The Chios Festival – “Climate Change Day”

Friday, 6 September 2024 | 17:30
Pearl Island Chios Hotel Convention Centre

“Climate Change Day” with the honorable participation of His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Mr. Bartholomew I and H.E. the former President of the Hellenic Republic, Prof. Prokopis Pavlopoulos.

Greetings | 17:30

• Welcome Greetings by Prof. Costas Moutzouris, Governor of North Aegean Region
• Greetings by H.E. the Ambassador of Bulgaria, Mr. V. Poriazov
• Greetings/ introduction speech by Sir Efthimios E. Mitropoulos KCMG, Secretary-General Emeritus of the IMO and President of the “Maria Tsakos Foundation”.

Opening Session | 18:00

• Introduction speech by Stamatis Krimizis, President of the Academy of Athens
• Speech by His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch, Mr. Bartholomew I
• Speech by H.E. the former President of the Hellenic Republic, Prof. Prokopis
  Pavlopoulos
• Speech by Christos Zerefos, Secretary General of the Academy of Athens

Closing Session | 19:30

• Speech by John Spanolios, president of “Oloi mazi mporoume” (in free translation “All together We Can”)
• Speech by George Kremlis, Honorary Director of the European Commission,
  Member of the Board of the European Public Law Organization, Director of its
  Circular Economy and Climate Institute
• Speech by Tonia Moropoulou, Professor Emeritus at the National Technical
  University of Athens, Vice President at Technical Chamber of Greece
• Speech by John Faraclas, journalist, co-founder of www.allaboutshipping.co.uk , specialist in the maritime sector, Board Member of Chios Marine Club.
• Speech by Tabi Joda, Ambassador of the Great Green Wall, and
• Speech by Alexandra Rickham, Director of Sustainability at the World Sailing

The event is coordinated/moderated by Korina Georgiou, journalist.