AEJ CONFERENCE 29.10.

2022

MIRAMARE HOTEL ERETRIA

09.00 Arrival of participants

09.30 Opening of conference

Speech:
ISAIA TSAOUSIDOU
International President AEJ & President of Greek Section

Greetings:
 Video message from VĚRA JOUROVÁ, EU Vice President, Commissioner for
Values and Transparency
 FANIS SPANOS, Regional Governor of Central Greece
 IOANNIS DIMITROPOULOS, Mayor of Eretria
 ANNA EFSTATHIOU, European Parliament, Press Officers in Greece
 ANNA ASIMAKOPOULOU MEP Video

10:30
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT - COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES

ANDREAS LOUKATOS
CEO, Oinofyta Asopos Business Park Development Company
Association of Industries of Central Greece, Secretary General
“The Role of Manufacturing in Regional and National Development and the
Importance of Extrοversion”

GEORGE MAVRAGANIS
Strategic Planning Director
ESG & Sustainability – Halcor- Copper and Alloys Extrusion Division of ElvalHalcor
“ElvalHalcor: Aluminium and Copper for a Sustainable World”

GIORGOS SIMOPOULOS
CEO, Star TV, Central Greece
“Regional television: finding a clear way ahead”
 SPYROS LATSAS
Editor, ERGASIA SYN (newspaper), and Board Member EEDAD
“Regional Media and why they matter for development of local society”

School Ambassador from Central Greece

“Europe through a student„s eye”

Moderator - EFI DINI

Journalist, Treasurer AEJ Greek Section

12:00 Break – Coffee

12.30 EUROPE AND PUTIN'S WAR IN UKRAINE

SOFIA VOULTEPSI
Journalist, Deputy Minister for Migration and Asylum
“Journalists at war: sticking with the truth, or with one's country? The role of
Greece in accepting refugees”

LLEWELLYN KING
Executive Producer/ Host White House Chronicle" on PBS; Columnist, Inside Sources
Syndicate; Contributor, Forbes; Energy Central Commentator
“The Ukraine war and the world energy crisis – what next?"

DR PANAGIOTIS SFAELOS
Secretary General, AEJ Greek Section
"The war in Ukraine and the critical role of media in providing accurate
information and fighting fake news. The case of European media”

KHOA LE
Journalist, founder of the news website wwww.thoibao.de
TIBOR MACAC
RTVS Journalist, Vice-President, AEJ
“Uses and abuses of digital technologies”

VASILIS KOUTROUMANOS
Photo Journalist President PEFFEE
My peaceful Ukraine - photo exhibition

LENA KYROPOULOS
Journalist
Documentary on Ukraine

SOFIA NIKOLAOU
lawyer
“How to protect journalists in the new digital era”

Moderator - MYRNA NIKOLAIDOU

Journalist, Editorial Director of ESTIA (Newspaper), Vice- President AEJ Greek Section
14:30 Coffee - Light Lunch

15.30 MEDIA FREEDOM

“Media freedom and the role of journalists in frozen conflicts - the case of
Cyprus”

A. KYRIAKOS PIERIDIS & HASAN KAHVECIOGLU

“The current state of play on Cyprus problem and its impact on peace and stability
in the region. Role of the media”
B. ESRA AYGIN for the Turkish Cypriot Community - KATERINA YENNARI for
Greek Cypriot Community
“Challenges for Media Freedom and Pluralism in Cyprus”
C. Sami Ozuslu - Loukianos Lyritsas (for individuals)
“Bi-communal relationship between journalists (for trade unions)”
16:10
IRINA NEDEVA
Journalist – President, AEJ Bulgarian Section, Fake News Expert, Broadcaster for
Bulgarian Radio
“Europe and media freedom”

16:15 SG EDWARD STEEN & MAR PORTER

Journalist, Deputy Secretary General, International AEJ
“AEJ project to explore and expose scandal of 'golden passports' in Europe”

16:30 OTMAR LAHODYNSKY

Honorary International AEJ President
The AEJ's record over 60 years

Moderator - MYRNA NIKOLAIDOU

Journalist, Editorial Director of ESTIA (Newspaper), Vice- President AEJ Greek Section

20:00 Reception: NEGREPONTE HOTEL ERETRIA

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