Agenda

08:30 – 9:00 - Registration

 

09:00 – 9:30 - Official Opening   

Welcoming Remarks by the Organizers

Annita Demetriou, President of the House of Representatives (virtual)

Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic of Cyprus

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09:30 – 09:40 - Keynote Speech: “Democracy and Reforms”

Anna Diamantopoulou, President, “To Diktio” - Network for Reform in Greece and Europe, Former Minister, and EU Commissioner

 

09:40 – 10:00 - Conversation: “Without reform, modern democracies fail to deliver: What is the way forward?”

Anna Diamantopoulou, President, “To Diktio” - Network for Reform in Greece and Europe, Former Minister, and EU Commissioner

Haridimos Tsoukas, Professor of Strategic Management, University of Cyprus

 

10:00 – 10:10 - Keynote Speech: “Democracy's Inner Threats: Navigating Responsibility for Renewal and Regeneration”

Evarist Bartolo, Former Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Republic of Malta

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10:10 – 10:40 - Discussion: “2024: The Super-Election Year and Democracy Beyond Voting”

Evarist Bartolo, Former Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Republic of Malta

Jonas Parello-Plesner, Executive Director at the Alliance of Democracies

Demetris Demetriou, Chairperson of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Institutions, Merit, and the Commissioner for Administration 

Vasiliki Trigka, Associate Professor, Cyprus University of Technology

Moderator: Andia Mavromati, Member of the Board, Institute of Studies for Politics and Democracy

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10:40 – 10:50 - Keynote Speech: “Arts and Democracy”

Erato Hadjisavva, Rector, School of Fine Arts, Greece

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10:50 – 11:20 - Panel Discussion: “Arts and Democracy: Building a Stronger Democracy Through Art”

Vasiliki Kassianidou, Deputy Minister of Culture, Republic of Cyprus

Erato Hadjisavva, Rector, School of Fine Arts, Greece

PASHIAS, Visual Artist

Nasia Dionysiou, Author

Nikoletta Polydorou, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Sistema Cyprus

Moderator: Apostolos Kouroupakis, Cultural Journalist, Kathimerini Cyprus

 

11:20 -11:50 - Coffee Βreak
 

11:50 – 12:00 - Keynote Speech: “Education: Citizenship, Freedom and Democracy” 

Liam Wegimont, Executive Director, Global Education Network Europe (GENE)

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12:00 – 12:30 - Discussion: “Education and Democracy: The Vital Role of Education for Democratic Citizenship”

Athena Michaelidou, Minister for Education, Sport and Youth, Republic of Cyprus

Liam Wegimont, Executive Director, Global Education Network Europe (GENE)

Petros Pashiardis, Professor of Educational Leadership, Rector, Open University of Cyprus

Paraskevas Hadjikkos, Law Student, Vice-President of the Group of Legal Education at the University of Cyprus

Moderator:  Katerina Theodoridou, Director of R&D and Project Management, Center for Social Innovation

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12:30 – 12:40 - “How is the EU supporting open, democratic, equal, and inclusive societies based on the rule of law?”

Pantelia Vyrides, Organisation of European Programmes and Cultural Relations

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12:40 – 13.20 - AI and Democracy

Bright Idea:

The “Orbis” Project: “Orbis” will shape and support new democratic models that are imagined and developed through deliberative democracy processes that are digitally mediated.

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Discussion:

Sotiris Themistokleous, Director of Strategic Development, Center for Social Innovation

Jahna Otterbacher, Associate Professor, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Open University of Cyprus & CYENS CoE

Nicolas Kyriakides, Member of the Executive Committee, Oxygen for Democracy

John Georgoulas, Non-Executive Director, ECOMMBX

Theodore Panayotou, Rector, University of Limassol

Moderator: Elena Georgiou Strouthos, Co-Founder & CTO, Cocoon Creations

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13.30 - Closing

 

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Afternoon Session (by invitation only)

 

18:30 – 20:00 - Philosophy Walk: The ideal “polis”

 

20:00 - “In vino veritas” - Open discussion with participants over dinner