This theme contains the following working groups:
1. Art and Culture as the key drivers for the city’s development
Coordination: Kelly Diapouli, Curator of “Culture 2030 Meeting”, Artistic Director of “Larnaca 2030 European Capital of Culture Candidate City”
Michail Marmarinos, Artistic Director of “2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture”
Speakers:
Vaggelis Ntiniakos, Mayor of the Municipality of Haidari
Argyris Oikonomou, Mayor of the Municipality of Eleusis – Magoula
Christos Voskopoulos, Mayor of Kaisariani
Andreas Vyras, Mayor of Larnaca (Cyprus)
2. Regional Cultural Policies. The case of Western Greece
Coordination: Yorgos Sarlis, Mosaic Culture and Creativity
Andreas Tsirlas, Mosaic, Culture and Creativity
Speakers:
Stathis Papachristopoulos, Head of Scientific Technical Support and Project Implementation of the Western Greece Regional Development Fund
Fokion Zaimis, Deputy Head of Regional Development & Entrepreneurship, Region of Western Greece
3.How can a cultural strategy be interesting for the public administration and beneficial for the city?
Coordination: Ștefan Teișanu, Director of Cluj Cultural Centre and Secretary General of Culture Next Network
Angeliki Lampiri, Director of Cultural Training, Eleusis 2023 European Capital of Culture
Speakers:
Lazaros Aslanidis, Deputy Mayor of Tourism of the Municipality of Veria
Evangelia Bafouni, Director of Culture, Municipality of Piraeus
Katerina Grigoriadou, General Director of KEPA of the Municipality of Veria
Immie Jonkman, Executive Director of the Leeuwarden Legacy Foundation
Bruno Inacio, Head of Culture in the City of Faro
Panagiotis Sapkas, Vice Mayor of Culture and Science, Municipality of Larissa
4. Reclaiming the seafront: A major challenge of the industrial cities
Coordination: Anastasia Tsopelaki, Architect
Speakers:
Meletis Kavvadias, Civil Society Movement “SeaFront Committee”
Apostolos Kamarinakis, CEO of the Eleusis Port Authority
Andreas Nefeloudis, Economist, Director of Lavrio Municipal Development Company (1997-2003)
Argyris Oikonomou, Mayor of Eleusis – Magoula
Alexandros Pnevmatikos, Mayor of Corinthus (2006-2019)
Christos Christakis, Civil Society’ Movement ECOELEUSIS
