With the central theme “Together for Greece 2030”, the 16th Regular Conference of New Democracy at the Metropolitan Expo.
The opening of the Congress will be declared by the President of the Organizing Committee Theodoros Roussopoulos, while on 19.25, the Prime Minister and President of the New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis will speak at the opening of the conference.
On Saturday 16 May, at 11.30, the Prime Minister will participate in a panel discussion on artificial intelligence as part of the Conference.
On Sunday 17 May, at 12.05, the Prime Minister will speak at the closing of the Conference.
On Saturday 16 May, speeches will be delivered by the Director General of the New Democracy Giannis Smyrlis, the President of the European People’s Party Manfred Weber and the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides, the general secretary of the Parliamentary Group, the party’s vice-presidents Kostis Hatzidakis and Adonis Georgiades and the rapporteur of the New Democracy in the Constitution Revision Committee, Euripides Stylianides.
Representatives of European Union states, representatives of the European People’s Party and the European Parliament, as well as representatives of other parties of the Greek Parliament will address the conference.
Alongside, on the second day of the Conference, the participants will make presentations on eight thematic sections, which are: “Social State for all – New perspectives and opportunities”, “Strong Greece”, “Strong Economy – Strong Greece”, “Greece a destination for all – Major projects & infrastructure”, “Modern State for all”, “Safe Greece”, “With the young people we build the Greece of the future” and “2030: Greece strong, New Democracy ahead”.
On Sunday 17 May, speeches will be delivered by the Secretary of the Political Committee Stelios Kontadakis, the Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikosta, and the Secretary General of the European People’s Party Dolors Montserrat, the President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus and of the Democratic Rally Anita Demetriou and the President of the Organising Committee Theodoros Roussopoulos, while the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola and the former President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker will address the meeting.
The conference will feature pavilions of foreign institutions that have a long-standing cooperation with the New Democracy (Konrad-Adenauer, Wilfried Martens, Hanns Seidel), a pavilion of the European People’s Party, the Institute for Democracy Constantine Karamanlis (IDK), as well as two pavilions of start-ups in the field of artificial intelligence.