A model conductive to growth, employment and sustainable development
PUBLIC HEARING
12 dECEMBER 2014 • 9.00 a.m. > 1 p.m. • Chania, Crete
Centre of Mediterranean Architecture, Defkalionos Street, Venetian Port of Chania, Crete
Programme
Interpretation provided
from and into English, French, Dutch, Greek and Spanish
9.00 – 9.30 Registration and welcome coffee
9.30 – 10.00 Opening remarks
George Benetos, President of Insuleur
Yannis Margaronis, President of the Chania Chamber of commerce
Stavros Arnaoutakis, President of the Regional Council of Creta
Henri Malosse, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
10.00 – 11.15 Session 1: The role of smart islands as a tool to foster economic growth and employment
This session will focus on the main drivers and public policy options on how to address the specific problems and opportunities of European islands, and their transformation into "smart islands", to ensure that they could be conducive to growth and employment.
Debate with:
Godfrey Baldacchino, University of Malta
Panos Corogiannakis, Project Manager, ISLE-PACT project
Gonzalo Pierrenavieja, Technological Institute of the Canary Islands
Moderator: Carlos Alberto Pereira Martins, EESC member
11.15 – 12.45 Session 2: Smart islands in practice
In this session representatives of local authorities will debate the main challenges in implementing the smart islands concept, and will present best practices applied in their regions.
Debate with:
Antoine Mondoloni, President of the Regional Chamber of Commerce (CCI) of Corsica
Yannis Roussos, President of Cyclades Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Antonio Gómez, Vice-president of the Balearic government
Eleftherios Kechagioglou, President of Hellenic Small Islands Network and Board Member of European Small Islands Federation
Mathias Bini, Head of economic department, spatial planning and outermost regions at the Regional CCI of Guadeloupe Islands
Moderator: Anna Maria Darmanin, EESC member and rapporteur of the Study Group on Smart islands
12.45 - 13 Closing remarks
Jan Simons, EESC member and president of the study group on Smart islands
13 – 14.30 Networking lunch
Interpretation provided
from and into English, French, Dutch, Greek and Spanish
Interpretation provided
from and into English, French, Dutch, Greek and Spanish