The evening session of “ 2nd Conference of the World Consulate Federation for the Southeast European region ”, took place on 22/06/2018 at the International Hellenic University.

The Conference was organised by the Thessaloniki Consular Corps and the participants were welcomed by Prof. Dr. em. Athanassios Kaissis, Member of the IHU Governing Board, who moderated the Conference.

The Scientific Assistant at IHU Legal Studies, Ms. Maria Droungelidou presented the International Hellenic University and its postgraduate programmes,

while the keynote speaker was Dr. Sotirios Manolkidis, Vice-President of the Hellenic Regulatory Authority for Energy on Energy Issues, who delivered an excellent presentation on " Energy Routes in S.E. Europe: Regional Pipelines, Interconnected Transmission Systems and Market Coupling, is it the way forward? ".

Finally, Prof. Dr. em. Kaissis gave a remarkable closing message.

The presentations were followed by a constructive dialogue and a fruitful exchange of views between the speakers and the participants.