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2017 Annual Summit – Athens

The 7th Annual P.A.C.E. meeting | 12th – 13th May, 2017 | Athens, Greece

1st day: Friday, May 12th, 2017

Location: Electra Metropolis Hotel, Magnolia I&II Hall

1st session: 09:30 – 11.30

09:30-09:35 Welcome and opening remarks, George Limperis, CEO Palladian

09:35-09:45 Welcome and opening remarks, Micol Bertoni, PACE General Secretary

09:45-11:30 Country presentations (10 minutes each)

  • France (Mr Eric Schell)
  • Portugal (Mr Joaquim Martins-Lampreia – Ms Sofia Cartό)
  • Poland (Ms Agnieszka Jadczyszyn – Ms Klejnowska-Kamiήska)
  • Bulgaria (Ms Diana Pazaitova – Ms Radka Kardzhalieva)
  • Cyprus (Ms Mary Pyrgos)
  • Czech Republic (Mr Vaclav Nekvapil)
  • Switzerland (Mr Robert P. Hilty)

11:30-11:45 Coffee break (Foyer area)

2nd session: 11:45 – 13:30

11:45-13:30 Country presentations (10 minutes each)

  • Italy (Mr. Giuseppe Mazzei)
  • Germany (Mr Dominik Meier)
  • Greece (Mr Yannis Sarantis)
  • Spain (Ms Maria Rosa Rotondo)
  • Romania (Ms Laura Florea)
  • Serbia (Mr Nenad Vukovic)
  • EPACA (Mr Karl Isaksson)

Discussion and closing remarks

13:30-14:30 Light lunch (Foyer area)

3rd session: 14:30 – 17:30 – INTERNAL MEETING

15:00-17:30 Internal Debate for PACE Members only: Discussion on PACE further steps, organisational issues and 2018 meeting

17:30-19:00 Free time

19:00-20:30 Private tour at the Acropolis Museum (15 mins. walk from the hotel)

20:30-23.00 Dinner at the Acropolis Museum Restauraunt

2nd day Saturday, May 13th, 2017

Location: Hellenic Armed Forces Officers Club, 1 Rigilis street, Athens

09:30-09:40 Welcome (Il Presidente)

09:40-10:20 Mr Daniel Freund, Transparency International

10:20-10:30 Mr Charis Kountouros, Athens representation European Parliament

10:30-11:00 Mr Diego Canga Fano, European Parliament

11:00-11:20 Ms Anna Diamantopoulou, Former EU Commissioner, Former Minister

11:20-11:40 Professor Yannis Panousis, Former Minister

11:40-11:50 Mr Michalis Angelopoulos, Mayor of Samos, Vice President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

11:50-12:00 Coffee break

12:00-14:00 Internal Debate for PACE Members)

14:30-16.30 Lunch by the seaside at Vouliagmeni