29th Annual International Symposium “Security in an Insecure World”

14.30 Welcome comments

− Theodossis Georgiou, President, Greek Association for Atlantic and European Cooperation, former President, Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA)
− James Townsend, President, Atlantic Treaty Association, (ATA), former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defence US
− Aliki Mitsakos, President WIIS-Hellas, Founding Member G.A.A.E.C.

14:55 Break

15.00 Geopolitical Challenges in a new World and European environment

Introduction & Moderator: Georges Prevelakis, Professor Emeritus at Pantheon Sorbonne University, Ambassador Permanent Representative of Greece to OECD
− Alexios Marios Lyberopoulos, Minister Plenipotentiary, Director for NATO and Euroatlantic Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic
− Geoffrey Pyatt, Ambassador of United States in Greece

15:55 Break

16.00 NATO 2030: Security Priorities and Challenges for the Civil Society

Introduction & Moderator: Theodossis Georgiou, Co-Chair for the “Strategic Review of ATA”, Counselor, Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA), Greece
Introduction: James Townsend, Co-Chair for the” Strategic Review of ATA”, President, Atlantic Treaty Association, (ATA), former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defence, US
Key note Speaker: Carmen Romero, Deputy Assistant Secretary General Public Diplomacy Division, NATO
Discussants:
− Joao Rebelo, President of Atlantic Association of Portugal, former Member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Portugal
− Efthalia (Elia) Chatzigianni, Associate Professor, University of Peloponnese, Greece, f. Visiting Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
− Monika Begović, Secretary General, ATA, Croatia
− Juxhina Sotiri Gjoni, President YATA, Albania
− Aliki Mitsakos, President WIIS-Hellas, Founding Member G.A.A.E.C.

• Discussion with representatives of Atlantic Associations and other participants

16:55 Break

17.00 Mapping the new Transatlantic Decade – do we need a new roadmap between the US and Europe?

Introduction and Moderator: Dimitris Apokis, Chief Editor / Coordinator, International News, Hellenic Broadcast Corporation
− Marietta Giannakou, MP, Vice President NATO Parliamentary Assembly, former Minister, Greece
− Evaggelos Apostolakis immediate former Minister of Defence Admiral(rtd), Greece
− Christian Schmidt, MP, former Minister, Germany
− Werner Fasslabend, former Minister of Defence, former Speaker, Austria
− Ioan Mircea Pascu, former Minister of Defence, f. Vice President of Eur. Parliament, Romania
− Randal C. Teague, Chairman, The Fund for American Studies (TFAS), Board Secretary International Foundation for Elections Systems