EVENT TITLE: 18 th scientific conference of the Greek Society of Regional Scientists Regional specialization and entrepreneurship Type of event: Conference, national level DATE: 8 9 th May 2014 VENUE: ORGANISER: Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Heraklion Greek Society of Regional Scientists Co organisers KEY TOPICS PRESENTED/DISCUSSED: Technological Educational Institute of Crete Department of Business Administration Technical University of Crete School of Production Engineering and Management Regional Science Inquiry Magazine Mountain s University Decision making and regional specialization Decision making tools The role of enterprises Regional specialization and smart development Model of internal growth Regional specialization and spatial planning Smart growth infrastructure Urban space and specialization for more efficient development Regions with special characteristics: Insular Mountain areas Small and medium enterprises and regional specialization for more efficient development Regional markets Enterprises networks Innovational versus reproductive entrepreneurship Social enterprises Human resources and employment KEY SPEAKERS/ PRESENTERS: Administrative council: Greek Society of Regional Scientists Lampros Pirgiotis, President, President of the organizing committee Ioannis Milonas, Vice president for organizational issues Vasiliki Delitheou, Vice president for academic issues Gerasimos Alivizatos, General secretary Georgios Xanthos, Responsible of regional departments Vasilios Avdikos, Responsible of public relations Technological Educational Institute of Crete
Kleanthis Thomaidis, Associate Professor Alexandros Apostolakis, Assistant Professor Irini Dimou, Assistant Professor Markos Kourgiantakis, Research associate Sogia Maragaki, Laboratory associate Vice president of the conference: Dimitrios Mihailidis, Associate professor of Technical School of Crete Scientific committee: Nikolaos Konsolas, Professor of Panteion University for social and political science, President of the scientific committee Konstantinos Apostolopoulos, Emeritus Professor of Harokopio University Isavela Gidarakou, Emeritus Professor of Agricultural University of Athens Gerasimos Zaxaratos, Emeritus Professor of University of Patras Pavlos Loukakis, Emeritus Professor of Panteion University Themistoklis Xanthopoulos, Emeritus Professor of National Technical University of Athens Nikolaos Komninos, Professor of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Ilias Mperiatos, Professor of University of Thessaly Ioannis Palikaris, Professor, Ex Rector of University of Crete Dimitris Papalexopoulos, Professor of National Technical University of Athens Anastasios Tasopoulos, Dean of School for Economic Sciences and Public Administration of Panteion University Mihail Doumpos, Associate Professor of Technical University of Crete Dimitrios Mihailidis, Associate Professor of Technological Educational Institute of Crete Eleni Papadopoulou, Associate Professor of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Fotios Pasiouras, Associate Professor of Technical University of Crete University of Surrey Dikaios Tserkezos, Associate Professor of University of Crete Theoharis Tsoutsos, Associate Professor of Technical University of Crete Alexandros Apostolakis, Assistant Professor of Technological Educational Institute of Crete Chrisovalantis Gaganis, Assistant Professor of University of Crete Irini Dimou, Assistant Professor of Technological Educational Institute of Crete Argiro Moudatsou, Assistant Professor of Technological Educational Institute of Crete Georgios Xanthos, Assistant Professor of Technological Educational Institute of Crete
Dr. Christos Ladias, Ex President of Greek Society of Regional Scientists Dr. Georgios Papanikolaou, Associate Peer to Peer Alternatives Foundation in Greece Dr. Lampros Pirgiotis, President of Greek Society of Regional Scientists TARGET PARTICIPANTS: President of the conference: Konstantinos Zopounidis, Professor of Technical University of Crete, Academics and Scientific researchers, Number of participants 90 100 Professionals on regional development regional authorities and professionals working closely with them Event s Minutes The Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems Lab of the Technical University of Crete has presented the GreenPartnerships activities during the 18 th scientific conference of the Greek Society of Regional Scientists, held on the 8 9 th May 2014 in Heraklion Crete. The conference which was organized by the Greek Society of Regional Scientists, the Business Administration department of the Technological Educational Institute of Crete, the School of Production Engineering and Management of the Technical University of Crete, the Mountain s University and the Regional Science Inquiry Magazine, has brought together more than academics and scientific researchers on regional development as well as the Greek regional authorities and experts working closely with them. The aim of the conference was to bring together academic researchers and professionals in the field of regional development. This practice enabled the share of knowledge, experience and presentation of new ideas, tools and models in the field of regional developments and entrepreneurship. Participants offered guidelines and techniques that will be used both to enrich and strengthen cohesion between regions by improving quality of life through sustainable development. During the conference, Theocharis Tsoutsos, Associate Professor of the Technical University of Crete and member of the conference s scientific committee, has presented the scope, activities and outcomes of the European initiative Green Partnerships. He highlighted the role of local communities to the fight against the climate change and to the achievement of the 2020 targets set by the European Union. He presented the lessons learnt during the project implementation for the improvement of sustainable energy action plans of cities and regions and for the efficient operation of local partnerships between local authorities, stakeholders and the private sector in order to effectively implement sustainable energy projects. Closing, Prof. Theocharis Tsoutsos explained the GreenPartnerships pilot projects, which are currently under development in cooperation with the Municipality of Rethymno.
A paper titled Local Partnerships for Greener Cities and Regions The European initiative Green Partnerships was also included in the conference proceedings p.253 docs.google.com/file/d/0b0tfpgmkmnbtumzhu2o1ahiyvuk/edit. Invitation Agenda See the attachment docs.google.com/file/d/0b0tfpgmkmnbtahjoq20zdk80eja/edit PHOTOS PRESENTATIONS See the attachment
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