Past Events

An online discussion organized by the Deree Student Association (DSA)

As we find ourselves in a second lockdown due to Covid-19, the Deree Student Association (DSA) organizes an interactive discussion focused on the progress to date in dealing with the pandemic as well as on tips for focusing on physical and mental health, relishing quality time alone or simply enjoying life.

When:
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 | 14:30 – 16:00

Where: Online

 

Speakers

• Eleni Vousoura, Program Coordinator of the MS in Counseling Psychology & Psychotherapy
• Amina Moskof, Psychologist, Psychotherapist
• Nikos Takis, Assistant Professor, Director of the ACG Counseling Center (moderator)
• Kosmο Kalliarekos, Managing Director, Baring Private Equity Asia, ACG Board member

 

The event is organized with the support of

Department of Psychology
Psychology Society
Office of Student Affairs
Office of Public Affairs

For more information, please contact the DSA

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When: Wednesday November 18 at 14:45

 

When: November 18 – November 20, 2020 | 12:00-18:00

Where: Online / Virtual Career Fair hosted on the Career Portal

Organized by: the Office of Career Services, in collaboration with the Office of Advancement.

With the support of the Deree Student Association.

 

Job & Internship Fair
Virtual event, real career networking!

Get interviewed by many company representatives in the Career Days Virtual Fair 2020. Find your internship (credit bearing or not) or a job.

90+ employers are participating. Different organizations will be joining each day, so join all three days!

Career Days is open to all undergraduate and graduate students, and recent graduates (up to 5 years) of Deree – The American College of Greece to facilitate their successful transition to the workplace.

For more information and registration visit the Career Days Webpage

An Online Event

 

Vaccinations for Children & Adolescents: Past, Present & Future

 

Maria Theodoridou
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

 

When: Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 19:00 – 20:00 (EET-Athens)

 

Organized by: Institute of Public Health – The American College of Greece

 

The lecture will be held in Greek.

You can watch it here.

 

Information: +30 210 331 4755

You can watch the videos of previous lectures here.

 

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Speaker’s bio

Maria Theodoridou

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Maria Theodoridou graduated with honors from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens in 1969 and received specialized training in pediatrics in the A’ Pediatric Clinic of the University of Athens, in 1974. She received her IKY scholarship from the Institute of Child Health Great Ormond Street (1974-1975) in Virology and in 1996 she received her specialization on Infectionology. She supervised the Infectious Diseases Department (MAKKA Department) at “Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital for 35 years as well and the Children’s AIDS Unit, which she founded in 1989.

Professor Theodoridou served for the 35 years at the University of Athens and has been author of significant number of lectures and scientific publications on infections, vaccines and AIDS; her Greek publications exceed the number of 150 and ​​the number of 180 in other languages (PubMed). Professor Theodoridou is a member in various scientific societies, Chairman of National Committees and for the past three years she holds the position of the Chairman of the Hellenic Vaccination Committee.

An online event with free participation and open to the public

When:
November 11-13, 2020 | 14:30 – 17:00

Where:
Online

Organized by:
Deree Millennium Fellows 2020 and Office of Public Affairs, The American College of Greece

Supported by:
Deree Psychology Society, Deree Sociology Society, Deree International Honors Program Society

 

Organized as part of the cohort’s collective project in the context of the Millennium Fellowship Program 2020, the symposium aims at increasing awareness about the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and boosting their adaptation by enhancing their social impact on campus.

The Symposium will dive into the exploration of four out of the 17 Goals: SDG 10 – Reduced Inequalities, SGD 5 – Gender Equality, SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities, and SDG 12 – Sustainable Consumption and Production, through panel sessions with notable academics and experts in the respective fields, who will provide hands-on solutions.

This event is directly co-related with the overall sustainability efforts of ACG and will welcome a variety of guest speakers from public authorities, NGOs, academia, who will engage in panel discussions and interactive sessions with the audience. The Symposium is under the auspices of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), the Millennium Campus Network (MCN), and the Millennium Fellowship Program.

 

Program

DAY 1: Wednesday, November 11 

14:30-14:45 Welcome and Introduction

• Welcome Remarks – Claudia Carydis Benopoulou, Vice President of Public Affairs, The American College of Greece
• Deree Millennium Fellows 2020 Cohort introduce themselves (Video)
• Kehinde (Kenny) Adebiyi, Program Coordinator, Millennium Campus Network (MCN) (video)

14:45-15:00 “Athens through the eyes of ACG students”
Introduction by Deree Millennium Fellows 2020 – Video
Barbara Radmann & Maria Chatzimichail

15:00-15:10 “Strolling Incognito in Athens”: Presentation of International Honors Program’ class projects – Christos Stavrogiannis & Emmanouil Skartsilakis, Deree – ACG students

15:10-16:10 Panel Discussion “Exploring DiverCity, Exploring Inequalities”
Moderator: Dr. Chrysa Zachou, Head of the Department of Sociology, Deree – The American College of Greece

• Prof. Thomas Maloutas, Emeritus professor, Harokopio University
• Alexia Evert, Vice Mayor of Social Solidarity, City of Athens
• Dr. Lilika Trikalinou
• Chris Alefantis, Founder and Editor in Chief of “Shedia” street paper

Q&A session

16:15-17:00 Interview and video presentation with Tassos Vrettos (photographer) on his photo exhibit “Places of of Wor(th)ship: Benaki Museum”

DAY 2: Thursday, November 12 

14:30-15:30 Panel discussion “Gender Inequalities & Bringing Diversity to the Workplace”
Moderator: Dr. Chrysa Zachou, Head of the Department of Sociology, Deree – The American College of Greece

• Maria Stratigaki, Associate Professor of Gender Studies, Panteion University
• Chara Chioni-Chotouman, Attorney at law, Phd cand. LLM in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
• Maria Zarotiadou, M.Sc. in Marketing, Strategic Marketing and Business development Analyst. Gender Equality Consultant
• Stella Kasdagli, Co-founder Women On Top, Writer

Q&A Session

15:35-16:35 Panel Discussion “Athens a Sustainable City? Creating an Open, Green, Proactive and Diverse Athens”
Moderator: Dr. Stella Apostolaki, Associate Faculty – Lecturer I, Environmental Studies Program Coordinator – Department of Science and Mathematics, Chair of Academic Advisory Board of the Center of Excellence for Sustainability, The American College of Greece

• Elina Dallas, Project Manager of the Revitalisation of the Athens Historical Triangle Program (2016-19)
• Pakis Papademetriou, Manager, Corporate Quality, Athens International Airport & Chair, CR Committee, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
• Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou, Director, Victoria Square Project
• Rania Assariotaki, Sustainability Manager, Office of Public Affairs, The American College of Greece

Q&A Session

16:35-16:45 “ACG wins Athens Climathons”: Video & presentation
Introduction by Dr. Stella Apostolaki, Associate Faculty – Lecturer I, Environmental Studies Program Coordinator – Department of Science and Mathematics, Chair of Academic Advisory Board of the Center of Excellence for Sustainability, The American College of Greece

16:45-17:00 “Greening the City, Greening our Campus”

• Introduction by Dr. Stella Apostolaki, Associate Faculty – Lecturer I, Environmental Studies Program Coordinator – Department of Science and Mathematics, Chair of Academic Advisory Board of the Center of Excellence for Sustainability, The American College of Greece
• Video of Student projects on the 17 SDGs: International Honors Program students, Greening the Campus Course

DAY 3: Friday, November 13

14:30-15:30 Panel Discussion “Sustainable Consumption: Creating Diverse Solutions for Food Waste in Athens”
Moderator: Dr. Christina Marouli, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, Department of Science and Mathematics, Deree- The American College of Greece

• Vee Bougani, CEO/Co-Founder Sustainable Food Movement Greece, Founder foodity
• Alexander Theodorides, Co-founder and chief food saving warrior of Boroume
• Constantinos Machairas, Executive Director at Organization Earth
• Giorgos Keranis, Food Systems Expert

Q&A session

15:35-15:45 Video documentary on second-hand/thrift clothing stores in Athens presented by Deree Millennium Fellows 2020

15:45-16:35 Panel Discussion “Diversifying Sustainable Greek Fashion in the Context of a Proactive Athens”
Moderator: Dr. Stella Apostolaki, Associate Faculty – Lecturer I, Environmental Studies Program Coordinator – Department of Science and Mathematics, Chair of Academic Advisory Board of the Center of Excellence for Sustainability, The American College of Greece

• Dr. Fiori A. Zafeiropoulou, Country Coordinator Fashion Revolution Greece, Founder SOFFA & Research Fellow AUEB
• Stylianee Parascha, Founding President Fashion Revolution Luxembourg and Sustainable Fashion and Communications Consultant
• Valisia Gotsi and Stella Panagopoulou, 2WO+1NE=2

Q&A session

16:40-17:00 Symposium Conclusion & Remarks – Hasan Oksuz, Barbara Radman, Jo Pierri, Deree Millennium Fellows 2020

 

Additional Resources

 

UN Sustainable Development Goals Quiz
 

Video/Animation on Sustainable Fashion

Video on food waste by Boroume

Are you still dreaming how to be a Doer ? | Fiori Zafeiropoulou | TEDxAlexandroupolis

SOFFA -Social Fashion Factory

Raise Your Voice Festival 2018

 

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Speakers’ bio

 

Alexander Theodorides
Co-Founder & CEO Boroume

Alexander is one of the co-founders and the director of NGO Boroume (“We Can”), a leading food saving organization of Greece which since 2012 has saved & offered more than 40 million portions of food from thousands of donors to over 600 charities all over Greece and has been awarded with the European Citizenship Award 2017 by the European Parliament.

He has extensive experience in both the private and public sector, is a Marshall Memorial Fund Fellow and has received scholarships from the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service).

He holds degrees from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (1996-2000, Magister Artium, Political Science, Economics, International Law) and the London School of Economics (2000-2001, MSc International Relations).

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Dr Fiori A Zafeiropoulou
Country Coordinator Fashion Revolution Greece & Founder SOFFA

Fiori is an academic and a social entrepreneur; holds an award winning PHD on Social Franchising & Entrepreneurship and Cand.Post Doc on Combatting Human Rights Violations in Fashion Industry Supply Chains AUEB MSL & Nottingham University Rights Lab. She is the Project Leader of the Pilot City of Athens on Public Procurement Trafficking free supply chains. Country Coordinator of the global movement Fashion Revolution.org in Greece, the Coordinator of Raise Your Voice Festival to end modern slavery and climate crisis. Founder of Social Fashion Factory – SOFFA.gr that targets environmental regeneration and social inclusion of victims of slavery. Ranked in 100 TOP Women in Greece by Marie Claire International 2019, speaker at the International Woman Day 2020 by Athena40 and BBC news. She was the central speaker at UN Women Day ’18 & The central character of the Swiss documentary ‘One Over Many’ by Daphne Bengoa Produced by Fluxum Foundation. Executive Producer of TV Show SocialGrowth.ert.gr. Founder Refergon.com employment refugee matching platform, the rebirth of iconic Zita Hellas Sneakers and The Nest Centre on Social Entrepreneurship. Coordinator of EU COSME SmallButPerfect 1.3m€ 11 Partners and of EU Erasmus+ “Blue Social Growth”; “Social Growth for Trafficking and Refugees”; “Social & Sustainable Fashion Entrepreneurs”;  TEDx talk ‘Are you still dreaming how to be a Doer?”. Her research has been published in international conferences and research books.

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Maria Zarotiadou
Strategic Marketing and Business development Analyst. Gender Equality Consultant’

“Maria Zarotiadou is a Strategic Marketing and Business development Analyst and Gender Equality Consultant. She has a BA in Business Administration and an M.Sc. in Marketing. Maria has been trained by an E.U. program on female social entrepreneurship and is a mentor for career development. She is a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council.”

