10th Cyprus Summit RESTORING CONFIDENCE IN EUROPE REINVENTING CYPRUS November 4th, 2014 Hilton Park Nicosia, Cyprus The Economist Events for Greece, Cyprus & Malta Pr o v i s io na l p ro g r a mm e 08:30 Registration/ Refreshments 09:00 THE ECONOMIST’S FORECAST ON EUROPE AFTER THE ELECTIONS • Cyprus’s recovery: where do we stand? John Peet , Europe Editor, The Economist 09:10 Official opening: REINVENTING CYPRUS • On the road to recovery Nicos Anastasiades, President of the Republic of Cyprus 09:25 Discussion 09:35 Keynote address: IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE’S FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT Benoît Cœuré , Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank 09:50 Discussion 10:00 RESTORING CONFIDENCE IN CYPRUS • Thinking beyond the crisis Klaus Regling, Managing Director, European Stability Mechanism (ESM) *Harris Georgiades , Minister of Finance, Cyprus • The outlook for the Cypriot banking system Francesco Drudi, Head of Fiscal Policies Division, European Central Bank Chrystalla Georghadji , Governor, Central Bank of Cyprus 10:50 Discussion 11:10 IN DIALOGUE WITH THE CYPRIOT BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL COMMUNITY *Mark Lewis, Mission Chief for Cyprus, IMF Phidias Pilides , President, Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry *Christis Hassapis , Chairman, Bank of Cyprus Evgenios Evgeniou , Chief Executive Officer, PwC Cyprus 11:50 Discussion 12:05 Break 12:35 A POLITICAL AND GEOSTRATEGIC OVERVIEW OF THE SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN AND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION IN VIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS • The Middle East • Ukraine • Iraq –Kurdistan • Syria Nicholas Burns, Former US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School 12:50 Discussion 13:00 LOOKING INTO THE CYPRUS ISSUE: A GLIMMER OF HOPE *Lisa Buttenheim , Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head, United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) • In dialogue with: Averof Neofytou , President, The Democratic Rally Party (DISY) Andros Kyprianou , General Secretary of the Central Committee, Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL) *Nicholas Papadopoulos , President, Democratic Party (DIKO) 13:40 Discussion 13:55 Official Luncheon PAVING THE WAY TO A SOLUTION ON THE CYPRUS ISSUE: HAVE WE MADE PROGRESS DURING THE PAST YEAR? • The US perspective Guest of honour and keynote speaker: John Koenig , Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Cyprus 15:20 DIGITAL AND IT IN THE BUSINESS WORKPLACE: WHAT ARE THE NEW TRENDS AND CHALLENGES? Harper Reed , Chief Executive Officer, Lunar Technology Corp, USA, Chief Technology Officer for President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign Victor Kislyi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Wargaming.net 15:40 Discussion 15:55 INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO REIGNITE THE CYPRIOT ECONOMY Constantinos Petrides , Under Secretary to the President of the Republic of Cyprus • The international perspective *Michael Pollock , Managing Director, Spectrum Gaming Group, U.S.A. Shelly Porges , Co-Chair, Ready for Hillary 2016, Former CMO, Bank of America, Former Director Global Entrepreneurship Programme, Department of State, USA 16:25 Discussion 16:40 REDESIGNING THE ENERGY MAP OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN • New projects in the pipeline • Recent developments in the region • What is the forecast and impact on Cyprus during the next decade? *Amos J. Hochstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Diplomacy, Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State *Alexander Varshavsky, Acting Director General, Natural Gas Authority, Israel • The business perspective *John Tomich , General Manager Cyprus, Noble Energy *Jean-Luc Porcheron , General Manager Cyprus, Total Constantinos Taliotis, Partner, Head of Energy, PwC Cyprus 17:30 Discussion 17:45 End of conference * Awaiting confirmation September 3rd, 2014 This preliminary programme is registered to The Economist Events for Greece, Cyprus and Malta / Hazlis & Rivas and is still under development. Speakers mentioned herein have confirmed their participation. No part may be reproduced without authorization from the organizers.