THE WORLD IN 2019 GALA DINNER:
| | Friday, January 25th 2019 |
| 17:00 | Arrival of guests – cocktail reception
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| 18:00 | PART 1
OPENING KEYNOTE INTERVIEW WHAT LIES IN STORE FOR GREECE IN 2019?
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, main opposition leader and president, New Democracy
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| 18:30 | PART 2 THE ECONOMIST’S PREDICTIONS FOR 2019
DANIEL’S DOZEN: A PREVIEW OF THE WORLD IN 2019
Daniel Franklin, executive editor of The Economist and editor of The World in 2019
Question & answer session
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| 19:10 | PART 3
THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK FOR GREECE AND CYPRUS: WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2019?
Harris Georgiades, minister of finance, Cyprus
Question & answer session
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| 19:30 | PART 4 A FORECAST FOR EUROPE IN 2019
Dimitrios Avramopoulos, commissioner for migration, home affairs and citizenship, European Commission
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| 19:50 | Introduction of table quiz
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| 20:00 | Dinner is served
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| 21:15 | PART 5
CAN WE MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE? - Are we on the right track?
- What are the greatest hopes and greatest fears?
- How can we achieve happiness in a world of inequality and contrast?
- Injecting ethics in a technologically dominant world
Discussion to be hosted by Daniel Franklin with: Sophia, advanced humanoid Peter Haas, associate director, Humanity Centered Robotics Initiative, Brown University Dimitrios Dimitriou, associate professor, dept. of economics, Democritus University of Thrace, chairman of the BoD, Athens International Airport (AIA)
Kostas Axarloglou, dean and professor of international business and strategy, Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece
Question & answer session
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| 22:25 | Table quiz winner and predictions announced |
| 22:30 | Evening ends
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