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Stella Kasdagli
Co-founder Women On Top, Writer

Stella Kasdagli is the co-founder of Women On Top, the most experienced non-profit organisation in Greece for the professional empowerment of women and for gender equality in the public sphere. She is also a published author, a translator, a book club maverick and the facilitator of impactful workshops on professional development, gender issues and social change. She previously studied French Literature in Athens, Greece, and Media Studies in London, and has worked for 10+ years as a women’s magazine and online editor. She is the recipient of the Social Impact UK Alumni Award and She has published eight books for the empowerment of girls, women and teens. She lives in Athens with her husband and two daughters.

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Stylianee Parascha
Founding President Fashion Revolution Luxembourg, Sustainable Fashion and Communications Consultant

Stylianee Parascha is the Founding President of Fashion Revolution Luxembourg and a Sustainable Fashion and Conscious Communications Consultant. Already a decade ago she was looking at how fashion is interrelated to pressing social issues and designing collections for a sustainable Athenian brand, while these days, she is doing research on how Immigration and Fashion are interconnected and can benefit from each other. She has been animating Upcycling workshops, organising fashion events, and preaching a sustainable and fashionable lifestyle in Luxembourg and beyond. She holds a Masters in Cultural Management and another one in Sustainability in Creative Industries. She is experimenting with conscious design concepts through her brand What.Eve.Wears and promotes fashion Made in Greece on every occasion.

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Pakis Papademetriou
Manager, Corporate Quality, Athens International Airport and Chair, CR Committee, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce

Pakis Papademetriou has been serving Quality and Sustainability since 1995. He is an experienced integrator of management systems and a passionate advocate for sustainability. He has received a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, both from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is also certified professional in Business Sustainability Management by the University of Cambridge (CISL). He joined Athens International Airport (AIA) in 1999 and currently he holds the position of Manager, Corporate Quality. He is the Chairman of the Corporate Responsibility Committee of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and member of the Board of UN Global Compact Hellas.

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2WO+1NE=2
Ethical Designer Brand

2WO+1NE=2 (2+1=2) is an ethical designer brand based in Athens, Greece, founded in 2017, by Stella Panagopoulou and Valisia Gotsi. Through a synthesis of MINIMALISM and DECONSTRUCTIVISM, espousing the principle of ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS, 2WO+1NE=2 aims to sound out the cultural fluidity of an increasingly nomadic generation. Focused on creating SUSTAINABLE & TAILORED READY-TO-WEAR and not a trend-follower, 2WO+1NE=2 creates long-lasting garments or even reconstructs its over-worn garments, in local production, using exclusively French and Bound seams and natural fibers, so as to contribute to the longevity of the garment. Based on the design project of NOMADISM, each collection is inspired and dedicated to a different city across the globe, drawing elements from its art scene, architecture, cinema, music and people. The brand converts the beauty and uniqueness of each place into its edgy collections, by incorporating their CRAFTSMANSHIP techniques and AESTHETIC concept. The crystallization of notions, essences and shapes of each given place, are worked into the garments themselves. 2WO+1NE=2 strives for a perpetual battle with conservatism and conventionality, envisaging clothes not as strictly functional everyday items but as MULTIDIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES, maintaining at the same time fashion’s allure and scrutinizing urge.

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Vee Bougani
CEO/Co-Founder Sustainable Food Movement Greece; Founder foodity

Vee is a social entrepreneur and a Sustainable Culinary Arts Consultant since 2013. She studied Cultural & Creative Industries at King’s College London and she has worked in the Cultural Industry over 10 years seeking funding and sponsorship for various art organizations in Greece and in the UK. She has strong managerial and communication skills and she has taken various job roles in leadership, administration and training.

She has been trained and worked as a chef since her early 20s and as of 2012 she has worked as a Culinary Arts consultant and a freelance Food & Travel Editor for various platforms such as Time Out Group, Lonely Planet, Forbes Travel Guide, CN Traveler, the Londonist & the Thrillist. Her greatest passion has always been food and she has focused career-wise on sustainability in the culinary and hospitality industry. She lived in London for more than 10 years and she has worked as a Food Sustainability Expert in charge of various culinary projects in Europe, the States and the Middle East. She has been into social entrepreneurship since 2015 and an active business mentor at the Prince’s Trust International and Founders Nation in Greece. She is an EIT Food Associate Member for South Europe and a GSTC Certified Practitioner. She is an active member of the Kosmos Initiative run by MEP Petros Kokkalis, promoting food sustainability and food policy making governance for Greece. She has worked with ASEF and the UN for promoting a food waste strategy for the Hospitality Industry. Her mission is to constantly tackle food waste and promote sustainability in the Culinary Arts Industry regionally and internationally.

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Maria Stratigaki
Associate Professor of Gender Studies, Panteion University 

Maria Stratigaki is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Policy at Panteion University, focusing on gender, social policy and gender equality policies. She served as Vice Mayor of Athens for Social Solidarity, Welfare and Equality (2014-2019). She also served as the Secretary General for Gender Equality at the Hellenic Ministry of Interior (2009-2012). From 1991 to 1999 she worked at the European Commission’s Unit on equal opportunities between women and men (DG EMPL). Furthermore, during her professional career she has also been the General Director of the Research Centre of Gender Equality- KETHI (1999-2002) and the Centre for Gender Studies of Panteion University (2007-2009).

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Dr. Lilika Trikalinou

Lilika is trained as a sociologist with a BA in Deree, an MSc in Sociology from the LSE and a PhD from Goldsmiths University London, titled “Making Visible: The inhabitation of urban public space by irregular immigrants” focusing on urban sociology. Since 2011 she is the managing director of the IEKEP, a not for profit Lifelong Learning Center in Athens, managing EU and national projects and developing educational tools and practices in a variety of fields. Before that, from 2003 she was working in the field of immigration for the NGO Nostos implementing a variety of national and EU projects focusing on integration.

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Chrysa Zachou
Head of the Department of Sociology, Deree- The American College of Greece

Chryssa Zachou is the Head of the Sociology Department at ACG. She has studied sociology in Greece (BA from Deree and Panteion University) and the UK (M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and a PhD from the University of Essex). Besides Deree, she has also taught a number of graduate and undergraduate courses at the University of Athens, the University of Piraeus and the Hellenic Open University. Her research focuses on migration, civil society organizations, gender, religion and the media. She has published a book and an edited volume in Greek and book chapters and journal articles in Greek and English and has presented papers in many international conferences. She is an active member of the International Sociological Association (ISA) and has served in the ISA’s RC 32 Women in Society Executive Board as a European representative (2014-2018). She is also a founding member of the Hellenic Sociological Society and an elected member of its Executive Board and serves in the editorial board of the Greek Sociological Review.

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Thomas Maloutas
Emeritus Professor, Department of Geography, Harokopio University

Emeritus Professor at the Department of Geography, Harokopio University. Former Director of the Institute of Urban and Rural Sociology of the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE) (2001-2012), Professor at the Department of Planning, University of Thessaly (1991-2009) and General Secretary for Research & Technology (2015-2016). His work is related to the changing social structures in metropolitan areas in the era of capitalist globalisation with a focus on issues of segregation and gentrification related to housing and broader welfare regimes. His research and published work refer mainly to the South European urban context and especially to Athens.

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Alexandra Evert
Vice-Mayor for Social Solidarity, City of Athens

Alexia (Alexandra) Evert was born, raised and lives at the heart of city of Athens, in Mets.

She studied marketing, advertising and communication in Athens and continued with graduate studies in Business Administration at the University of Westminster in London, UK. Since 1989 she was employed for several years in private companies, working in the fields of sales, marketing, human resources, communication as well as administration. From 1997 until 2006 she worked for the International Group of companies NETMED S.A., where she served at Communication Director (2002 – 2006).

In 2006 she was elected as a Municipal Councillor and served a Vice-Mayor of Health, Social Welfare and Equality.

In May of 2019 she was elected Municipal Councillor under the coalition «ΑΘΗΝΑ ΨΗΛΑ», headed by Mr. Kostas Bakogiannis, and is currently serving as Vice-Mayor of Social Solidarity in the Municipality of Athens.

Alexia Evert has also served as President of the Children and Adolescent Libraries of Greece (OPED/Ministry of Education) and served at the General Secretariat for Equality of the Ministry for the Interior, Public Administration & Decentralization and the Research Center for Gender Equality (KETHI).  In addition, she has worked pro-bono in the Municipality of Athens, the Ministry of the Presidency and the New Democracy Party in the fields of communication, planning, organization and cultural events, while she still participates in charitable and cultural activities of organizations such as “Make A Wish”, ELEPAP, the Benaki Museum, etc.

In 2004 she received the award “Manager of the Year”, earning the first audience prize for her work with the organization “Women of the Year.” She is the daughter of Miltiades and Liza Evert. In 1999, she married Giorgios Alvertis, who then served as General Director of Eurobank and CEO of Eurobank Cards, with whom she has a 20 year-old son.

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Christos Alefantis
founder, Shedia street paper

Chris Alefantis was born in Melbourne, Australia, where his parents immigrated in the mid-50s. He is a journalist with more than 30 years’ experience. He is the founder and Editor in Chief of “Shedia”, Greece’s only street paper, which launched in March 2013. “Shedia” –as all street papers worldwide- is a social enterprise and self-help model that provide an innovative solution to urban homelessness and unemployment. It offers people a dignified way to earn their own living and support themselves and their families. In addition to employment, “Shedia” aims to offer its vendors ongoing social support and training opportunities. “Shedia” is a member of the International Network of Street Papers. In 2006, he founded the “Kick Out Poverty” campaign in Greece, incorporating the Greek Homeless Football Club. It is an initiative which uses sport and, in particular football, as a way to energize homeless people and support them in their quest to rebuild their lives. Since 2007, The Greek Homeless Team is a member of the international social and sporting movement “Homeless World Cup”.

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Dr. Stella Apostolaki
Associate Faculty – Lecturer I, Environmental Studies Program Coordinator – Department of Science and Mathematics, Chair of Academic Advisory Board of the Center of Excellence for Sustainability, The American College of Greece

Dr. Stella Apostolaki is Associate Faculty – Lecturer I and Program Coordinator of the BSc/(Hons) in Environmental Studies, Department of Science and Mathematics, DEREE – the American College of Greece (ACG). She is Chair of the Academic Advisory Board of the Center of Excellence for Sustainability (ACG). She holds a BSc/(Hons) in Environmental Science, MSc in Urban Water and Environmental Management and PhD on sustainable urban drainage systems and river management options, obtained from the Abertay University, U.K. She has worked for several years as a researcher in collaboration with Universities, Research Institutions and Authorities. Her main research interests include: climate change, sustainable development, the implementation of the 17 sustainable development goals, integrated water management and innovation, sustainable stormwater management, water scarcity, conservation of biodiversity, protected areas, public and school environmental education, green urban planning with emphasis on amenity and biodiversity.

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Chara Chioni-Chotouman
Attorney at law, Phd cand. LLM in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure

Chara Chioni-Chotouman is a Lawyer, working at the Centre for Research on Women’s Issues (CRWI) “Diotima” providing legal advice and representation to victims of gender-based violence and conducting trainings on the issue. She is also a PhD candidate in the Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens-Law School. Her PhD is on Victims’ Rights in Criminal Procedure, for which she has received a full merit-based scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation (I.K.Y). She has published several articles (in English and Greek) and delivered speeches both in Greece and abroad. She speaks Greek, English, French and German.

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Elina Dallas
Project Manager of the Revitalisation of the Athens Historical Triangle Program (2016-19)

Elina Dallas re-imagines, designs and manages the transformation of public and private spaces through human-centered urban design and upcycling. She is the principal of Spaceimagineering.

