Turn? Series

An IBGC Conference Series

Schedule

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Preceding Friday’s open agenda at Tufts University, Thursday, October 13th will feature a closed-door session touching on a number of issues facing Greece and Europe today that will help inform the greater dialogue surrounding the conference.

Friday, October 14, 2016

Registration & Coffee

 Opening Remarks:

  • Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean of International Business and Finance, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

 The Dean’s Welcome

  • James Stavridis, Dean of The Fletcher School, Tufts University
    former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO

Keynote Address:

  • Lucas Papademos, Former Prime Minister of Greece

Introduction by:

  • James Stavridis, Dean of The Fletcher School

Panel: Can the Birthplace of Democracy Survive the Failure of Democracy?

 Co-Chairs:

  • Kostas Lavdas, Professor of European Politics, Panteion University, Athens, and Director, Crete Center for Political Research and Documentation (KEPET), former C. Karamanlis Chair, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
  • Dimitris Keridis, Professor of International Politics, Panteion University, Greece Senior Advisor, The Konstantinos G. Karamanlis Foundation Director, Navarino Network & Olympia Summer Academy Deputy Director, Institute of International Relations

Panelists:

  • Constantine Arvanitopoulos, former Minister of Education and Religious Affairs
  • Stathis Kalyvas, Professor of Political Science, Yale University
  • Eleni Kounalakis, former US Ambassador to Hungary
  • Alexis Papahelas, Executive Editor, Kathimerini

Special Discussion: The Sudden Stop and Greece’s Transition

  • Olivier Blanchard, C. Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; former Chief Economist, IMF
  • Carmen Reinhart, Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Moderator:

  • George Alogoskoufis, C. Karamanlis Chair, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, and Former Minister of Economy and Finance, Greece

Keynote Address:

  • George Chouliarakis, Alternate Minister of Finance, Greece

Introduction by:

  • Kostas Karamanlis, Member of The Hellenic Parliament, Greece

Panel: Where Next for the Greek Economy?

Chair:

  • Yannis Ioannides, Max and Herta Neubauer Chair and Professor in Economics, Tufts University

 Panelists:

  • Olga Kefalogianni, Member of The Hellenic Parliament, Former Minister of Tourism, Greece
  • Apostolos Kontoyannis, President, Investments and Finance
  • John Lipsky, Foreign Policy Institute, SAIS; former Deputy Managing Director, IMF
  • Loukas Tsoukalis, President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)

Fireside Chat: Opportunities for Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Is the Greek Crisis “Too Good to Waste?”

  • George M. Logothetis, Chairman and CEO, Libra Group

 Moderator:

  • Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean of International Business and Finance, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Lightning Round with the Winners of the Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award (HEA)

  • Yiannis Broustas and George Lentzas, Rabt
  • Evangelos Pappas, RTsafe
  • Matthew Woollard, Raymetrics

Recap of Thursday’s Greece’s Turn? Closed-Door Sessions

  • “First: The Good News,” and
  • “Greece’s Changing Security Matrix in a Shifting Europe”

Discussants:

  • Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean of International Business and Finance, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
  • Diana Chigas, Associate Provost and Senior International Officer, Tufts University
  • Elizabeth Prodromou, Professor of Conflict Resolution, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Keynote Address: The Roots of Anti-Europeanism and Anti-Americanism

  • Soti Triantafyllou, Author, Historian

Introduction by:

  • Yannis Ioannides, Max and Herta Neubauer Chair and Professor in Economics, Tufts University

Introducing the Winner of the Greece’s Turn? Undergraduate and Young Professional Essay

Panel: Grexit, the Euro Crisis, Brexit and the Future of the European Union

Chair:

  • Laurent Jacque, Walter B. Wriston Professor of International Finance and Banking, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

 Panelists:

  • Charles Dallara, Vice Chairman of the Board, Partners Group Holding; former Managing Director, IIF
  • Kevin Featherstone, Head of the European Institute, London School of Economics
  • Andrea Montanino, Director, Global Business and Economics Program, Atlantic Council
  • Jens Nordvig, Founder & CEO, Extante Data
  • Vivien Schmidt, Professor of European Integration, Boston University

 Closing Remarks and The World After November 8th

  • Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean of International Business and Finance, The Fletcher School, Tufts University