Registration

09:00-09:30

Keynote address: The Pact for the Mediterranean: Opportunities for the Private Sector

Francisco Joaquin Gaztelu

Vassilis Korkidis

09:30-10:15

Roundtable: Institutional dialogue for the Pact for the Mediterranean: Designing the Pact with Private Sector engagement

Francisco Joaquin Gaztelu

Hana Nehme

Nikos Papandreou

Josep Santacreu

10:15-10:45

From policy to implementation of the Pact for the Mediterranean: An active role for the Private Sector

Launching the Business Alliance for the Pact:  The Voice of the Private Sector in the Pact for the Mediterranean

Emanuele Cabras

Ralph Fakhoury

Fahd Ben Ameur

Peggy Martinello

Josep Santacreu

Dimitris Lemonakis

10:45-11:30

Session I: Investment, Industry and Innovation

Stavros Theodoropoulos

Georgia Prasinou

Emmanuel Noutary

11:30 - 12:15

Session II: Digital, Green and Blue Economy at a transformative time

Manolis Koutoulakis

Konstantinos Koronakis

Nadia Zeddou

Omar Elboghdady

Georgia Linaraki

Rasmi Hamzeh

12:15-12:45

Coffee Break

12:45-13:30

Session III: a Mediterranean space of Competitiveness and Growth, opportunities and challenges

Vasso Kyrkou

Yasser Abbas

Mohamed Bachiri

Nicolas Farhat

13:30-14:15

Session IV: a Smart and Sustainable region, unfolding paradigms of AI and business development

Afrodite Sevasti

Dimosthenis Kyriazis

Candice Tran Dai

Haythem El Mir

14:15-15:15

Light Lunch at Forum plus Afterwork Business Networking

15:15-16:00

Forum Closing Session: A Mediterranean revisited and signing of the ASCAME Declaration for a resilient Pact for the Mediterranean

Josep Santacreu

Vassilis Korkidis

Nikolaos Dendias

Dubravka Šuica

10:45-12:15

Meda Women 2026: XVIII Mediterranean Women Entrepreneurs Forum 2026 (TBD) AFAEMME | PCCI | ASCAME

  • Welcome Session
  • Roundtable I: Opportunities & Challenges with the Artificial Intelligence for Businesswomen Organisation in Meda Region

Lina Tsaltampasi

Helena De Felipe

Silvia Bach

Mary Fitzgerald

Chaibia Balbzioui

Betül Sezgin

Rachida Jebnoun

Raoudha Ben Saber

Özden Erten

Shiren Shelleh

Sana Ghenima

Yeşim Seviğ

Eleonora Meleti

Danae Bezantakou

Mary Ann Velli

12:45-14:15

Meda Women 2026: XVIII Mediterranean Women Entrepreneurs Forum 2026 (TBD) AFAEMME | PCCI | ASCAME

Rountable II: SEGE setting Roundtable Agenda

Lina Tsaltampasi

Danae Bezantakou

Mary Ann Velli

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