Elina has been the Project Manager of the Revitalization of Athens Commercial Triangle Program of the Municipality of Athens supported by an exclusive donation from Stavros Niarchos Foundation (2016-2019). She has extended experience in programs of urban scale serving as Special Advisor of the Greek Minister of Culture, and Special Aide at the General Secretariat of the Prime Minister of Greece, coordinating a Ministers City Centre Planning Committee (2010-2012). Elina has been a member of the Board of Directors at the Unification of Archaeological Sites of Athens SA, and was the City Operations Manager for ATHOC for 4 years.

Elina Dallas has experience in raising sponsor funds for city scale projects, and her work in Athens has been praised by the International Olympic Committee as an “Olympic First”. As a freelance architect (1987 – ) Elina specializes in restoring listed buildings and an active member of numerous non-profit environmental and architectural heritage associations.

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Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou
Director, Victoria Square Project

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou, is the Director of Victoria Square Project. Since 2014, she is the co-founder of MΕΣΑ Museum of Free Thinking People, a contemporary art outreach project for prisoners in Greece. Before joining VSP she worked as Director of Art in Public Space at Eleusis 2021 European capital of Culture, and contributed in documenta 14 as Community Liaison for Athens, working closely to its Artistic Director Adam Szymczyk. With an academic background in architecture and cultural management (MA), her research interests focus on socially and politically engaged art projects and the public space as a constellation of political and social transformations. Her work experience involves working at a wide range of institutions, projects and artists, like The Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice, IT), Maria Papadimitriou’s T.A.M.A. and Souzy Tros (Athens, GR), The Museum of Cycladic Art (Athens, GR), Viafarini DOCVA (Milan, IT) and the Venice Biennial through the Greek and American Pavilion (Venice, IT) teams. Niovi is currently a Fellow at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Public Humanities Initiative.

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Rania Assariotaki
Sustainability Manager, Office of Public Affairs, The American College of Greece

Rania Assariotaki joined the American College of Greece in 2008. She currently holds the position of ACG Sustainability Manager at the Office Public Affairs. Previously she has served in the field of customer service. She holds a BA in Hispanic Language and Civilization from the Hellenic Open University and an MSc in Marketing from ALBA at The American College of Greece. In 2015 she was certified as a GRI G4 reporter and in July 2016 received her certification as Sustainability (CSR) Practitioner approved by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA). Also, she has received certifications on: Carbon Reduction Strategy, Sustainability Reporting, Social Impact Assessment & SROI.  In August 1019, she has been certified as a Sustainability Management professional and on High Impact Leadership from the Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge.

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Constantinos Machairas
Executive Director at Organization Earth

Constantinos is the Executive Director of Organization Earth, a Greek civil society organization that offers transformative learning on sustainable lifestyles as well as organizing collective action on global citizenship. He is a member of the Steering Committee of SDG Watch EU Europe’s largest cross-sectoral alliance of NGOs with the goal of holding governments to account for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. He also serves as the General Secretary of IFOAM AgriBioMediterraneo, the regional group consisting of the Mediterranean members of the International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movement (IFOAM). Since November 2016, Constantinos has been the President of the Hellenic Platform for Development the Greek coalition of NGOs promoting the SDGs. Member of the Boards of Directors at ActionAid Hellas, at specialized Vocational Training Center Margarita for people with intellectual disabilities, member of the Global Council at the Global Call to Action Against Poverty a network of over 11,000 CSOs organized in 58 national coalitions and of the temporary Steering Committee of the recently established UN Global Compact Greece.

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Giorgos Keranis
Management consultant – Food systems expert

Giorgos Keranis is an organization and marketing management professional with a particular focus on food systems, social entrepreneurship and organizational change. Since 1999 he has been involved in food systems operations in areas such as production, market, research, civic engagement and public policy. He has specialized in the development of organic farmers’ markets in Greece, action learning programs through community kitchens, market research and strategy, and has introduced a sustainable food policy in the municipality of Athens.

His university background combines Sociology and Business Administration (BA) at the University of Vermont and graduate studies in Philosophy at the University of London – London School of Economics.

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Dr. Christina Marouli
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, Department of Science and Mathematics, Deree – The American College of Greece

Dr. Christina Marouli is teaching at the Environmental Studies B.Sc. program of DEREE – the American College of Greece, where she also founded and directed (for 7 years) the Center of Excellence for Sustainability. In addition, she has extensive experience as a consultant and a free-lance researcher on environmental and occupational safety health issues in the private sector, as well as an expert of EU funded environmental projects (under LIFE or Urban Innovative Action initiatives). She has worked with NGOs focusing on women’s and children’s issues (i.e. Director of Save the Children, Greece; responsible for development education programmes at the YWCA, Greece), while she was a co-founder of the Emergency Research Center (NGO).

She has studied biochemistry (B.A.), Urban and environmental policy (M.A.) and sociology (PhD) in the United States, with a specialisation on the urban environment, health and social inequalities. She has been the recipient of a Fulbright award during which she collaborated with a Turkish professor and did research on multicultural environmental education programmes. Her research interests include sustainable – healthy – smart cities, food waste, Education for Sustainability, and education for behavioural and social change.

When: November 10, 2020 | 10:00-14:00 by appointment

Organized by: Office of Career Services

Practice your online interview skills for the Virtual Career Fair by having a Mock (practice) interview a few days before!

Get feedback on your interview skills by an experienced recruiter on November 10,2020.

Limited sessions available. Book your place by November 5!

• Sign-in the Career Portal
• Go to “Jobs and Internships” Tab
• Search with Keyword “Mock Interview”
• Apply to one of the positions offered!

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Online Event

When: Friday, October 30, 2020 | 09:00 – 13:00 (EET-Athens)

8th ECAS | European Corporate Aviation Summit

A virtual conference that brings together leading aviation industry professionals, including C-suite, for a discussion on current trends, best practices, challenges and growth prospects of the corporate aviation sector.

Co-organized by:

• Center of Excellence in Logistics, Shipping, and Transportation, The American College of Greece
• Center of Excellence in Tourism & Leisure, The American College of Greece
• Aeropodium

 

Attendance by invitation only.

You may view the program here.

For more information press here.

A HYBRID PAN-EUROPEAN FESTIVAL ON THE STATE OF FREEDOM IN EUROPE TODAY

When: October 30-November 1, 2020
Where: All three days of the Freiraum Festival (30-31/10 and 1/11) are open to the public and will be live-streamed on the festival website (www.freiraumfestival.eu)

FRSFPA is participating with an intervention by Dr. Effie Halivopoulou

What is the state of freedom in Europe today? This is a question that has grown even more urgent in the coronavirus era. The Goethe-Institut together with its partners from the Freiraum platform is bringing together thinkers and people in culture and the arts from all over Europe to address that question at the Freiraum Festival from October 30 to November 1, 2020. In virtual as well as local events in Brussels, Berlin and 18 other European cities, they will be discussing new perspectives and alliances in Europe in the framework of Germany’s EU Council presidency. In addition to keynote talks by sociologist Eva Illouz and political scientist Ivan Krastev as well as various panel discussions and performances, a “Freiraum Manifesto” will be officially presented to EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel.

 

Since 2017, the Goethe-Instituts in Europe have been working together with over fifty partners on the Freiraum project to explore what freedom means in Europe today. Where is freedom in jeopardy and how can it be shored up? Civil liberties are increasingly curtailed by growing nationalist and populist movements. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, public and private liberties in Europe are currently restricted by social distancing rules, curfews and quarantines, and closed borders. At the same time, art and culture in all its forms has never entered into people’s homes as much as now. How is the art world facing the challenges ahead, in terms of contents and formats?

To mark Germany’s EU Council presidency, the Goethe-Institut will be joining our partners in the Freiraum Platform to hold a hybrid Freiraum Festival, an open conversation about the new realities in pandemic-stricken Europe and about solidarity-based action for a resilient and inclusive society. From 30 October to 1 November, a multitude of European voices and perspectives will be coming together in Brussels, Berlin and 18 other European cities. The lineup comprises an online summit of live and pre-recorded discussions, talks and performances, which can be accessed Europe-wide, as well as live physical events in 20 European cities, from Brussels and Berlin to Athens, Turin and Prague.On October 30, after a welcome address by Goethe-Institut Secretary-General Johannes Ebert, slam poet Samira Saleh will read the Freiraum Manifesto aloud in Brussels and officially present the document to Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth. The Manifesto is a call to keep diversity alive and thriving in Europe. The Bulgarian political scientist Ivan Krastev, winner of the 2020 Jean Améry Prize for European Essay-Writing, will follow with a keynote talk entitled “’Start Worrying. Details to Follow…’ – Reflections on the State of Freedom in Europe”. In a panel discussion afterwards, Johannes Ebert will discuss with Ivan Krastev and sociologist Eva Illouz about the “new normal” in the aftermath of the lockdown. Their conversation forms part of the Neue Wir-Erzählungen debate series held by the Goethe-Institut in association with the ARD liaison office in Brussels and the German weekly Die Zeit. The focus of the series is on questions like: What new narratives about Europe can we develop collectively and tell one another? Who do we want to be, and where do we want to go together? What do we need to advance the political, economic, cultural and social agenda of the European Union and Europe as a whole?

On the second day of the festival (October 31), Eva Illouz will be opening the online programme with a talk on “Can the home provide a safe haven in a crisis-ridden world? Reflections on the political consequences of Covid19.” The sociologist and writer will be exploring “our own four walls”, the private realm often invoked as both a refuge and a prison. The Covid19 crisis in particular has put traditional conceptions of privacy, family and home severely to the test. What are the resultant challenges and how are they intertwined with the basic institutions of society? The keynote will be followed by two rounds of discussions with social scientists, artists and activists on “The Ongoing Biopolitical Democrisis” and “Social Movements & Emerging Solidarities”, including contributions by Italian writer and media theorist Franco Bifo Berardi, Italian theorist and activist Tiziana Terranova, Kashmiri writer and economist Nitasha Kaul, and New York-based British artist Liam Gillick. Among other things, they will be exploring the role of social movements, and how to generate new solidarities and alliances in Europe.

The panel discussions will be rounded out by artistic interventions and experimental performances especially made for the online format, as well as live connections with the local events held by the Freiraum partners. A duo of presenters will emcee the festival programme live from the studio.

On 1 November 2020, the online programme will resume, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut’s Common Lab project. Under the title “State of the Arts – New Formats and Audiences”, culture and arts professionals from Europe and the United States, including Thomas Oberender, Helgard Haug, Daria Mille, Julieta Aranda and Mark Titchner, will be discussing the new challenges for the art world posed by the Corona pandemic with regard to the production, distribution, marketing and reception of works of art. They will also be assessing the opportunities afforded by new formats, ways of involving the public, and artistic representation as a form of political resistance.

 

Local events

In addition to the Online Summit, a number of physical events will be held in 20 European cities.

 

Freiraum Festival virtual European press lunch

October 15, 2020, 12:30 (CET) on Zoom

Registration form for virtual press lunch:

www.freiraumfestival.eu/press

 

The artistic directors will present the upcoming programme and highlights

 

Detailed festival programme (EN)

www.freiraumfestival.eu

 

Media information (EN/DE)

www.freiraumfestival.eu/press

 

FREIRAUM project (EN/DE)

www.goethe.de/freiraum

 

The Goethe-Institut’s Freiraum project, launched in 2017, works with 53 partners in culture and the arts, the research community and civil society in 42 different countries to assess the state of freedom in Europe.

The Freiraum Festival is co-organized by a team of curators from our partner network under the artistic direction of ArtBOX Creative Arts Management. The last day of the festival will involve the collaboration of Common Lab, an “excellence project” of the Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki & ArtBOX and TIF-Helexpo (GR).

