Speakers

Lena Argiri

Lena Argiri

Washington DC Correspondent
Kathimerini & Greek Public Broadcasting (ERT), USA
Barkey

Henri Barkey

Cohen Professor of
International Relations,
Lehigh University;
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, USA
Bikas

Konstantinos Bikas

Ambassador h.c.
former Head Greek National Intelligence Service
International Business Director, MYTILINEOS
Bilirakis

Gus Bilirakis

U.S. Congressman
12th district of Florida
Bouzali

Vivian Bouzali

Chief Corporate Affairs & Communication Officer
MYTILINEOS
Bowman

Bradley Bowman

Senior Director of the Center on Military and Political Power
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies - FDD
Carmel

Stephen Carmel

Senior Vice President
Maersk Line Limited
Cicilline

David Cicilline

U.S. Congressman, 1st District of Rhode Island;
Co-Chair, Congressional Hellenic Israel Alliance Caucus
Jonathan Cohen 1

Jonathan R. Cohen

Ambassador (ret),
Distinguished Fellow
Royal United Services Institute
Cook

Steven Cook

Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East & Africa studies
Director, Council on Foreign Relations
Davelis

Thanos Davelis

Director of Public Affairs
Hellenic American Leadership Council

Alexandros Diakopoulos

Vice Admiral (Ret); National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister (2019-2020)
Ted Deutch

Ted Deutch

CEO
American Jewish Committee
Nikola Dimitrov

Nikola Dimitrov

Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs (2017-2020)
Edelman

Eric Edelman

fmr. Under Secretary of Defense; fmr. US Ambassador to Turkey
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies - FDD; Commission on National Defence Strategy
Eichhorst

Angelina Eichhorst

Managing Director Europe
European External Action Service of the European Union (EEAS)
Ellis

Tom Ellis

Editor in Chief
Kathimerini English Edition
Gabriel Escobar

Gabriel Escobar

Deputy Assistant Secretary
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
U.S Department of State, USA
Filis

Constantinos Filis

General Director
Institute of International Relations
Foggo

Admiral James G. Foggo (ret.)

Dean
Center for Maritime Strategy
Gelbard

Robert Gelbard

Member of the BoD of CEPA
Former US Special Representative to the Balkans
Megan Greene

Megan Greene

Senior Fellow
Harvard Kennedy School
Christian Hadjiminas

Christian Hadjiminas

President EFA GROUP,
President Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association EENE
Harpantidis

Christos Harpantidis

Vice President Philip Morris International,
South-East Europe
Hogan

Dereck J. Hogan

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Kairidis

Dimitris Kairidis

Member of the Hellenic Parliament,
Professor of Int’l Relations
Panteion University
Kalafatis

Stavros Kalafatis

Deputy Minister of Interior Responsible for
Macedonia – Thrace
Hellenic Republic
Evangelos Kalpadakis

Evangelos Kalpadakis

Diplomatic Advisor to the Leader of the Main Opposition/SYRIZA PA
John Karydas

John Karydas

CEO of the Renewables and Battery Storage Business Unit
Copelouzos Group
George Katrougalos 1

George Katrougalos

MP, Syriza; Minister of Foreign Afairs (2019), Hellenic Republic
Katsimpras

Nikolas Katsimpras

Member of the BoD
Hellenic American Leadership Council

Eleni Kounalakis

Lt. Governor of California
Kounalakis

Markos Kounalakis

Visiting Fellow
Stanford University’s Hoover Institution
Kyriakides

Nicolas Kyriakides

Executive President & Founding Member
Cyprus Forum
Ian Lesser

Ian Lesser

Vice President and
Executive Director
German Marshall Fund of the US
Logothetis Nicholas

Nicholas Logothetis

Vice Chairman of the Board,
Libra Group
Vladimir Malinov

Vladimir Malinov

Executive Director
BULGARTRANSGAZ
Malliotakis

Nicole Malliotakis

U.S. Congresswoman
11th District of New York
Mangiriadis

Apostolos Mangiriadis

News Anchor
Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT)
Rob Mendendez

Rob Menendez

U.S. Congressman
8th Congressional District of New Jersey
Menendez

Bob Menendez

U.S. Senator of New Jersey,
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mobarez

Osama Mobarez

Secretary General
Eastern Med Gas Forum
Nenkova

Plamena Nenkova

Deputy Executive Director
"Strategies, Communications and International Affairs"
Glavbolgarstroy Holding (GBS)
Papahelas

Alexis Papahelas

Executive Editor
KATHIMERINI Newspaper
Papadopoulou

Alexandra Papadopoulou

Ambassador of Greece to the United States
Chris Pappas

Chris Pappas

U.S. Congressman
1st District of New Hampshire
Popov

Amb. Zoran Popov

Ambassador
Embassy of North Macedonia
to the USA
pyatt

Geoffrey Pyatt

Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Energy Resources,
U.S Department of State
Rubin

Michael Rubin

Senior Fellow
American Enterprise Institute
Sarbanes

John Sarbanes

U.S. Congressman
3rd District of Maryland
Schanzer

Jonathan Schanzer

Senior Vice President
Foundation for Defense of Democracies - FDD
Sokou

Katerina Sokou

Columnist & Correspondent, Kathimerini/ Theodore Couloumbis Fellow on Greek-American Relations, ELIAMEP
Sotiriadis

Jake Sotiriadis

Director of the Center for Futures Intelligence
National Intelligence University
Merve Tahiroglu

Merve Tahiroglu

Turkey Program Coordinator
Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED)
Taspinar

Omer Taspinar

Professor
National Security Strategy, The National War College, USA
Titus

Dina Titus

U.S. Congresswoman
1st District of Nevada
Tsomokos

Symeon G. Tsomokos

Founder & President
Delphi Economic Forum
Tsunis

George Tsunis

U.S. Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic
Chris Van Hollen

Chris Van Hollen

U.S. Senator of Maryland
Nikos Vettas

Nikos Vettas

General Director
Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research;
Professor, AUEB, Greece
Deborah Wince-Smith

Deborah Wince -Smith

President & CEO, US Council on Competitiveness;
President, Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils (GFCC)
Zemenides

Endy D. Zemenides

Executive Director
Hellenic American Leadership Council