The Great Transition dominates the Delphi Economic Forum IX

As every year, the Forum is under the auspices of the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, who will announce the beginning of the conference at 12:00.

According to what Symeon Tsomokos, President of the Delphi Economic Forum, said at a press conference, the Forum's ninth annual meeting is entitled "The Great Transition" and will focus on the multifaceted transitions our world is experiencing today. "We really believe that the world is changing radically in areas such as geopolitics, climate, technology, etc. We are in a very big transition and that is why the main theme of the 9th Delphi Economic Forum is: 'The Great Transition,'" he pointed out

The Delphi Economic Forum has invited the most influential policy makers, academics, researchers and experts in international relations, diplomacy and politics of the international community. Among the confirmed speakers are Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, General David H. Petraeus, former North Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, Ambassador Ivo H. Daalder, CEO of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Special Envoy of EU on Pristina-Belgrade and Western Balkans Dialogue Miroslav Lajčák, former US Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry, geopolitical thinker Robert D. Kaplan, former US Army Europe commander Ben Hodges, chairman of the Energy Commission of Senate of Romania Lorant Antal, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament Yulia Klymenko, US Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis.

Defence Minister Nikos Dendias and Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will take part as well as prime minister's national security adviser Thanos Dokos, Greece's envoy for Ukraine Spyros Lambridis as well as high-ranking representatives of leading security and foreign policy think tanks such as the director of the Northern Europe Office of the Atlantic Council Anna Wieslander, the vice president of the Council on Foreign Relations James M. Lindsay, the vice-president of the Munich Security Conference Rudolph Rainer, the director of the International Center for Defense and Security of Estonia Indrek Kannik, the director of the Geneva Center for Security Policy Thomas Greminger, the founder and president of the Center for Liberal Studies of Bulgaria Ivan Krastev, the director of of the Italian Institute of International Relations Nathalie Tocci, the director of the Jordanian Center for Strategic Studies Zaid Eyadat and the president of the Emirates Policy Center Ebtesam Al-Ketbi.

Further information on the confirmed speakers from Greece and abroad are available on (https://def-ix.delphiforum.gr/)