The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s worldwide cultural institute. With 157 institutes in 98 countries around the world, we promote the study of German abroad, engage in international cultural exchange and convey an up-to-date image of contemporary Germany. Thanks to partnerships with institutions in a great many other locations, the Goethe-Institut has about a thousand points of contact worldwide. As a national and European cultural institute, the Goethe-Institut is committed to a vision of progressive European integration, and in our various activities we steadfastly strive to reinforce the core values of the European Union: liberty, equality and openness. The Goethe-Institut maintains 52 institutes in Europe.

 

Other projects by the Goethe-Institut to mark Germany’s EU Council presidency:

www.goethe.de/eu2020

 

Further information about the German Federal Government’s official cultural programme during Germany’s EU Council presidency:

www.eu2020.de

 

FREIRAUM FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

Friday, October 30, 2020 (18:30-22:30)

Festival opening
Live streams from various cities across Europe
Livecast on www.freiraumfestival.eu

18:30
Musical intro: Freiraum Rhapsody
Concept by Edit Pula, composed by Fatos Qerimaj (Tirana, 2018), directed by Floris Lammens

18:35-19:00
Opening address by Secretary-General of the Goethe-Institut Johannes Ebert
Presentation of the Freiraum Platform by Christos Savvidis, Director of ArtBOX, Thessaloniki, Artistic Co-Director of the Festival, representative of the Freiraum Partners

19:00-19:30
Keynote: “’Start worrying. Details to follow…’ – Reflections on the State of Freedom in Europe” by Ivan Krastev, political scientist, chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna

19:30
The Freiraum Manifesto: Poetry slam performance
Symbolic and artistic reading of the Freiraum Manifesto by slam poet Samira Saleh and official hand over of the Manifesto to Mariya Gabriel, EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth

20:00-21:30
Panel discussion: “The ‘new normal’ after lockdown?” with Eva Illouz (Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, author), Ivan Krastev (political scientist, chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna) and Johannes Ebert (Secretary General of the Goethe-Institut). Moderator: Matthias Krupa, Europe editor for Die Zeit.

The discussion, which forms part of the “Neue Wir-Erzählungen” (“New Collective Narratives”) series, is co-organized by ARD liaison office in Brussels and Die Zeit.

21:35-22:15
Concert: Performance of Freiraum Rhapsody
Concept: Edit Pula, Composer: Fatos Qerimaj (Tirana, 2018), Conductor: Floris Lammens

 

Saturday, October 31, 2020

THE STATE OF FREEDOM IN EUROPE TODAY:
THE ONGOING BIOPOLITICAL CRISIS, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND EMERGING SOLIDARITIES

Online Summit 14:00-19:00, Livecast on www.freiraumfestival.eu
Local events will be held in parallel in 20 European cities

14:00-14:10
Welcome address by Johannes Ebert (Secretary-General of the Goethe-Institut)

14:10-14:30
Keynote talk: “Can the home provide a safe haven in a crisis-ridden world? Reflections on the political consequences of Covid19” by Eva Illouz (Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, author)

14:30-14:45
Artistic intervention

14:45-16:15
Session 1: The Ongoing Biopolitical Demo-Crisis 
With contributions by: Franco Bifo Berardi (writer), Tiziana Terranova (Associate Professor in Cultural Studies and Digital Media at the Università degli Studi di Napoli ‘L’Orientale’), ​Andreas Weber (Dr., Biologist, Philosopher and Nature Writer, University of the Arts, Berlin)
Moderator: Liam Gillick (artist)

16:15-16:45
Artistic intervention

16:45-18:15
Session 2: Social movements and emerging solidarities
With contributions by: Alfredo Saad Filho (Professor of Political Economy and International Development in the Department of International Development at King’s College London), Nitasha Kaul (Novelist and Academic, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, London), Svetlana Slapsak (Prof. of Anthropology of Ancient Worlds, Anthropology of Gender and Balkanology, Former Dean of ISH, Ljubljana Graduate School in Humanities)
Moderator: Anna Carastathis (political theorist, Co-Director of the Feminist Autonomous Centre for Research in Athens)

18:15-18:45
Artistic intervention

18:45-19:00
Concluding remarks

 

Sunday, November 1, 2020

THE STATE OF THE ARTS: NEW FORMATS AND AUDIENCES

Online Summit: Live streams from various European cities
Livecast on www.freiraumfestival.eu
(in association with the Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki’s Common Lab project & ArtBOX within the framework of the Goethe-Institut’s Excellence Initiatives 2020-21 and in association with TIF-Helexpo (GR))

REMEDIATION & DIGITISATION
Helgard Haug (author and director, Co-founder of Rimini Protokoll)
Daria Mille (Curator at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe)
Ben Vickers (Chief Technology Officer, Serpentine Galleries)

AUTHOR / CREATOR, ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIES, PRECARIOUS LABOUR FUNCTIONS
Julieta Aranda (artist, co-director of e-flux)
Gregory Sholette (artist, writer, activist and teacher)

COMMONING
Mark Beasley (curator and curatorial director, Pace Gallery, New York)
Eric Ellingsen (landscape urbanist and artist)
Mark Titchner (artist)

INSTITUTIONS
Ash Bulayev (Director of Onassis AiR & independent curator)
Thomas Oberender (Director of Berliner Festspiele, Artistic Director of Martin Gropius Bau – Immersion Programme)

Moderators: Dr. Sotirios Bahtsetzis (art theorist, curator, scientific advisor of Common Lab, Research Director of ArtBOX.gr)
with Christos Savvidis (artistic director of Common Lab and founding director, ArtBOX.gr)
and Lydia Chatziiakovou (curator of Common Lab, Co-Director of ArtBOX.gr)

An Online Event

 

The burden of road traffic accidents in Greece

Eleftherios Oikonomou

Deputy Minister of Citizen’s Protection

 

Driving behavior in Greece 2020: A national survey

Panagiotis Behrakis

Pulmonologist – Intensivist

Director, Institute of Public Health – The American College of Greece

 

When:

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 19:00 – 20:00 (EEST-Athens)

 

Organized by:

Institute of Public Health – The American College of Greece

 

The lecture will be held in Greek.

You can watch it here.

 

Information: +30 210 331 4755

You can watch the videos of previous lectures here.

 

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Speakers’ bio

 

Professor Panagiotis Behrakis

Please click here.

 

 

 

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Eleftherios Oikonomou

Deputy Minister of Citizens’ Protection, Eleftherios Oikonomou

He has joined the Force of the former Hellenic Germaderie in 1974 and graduated from the Officer Police Academy in 1981. He has served in various line as well as staff Services mainly related to state security.

He has attended multiple specialized seminars, in Greece as well as abroad, related to matters of police interest and has taken part in task forces within the framework of the European Union. He has actively taken part in the struggle for the recognition of the unionism right of the Hellenic Police personnel. Ηe is the First Honorary Vice President of the Hellenic Federation of Police Officers.

He has served as the first Press Spokesman of the Hellenic Police and the Ministry of Public Order and has held this position from March 2001 until March 2006. He had the responsibility, among others, for the communication strategy during the dismantling of the terrorist groups of 17N and ELA., during the Greek Presidency in the EU in 2003 and during the Olympic Games in 2004, always from a security perspective.

As a high ranking Officer he has served with the rank of Police Brigadier General, as Director of the Alien Division of Attica and as First Deputy Director of the Security Division of Attica until March 2008, when he was promoted to the rank of Police Major General and was placed as General Director of VIP Security.

On March 3, 2009 he was promoted to the rank of Police Lieutenant General and was placed as General Police Inspector of Southern Greece. On November 5, 2009 he resumed duties of the Chief of the Hellenic Police. He served as Chief of the Hellenic Police from November 5, 2009 to October 17, 2011. On November 5, 2011, by a joint decision of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Citizen Protection, he was placed as General Secretary of Public Order at the Ministry of Citizen Protection. Οn March 7, 2012, by decision of the Prime Minister Mr. Loukas Papademos, he was placed as Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection. On May 17, 2012, during the establishment of transitional Government of Panayiotis Pikrammenos, he took over the Ministry of Citizen Protection, until the elections on June 17, 2012.

During the period December 21, 2012 to December 31, 2018 he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).

On July 9, 2019, following a decision by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, he was placed as Deputy Minister responsible for Crime Policy.

A hybrid interactive dialogue

 

Speakers

Dr. Haris Vlavianos

Director of the Institute of Global Affairs, The American College of Greece 

Dr. Harry Papasotiriou

Chairman of the Institute of International Relations, Panteion University

 

Organized by

Institute of Global Affairs, The American College of Greece &
Institute of International Relations, Panteion University

With the support of

Deree International Relations and European Affairs Society & Deree Student Association

 

When: Thursday, October 15, 2020 | 14:30 – 15:30
Where: ACG Events Hall – The American College of Greece & online

 

In-person event for a limited number of first-come, first-served attendees. To secure a seat, please register here.

You may join the event online (Zoom webinar) here.

Free and open to the public.

 

Speakers’ Bio

Haris Vlavianos

Haris Vlavianos is Professor of History, History of Ideas and Political Theory at the American College of Greece. He is also a well-known contemporary Greek poet, critic, translator and editor.

His doctoral thesis entitled, Greece 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War was published by Macmillan (1992) and won the “Fafalios Prize”.

Haris Vlavianos holds a BSc, Economics and Philosophy, University of Bristol and a MPhil and DPhil in Politics and History, University of Oxford (Trinity College, Oxford).

He has published numerous articles on contemporary Greek history and politics and ten collections of poetry, the most recent being Vacation in Reality (2009) [won the “Diavazo” Poetry Prize] and Sonnets of Despair (2011) [short-listed for the National Poetry Prize]. He has also published a collection of thoughts and aphorisms on poetry and language and poetics.

He is the editor of the literary Greek journal Ποιητική (Poetics), considered to be the most prestigious literary journal in Greece. His poetry has been translated into German, Dutch, Italina, Spanish, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Albanian and Croatian, and has appeared in numerous European and American journals and anthologies.

For his contribution in promoting Italian literature in Greece, through his translations and essays, the President of the Italian Republic bestowed upon him the title of “Cavaliere of the Arts and Letters”.

Harry Papasotiriou

Professor Harry Papasotiriou is Chairman of the Department of International, European and Area Studies at Panteion University and Director of the Institute of International Relations, Athens, Greece.

He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford and got an MA and a Ph.D. (1992) from Stanford’s Political Science Department.

He is co-author of America Since 1945: The American Moment (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, second edition 2010) and has published books and articles on the Balkans since the end of the Cold War, the War of Greek Independence, Byzantine grand strategy, American politics and foreign policy, the role of the diaspora in Greek foreign policy and international politics in the twenty-first century.

 

For more information, please contact College Events-Office of Public Affairs, [email protected]

Ημέρες Συμβουλευτικής Σπουδών και Καριέρας στο Deree σε συνεργασία με την Orientum

12-16 Οκτωβρίου 2020 | 10:00-16:00

Είσαι απόφοιτος λυκείου;
Αναζητάς τον κατάλληλο κλάδο σπουδών που θα σε οδηγήσει σε αυτό που ονειρεύεσαι;
Είσαι ανάμεσα σε δύο ή περισσότερες κατευθύνσεις σπουδών;
Θέλεις να δώσεις επιπλέον αξία στις σπουδές σου στο ελληνικό πανεπιστήμιο;

Σε όποια κατηγορία κι αν ανήκεις, τo Deree – The American College of Greece είναι εδώ με τις Ημέρες Συμβουλευτικής Σπουδών και Καριέρας, στις 12-16 Οκτωβρίου, για να σε βοηθήσει να πάρεις τη σωστή απόφαση που θα αναδείξει τις κλίσεις και τα ταλέντα σου!

