8:30 to 8:45: Registration

8h45-9h: Welcome

Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, President of the Circle of Economists
Henry Roux Alezais, President of the Mediterranean Institute

9h-9h30: Local politics facing the crisis

Moderator: Thierry Noir, La Provence

• Jean-Claude Gaudin, Mayor of Marseilles, Vice President of the Senate
• Michel Vauzelle, President of the Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur Region
• Jean-Noel Guérini, President of the General Council of Bouches-du-Rhone
• Fathallah Oualalou *, Mayor of Rabat

9:30 – 10h30: The Mediterranean crisis

Moderator: Frederic Lemaître, Le Monde

Introduction: Jean-Louis Reiffers, President of the scientific committee of the Mediterranean Institute

• Hassan Abouyoub, Roving Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco
• Sid Ali Boukrami, High Commissioner for Planning, Algeria
• Philippe de Fontaine Vive, Vice President  EIB
• Jean-Louis Guigou, General Delegate IPEMED
• Sid Ahmed Ghozali, Former Prime Minister, Algeria
• Claire Spencer, Director, The Middle East and North Africa Program, Chatham House, U.K

10h30-11h30: Strengths and weaknesses of finance in the Mediterranean

Moderator: Sabine Delanglade, Les Echos

Introduction: Olivier Pastré, Circle of Economists

• Karim El Aynaoui, Director, Economics and International Relations Bank Al-Maghrib (Central Bank of Morocco)
• Alain Bifani, General Director, Ministry of Finance, Lebanon
• Sami Mouley, Chief Economist, Central Bank, Tunisia
• Eric Schettini, President of Viveris Management
• Ahmed Abdelkefi, Founding President of the TFG group (Tuninvest)
• George Siakotos, Economist, Expert on National Promotion of Investments, UNIDO- Athens

11:30am-11:45am: Coffee Break

11h45-13h15: The Vulnerabilities and strengths of the Mediterranean economies

Moderator: Dominique Rousset, France Culture

Introduction: Pierre Jacquet, Circle of Economists

• Smail Hamdani, Former Prime Minister, Algeria
• Fouad Lakhoua, President of the Franco-Tunisian Chamber of Commerce
• Roger Nasnas, President of the Lebanon Council for Economics and Social
• Jacques Pfister, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Marseilles- Provence (CCIMP)
  William Portelli, President of the Confederation of Malta’s Trade Unions
• Prof. J.Antonio de Castro, Director, Group of Development policies, Department of International Economy and Development, Universidad Complutense of Madrid/Spain

13h15-14h30: Lunch

14h30-15h: The Answer of the union for the Mediterranean

Henri Guaino, President of the interministerial Mission “Union for the Mediterranean”, special adviser to the President of the Republic

Panel 1

15:00 – 16h: Answers of real economy in the Mediterranean

Moderator: François Lenglet, La Tribune

Introduction: Christian de Boissieu, Circle of Economists

• Xavier Beulin, President Prolea Sofiproteol
• Bernard Belletante, General Director, Euromed Management School of Marseilles
• Michèle Gendreau-Massaloux, Interministerial Mission « Union for the Mediterranean »
• Paris Mouratoglou, President of EDF Renewable Energies
• Dr. Roby Nathanson, General Director, The Macro Center for Political Economics, Israel
• Henry Roux-Alezais, President of Mediterranean Institute

Panel 2

16h-17h: A monetary zone in the Mediterranean ?

Moderator: Eric Le Boucher, Enjeux les Echos
Introduction: Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, President of the Circle of Economists

• Pierre Deusy, Head of the Euro-Med Economic Affairs for the European Commission
• Taoufik Baccar, Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia
• Habib El Malki, President of the Moroccan Center of trends, Former Minister of Education, Kingdom of Morocco
• Ahmed Lahlimi, High Commissioner for planning, Kingdom of Morocco
• Christian Noyer*, Governor of the Bank of France

17h-17h-15: Reading of the declaration

Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, President of the Circle of Economists

Jean-Louis Reiffers, President of the scientific committee of the Mediterranean Institute

17h15: Prospects of the Rendez-vous de la Méditerranée

Henry Roux-Alezais, President of the Mediterranean Institute

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