09:00-09:30
Coffee and Registration
09:30-11:15
Session II: The Cyprus Question, the Greco-Turkish Relations and the Prospect of Energy Cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean
Chair: Dr Michalis Kontos, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and Governance, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Speakers:
Prof. Angelos Syrigos, Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs (Greece)
Prof. Andreas Theophanous, President, Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Dr Elai Rettig, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Studies, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Dr Theodoros Tsakiris, Associate Professor for Energy Policy and Geopolitics, University of Nicosia, Cyprus; Senior Adviser to the Greek Energy Minister
11:15-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:45
Session III: Perspectives on the Network of Cooperation between Israel, Cyprus and Greece
Chair: Kornelios S. Korneliou, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Cyprus
Speakers:
Ms Marilena Raouna, Director of the Diplomatic Office of the President of the Republic of Cyprus
H.E. Mr Ioannis Papameletiou, Ambassador of Greece to the Republic of Cyprus
H.E. Mr Oren Anolik, Ambassador of Israel to the Republic of Cyprus
13:00-14:15 Continental Lunch
14:30-15:45
Session IV: Recent Developments in Israel, Greece and Cyprus
Chair: Dr Gabriel Haritos, Visiting Assistant Professor, Panteion University, Greece
Speakers:
Dr Eran Lerman, Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, Israel
Mr Yiannis Koutsomitis, Kappa News, Greece
Dr Yiannos Katsourides, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and Governance, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
16:00-17:00
Session V: The New Emerging European and International order: Challenges and Opportunities
Chair: Prof. Eytan Gilboa, Director of the Center for International Communication, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Speakers:
Prof. Demetris Kerides, Chairman of the Greece – Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group, Member of Parliament, ND, Athens – North, Greece
Mr Harris Georgiades, Chairman, Foreign Relations Committee, House of Representatives, Republic of Cyprus
Prof. Efraim Inbar, President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, Israel
Dr Giorgos Kentas, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Governance, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
17:00-17:15 Coffee Break
17:15-18:15
Session VI: National Security Issues
Chair: Prof. Amikam Nachmani, Professor, Department of Political Studies, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Speakers:
Mr Tachi Henegbi, Israel National Security Advisor, Israel
Dr Thanos Dokos, National Security Advisor to the Prime
Minister, Greece
Dr Kyriacos Kouros, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus
Mr Lt. General Dimokritos Zervakis, Chief of the National Guard of the Republic of Cyprus
18:15-19:30
Session VII: The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East
Chair: Mr Alan Schneider, Director, B’nai B’rith World Center
Speakers:
Mr Michalis Giorgallas, Minister of Defense, Republic of Cyprus
Ambassador (ret.) Mr Mark Regev (Israel)
Prof. Kostas Ifantis, Professor of International Relations, Panteion University; Director of the Institute for International Relations (IDIS); Scientific Director, Centre for Foreign Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greece
Dr Antonia Dimou, Director of the Middle East and Persian Gulf Unit at the Institute for Security and Defense Analyses based in Athens, Greece
Jonathan Spyer, Founder and Executive Director of the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis and Research Fellow of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, Israel