His annual event returns to his hometown of Delphi Delphi Economic Forum which is under the auspices of the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou and will last from Wednesday to Saturday, April 26 – 29. As the founder and president of the Delphi Forum, Symeon Tsomokos, stated in today’s press conference, in the eight years of its presence the Forum has managed to acquire a significant international reach and the ambition is over time to further strengthen its role and his influence.

The opening of the 8th Delphi Economic Forum with the central theme “Paradigm Shifts” will be announced by the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou. The conference will be graced by the presence of the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, while more than 800 speakers from 70 countries will participate, including the President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulidis, the Federal Chancellor of Austria Karl Nehammer, the President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev , the President of Bosnia-Herzegovina Milorad Dodik, the President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, the Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama, the Prime Minister of Kosovo Dritan Abazović, the Prime Minister of Montenegro Albin Kurti, the European Commissioners, the Vice-Presidents of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and Maroš Šefčovič, Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, Foreign Ministers of Qatar Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi, North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, Greece Nikos Dendias, Turkey’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mehmet Kemal Bozay, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Türkiye o Senator and Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the American Congress Bob Menendez.

Some of the top names that have confirmed their presence include Christian Wulff, President of Germany (2010-2012), Mathias Cormann, Secretary General of the OSCE, Luis de Guindos, Vice President of the European Central Bank, Ivailo Izvorski, World Bank Chief Economist for Europe and Asia, Viviane Reding, former Vice-President of the European Commission, Geoffrey Pyatt, former US Ambassador to Greece and current Under Secretary of State for Energy Resources, Catherine Ashton, former High Representative of EU. for foreign policy matters, General David H. Petraeus, President, KKR Global Institute, Gene Frieda, Executive Vice President & Global Strategist, Pimco, Ian Lesser, Vice President of the German Marshall Fund of the US, o Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Jürgen Rigkterink, Nicholas Burns, United States Ambassador to China, Zhiqin Shi, Executive Director of China’s flagship Belt & Road initiative, the modern “Silk Road”, Abdulaziz Sager, Chairman of the Gulf Research Center based in Saudi Arabia, Ebtesam Al Ketbi, President of the Emirates Policy Center (EPC), Manuel Trajtenberg, Executive Director of the Institute for National Security Studies from Israel (INSS), Ditte Juul Jørgensen, Director General for Energy of the European Commission, Abdulaziz Sager, President of the Gulf Research Center of of Saudi Arabia, Samantha Gross, Director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative of the Brookings Institution, the economist Nouriel Roubini, known for his ominous predictions for the global economy, as well as a host of Foreign Ministers of EU and Western Balkan countries and researchers of the biggest think tanks tanks worldwide.

The Forum will seek to explore answers to key issues such as:

– How can societies around the world work together to turn today’s instability into hope.

– How relationships change in a constantly changing geopolitical environment in the field of foreign policy, security, economy.

– How prepared are leaders and businesses to adapt to these changes

The thematic pillars of the Delphi Economic Forum cover a spectrum spanning from geopolitics and international security, the future of Europe, sustainability and climate change, technology, to education and culture, in the light of the latest developments.

The agenda of the Forum is formed in collaboration with think tanks and organizations from Greece and abroad, such as the World Bank, the European Commission, Chatham House, the Atlantic Council, the Wilfried Martens Center, the Bruegel Institute, the London School of Economics And much more.

The main axes and thematic discussions of the 8th Delphi Economic Forum are: Changing Geopolitical Chessboard, Climate and Environment, Sustainable Economy & Finance, Social Integration and Technological Progress.

On the Forum’s website (www.delphiforum.gr), interested parties can find more information about all the confirmed speakers from Greece and abroad who will participate in the 4-day Forum in April.