Η ενέργεια, που πραγματοποιείται ανάμεσα στο Deree και τους Συμβούλους Σταδιοδρομίας της Orientum, στοχεύει να βοηθήσει τους νέους να λάβουν όλα τα απαραίτητα εφόδια και τις γνώσεις για να  χαράξουν την κατάλληλη στρατηγική ώστε να πραγματοποιήσουν τα όνειρα και τους στόχους τους.

Οι συμμετέχοντες θα έχουν την ευκαιρία να συμπληρώσουν δωρεάν το “HORIZON” – το έγκυρο τεστ Επαγγελματικών Ενδιαφερόντων της Orientum. Το τεστ αποτελεί ένα ευρύ ψυχομετρικό εργαλείο που κατασκευάστηκε στη χώρα μας για τη μέτρηση των επαγγελματικών ενδιαφερόντων των Ελλήνων μαθητών και φοιτητών και θα παρέχεται δωρεάν σε όλους όσοι δηλώσουν συμμετοχή. Παράλληλα οι ενδιαφερόμενοι θα έχουν τη δυνατότητα να συμμετάσχουν σε ατομικές συναντήσεις με εξειδικευμένους συμβούλους του Deree και της Orientum.

 

Ημέρες Συμβουλευτικής Σπουδών και Καριέρας από το Deree και την Orientum.  

Βάλε τις βάσεις για το μέλλον σου σήμερα!

 

Δηλώστε συμμετοχή

Join our info session to find out why The American College of Greece (ACG) is the right place for you to earn your Bachelor’s degree!

Oct 8, 2020 07:00 PM in Athens

 

Watch our webinar and discover the ACG advantage:

• 34 innovative programs of study, 6 cooperative programs with Clarkson University and 49 minors
• American education in the heart of Greece offering an internationally accredited degree
• Impressive campus and facilities
• Competitive tuition and Merit Scholarships
• Internships with top international companies in Greece and abroad

Register to participate in our info session and have all your questions answered by our Admissions Counselors.

 

A Masterclass by Dr. Constantinos Filis, Executive Director – Institute of International Relations, Panteion University

When: Thursday, October 8, 2020 | 18:00 – 20:00
Where: 7^th Level Auditorium

A free of charge session exclusively offered to ACG students, faculty and staff

In-person event for a limited number of first-come, first-served attendees. To secure a seat, please register here.

You may join the event online (MS Teams) here.

 

Abstract

In the wake of the recent escalation of tensions in the region, the main security challenges (migration flows, economic stagnation) and threats (jihadist terrorism, dysfunctional states) will be examined, as well as the prospects (energy as a potential catalyst) of the region.

Given the fluid situation and the conflicting environment at the three levels (global, regional, community), the Eastern Mediterranean has become one of the focal points of global interest, with powerful actors from outside the region competing for influence and footholds, regional powers attempting to exploit the power vacuum left by the (partial) shift of U.S. attention away from the region, and the EU trying to mitigate the impact of regional powers on its interests.

Where does Greece stand on this? What is the agenda of the key players, and what factors will determine whether the situation stabilizes or destabilizes?

 

Speaker’s Bio

Dr. Constantinos Filis, Executive Director – Institute of International Relations, Panteion University

Executive Director at the Institute of International Relations, Panteion University, Athens.

Elected in November 2007 and served for two years as Senior Associate Member at St Antony’s College, Oxford University and as Research Fellow at South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX), Oxford University.

Between December 2013 and January 2015, he served as Chairman of Project Management Group at the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change.

From mid-2013 to early 2015 he was Member of the Committee of the Center for Security Studies, which examined the threat of forms of radicalism to national security.

He has conducted a number of studies and advised international and Greek corporations.

He lectures at the Hellenic Naval Staff and Command College, at the Hellenic National Defense College and at the Police Academy.  He is also teaching in post-graduate degrees, as well as at the Open University of the Book Arcade.

He is currently member of the BoD of Piraeus Asset Management, the Greek-Turkish Forum, The Institute of Energy for South-East Europe, The Foundation for Thracean Art and Tradition and the board of the Delphi Economic Forum. He is also Director of the International Olympic Truce Centre and energy and geoeconomics advisor to the Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association.

His most recent books are “Refugees, Europe, Insecurity”, “Turkey, Islam, Erdogan”, “A Closer Look at Russia and its Influence in the World” and “Greece in its neighbourhood”.

 

Join our info session on Thursday, October 8, 2020, 01:00 PM (Eastern Time – US & Canada)

 

Has quarantine ignited your wanderlust? Then, pack your bags – wander over to The American College of Greece to discover the wonder of Athens!

Did you know that students are exempt from the travel ban?
Don’t let COVID-19 disrupt your education!

Join our Info Session, and discover why ACG is the right place for you to earn your bachelor’s degree.

 

Thursday, October 8, 2020, 01:00 PM (Eastern Time – US & Canada)

Learn about the advantages of an ACG education including:

• Our innovative undergraduate programs offered across 3 schools: The School of Business and Economics, The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and The Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts
• Earning a US-accredited degree in a European setting
• Competitive Tuition & Fees for students on a budget
• State-of-the-art campus facilities
• Rich academic and social life awaiting you in the Greek capital

Complete the registration form below to join us on October 8, and have all your questions answered.

 

Webinars are open to high school students, transfer students, students who’ve never attended college, and their guests.

Round Table Discussion (online)

 

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 19:00 (EEST-Athens)

 

Moderator 

Professor Panagiotis Behrakis

Pulmonologist – Intensivist

Director, Institute of Public Health – The American College of Greece

 

Lectures

COVID-19 epidemiology: what we know and what we’re not so sure about

[Επιδημιολογία του νέου κορωνοϊού: Αυτά που ξέρουμε και αυτά για τα οποία δεν είμαστε τόσο βέβαιοι]

Theodore Lytras

Assistant Professor of Public Health, European University of Cyprus

 

COVID-19 pandemics: vaccines and therapeutic algorithms

[Πανδημία COVID-19: Εμβόλια για πρόληψη & θεραπευτικοί αλγόριθμοι εντός και εκτός νοσοκομείου]

George Saroglou

Professor Emeritus, Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA)

 

Latest data on pregnancy and COVID-19

[Εγκυμοσύνη & COVID-19: Νεότερα Δεδομένα]

Stefanos Chandakas

Obstetrician-Gynaecologist, Chairman of the Board of Directors MITERA Ηospital

Founder & Chairman of HOPEgenesis

 

Organized by: Institute of Public Health (IPH) – The American College of Greece

 

You can watch the Round Table Discussion online here.

The event will be held in Greek.

 

You can watch all IPH recorded lectures here.

 

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Speakers’ bio

 

Professor Panagiotis Behrakis

Please click here.

 

Theodore Lytras

Dr. Theodore Lytras is Assistant Professor of Public Health at the European University Cyprus School of Medicine. He is an epidemiologist and occupational physician, with a PhD in occupational epidemiology from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and an MPH from the National School of Public Health in Athens, Greece. Dr. Lytras has many years of experience in infectious disease surveillance working for the Greek National Public Health Organization, and his research interests also include environmental epidemiology, study design methods and biostatistics.

 

George Saroglou

Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases, NKUA, George Saroglou, currently holds the following positions:

• Member of the SARS2-CoV-2 Group of Experts, Ministry of Health
• Director Internal Medicine Clinic, Metropolitan Hospital, Athens
• Infectious Diseases Consultant, Onassis Cardiovascular Center
• Member of the European Centre of Disease Prevention & Control (ECDC) Management Board

Former President of the Greek Center for Infectious Diseases Control (KEELPNO), Professor Saroglou has also served in the position of Director of Public Hospitals’ Internal Medicine Clinics, since 1984 (Evangelismos Hospital/ ELENA Maternity Hospital, Agoioii Anargyri).

 

Stefanos Chandakas

Dr. Stefanos Chandakas is Obstetrician-Gynecologist, graduate and a PhD holder from the Medical School of the University of Athens, while he earned his MBA from Imperial College, London. He trained in the United Kingdom and in the United States in the fields of obstetrics, gynecology and laparoscopic/robotic surgery. He has served in significant positions in the private sector hospitals for the last 12 years, while he established gynecological centers and IVF units in Greece and abroad. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mitera Hospital, Hygeia Group. In addition to his extensive career, Dr. Stefanos Chandakas has developed intense philanthropic activity for the last 14 years. In 2015 he found HOPEgenesis, awarded in 2018 by the European Union as the best NGO in Greece, aiming at overthrowing the climate of low birth rate in Greece.

When: October 6-9
Where:Deree Main Corridor, ACG Events Hall, Deree Zen Garden, Zoom Meetings

Organized by: ACG Health and Wellness Center

The last few months have been a much-needed wake-up call pressing us to re-examine our priorities and recognize what brings meaning to our life. Furthering wellness is crucial in order to be able to accept, adapt and advance in our life journeys. Join us through our 4-day fest and discover what needs to change, how to adapt, and eventually advance with resilience.

Find the program here.

TUESDAY, OCT. 6 ZOOM JOIN HERE

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7 ZOOM JOIN HERE

THURSDAY, OCT. 8 ZOOM JOIN HERE

FRIDAY, OCT. 9 ZOOM JOIN HERE

 

Know Your Speakers

For more information or if you are having difficulty connecting on zoom please email [email protected]

When:
Monday, October 5, 2020, 18:00-20:00

Organized by:

ThinkBiz 

Free Livestreaming Only

 

Do you want to develop your soft skills and gain a competitive edge in work – and life?

If yes, do not lose the chance to create your future self! MindFlow2020 #DigitalEdition is here for the second consecutive year, only with a different format!

This is a two-week digital event, starting 21^st September to 5^th October, offering a unique interactive experience with lectures, specialized workshops, interactive quizzes and multiple real-time happenings and activities. In this context, three (3) mini Events will be livestreamed directly from Deree – The American College of Greece, Saturday 26th September, Saturday 3rd October and Monday 5th October, at ThinkBiz YouTube channel.

 

First Week: “Create your mindset”

Learn the first steps for setting foundations of an effective development with themes such as Communication & Body Language, Innovative Thinking, Project Management as well as a CV & LinkedIn Building Workshop

 

Second Week: “Expand your Business Flow”

Expand your professional skills for a successful career with lectures on Leadership, Risk Taking, Business Etiquette, Adaptability as well as with a Sales Simulation Workshop.

 

Live: Monday, October 5, 2020 Livestreaming from Deree – The American College of Greece

18:00 Welcome Remarks

18:15 Quiz

18:30 Life Coaching | Stefanos Xenakis – Author, Speaker

19:30 Quiz

19:45 Grand Quiz

20:00 Closing Remarks

 

ThinkBiz is the first student entrepreneurship organization club in Greece. It is based in the  Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) with the aim to promote a entrepreneurship culture and connect the business ecosystem with the university.

When:
Saturday, October 3, 2020, 11:00-14:00

Organized by:

ThinkBiz 

Free Livestreaming Only

 

Do you want to develop your soft skills and gain a competitive edge in work – and life?

If yes, do not lose the chance to create your future self! MindFlow2020 #DigitalEdition is here for the second consecutive year, only with a different format!

This is a two-week digital event, starting 21^st September to 5^th October, offering a unique interactive experience with lectures, specialized workshops, interactive quizzes and multiple real-time happenings and activities. In this context, three (3) mini Events will be livestreamed directly from Deree – The American College of Greece, Saturday 26th September, Saturday 3rd October and Monday 5th October, at ThinkBiz YouTube channel.

 

First Week: “Create your mindset”

Learn the first steps for setting foundations of an effective development with themes such as Communication & Body Language, Innovative Thinking, Project Management as well as a CV & LinkedIn Building Workshop

 

Second Week: “Expand your Business Flow”

Expand your professional skills for a successful career with lectures on Leadership, Risk Taking, Business Etiquette, Adaptability as well as with a Sales Simulation Workshop.

