PERGA | GREECE 2.0
HACC with HIN and MITEF
Wednesday May 26th @ 12:00 pm EDT
OPENING REMARKS, SUMMARY OF EVENT
WELCOMING SPEECHES
Athas Ioannou, Esq.
President
Hellenic-American
Chamber of Commerce
Petros Doukas
President
ICC Hellas
Mayor of Sparta
Eftihia Pylarinou-Piper
Sr. VP, Red Apple Group
Exec Board &
Event Chair HACC
Konstantinos Konstantinou
Consul General of Greece
to New York
PRESENTATION ON TOURISM FOR ALL SEASONS
Olympia K. Anastasopoulou
Secretary General for Tourism
Policy and Development
Hellenic Republic
PANEL I PRESENTATION OF GNTO / ALL I WANT IS GREECE
Angela Gerekou
President
Greek National Tourism Organization
Eftihia Pylarinou-Piper
Sr. VP, Red Apple Group
Exec Board &
Event Chair HACC
Yannis Plexousakis
Deputy Director
Greek National Tourism Organization North America (GNTO)
Sofoklis Savvas
Exhibitions & Trade Coordinator
Greek National Tourism Organization North America (GNTO)
PANEL II A WORLD OF DESTINATIONS AND CHOICES
Petros Doukas
President
ICC Hellas
Mayor of Sparta
Joanna Kalafatis
Travel Writer and Producer
Nicholas Kelaiditis
President
Hellenic Association of Travel
& Tourism Agencies HATTA
Nikos Vernicos
Shipowner
President Emeritus ICC-Hellas Member of the Board Hellenic Chamber of Shipping
George Vernicos
General Secretary
SETE - Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises
PANEL III: ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF GREEK TOURISM
George Pipergias
Digital Event Coordinator
HACC - ICC Hellas
Maria Loi
Chef, Entrepreneur,
Greek Food Ambassador, Philanthropist, Author,
TV Host & Healthy Lifestyle Expert
Efi Sfyri
2-time Olympian Beach Volleyball
European champion
Organizer of BV Tourism
Alexandra Manolis
Program Administrator
Ionian Village
Greek Orthodox
Archdiocese of America
PRESENTATION OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION’S
INITIATIVES FOR STUDIES OFFERED TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Angelos Syrigos
Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs
Hellenic Republic
PANEL IV: YOUTH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OFFERED BY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN “SUNNY” GREECE
John Papaspanos, Esq.
Baker Botts
Director HACC Young Innovators
Event Committee
George T. Orfanakos
Executive Director
American School of Classical
Studies in Athens
Prof. Dr. Christos Michalakelis
Associate Professor Harokopio University of Athens
Dept. of Informatics & Telematics
President, Study in Greece
Art Dimopoulos
Executive Director
National Hellenic Society
Dr. Loren J. Samons
Chief Academic Advisor &
Executive Director of the Institute
Hellenic Culture
The American College of Greece
CLOSING REMARKS
Athas Ioannou, Esq.
President
Hellenic-American
Chamber of Commerce
Eftihia Pylarinou-Piper
Sr. VP, Red Apple Group
Exec Board &
Event Chair HACC
Eftihia Pylarinou-Piper
Sr. VP, Red Apple Group
Exec Board &
Event Chair HACC
Antony Contomichalos
Founder and President
MacArthur Capital, Inc.
Event Commitee
John Papaspanos, Esq.
Baker Botts
Director HACC Young Innovators
Event Committee
George Pipergias
Digital Event Coordinator
HACC - ICC Hellas
Alexandra Spyrou-Mitsakis
Executive Director
Hellenic-American
Chamber of Commerce
Event Commitee
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