Sessions & Workshops

The conference sessions & Workshops are the following: 

Friday 6th March 2009

08:00-12:30	Arrival – Registration
09:00-11:00	HAPCO Annual General Assembly (only for HAPCO members)
11:00-11:15	Coffee break
11:15-12:30	Opening Ceremony
12:30-14:30	1st Session: «The international economic crisis of today and its impact on tourism, with emphasis on Congress Tourism»
14:30-15:30	Light lunch
15:30-17:30	2nd Session: «Possibilities for Developing Congress Tourism in the Region of Northern Greece»
17:30-17:45	Coffee break
17:45-19:00	Workshop 1: Presentation of the results of the following two empirical studies: *«Northern Greece as a Regional Congress Destination: Problems and Opportunities»undertaken by the University of the Aegean and the Minoan International College * «Infrastructure, facilities and human resources of Congress Tourism in the Region of Northern Greece» undertaken by the Alexandrian Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki
20:30	Departure for the Polis Thessaloniki Convention Centre
21:00	Gala Dinner (by invitation only)

 

Saturday 7th Μarch 2009

09:00-10:00	Arrival – Registration
10:00-12:00	3rd Session: «Prospects of Developing Inter-Balkan Cooperative Networks»
12:00-12:15	Coffee break
12:15-14:15	4th Session: «Thessaloniki as in Inter-Balkan Hub of Congress & Business Tourism »
14:15-15:30	Light lunch
15:30-16:30	Workshop 2: «Planning & Technological Support of Congress Facilities and Events »
16:30-17:30	5th Session: «Synopsis – Conclusions»
21.30	HAPCO Party

 

Scientific Committee

President

Zacharias Kaplanidis
Managing Director, ZITA CONGRESS & TRAVEL S.A.
Secretary General, EFAPCO (European Federation of Associations of Professional Congress Organizers)
Member of the Board, HAPCO

Members

Michael Vastardis
General Manager, Elysium Resort & Spa
Lecturer, MBA Programme – Tourism Management, University of Piraeus

Dr Gerasimos Zacharatos
Professor, Tourism, Economics and Management, University of Patras

Dr Aggeliki Kosmopoulou
Scientific Collaborator, Department of Business Economics, University of Thessaloniki
Managing Director, Logos Associates – Liaison S.A.

Dr Dimitris Koutoulas
Consultant, Tourism Development & Marketing
Professor, University of the Aegean and Greek Open University

Dr Periklis Lytras
Professor, Department of Business Tourism, Technology Institute of Athens
Visiting Professor, Athens University of Economics

Dr Thomas Mavrodontis
Professor, Department of Tourism Enterprises, Technology Institute of Thessaloniki

Yiannis Michailidis
General Manager, Hospitality & Tourism, Tourism Consultants

Dr. Stergios L. Mourgos
University Professor
Vice President & Chief Αcademic Officer, Minoan International College

Dr Michalis Sfakianakis
Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, University of Piraeus

Dr Paris Tsartas
Professor, Tourism Development,
Director, MBA Programme «Planning, Management and Tourism Policy», University of the Aegean

Organizing Committee
Dinos Astras
President & Managing Director TRIAENA TOURS & CONGRESS S.A.
President of the Board of Directors, HAPCO

Dimitris Arvanitis
Managing Director, LIVANIS PROFESSIONAL CONGRESS ORGANIZERS
Treasurer, HAPCO

Kalliopi Karakatsani
Congress & Events Executive, HELEXPO
Secretary General, HAPCO

Sissy Lignou
Manager Congress & Events Department AFEA S.A.
Special Secretary, HAPCO

Dimitris Mantzios
President, AMPHITRION – C&C INTERNATIONAL S.A.
Board Member, HAPCO, Past President, HAPCO

Panagiotis Podimatas
Managing Director, P.C. PODIMATAS AUDIOVISUAL S.A.
Vice-President, HAPCO

Lilia Sbokos
Managing Director, SBOKOS D.M.C. S.A.
Board Member, HAPCO

Kostas Tsovilis
Managing Director, GOLDAIR S.A.
Board Member, HAPCO