PROGRAMME OF SIDE EVENTS Last update: Friday, 7 September 2018 TIME EVENT VENUE 10:00-14:00 10:30-11:30 12:00-12:30 12:30 SATURDAY 8/9/2018 - Working Hours 10:00-22:00 MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY Greece facing energy transition challenges MAGNISIA Newspaper Presentation of the special issue on the occasion of the completion of Greece s economic support programmes Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit Creativity Games HONOURED COUNTRY: USA AMCHAM Senior Regional Leadership Roundtable 13:00-15:00 Event of the INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION (OBI) 13:00-15:00 The MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD and the GREEK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (SEVE) are co-organising a colloquium on the subject: Extroversion in the agricultural sector: Contemporary challenges I. Vellidis Congress OLYMPIAS Hal 13:30 ZeniTH will inaugurate its pavilion Pavilion 10, Stand 6 18:00 19:00 Event by the HELLENIC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION 19:30 20:30 19.00-21.00 19:00 10:00-14:00 10:30-11:30 11:00-13:30 The basic axes of the Banking MSc Post Graduate Curriculum of HOU s School of Social Sciences: Speech by P. Gogas, Associate Professor DUTH, Coordinator of the Banking MSc Post Graduate Curriculum of Hellenic Open University. BUILDINGS INFRASTRUCTURES SA Presentation: Co-funded programmes in the Health sector. University General Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA The delivery process of cutting edge facilities to the medical, nursing, and technical staff. OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 83 ND TIF Speech by the Prime Minister Mr Alexis Tsipras Attendance by invitation only SUNDAY 9/9/2018 - Working Hours 10:00-22:00 HONOURED COUNTRY: USA Tech Olympus Summit - Innovation Congress Contemporary Journalism Studies: Challenges and potential for journalism in the digital age Presentation by Mr Grigoris Paschalidis, Professor of the Journalism and Mass Media Department, AUTH. The ATHENIAN-MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCY and the BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS (BBG) invite you to a forum on the subject of 'N. Germanos' Congress I. Vellidis Congress I. Vellidis Congress Pavilion 13
12:00-12:30 12:30-13:30 Hellenic-American journalistic cooperation for the strengthening of bilateral relations Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit Creativity Games Event of the Laboratory of Technological, Political and Development Infrastructure, Department of Engineers for Spatial and Urban Planning, and Regional Development- Professor Pantelis Skagiannis 13:00 of the Prime Minister Mr Alexis Tsipras I. Vellidis Congress 14:00-17:00 THE HELLENIC AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION DIMITRA and the GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF COMMERCE are co-organising the evening: The Greek Trademark in Olives and Olive Oil: its contribution to the promotion of quality Greek products 14:00-15:00 eduact Educational Robotics in Greece: the next step is already here The Greek delegation to the 1st International Robot Olympics by FIRST 17:00-19:00 Event by the HELLENIC RED CROSS 17:30-21:00 17:30-18:00 18:00-19:00 MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR (MACEDONIA - THRACE) Progress in the application of Law 4399/2016 in Macedonia and Thrace. Conclusions from the implementation of the Developmental Laws Presentation of Support Actions for the establishment and promotion of traditional PDO-PGI products & foods of Macedonia and Thrace. Neuropsychology Laboratory Department Special Education - Professor Anargyros Karapetsas Event by the Building Structures Research Unit ma[k]e, Department of Architecture Assistant Professor Maria Vrontisi 19:00-21:00 Event of ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI 19:00 20:00 14:30-19:30 10:00-15:00 The 2484 International Rotary District invites you the opening of pavilion PROFESSIONAL CHAMBER OF THESSALONIKI