YES-Europe Annual Conference 2023 Athens, 21st-23rd of April

Day 1: FRIDAY 21st April

 

09.00 -10.00 Registration - check in

 

10.00-10.30 Presentation of YES-Europe & Resilient Planet by Eleonora Cherubini & Cristina Sarris

 

10.30 - 11.00 Keynote speech on climate action and the SDG 7 by Stephen Lezak

 

11.00 -11.15 Coffee break & networking

 

11.15 - 12.15 (+5 for Q&As) Youth voices - 4*15' poster presentations from young researchers on topics related to the energy transition and sustainability

Presenters: Aretina Stefani; Chris Vrettos; Evan Bernardi; Sonokshi Saluja

 

12.15 - 12.30 Pianeta Project Presentation by Alessio Castagnoli

 

12.30 - 12.45 Presentation of UniPi Students' project on Sustainability as a way of living by Dimitris Tsirigotis  & Rania Pierrou

 

12.45 - 13.00 Move It Awards; Presentation of the NGO Move It and the winner of the Move It & YES-Europe photo competition

 

 

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch break

 

14.00 - 14.45 Youth Innovation: Presenting initiatives with direct effect (start ups)

Panelists:

Despoina Adamopoulou & Erial Segi for Hearthy

Anastasis Stamatis for Dataphoria

Elena Stamou for SWAPLANET

 

14.45 - 15.00 European Youth Energy Forum presentation by Tiago Vicente, ADENE

 

15.00 - 15.15 Energy democracy as the right to the smart city by Dr. Haris Doukas, NTUA

 

15.15 - 15.30 Innovative solutions for electrification and smart energy management of buildings and cities by Dr. Vangelis Marinakis, NTUA

 

15.30 - 15.45 The role of energy citizens in the sustainable cities of the future by Dr. Georgios Xexakis, HOLISTIC

 

15.45 - 16.00 Break & networking

 

16.00 - 16.30 Renewable Energy & Social Participation: Energy Communities by Dimitris Kitsikopoulos, Electra Energy Cooperative

 

16.30 - 17.00 The decarbonization of Energy Intensive Industries; The example of the Shipping Industry and the role of CCUS by Dr. George Skevis, CLEOS

 

17.00 - 17.30 Participation to Pianeta's survey (https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/YESACSurvey2023)

 

 

 

Day 2: SATURDAY 22nd April

 

09.00 - 10.00  check in

 

10.00 - 10.45 Panel Discussion: Inequalities in climate crisis and access to energy (In the same storm but not in the same boat)

Panelists:

Dr. Ioannis Tsipouridis, Director of the Renewable Energy & Climate Change Research Center, TUM

Dimitra Spatharidou, Climate campaign strategist at ActionAid

Elena Zervopoulou, Film director, producer & ethno-psychologist, Diversity United

 

10.45 - 11.00 Research & Innovation; CERTH presentation by Akrivi Asimakopoulou, CERTH

 

11.00 -11.30 Coffee break & networking

11.30 - 12.15 Panel Discussion: Women empowerment in energy and sustainability

Panelists:

Dr. Akrivi Asimakopoulou, Collaborating Researcher at the Chemical Process & Energy Resources Institute (CPERI) of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)

Stella Kasdagli, Co-Founder Women On Top, Writer

Dr. Eleni Zafeiratou, Business Development Manager at Interphoton Group

 

12.15 - 13.00 Panel Discussion: Youth empowerment in energy and sustainability

Panelists:

Stefanos Papadosifos, Program Development Manager at Ecogenia

Kaliopi Lennax, International Relations Analyst, Private Tutor, ODETH

 

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch break

 

14.00 Field trip departure

15.00 17.00 Symbeeosis*

17.30 - 19.30 Helios Eco Lab hosted by David Davis

19.30 - 20.30 Return to Athens

 

(*For the participation at the Symbeeosis tour, participants are required to wear long trousers and closed shoes for safety reasons. In addition, if someone has insectophobia or feels uncomfortable near bees, please let us know in advance).

 

 

Day 3: SUNDAY 23rd April  

 

8.30 - 9.30 am check in

 

9.30 - 12.30 Eat4Change Workshop facilitated by Nathan Spees & Stella Höynälänmaa, WWF Austria and Sofia Axonidi, WWF Greece

 

12.30 - 13.00 Making an impact: Climate action and communication, by Vasso Balou, Activism Coordinator at Body Shop Greece

 

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch break

 

14.00 - 15.30 Career building in the CleanTech sector workshop by Thomas Heywood, WeEngage

 

15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break & networking

 

16.00 - 16.45 Changing the frame: what do Doughnuts have to do with Sustainable Development? by Cristina Sarris & Vernardos Saltamanikas, Resilient Planet & Greek Doughnut network

 

16.45 - 18. 15 ACTIVIST - The film-debate tour at YES annual conference 2023! By Gwen Cornon, Film Director

 

18.15 - 18.30 YES-Europe Annual Conference wrap up; Final comments & commitments

 

 

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