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The Greece/Cyprus Office of KAS and ELIAMEP, the leading Greek think-tank in the fields of international relations and security organise on Thursday 10 December 2020 an online discussion on "The future of Energy Security in the Eastern Mediterranean". Prominent experts from Greece, the EU and the USA will exchange views on the issues of geopolitics in the EastMed and the future of energy supplies.

Speakers:

Session 1: 17:05-18:05 | The geopolitics of energy in the Eastern Mediterranean

- Michael Tanchum, Professor at Universidad de Navarra; Senior Associate Fellow at Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) (Vienna)

- Kirsten Westphal, Dr., Senior Analyst at Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) (Berlin)

- Efthymios Papastavridis, Dr., Research Associate at ELIAMEP; Researcher and Part-time Lecturer, University of Oxford; Research Fellow at Academy of Athens and Athens PIL Center (Athens)

Session 2: 18:05-19:00 | New energy solutions for the Eastern Mediterranean

- Nikos Tsafos, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow at Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Washington DC)

- Maria Gavouneli, Assoc. Professor at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Senior Policy Advisor at ELIAMEP (Athens)

- Michalis Mathioulakis, Research Associate at ELIAMEP; Energy Strategy Analyst and Academic Director at the Greek Energy Forum (Athens)

Moderator: Alexandra Voudouri, Correspondent of diplomatic affairs at Athina 9,84fm; Editor at MacroPolis

 

The event will take place online on 10.12.2020 at 17:00 (Athens time) and will be streamed on FB (@kas.athen) and YouTube (KAS Greece & Cyprus).

Working languages: English and Greek (with simultaneous translation)