Pavilion Inauguration VASSILIS KARRAS & MELISSES MONDAY 10/09/2018 - Working Hours 16:00-22:00 HONOURED COUNTRY: USA - AMCHAM 3 rd EXPORT USA FORUM Press conference and signing of cooperation agreement between the ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED EXPERT REALTORS OF GREECE and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS USA A colloquium will then be held on Expert realtor certification in accordance to BPOR standards The realtor s role in supporting property transactions of heavily indebted owners Presentation of the platform for the selection of professionals and supervision of property project management I. Vellidis Congress Pavilion 6 Stand 15 Pavilion 8 I. Vellidis Congress THESSALONIKI Hall Hall D
13:00-15:00 16:00-18:00 16:00 17:00 16:00-17:00 17:00-19:00 19:00-19:45 19:45-21:00 NEA ELLINIKI ORMI (NEO) political party BUILDINGS FACILITIES SA Presentation: School building bioclimatic design and energy upgrades. Steps to effectively managing and absorbing funding. Meeting between the President of the PASOK political party and head of the MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE political party Ms FOFI GENNIMATA, and the Administration of TIF HELEXPO Visit to the Fair Authoring and presenting a scientific paper: what do I do and how to I do it. Presentation by Mr Antonis Lionarakis, Dean of the School of Humanities of Hellenic Open University. PROFESSIONAL CHAMBER OF THESSALONIKI 1st Annual Economic Forum, Thessaloniki and the Economy in the Post-Bailout Era Through the eyes of the onlookers: what Greece looks like from abroad Our politicians guide us through their views Thessaloniki in the Post-Bailout Era 17:30-18:30 Event by AUTH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 18:00-21:00 18:30-20:30 HONOURED COUNTRY: USA- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY «Recharging the Youth: New Agriculture for the New Generation» MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL SECRETARIAT FOR GENDER EQUALITY Open spaces and spatial injustices : Sexual harassment in the Thessaloniki area 19:00-21:00 Event by ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI 19:00-21:00 COMMERCIAL AGENTS ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN GREECE Commercial Agent s Day REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR ENERGY - Consumers I. Vellidis Congress MMCA 19:00-20:00 Electricity theft: Current situation and ways of dealing Nikolaos Drosos, Director of Network Users Dept., HEDNO SA Smart meters Konstantinos Andreadis, Director of Metering Branch, HEDNO SA Online Price Comparison Tools (PCT) in the energy sector Current status & future developments Evangelia Gkotzou, Economist, Scientific Expert, Director, Consumers Protection & Environment and Retail Markets, RAE Discussion with the market: Challenges for the retail markets. Proposals for improving the regulatory framework Active delegate participation in the discussion. Speech by the President of the PASOK political party, and head of the MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE Ms FOFI GENNIMATA MMCA I. Vellidis Congress ELLOPIA Hall 21:00 Event by the PROFESSIONAL CHAMBER OF THESSALONIKI I. Vellidis Congress Roof Garden 12:00 NATASSA THEODORIDOU & GIORGOS PAPADOPOULOS TUESDAY 11/09/2018 - Working Hours 16:00-22:00 POPULAR ASSOCIATION GOLDEN DAWN political party of the Secretary General Mr Nikolaos Michaloliakos
13:00-15:00 17:00-19:00 INDEPENDENT GREEKS POLITICAL PARTY MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT & FOOD Presentation: A new agriculture in a new age: innovation, knowledge, and digital transformation in the CAP after 2020 18:00-21:00 CENTRAL THESSALONIKI MARKET (CTHM) 19:00 19:00- PROFESSIONAL CHAMBER OF THESSALONIKI Evening on: Thessaloniki-tourism destination of tomorrow! REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR ENERGY- Electricity Progress of the Target Model implementation in Greece Angeliki Mourtzikou, Scientific Expert, Director, Markets and Competition Monitoring, RAE Hellenic Energy