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19Jun

The Impact of Brexit on Greece and Cyprus

Hosted by the Hellenic Observatory and the LSE Generation Brexit project
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Tuesday 19 June 2018 6.30pm - 8pm

This panel event will discuss the impact of Brexit on different policy areas in Greece and Cyprus.

His Excellency Dimitris Caramitsos-Tziras has been Ambassador of Greece to the United Kingdom since August 2016. In December 2013, Ambassador Tziras was nominated Head of the Office of the 2014 Hellenic Presidency of the Council of the European Union, in charge of the organization of the Hellenic Presidency. From September 2014 until August 2016 he was the Director General of the Foreign Ministry in charge of EU Affairs. Between 2002-2005 he joined the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games Organizing Committee as General Manager and member of the Games Board in charge of Personnel and Volunteers for the ATHENS 2004 Olympic and ATHENS 2004 Paralympic Games.

Dr James Ker-Lindsay is Senior Visiting Fellow at LSEE Research on South Eastern Europe in the LSE European Institute.

Professor Vicky Pryce is Chief Economic Adviser and a board member at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR).

Effie Kyrtata is CEO of Reload Greece Foundation.

Professor Kevin Featherstone is Head of the LSE European Institute and Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics.

The (@HO_LSE) is internationally recognised as one of the premier research centres on contemporary Greece and Cyprus. It engages in a range of activities, including developing and supporting academic and policy-related research; organisation of conferences, seminars and workshops; academic exchange through visiting fellowships and internships; as well as teaching at the graduate level through LSE's European Institute.

Generation Brexit (@GenBrexit) is a LSE-based research project charting the impact of Brexit on young people living in the UK and the rest of Europe. Generation Brexit gives voice to British and European millennials in the Brexit negotiations. Since June 2017 young people from across the UK and Europe have been submitting their ideas. To capture the transnational reality of the Brexit debate, the platform runs 7 main discussion topics, in 7 European languages.

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