 

Live: Saturday, October 3, 2020 Livestreaming from Deree – The American College of Greece

11:00 Opening Remarks

11:15  Quiz

11:30  Adaptability | Marina Giareni- C.E.O and Chief Learning Officer of Learning4Life Strategy, Training, Consulting and Coaching in Greece, and Learning & Development Director of N.E.W.S.® Training and Coaching, Global HQ in Switzerland

12:30  Break-Quiz

12:50  Leadership | Marika Lamprou- Senior Business Advisor

13:50  Quiz-Breal

14:10 Innovative Thinking | Demi Kazasi – Digital Acceleration Manager at Coca Cola Centralc & Eastern Europe

15:15 Closing Remarks

 

ThinkBiz is the first student entrepreneurship organization club in Greece. It is based in the  Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) with the aim to promote a entrepreneurship culture and connect the business ecosystem with the university.

When: October 3, Saturday, 2020
Where: Due to COVID-19 prevention measures the event will be pre-recorded at Pierce Theater – The American College of Greece and broadcasted online only.

Soon you will be able to watch all talks and an animation at the the [email protected] YouTube channel

Organized by [email protected]

Full of groundbreaking ideas and eye-opening speeches, the TEDxKids edition is sure to broaden horizons, ignite thought, and spark conversations

WHAT IS TEDX

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created TEDx, a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. This event is called [email protected], where x = independently organized TED event during which talks, videos and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including this, are self-organized.

Ages targeted: 7 years of age and above

For more information: [email protected]

When:
Saturday, September 26, 2020, 11:00-15:20

Organized by:

ThinkBiz 

Free Livestreaming Only

 

Do you want to develop your soft skills and gain a competitive edge in work – and life?

If yes, do not lose the chance to create your future self! MindFlow2020 #DigitalEdition is here for the second consecutive year, only with a different format!

This is a two-week digital event, starting 21^st September to 5^th October, offering a unique interactive experience with lectures, specialized workshops, interactive quizzes and multiple real-time happenings and activities. In this context, three (3) mini Events will be livestreamed directly from Deree – The American College of Greece, Saturday 26th September, Saturday 3rd October and Monday 5th October, at ThinkBiz YouTube channel.

 

First Week: “Create your mindset”

Learn the first steps for setting foundations of an effective development with themes such as Communication & Body Language, Innovative Thinking, Project Management as well as a CV & LinkedIn Building Workshop

 

Second Week: “Expand your Business Flow”

Expand your professional skills for a successful career with lectures on Leadership, Risk Taking, Business Etiquette, Adaptability as well as with a Sales Simulation Workshop.

 

Live: Saturday, September 26, 2020 Livestreaming from Deree – The American College of Greece

11:00   Opening Remarks

11:15  Welcome Remarks | Alexandra Kaoni, Manager, Graduate Admissions & Study Abroad, Deree – The American College of Greece

11:30  Quiz

11:50 Project Management | Konstantinos Tasoulis, Management and International Business, Deree – The American College of Greece

12:50  Break-Quiz

13:10  Personal Branding | Thomas Kalandranis, Personal Development Coach – Admissions Consultant @ Dia Gerontoudi Prep Center

14:10 Quiz

15:20 Closing Remarks

 

ThinkBiz is the first student entrepreneurship organization club in Greece. It is based in the  Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) with the aim to promote a entrepreneurship culture and connect the business ecosystem with the university.

 

When: Wednesday July 8, Thursday July 9 and Friday July 10, 2020, 09:00 – 13:30

Where: Deree Student Lounge

Organized by AMCHAM and ACG

When:
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 | 17:00 – 18:30 (EET-Athens)

Organized by:
The Institute of Global Affairs of The American College of Greece (IGA)
and the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)

 

What are the key-issues characterizing the post-pandemic security landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean? What are the strategies adopted by state actors and international organizations for managing the various security challenges in the region? What would it take for cooperation and stability to be promoted in the Eastern Mediterranean?

 

Speakers:

Fulvio Attinà, Professor, University of Catania

Christian Berger, Head, EU Delegation to Turkey

Daniela Huber, Head of the Mediterranean and Middle East Programme;
Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome

Günter Seufert, Head, Center for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS),
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) Berlin

 

Moderated by

Nektaria Stamouli,
Correspondent in Greece, Politico/ Foreign Affairs Reporter, AΜNA

 

Opening Remarks:

Panayotis Tsakonas, Professor, University of Athens; Head, Security Programme, ELIAMEP

Haris Vlavianos, Professor of History; Director, Institute of Global Affairs, The American College of Greece

 

The event will be held in English.

 

You may submit your questions prior and during the live discussion

at [email protected].

 

When: Wednesday, June 17 | 13:30-17:30
Where: Center for the Arts Auditorium

12th Annual Student Film Festival

If you are interested in submitting your own short film, please contact the Film Club for guidelines and regulations at [email protected]

Deadline for submissions:
Sunday, June 5

Organized by The Film Club

When: June 1, 14:30-15:20
Where: Faculty Lounge

Faculty Research Seminar
Revisiting product classification to examine content marketing practices

Dr. Georgia Miliopoulou
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Educating a smokefree generation
An online discussion, on the occasion of the World No Tobacco Day 2020.
May 27, 19:00

The panelists will discuss the declining smoking prevalence in Greece, the role of stress in adolescent smoking behavior, as well as the impact of COVID-19 pandemic related stress on children, adolescents and families. The discussion will then proceed to a synopsis of the SMOKEFREEGREECE initiative and the 10 year application of its school-based educational program for tobacco prevention.

The closing lecture will highlight the important role of health care professionals in promoting smoking prevention and enhancing motivation to quit, and will summarize the medical approach to smoking cessation.

 

Moderated by:

Panagiotis Behrakis, Pulmonologist-Intencivist, Director,Institute of Public Health, ACG

Haris Vavouranakis, Orthopedic surgeon, President, Institute of Scientific Research, PMA

 

Address by:

Vassilis Kikilias, Minister of Health

Sofia Zaharaki, Deputy Minister of Educational and Religious Affairs

Athanasios Exadaktylos, President of the Panhellenic Medical Association

Chrysanthos Georgiou, President of Cyprus National Addictions Authority

 

Lecturers:

Anna Kokkevi, Professor Emeritus, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

George Chroussos, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics & Endocrinology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Panagiotis Behrakis, Director, Institute of Public Health, ACG , Head of the National Committee of Experts for Tobacco Control

Paraskevi Pataka, Professor Emeritus of Pulmonology, former Vice Rector, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

 

Watch it online here:

www.livemedia.gr/smokefree20

SMOKE FREE GREECE on Facebook

 

The event will be held in Greek.

 

Organized by:
Institute of Public Health, The American College of Greece
Institute of Scientific Research, Panhellenic Medical Association

Due to technical issues, the two-day ELIAMEP- IGA webinar on “Problems and Prospects for Cooperation and Stability in the Eastern Mediterranean” is postponed. The new dates will be announced soon.

If you have already registered, you will also receive a personal notification.

Thank you for your understanding.

 

 

Organized by:

The Institute of Global Affairs of The American College of Greece

and the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ΕLIAMEP)

 

This two-day webinar follows the postponement of the 1st Global Politics Summer Academy, which would take place in Athens by the Institute of Global Affairs of the American College of Greece and ELIAMEP, due to Covid-19.

On the first day of the webinar, a panel of distinguished academics and policy experts from Europe and the region will discuss the key issues characterizing the post-pandemic security landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean, the strategies adopted by state actors and international organizations for managing the migration challenge, the role of Greece as a “pivot to stability” and the prospects for cooperation in the region.

On the second day, the “Ambassadors Forum”, a panel dedicated to a discussion among the Ambassador of the United States, the Ambassador of Israel, the Ambassador of Cyprus and a high-level representative of the Greek Diplomatic Corps, on the “Geopolitics of Energy in the Eastern Mediterranean” and the region’s role in becoming a catalyst for cooperation and stability, will take place.

The webinar would be of interest to Embassy officials, policy practitioners, representatives of military academies, NGOs and/or media and undergraduate and graduate students of public and private universities.

 

The webinar agenda is available here

Register here

When: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 19:00 – 20:00
Where: Ipitou street 17b, Plaka

The Role οf Circadian Rhythm in Metabolic Disorders

Melpomeni Peppa, MD
Assoc. Professor of Endocrinology, NKUA, Director of Endocrine & Bone Metabolic Disorders Unit, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine Propaedeutic Research Institute and Diabetes Center “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece

Information: 210 331 4755

You can watch the videos of previous lectures here.
You can find the program for the 5th lecture series here.

ACG Community Service Days – Spring 2020

Join us for an emergency blood drive!

When: Wednesday, Τhursday, Friday April 22, 23, 24, 09:00-13:30

Where: Deree Student Lounge

Organized by:

ACG Center of Excellence for Sustainability ─ Office of Public Affairs
Deree Office of Student Affairs
ACG Health & Wellness Center
ACG Office of Advancement
Alba Quality and Career & Alumni Offices
Deree Health and Social Awareness Club
Deree SERF Organization

Under the auspices of: ACG Institute of Public Health

Join us for an emergency blood drive we are organizing in collaboration with EODY for Paidon-Ag. Kyriakou, Evangelismos and Ag. Savvas Hospitals

This Spring, despite the extraordinary circumstances that we are all experiencing, we choose to continue the traditional ACG Community Service Day initiative, this time in support of the national efforts to replenish the dangerously low blood supplies of our nation’s hospitals.

The American College of Greece has been granted a special permission by the Ministry of Education to open its facilities on the specific dates, for the members of our community who are willing and able to engage in this cause. We are inviting:

• Pierce, Deree and Alba faculty and staff
• Deree and Alba students
• Pierce Parents
• Pierce, Deree and Alba alumni

All precautionary measures, as directed by EODY (press release), will be taken during the blood drive to safeguard your health as indicated for the COVID-19 pandemic. Please check out the process, make sure you are eligible at http://ekea.gr/who-donate/ and http://ekea.gr/when-not-donate/ and make an appointment through Eventora link here. Parking will be allowed at the school’s premises. Masks, antiseptics and gloves will be provided, but please ensure that personal hygiene requirements are met.

Because ACG Cares!

Field Trip to Kotychi-Strofylia Wetlands National Park

Friday, March 27 | 08:00 – 21:30
(Departure from and return to: Deree-ACG main gate)

The field trip will include:

• A visit to the Strofylia Forest – Kotychi Lagoon Information Centre, operated by the Management Body of the National Park
• A guided tour to the unique umbrella pine forest of the National Park
• A guided tour to the wetlands of the National Park; bird watching (telescope observations)
• An exploration of the sand dunes of the protected area.

For more information, contact us at [email protected] or pass by the Science Lab (Room 611)

Organized by:
Environmental Studies Society; Environmental Studies Program

When: Thursday, March 26 | 16:00-17:00
Where: Online from any location

Interested in applying to Libra’s Winter 2021 internship program? Register for a virtual information session below through Eventbrite. Libra will email the webinar details to registered students closer to the event date.

Online Webinar

Register here

Please note that slots are available on a first come, first serve basis. If a session is full, please email the Libra Internship Program team to be added to the waitlist.

The Libra Internship Program is a paid opportunity for undergraduate students to intern with the Libra Group and its businesses around the world. Internship roles are available in social responsibility, finance, engineering, human resources, accounting, hotel operations and more.