Exchange: Operation in the framework of the restructuring of the electricity market in Greece Efterpi Lampaditou, Scientific Expert, Energy Markets Operation Division, HENEX NOME auctions mechanism deployment progress and wholesale electricity cost parameters analysis Vasilios Zouvias, Economist, Scientific Expert, Head of Unit, Wholesale energy markets Monitoring, RAE 19:00-20:00 Event by ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI 20:30-13:00-14:30 14:00-18:00 16:00-17:00 Developments in Tourism, Greece s position and the role of Education-The case of the new Tourism Administration Undergraduate Curriculum of School of Social Sciences of Hellenic Open University Presentation by G. Agiomyrgianakis, Professor at HOE, Chairman of the Academic Supervisory Committee of the Tourism Administration Study Programme Tribute to MARIOS TOKAS in a performance My homeland GIANNIS KOTSIRAS, DIMITRIS BASIS, GIOTA NEGA, MILTOS PASCHALIDIS WEDNESDAY 12/09/2018 - Working Hours 16:00-22:00 UNION OF CENTRISTS POLITICAL PARTY Honoured Country: ΗΠΑ, AMCHAM Colloquium: Cyber Security & Data Protection:Risks and Challenges in Technologically Disruptive Times The subjects of the day will revolve around the following thematic axes Defining Modern Dangers for Businesses and Organisations and Transforming them into Business Opportunities Cyber-threats: Risk Prevention and Management The Legal Aspects of Cyber-crime RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GENDER EQUALITY Gender equality in education Book presentation Agreement for the eradication of all forms of discrimination against women The flower of equality I. Vellidis Congress ELLOPIA Hall Hall D MMCA Hall 'I. Vellidis' Congress 16:00-22:00 THE MINDSPARK Congress Internationally known speakers will transport the audience to Silicon Valley and the 'I. Vellidis' Congress ALEXANDROS Hall
US way of doing business. 17:30-18:30 18:00-20:00 Investing in knowledge: Cultural Unit Administration Presentation by Mr Giorgos Gantzias, Professor of Cultural Policy and Administration/ Director of the Post Graduate Culutral Unit Administration Study Programme of Hellenic Open University. ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS CONSULTANTS (SY.S.EP.) Presentation: Basic principles for the protection of professionals and the avoidance of dangers related to implementing their profession 19:00-20:00 Event of ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR ENERGY - Renewable Energy Sources (RES) 19:00-08:00-18:00 10:00-11:00 10:00-12:00 12:30-14:30 14:30-16:00 The results of the recent RES competitive bidding procedures in Greece and the following auctions conducted by RAE/ Public Consultation Dr. Dionysios Papachristou, Electrical Engineer, Scientific Expert, Coordinator of the RES Auction procedures team, Director of Press & Public Relations Office, RAE The electronic platform for RES electronic auctions Athanasios Petmezas, CEO cosmoone S.A. Funding new RES Projects in Greece Dr. Adamantia Verra, Economist, Director, Licensing and Registry, RAE Round table discussion with delegates from: National Bank of Greece Piraeus Bank Eurobank Alpha Bank Consignment Deposits and Loans Fund ΕΙΒ STAVROS XARCHAKOS-ALKISTIS PROTOPSALTI Summit Meeting THURSDAY 13/09/2018 - Working Hours 16:00-22:00 Honoured Country: USA Digital Communication Network Digital Influences Hub MeRA25 political party of Yianis Varoufakis POPULAR ORTHODOX RALLY (LAOS) political party Meeting of the President of LAOS Mr Georgios Karatzaferis with the Administration of TIF-HELEXPO followed by a press conference. POPULAR UNITY political party THE RIVER political party 19:00 Event by the PROFESSIONAL CHAMBER OF THESSALONIKI 17:30-18:30 Event by AUTH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 18:00-21:00 Artifial Intelligence (Al) in Action MMCA Hall I. Vellidis Congress THESSALONIKI Hall I. Vellidis Congress
