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