3RD INTERNATIONAL FORUM

08.30

Registration/ Welcome Coffee

09.00

Welcome Remarks:
* Margaret Doyle
Economist Conferences Chairman

GOVERNMENT OF THE FUTURE: REFORM AND RESTRUCTURE IN THE GREEK PUBLIC SECTOR
- e-citizen -e- democracy

09.15 *

Official Opening by:
Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Minister
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & DECENTRALISATION

09.30*

Address by:
Kostas Skandalides
Member of the Hellenic Parliament & Fmr. Minister
PANHELLENIC SOCIALIST PARTY

09.45

Question & Answer session

THE EUROPEAN INITIATIVE FOR i2010: CHALLENGES & PROSPECTS
Guest of Honour & Keynote Speaker:

09.55

Viviane Reding
Commissioner for the Information Society and Media
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, BRUSSELS

10.10

Question & Answer session
THE GREEK INFORMATION SOCIETY IN PERSPECTIV

10.15 *

Keynote speakers:
Dr. Vassilis Asimakopoulos
Special Secretary for the Information Society
MINISTRY OF FINANCE & ECONOMY

10.30

Denmark's experience:
(speaker to be advised)

10.45

Question & Answer session

10.55

Coffee Break

E-GOVERNMENT AND ITS ADVANTAGES

11.15*

Apostolos Andreoulakos
Deputy Minister
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & DECENTRALISATION

11.30

Question & Answer session

E-PROCUREMENT
- Strengthening partnerships between the public and the private sector

11.35*

Keynote speakers:
Christos Folias
Deputy Minister
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE

11.50

Manousos Voloudakis
Secretary General for Commerce
MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT

- The business perspective

12.05*

Christos Trizoglou
Managing Director
SAP HELLAS

12.20*

Tom Reclitis
Managing Director
HEWLETT PACKARD HELLAS

12.35

Question & Answer session

THE EUROPEAN INITIATIVE IN RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE GREEK INFORMATION SOCIETY

12.45

Achilleas Mitsos
Director General for Research
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, BRUSSELS

13.00

Question & Answer session

13.10

LUNCHEON
Guest of Honour & Keynote Speaker:

George Alogoskoufis
MINISTER OF FINANCE & ECONOMY

WHERE IS GREECE HEADING?
- Large scale projects
- Infrastructure
- e-Commerce

Keynote speakers:

14.30 *

Dr. Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos
Secretary General for Information Systems
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY & FINANCE

14.45

Constantinos Doukas
President & Managing Director
INFORMATION SOCIETY S.A.

15.00

Question & Answer session

PRESENTING THE GREEK IT SECTOR IN NUMBERS

15.10 *

Keynote speaker:
Nikos Christodoulou
President
GREEK INFORMATIONAL SOCIETY OBSERVATORY

- The business perspective

15.25

(speaker to be advised)

15.40

(speaker to be advised)

15.55

Question & Answer session

TRANSFORMING THE GREEK HEALTHCARE SECTOR
- Information technology for the healthcare industry and the citizen
- Regional e-health services in hospital districts

Keynote speaker:

16.00

Meletios Tzaferis
Special Secretary General
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE

THE ROLE OF RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY IN TRANSFORMING THE GREEK HEALTHCARE SECTOR

16.15

Takis Zervakakis
President
PhRMA Greece

16.30

Speaker to be advised

16.45

Question & Answer session

THE DIGITAL HOSPITAL
Adopting technology to transform the healthcare industry

16.55

Dr. Timothy Stettheimer
Vice President/CIO
ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL, USA

17.10

Question & Answer session

E-SECURITY AT THE SERVICE OF THE CITIZEN
- The Ministry of Public Order's priorities
- Reform and IT solutions for the Greek defence sector

17.15

Keynote speakers:
Andreas Lambrinopoulos
President
HELLENIC AUTHORITY FOR THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
SECURITY & PRIVACY

17.30

Michael Reppas
Lieutenant Colonel
RESEARCH & INFORMATION DIRECTORATE
MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENCE

The foreign experience:

17.45 *

John Barry
Major General (ret.)
U.S. AIRFORCE

- The business perspective

18.00

Speaker to be advised

18.15

Speaker to be advised

18.30

Question & Answer session

18.45

End of conference

* Confirmed

Please note that all speakers mentioned have been invited.

Please note that this preliminary programme is registered to The Economist Conferences for Greece & Cyprus/ Hazlis & Rivas Co. Ltd. No part may be reproduced without the written authorization of the organizers.

Last updated: 13/5/2005