18:00-20:00 IBM UNHR and ΤΕΝet-Gr organize the Workshop: «It could be me It could be you» 19:00-20:00 Event of ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI 19:00-21:00 AMCHAM REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR ENERGY - Non-Interconnected Islands Pavilion 15, stand 8 I. Vellidis Congress ALEXANDROS Hall 19:00- European Union s vision of Clean Energy for all European islands. RAE s approach on the interconnections of the isolated islands Apostolos Gkizas, Electrical Engineer, Scientific Expert, Head of Units RES Development & Energy Storage Policy Electricity Networks and Smart Grids Technologies, RAE Smart Grids Smart Islands Eirini Stavropoulou, Director of Islands Operation Dept. HEDNO S.A. MMCA Hall The pilot Project Agios Efstratios - Green island Panagiotis Zorlos, Head of Development Studies Dept, CRES KONSTANTINOS ARGYROS Friday 14/09/2018 - Working Hours 16:00-22:00 08:30-13:00 Event by FACEBOOK 08:00-15:00 10:00 11:00-12:30 13:00-15:00 16:00-18:00 HONOURED COUNTRY: USA Digital Communication Network Digital Influences Hub ECOLOGIST GREENS political party of independent MEP Mr Notis Marias GREEN MOVEMENT political party SKY WALKER #JobDay 18:30-22:00 Event by the PROFESSIONAL CHAMBER OF THESSALONIKI 19:00-20:30 INTERSOS HELLAS Lecture : Violence Against Women REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR ENERGY- Natural Gas Halls A & D I. Vellidis Congress THESSALONIKI, KASSANDROS, FILIPPOS, OLYMPIA HALLS 19:00- Security of Supply Maria Kerkidou, Electrical Engineer, Head of Unit, Energy Planning and Security of Supply, RAE National Natural Gas System development plan DESFA S.A. Dimitrios Kardomateas, Division Director for Strategy and Development, DESFA S.A. Presentation of development plans EDA THESS, EDA Attikis, DEDA S.A Michael Stergiopoulos, Director of Network Development, EDA THESS S.A. Christos Skoulidas, Technical Director, EDA Attikis S.A. Konstantinos Dionisopoulos, Director of Strategic Planning, Development and MMCA Hall
Projects Financing, DEDA S.A. The development of CNG in Greece - Discussion with the participation of representatives of EDA THESS S.A., EDA Attikis S.A., DEDA S.A, Regions and Municipalities Irene Iacovides, Economist, Scientific Expert, Head of Unit, Natural Gas Networks, RAE ANNA VISSI SATURDAY 15/09/2018 - Working Hours 10:00-22:00 10:00-15:00 Event by the Hellenic Recycling Agency (EOAN) 10:00-11:30 School of Science and Technology - HOU alumni networking activities (D. Kalles, Associate Professor, School of Science and Technology) The Science of Big Educational Data (V. Verykios, Professor, School of Science and Technology) 10:00-18:00 11:00-12:30 BULGARIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Re)Think Digital 2K18 SynAct:Synergiesgive you the power to Act MAGNISIA Newspaper Presentation of the special issue on occasion of the completion of Greece s economic support programmes REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR ENERGY Special interactive energy event for secondary school students Hall D 12:00-14:00 12:00-12:30 14:30-15:30 16:00-18:00 The purpose of the event is to inform the young students about energy issues and to help them become energy conscious: Climate change, RES and their benefits, energy-saving and images from the future : Smart networks, smart homes, electric cars Dr. Dionysios Papachristou, Electrical Engineer, Scientific Expert, Director of Press & Public Relations Office, RAE Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit Creativity Games The importance of studying lighting and training of lighting researchers Presentation by Stylianos Zerefos, Professor at Hellenic Open University HONOURED COUNTRY: USA Thessaloniki in its Modern Maritime Role as a Key Player in the International Transportation Chain The International Propeller Club of the United States, Port of Peraeus 16:00-17:00 Event by the GENERAL SECRETARIAT FOR GENDER EQUALITY 17:00-19:00 SKY WALKER #JobDay 17:00-18:00 Building an effective curriculum vitae 18:00-19:00 The secrets to preparing for a successful job interview 17:00-22:00 Event by the PROFESSIONAL CHAMBER OF THESSALONIKI 18:00-20:00 18.00-20.00 UNHR in cooperation with ΤΕΝet-Gr are organising the Workshop: It could be me It could be you THE and the PAN-HELLENIC FEDERATION OF CITY TRANSPORT and the PAN-HELLENIC FEDERATION OF INTERCITY TRANSPORT DRIVERS Are co-organising the evening City and Intercity Transport in the present and the future I. Vellidis Congress Pavilion 15, stand 8
