The Second Sustainability Summit
The green agenda after Copenhagen
October 20th 2010, Athens

 
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
08:00 Registration and refreshments
09:00 Chair's opening remarks:
The latest thinking of The Economist and the EIU on corporate sustainability

John Andrews
Consultant Editor, The Economist
09:15 After Copenhagen: What is the new climate change agenda?

09:25 Questions and discussion
09:40 Who is driving the green agenda?

Karl Falkenberg
Director-General for the Environment, European Commission
(acceptance in principle)
10:20 Roundtable discussion
10:35

Is society demanding change from businesses or not?

Robin Chater
Secretary-General, The Federation of European Employers

Nikos Analytis
President, Hellenic Network for CSR

10:55 Questions and discussion
11:05 Green business: a successful business?

Rich Lechner
Vice-president, Energy and Environment, IBM
11:25 Questions and discussion
11:35 Break
12:00 Green IT: how much progress have we made?

Business roundtable discussion
• a cost effective reality for businesses?
• a way out of the crisis?

Isidoros Sideridis
Business Development Manager, Sieben
12:30 Green banking: obstacles and opportunities
12:40 Questions and discussion
12:50 Jobs and growth through green business

Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Fmr President, Standing Committee for the Environment, Hellenic Parliament
MP, Nea Dimokratia Party

Nikos Chryssogelos
Chemist, Environmentalist, Executive, Ecogreens, Greece

The business perspective:
Constantine Michalos
President, Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry
13:20 Questions and discussion
13:30

Who pays for climate change?

Alexis Tsipras
President
Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology, Greece

Costas Cartalis
Professor, MP and President, Standing Committee for the Environment,
Hellenic Parliament

Nikos Charalambides
Executive Director
Greenpeace Greece

Demetres Karavellas
Chief Executive Officer
WWF Greece

14:10 Questions and discussion
14:20 Will we win the bet for a sustainable world?

George Grammatikakis
Professor Emeritus, University of Crete
14:30 Questions and discussion
14:40 How are countries  in south-east Europe tackling climate change?
What still needs to be done?

Peter Michel Heilmann
President
EuroCharity
14:50 Questions and discussion
15:00 Green development in south-east Europe:
Theory and action

Tina Birbili
Minister of Environment, Energy & Climate Change, Greece

Fatmir Mediu
Minister of Environment, Forestry and Water Administration, Albania
15:20 Questions and discussion
15:30

Luncheon

Guest of honour and keynote speaker:
Tina Birbili
Minister of Environment, Energy
& Climate Change, Greece

30/7/2010
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