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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-03-10
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[01] B2B conference opens Monday with speech by premier
[01] B2B conference opens Monday with speech by premier
AMNA -- Over 500 Greek and foreign businesses have registered for the
B2B networking event Europe 2020 Strategy for Growth: Promoting Business
Partnerships in Greece, which opens at the Demokritos National Centre
for Scientific Research in Aghia Paraskevi on Monday.
The event, organised by the Development Ministry, will be opened by Prime
Minister Antonis Samaras, who will address the plenary session at 2:00
p.m. on Monday.
His address will be followed with speeches by Antonio Tajani, European
Commission vice-president and Industry & Entrepreneurship Commissioner;
Kostis Hatzidakis, development minister; Olga Kefalogianni, tourism
minister; and Athanasios Tsaftaris, rural development ministry.
Hatzidakis and Tajani will give a joint press conference at 3:15 p.m. on
Monday.
Tuesday's schedule will be devoted to B2B matching sessions. The day's
opening address, at 9:30 a.m., will be delivered by Joanna Drake, the
European Commission's SMEs & Entrepreneurship director (directorate
general for enterprise and industry).
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