B2B conference opens Monday with speech by premier
Over 500 Greek and foreign businesses have registered for the B2B networking event Europe 2020 Strategy for Growth: Promoting Business Partnerships in Greece, which opens at the Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research in Aghia Paraskevi on Monday.
The event, organised by the Development Ministry, will be opened by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who will address the plenary session at 2:00 p.m. on Monday.
His address will be followed with speeches by Antonio Tajani, European Commission vice-president and Industry & Entrepreneurship Commissioner; Kostis Hatzidakis, development minister; Olga Kefalogianni, tourism minister; and Athanasios Tsaftaris, rural development ministry.
Hatzidakis and Tajani will give a joint press conference at 3:15 p.m. on Monday.
Tuesday's schedule will be devoted to B2B matching sessions. The day's opening address, at 9:30 a.m., will be delivered by Joanna Drake, the European Commission's SMEs & Entrepreneurship director (directorate general for enterprise and industry).