10.00 Welcome coffee
10.30 Introduction
Maria Gianniou
Founder, Lead from Within/ Master of Ceremony
Nefeli Meg
Content creator/ Master of Ceremony
10.40 Opening
Syrago Tsiara
Head, National Gallery
George J. Tsunis
U.S. Ambassador to Greece
Sergii Shutenko
Ambassador of Ukraine to the Hellenic Republic
Kostas Bakoyiannis
Mayor of Athens
Justice Stephen Breyer
former Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court
11.10 Values Matter: Democracy vs. Authoritarianism
Evangelos Venizelos
Professor Maria Gavouneli
Director General, ELIAMEP
Fay Makantasi
Head of Research, DiaNEOsis
Nektaria Stamouli
Journalist
Politico/Athens News Agency
11.55 Fighting for Equality, Fighting for Democracy
Congressman Don Beyer
Ways and Means Committee,
Writer of No Hate Act
Panagiota Polykarpou
Gender Equality Consultant & Non-profit leader
Dimitra Kontova
Inclusion & Accessibility Consultant, SKEP – Association of Social Responsibility for Children and Youth
Justin Kempf
Presenter
Democracy Paradox podcast
12.40 Break – light lunch
13.45 Presentation Leadership, democracy, power
Platon
Photographer
14.10 What can Art do for Democracy?
Platon
Photographer
Kevin Zans Ansong a.k.a. Negros tou Moria
Musician
Anthea Hartig
Director
The Smithsonian Museum of American History
Christos Papamichael
Founder Director, Liminal
Alexandros Diakosavvas
Journalist
LiFO
15.00 Fireside chat | Cities Transforming Democracy: The Case of Pride
Apostolos Karabairis
Thessaloniki Pride coordinator
Michael Owen
Vice President, Allied Rainbow Communities, Malta
15.35 Coffee break
16.00 What is Real? Democracy, Technology and Media
Myladie Stoumpou
Sr Regional Director, Partner Development, ISVs, Digital Natives & Scale Ups, CEMA Region, Microsoft
Skye Perryman
CEO
Democracy Forward
Eugenia Bozou
Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google Greece, Cyprus and Malta
Dimitris Bounias
Journalist / Project Manager, iMedD
Kim Conniff Taber
Editorial Director
Democracy Culture Foundation
16.50 The Future of Democracy: An Intergenerational Dialogue
Lefteris Arapakis
co-Founder, Enaleia, UN Environment/Climate Ambassador
Aristos Doxiadis
Economist, Partner, Big Pi Ventures
Nardine Meshreky
Student
Lamprini Rori
Assistant Professor in Political Analysis, Department of Political Science
Nefeli Meg
Content creator
17.30 Closing remarks
Symeon G. Tsomokos
Delphi Economic Forum