Organized by: Libra Internship Program

When: March 23, 14:30-15:20
Where: Faculty Lounge

Faculty Research Seminar
Aegean Migrations: Dreaming of the European Utopia in the Dystopian Hotspots of Leros and Lesvos

Speaker: Dr. Ilay Romain Ors

Organized by School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

When: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 19:00 – 20:30
Where: Ipitou street 17b, Plaka

Sleep Disorders Medicine: The Αdvent of an Interdisciplinary Field

Constantin Soldatos
Prof. of Psychiatry, Hon. President of the Hellenic Sleep Research Society

Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Clinical Entity Underestimated and Underdiagnosed

Dr Anastasia Amfilochiou
Pulmonologist, Director, Sleep Study Unit, Sismanogleio General Hospital, Athens

Information: 210 331 4755

You can watch the videos of previous lectures here.
You can find the program for the 5th lecture series here.

When: March 16, 14:30-15:20
Where: Faculty Lounge

Faculty Research Seminar
Populism: Towards a Strategic Communication Framework

Dr. Argyro Kefala
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Check out the new event here.

When: Friday March 13, 2020 | 14:30-15:20 (Activity Hour)
Where: AC Auditorium

The role of the psychological team in the interdisciplinary rehabilitation services of ELEPAP – Rehabilitation For the Disabled – A systemic approach

Dr. Christalena Kattami
Rehabilitation Counselor Director of Psychological Services and Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Unit for Brain Injury, ELEPAP
Deree-ACG Alumna

To reserve a seat, please contact IHP at [email protected] by Wednesday, March 11.

Organized by the International Honors Program Society in collaboration with the Psychology Society

When: Thursday March 12th, 19:30
Where: 7th Level Auditorium

Sòlastas Ensemble
Exploring the crossroads of electroacoustic music, improvisation and traditional musics

Labrini Gioti, voice, piano, nyckelharpa
George Tsimbouksis: guitar, bouzouki, mandola, vocals
Antonis Pantazis: mandolin, andufe, vocals
Haris Kellaris: bass, soundscapes

Free admission – open to the public

When: Thursday, March 12, 14.30-15.30
Where: 7th Level Auditorium

Lecture by Dr. Spyros Polychronopoulos
Researcher in Acoustics & Electronic Music Composer

The aesthetics of dead (as pre-recorded) and live (as endlessly unique reproduced) music. First reports of new research in acoustic levitation.

When: March 11, 2020, 19:30
Where: Black Box Theatre

ARTS FESTIVAL 2020
Martha Graham Interprets Greek Myths: Violence and Revenge through the Dancing Body
by Classics Professor Nina Papathanasopoulou

With Graham technique dance instructor at the National School of Dance in Athens, Penny Diamantopoulou.

A presentation on Martha Graham and Greek mythology, focusing on Graham’s inspiration from Greek tragedy, her movement vocabulary, and her groundbreaking portrayal of anger, grief, destruction, and revenge through the dancing body.

With dance excerpts from Graham’s Night Journey and Clytemnestra

Courtesy of Martha Graham Resources

Free admission – open to the public

Deree – The American College of Greece
6 Gravias street
Aghia Paraskevi, Attiki

[email protected]

When: Wednesday, March 11 | 16:00-17:00
Where: Online from any location

Interested in applying to Libra’s Winter 2021 internship program? Register for a virtual information session below through Eventbrite. Libra will email the webinar details to registered students closer to the event date.

Online Webinar

Register here

Please note that slots are available on a first come, first serve basis. If a session is full, please email the Libra Internship Program team to be added to the waitlist.

The Libra Internship Program is a paid opportunity for undergraduate students to intern with the Libra Group and its businesses around the world. Internship roles are available in social responsibility, finance, engineering, human resources, accounting, hotel operations and more.

Organized by: Libra Internship Program

When: Tuesday, March 10th, 14.10-15.10
Where: MTVDM Studios (PC 202)

Arts Festival

Workshop by Alex Drymonitis
New Media and Sound Artist

An introduction to 3dPdModular, an innovative approach to technology and musical creativity in combination.

When: March 10-13, 2020
Where: Deree – The American College of Greece

Body Positive – Healthy at Every Size is an awareness campaign intended for individuals of all gender identities, races, ethnicities, ages and sizes. It is not limited to disordered eating and preoccupation with body shape, instead addresses unintentional bias as well as outright discrimination and stigmatization related with body shape. The campaign also offers the opportunity for the ACG Community to learn that the pursuit of health is not limited to weight loss or gain or achieving a certain body size or shape.  Being mindful of our weight and incorporating healthy behaviors in our lives regarding nutrition and exercise and to how to practice self-compassion, body appreciation and mindfulness regardless of size greatly improves health and wellness, physically and mentally. Our message: We are diverse and wonderfully beautiful the way we are; “One size does not fit all”

See the event program here.

Organized by ACG Health & Wellness Center

Supported by:  ACG Counseling Center, Dance Club, Deree Student Association, Fashion Club, Health and Social Awareness Club, History Society, Theatre in the Making Club

When: March 9, 19:30
Where: 7th Level Auditorium

Faculty Chamber Music Concert
Works by Haydn, Beethoven and Y. Constantinidis

Nikos Mandylas, violin
Leslie Jones, cello
Christine Tokatlian, piano

Free admission – open to the public

Organized by Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts

When: Monday, March 9, 2020 | 14:30-15:30 (Activity Hour)
Where: Auditorium – Arts Center Building

Art History Alumni Talks

In Conversation with Yota Dimitriou

Yota Dimitriou holds a BA in Art History from Deree ACG and a BA in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Athens. She is a recent graduate of the University of Edinburgh where she earned an MSc in Art History and Curating. She currently works as Gallery Assistant at Alma Contemporary Gallery, Athens.

Deree – The American College of Greece
6 Gravias Street, 15342 Aghia Paraskevi

Free Entrance
Organized by the Art History Society

When: March 9, 14:30-15:20
Where: Faculty Lounge

Faculty Research Seminar
Quality Metrics as a Means of Quality Assurance in Higher Education

Speaker: Dr. Emmanuel Varouchas
School of Business and Economics

When: March 9-13 2020
Where: ACG Campus

Art History, Contemporary Dance Practice, Graphic Design, Music, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts

Check the full program of the event here.

All events are open to the public
Free admission

For further information, please visit our site: www.acg.edu
call us: 210 600 9800 ext. 1456 (Monday – Friday: 08:30 – 16:00)
or email us: [email protected]

When: March 7-8, 2020
Where: Deree – The American College of Greece

The 41st TEASOL Greece Annual International Convention “Teaching High: Embracing Versatility”

Plenary speakers: Katherine Bilsborough, Eowyn Crisfield, Christina Gkonou and Silvana Richardson

By Registration

The Convention aims to offer a weekend of professional development through presentations and workshops on all aspects of ELT.

For more information click here.

When: Thursday, 5 March | During activity hour
Where: Center for the Arts Auditorium

Raising Awareness Event:
Homesickness and how to cope with it

Away from home, closer to myself. Coping with loneliness and homesickness in a different context

Organized by the ACG Counseling Center of the American College of Greece

For more information contact: [email protected] 

When: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 19:00 – 20:00
Where: Ipitou street 17b, Plaka

Lifestyle Medicine

George Chrousos
MD, MACP, MACE, FRCP
Prof. of Pediatrics and Endocrinology Emeritus, Director, University Research Institute of Maternal and Child Health and Precision Medicine, Holder, UNESCO Chair on Adolescent Health Care, NKUA, Medical School, “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital

Information: 210 331 4755

You can watch the videos of previous lectures here.
You can find the program for the 5th lecture series here.

When: Thursday, February 27 | 14:10-15:10
Where: 7th Level Auditorium

The Jew as Vampire in Murnau’s Nosferatou (1922)
a lecture by Dr. Fotini Georgousi

When: Monday, February 24 | 14:30–15:20
Where: Faculty Lounge

Imagining Goats and Monkeys: Double Time and the Production of Plausibility in Othello

a presentation by Dr. Peter Zervos
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

When: February 22, Saturday, 2020, 11:00-16:30
Where: Pierce – The American College of Greece

By registration at https://www.eventora.com/el/Events/3rd_forum_pamemmazi
Organized by https://www.pamemmazi.org

PAMEMMAZI aims to present you with the current perspectives regarding an integrative approach to the care of oncology patients and to highlight how integrative approaches lead to better results in the management of the illness and the side effects of treatment.

In the framework of the 2020 Forum, the work of other organizations that offer support to cancer patients and their families will be presented.

For more information: https://www.pamemmazi.org/ημερίδα2020

When: Saturday, February 22, 2020
Where: Deree – The American College of Greece (examination center)

Participation is Free of Charge.

To enrol, please visit https://challenge.charismatheia.edu.gr/contestant-sign-up/

There are no limits for those who have inexhaustible imagination!

The competition is addressed to all Γ’ to ΣΤ’ primary school students or to corresponding international school classes and is structured in 3 phases.

Participant students will be tested in logical & imaginative problem solving with difficulty rating. They will also be examined in critical thinking, creativity and cross-thematic integration.

Memorization will not be of help in this challenge. No previous knowledge or homework is required either. All required is persistence, concentration, judgement and imagination.

Out of the Box Challenge has been awarded with the GOLD medal of the Education Leader Awards.

When: February 21 | 18:00-22:00
Where: ACG Art Gallery

Duration: February 21-March 21, 2020
Opening hours: Monday-Friday: 14:00-18:00, Sat: 12:00-16:00

The Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts (FRSFPA) of Deree – The American College of Greece is pleased to present the exhibition “Collectanea”, curated by invited curator Christoforos Marinos.

The participating artists are: Nikos Alexiou, Anna Constantinou, Ria Dama, Nella Golanda, Nana Isaia, Zissis Kotionis, Panagiotis Koulouras, Vasiliki Lefkaditi, Klearchos Loukopoulos, Nina Papaconstantinou, Anthimos Peloponnisios, Kostas Roussakis, Studio Lialios Vazoura, Yiannis Theodoropoulos, Tassos Triandafyllou, Giorgos Tserionis, Maria Tzanakou, Andreas Vais, Myrto Xanthopoulou. 

About the exhibition

“Collectanea” was born out of a reading of the eponymous book by acclaimed essayist Zissimos Lorenzatos (1915-2004). The time (summer) and place (Skyros and Evia) of reading this philosophical diary have been crucial in conceiving the curatorial concept and selecting the artists. In his attempt to visualize a reading experience, the curator assumes the role of mediator: he assembles artworks that seem to embody the spirit of the book and certain obsessions of its author.

This monumental book by Lorenzatos, considered by many to be Greece’s most significant man of letters of the twentieth century, was published in 2009 by Domos Publications. As the author writes about his diary entries, “’Collectanea’ refers to the adventure of sensitivity, the adventure of contemplation or the adventure of language”. Accordingly, the exhibition attempts to spatialize this multiplicity of adventures. The artworks that compose the exhibition refer to the adventure of the gaze, to the ritual of reading a text or a landscape, to the relation of writing to image (to an image as writing and to writing as an image), to the great importance of small things.

The exhibition features drawings, photographs, sculptural installations and a video. Some works function as notes and three-dimensional visual essays, while others function as diary entries and phychograms. We also encounter text-sculptures as well as drawings that focus on the process of immersing ourselves in a text and the physical relationship we develop with it.

The autobiographical discourse that imbues this curatorial poses questions related to the hidden dynamics of bringing together artists and artworks, the profound communication between curator and artist, and the practice of curating. “Collectanea” approaches the concept of collecting through the personal and selective view of a curator deeply interested in the reciprocal relationship between text and image.

For more information, contact Ms. Niki Kladakis at 210 600 9800 (ext. 1456), from 9:00-16:00, Monday-Friday, or at [email protected].