19:30-20:30 20:00 21:00 12:00-12:30 13:00 13:00-15:00 15:30-17:00 17:00 18:00-19:00 The role of education in Social and Solidarity Economy for the materialisation of an alternative approach to growth. The new Post Graduate Curriculum SSE of HOU Speech, video, and interactive workshop by Giorgos Gritzas, Professor-Consultant of Hellenic Open University. NEW DEMOCRACY political party Speech by the President of the Party Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis ELENI FOUREIRA SUNDAY 16/09/2018 - Working Hours 10:00-22:00 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit Creativity Games by the President of the New Democracy political party Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis The dynamism of Undergraduate and Post Graduate Distance Curricula of the School of Social Sciences of HOU. Presentation by Athanassios Mihiotis, Dean of the Social Sciences School of Hellenic Open University. ----- New English language distance Post Graduate Curriculum Supply Chain Administration at the School of Social Sciences School of HOU. Presentation by I. Lagoudis, Assistant Professor at University of the Aegean, Member of DEO s AEE. Discussion to follow Promotion of STEM training, professional growth, and digital skill development Presentation of Undergraduate and Post Graduate Curricula of the School of Science and Technology (Ach. Kameas, Associate Professor, School of Science and Technology, D. Kalles, Associate Professor School of Science and Technology, K. Bourikas, Assistant Professor, School of Science and Technology) Event by the ASSOCIATION OF BUTCHERS OF THE PREFECTURE OF THESSALONIKI\ eduact Presentation of the new theme of the FIRST LEGO League for the new season THE OFFICIAL TRIBUTE TO THE BLUES BROTHERS APPROVED. I. Vellidis Congress I. Vellidis Congress ELLOPIA Hall Entry: Pavilion 8 AKADEMIA EVENT INFORMATION USA HONOURED COUNTRY GROUP SHOW OF CONTEMPORARY ARTSITS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS The exhibition presents an extensive representative image of contemporary art in Texas 100 pieces by 40 artists Macedonian Musuem of Contemporary Art ---------------------------------- AMERICAN ART EVERYWHERE Visitors to the TIF will have the opportunity to see 22 famous works of art by American painters. Reproductions will be hung on large surfaces at various points in the TIF.
3rd Artecitya Art, Science and Technology Festival by Helexpo THE NEW NEW What is New, what is Novel, and what is Technologically Advanced? The artists provide an answer at Pavilion 2 of the 83rd TIF. Come, play, discover. Art and Virtual Reality / Gaming and Politics / Digital Applications / Interactive Installations / Videos / Performance / Chill Out Space For the third consecutive year Helexpo is organising the Artecitya European Programme Art, Science, and Technology Festival, at Pavilion 2 of the 83rd TIF, from the 8th to the 16th of September. On the first floor of Pavilion 2 MUSIC EVENTS / CONCERTS Greek music stars will once again grace the music stage of TIF in order to perform popular genres of Greek Music, such as entechno, folk and pop. At the YMCA Arch TIF ticket must be presented CHEAPART Artists meet the public and sell their works at affordable prices Pavilion 17 HALL OF GAMES HALL OF GAMES is being organised in Greece for the first time. It is an entertainment park that will operate in the framework of the 83rd TIF. The park is addressed to all ages, as there will be a presentation and review of everything from the old arcade games that raised the previous generation to the virtual reality experienced by today s generation. Information: Directorate of Congresses and Events Tel. Nos: 2310 291572, 2310 291151, 2310 291213 E-mail: dk@helexpo.gr www.helexpo.gr