Photo: Studio Lialios Vazoura, “Lost Bird”, 2019

When: February 17, Monday 2020, 18:00
Where: Pierce –The American College of Greece

By invitation ONLY
Organized by «Ενοριακό Φιλόπτωχο Ταμείο του Ι.Ν. Της Αγίας Παρασκευής»

When: Monday, February 17 | 14:30–15:20
Where: 6th Level Auditorium

Assessing immigrant-related threat perception in Greece: From Prejudicial Attitudes to Securitization?

a presentation by Dr. Nikolaos Lampas
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

When: Wednesday February 12, 2020 | 19:30
Where: ACG Deree 7th level Auditorium

An evening of piano music with Ioannis Potamousis. 
Featuring works by: Beethoven, Debussy, Koumendakis and Liszt

Open to the public
Entrance: Free

 

When: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | 14:00 – 15:30
Where: John S. Bailey Library – Events Hall

The ACG Institute of Global Affairs cordially invites you to an event on

ΝΑΤΟ at 70
Recalibrating the Atlantic Alliance to Confront a World in Flux 

Keynote Speaker
Deputy Minister Alkiviadis Stefanis
Hellenic Ministry of National Defence
Honorary Chief of Hellenic Army

Panelists
Ambassador (Retd.) Ioannis-Alexios Zepos
Former Secretary-General of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Former Permanent Representative of Greece to NATO

Ambassador (Retd.) Thrasyvoulos (Terry) Stamatopoulos
Former NATO Assistant Secretary- General for Political Affairs and Security Policy
Former Permanent Representative of Greece to NATO

Moderated by
Dr Constantine A. Papadopoulos
Adjunct Professor, Department of Management & International Business
Deree – The American College of Greece

John S. Bailey Library – Events Hall
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
14:00 – 15:30

In collaboration with
International Relations and European Affairs Program

The event will be conducted in English

ACG is a smoke-free campus

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Speakers’ bios

Alkiviadis Stefanis
Deputy Minister of  National Defence

Alkiviadis Stefanis was born on October 7, 1959, in Athens and comes from Agiasos, Mytilene.

He is General (ret.) Honorary Chief of Hellenic Army General Staff.

As a graduate from the Hellenic Military Academy (Evelpidon), he has attended all required Armor Officer Training Courses, as well as the US Army Armored Advanced Course (Army Armor School, Fort Knox, Kentucky).

He graduated from the Supreme War College, National Defence College and the National Defense University (NDU) in Washington DC, US, from where he gained a MSc in National Security Strategy.

During his career, among other positions, he served as a Commander at the 98th National Guard Tank Battalion (1998 – 2000­), Aide-de-Camp to the President of the Hellenic Republic during the Presidency of Kostis Stefanopoulos (2000 – 2002), Commanding General to the XXIII Armoured Brigade (2011 – 2012), Director of the D’ Branch of the Hellenic Army General Staff (2012 – 2014), Commanding General of the 95th Higher National Guard Battalions Command (2014 – 2015), Commanding General of C Army Corps/NRDC-GR (2016 – 2017) and Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff (2017 – 2019).

Ioannis-Alexios Zeppos
Ambassador

Ambassador Yannis-Alexis Zepos was born in Athens, Greece. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, Department of Law and Economic Sciences of the University of Athens.

In November 1974, he entered the Greek Diplomatic Service and served initially as Attaché of Embassy, at the Western European Political Affairs Directorate and, later on, at the Diplomatic Office of the President of the Republic.

During his career, he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the Department for Western European Political Affairs (1980 – 1982), and at the Department for Balkan, Central and Eastern European Political Affairs, including the then U.S.S.R. (1990 – 1992). He later on served as Director of the Diplomatic Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (2002-2004). Abroad, he served in diplomatic Missions, in Portugal, Egypt, Spain, US, Belgium, and India. •  In October 2009, he was appointed Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a position he held until July 2012. •       Also, in 2009 he became a member of the “Group of Experts” with Madeleine Albright, to draft the new Strategic Concept of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO)

Ambassador Zepos was awarded the Grand Cross of the Greek Order of the Phoenix and has received decorations from Cyprus, Portugal, Italy, Egypt, Spain, France, the Netherlands and the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa.

He is currently Chairman of the Board of the “Citizens Movement for an Open Society” and a Special Advisor of the “ELIAMEP” think tank. He is also a member of “The Friends of Music Society” of the Athens Megaron and of the “Parnassos” Literary Club. He has published a book under the title “A Diplomatic Journey”, as well as a number of articles relating to foreign policy and other issues in newspapers and magazines.

He speaks English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

Thrasyvoulos (Terry) Stamatopoulos
Ambassador

Ambassador Stamatopoulos has a Bsc in International Relations from the London School of Economics in the UK, a Masters in the same field from McGill University in Canada, and a Masters in Communication from Georgia State University in the USA.

He entered the Greek Foreign Service in 1979 and has a distinguished record of public service.

Gaining considerable experience in European Union matters, he served as Head of the External Affairs Section of the Permanent Representation of Greece to the European Union where he was intimately involved, inter alia, in the development of EU policy for the Western Balkans and of the instruments of EU foreign and security policy, especially the Political and Security Committee and the Office of the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy. He later served as Director General for European Union Affairs at the Foreign Ministry in Athens and as personal representative of the Prime Minister for the Lisbon Treaty negotiations.

He has also served as Consul in Atlanta, as Consul General in Alexandria, and as Ambassador to Bulgaria.

Ambassador Stamatopoulos also has extensive NATO experience, having served as Minister Plenipotentiary in the Greek Delegation to NATO from 2000 to 2004, and as Greece’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council from 2007 to 2012. He was particularly closely involved in the negotiations for the current Strategic Concept and in the development of NATO’s partnership policy.

Ambassador Stamatopoulos was NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy from August 2013 until September 2016. Among his responsibilities were the conduct of the Alliance’s political and security relations, including the adjustment of policy towards Russia following the occupation of Crimea, of relations between NATO and its other 43 partners in North Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Asia, the institution of closer cooperation with the UN and especially with the EU, and the chairing of important negotiations such as those for the Wales and the Warsaw Summit Declarations.

Moderator

Dr Papadopoulos studied economics at the University of Sussex, England, obtaining his doctorate in 1984. He began his professional life as a career diplomat, and for many years specialized in EU affairs. In 1997-8, he spent a year at Harvard University as a Fellow of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.  He subsequently moved to the banking industry and Eurobank EFG where he worked for 13 years as Advisor on European and Economic Affairs. In 2010-2012 he was Secretary-General for International Economic Relations & Development Cooperation at the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in charge of Greece’s economic relations with the rest of the world, as well as trade and investment promotion.

Since Sept. 2015, Dr Papadopoulos has been teaching the following courses at Deree: Business in the EU, International Business, Business Negotiation, Diplomacy and Modern European History & Politics.

His research interests include European integration, EMU, Greek-Turkish relations and the economic crisis in Greece and Europe.

Dr Papadopoulos is a member of the Academic Board of the College’s Institute of Global Affairs.

 

When: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 | 16:00 – 18:30
Where: John S. Bailey Library – Events Hall

Going single-use plastic free:
The next step to sustainable growth

Keynote Speaker

Kostis Hatzidakis
Minister, Environment & Energy

Two panel sessions with experts from the business sector, academia, NGOs on plastic pollution in our oceans and solutions to tackle single-use plastic pollution

Free entrance and open to the public
RSVP here

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16:00 Registration

16.00-18.30 Coffee & snacks

16:30-16:35 Welcome Remarks:

Claudia Carydis, Vice President Public Affairs

Dr. Angeliki Kosmopoulou, Executive Director, A. C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation

16:35-16:55 Key note speech:

Kostis Chatzidakis, Minister of Environment & Energy

16:55 – 17:25 Panel 1: From “Miracle Material” to Major Pollutant: Plastic in our seas

Moderator:
Kiara Konti, Director Climate Change & Sustainability Services, Ernst & Young

Speakers:
Professor George Papatheodorou, Professor of Environmental and Geological Oceanography, Department of Geology, University of Patras

Christiana Prekeze, Executive Coordinator, HELMEPA

Christina Kontaxi, Marine Scientist, A.C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation

17:25-17:35 Q&A session 1

17:35-17:40 Break

17:40-18:10 Panel 2: What can we do? Drafting solutions for the next day

Moderator:
Maria Alexiou, Chair of BoD, CSR HELLAS

Speakers:
Maria Vitoraki, Adjunct Preceptor, Environmental Studies, Deree- The American College of Greece

Professor Michael Skoullos, Professor of Oceanography & Environmental Chemistry University of Athens, Director of the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory & Director of the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development Management and Education in the Mediterranean, MIO-ECSDE Chairman

Lydia Polychronopoulou, Head of Communications and CSR, MATRIX pack S.A.

18:10-18:20 Q&A session 2

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Organized by: ACG Office of Public Affairs, A.C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation
In collaboration with: Deree Environmental Studies Program, ACG Sustainability Leaders

ACG is a smoke-free campus

When: Tuesday, February 4 | 11:20-12:35
Where: 7th Level Auditorium

Presentation by the CEO of L’Oréal Hellas Mr Mehdi Khoubbane

Learn about the company, its sustainability project and the global student competition Brandstorm!

Organized by the Office of Career Services and the Marketing Department
Supported by the Management and International Business Department

When: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 19:00 – 20:00
Where: Ipitou street 17b, Plaka

Origins and Birth of Bioethics

Stefanos Geroulanos

MD, PhD, Dr.h.c, FACS, FCCM, FESICM, FEACTS, FICA hon, DL hon Prof. of Surgery, University of Zurich, f. Prof. of History of Medicine, University of Ioannina, President ICC, International Hippοcratic Foundation, Kos, Chair of Medicine, World Academie of Lettres and Science, Cambridge, Socius extraord. International Academy of History of Sciences, Bruxelles, Hon. President Hellenic Society of History of Medicin

Information: 210 331 4755

You can watch the videos of previous lectures here.
You can find the program for the 5th lecture series here.

When: Tuesday, January 28 | 14:10–15:10
Where: 7th Level Auditorium

The Origins of Modern Antisemitism, the Holocaust and the Reemergence of Antisemitism

a lecture by
Dr. Christoph Gassenschmidt

Α theatrical play by Dimitris Psathas.

When: January 25, Saturday, 2020, 20:00
Where: Pierce Theater – The American College of Greece

Ticket: 10€

Hospice for Neuro-disability (Άσυλο Ανιάτων) together with ΕΝ ΛΕΥΚΩ theatrical team present Dimitris Psathas’ play “Ο Εαυτούλης Μου”

Director: Maria Economides
Art Director: Betty Livanou

Proceeds of the performance will be donated to Hospice for Neuro-disability (Άσυλο Ανιάτων)
For more information, please call 210 8646172

When: January 19, Sunday, 11:00 – 14:00
Where: Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece, 6-8 Xenias street, Athens

Organized by Attachment Parenting Hellas in collaboration with Family Sleep Consulting & Workshops

Tickets: 60€/person, 80€/couple, Unemployed / University Students: 50% discount

The Training will be delivered in English, with simultaneous translation

A one-day seminar addressed to parents and child-carers by internationally acclaimed Christine Sanderson, psychoanalyst-psychotherapist counselling in Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence, Abuse and Interpersonal Abuse.

For more information: https://attachment-parenting.gr

When: January 18, Saturday, 10:00 – 17:00
Where: Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece, 6-8 Xenias street, Athens

Organized by Attachment Parenting Hellas in collaboration with Family Sleep Consulting & Workshops

By registration: Early Bird Tickets (until 15/12): 180€, Regular Ticket (after 15/12): 250€, Unemployed / University Students: 50% discount

The Training will be delivered in English

A one-day professional training addressed to Health Professionals by Christine Sanderson, internationally acclaimed psychoanalyst-psychotherapist counselling in Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence, Abuse and Interpersonal Abuse.

For more information: https://attachment-parenting.gr