AGENDA
Moderation: Alexia Kalaitzi, journalist
8:30-9:30 Registration & welcome coffee
9:30-9:35 Opening remarks
- Michalis Goudis, Director of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Office Thessaloniki
9:35-9:45 Warm up Q & A session (Mentimeter)
9:45 – 11:00 Keynote session
“Opening new paths in politics: radical municipalism in Barcelona and beyond”
Keynote Speech by Laura Roth, Academic researcher, activist
The keynote will be followed by a discussion with:
- Vedran Horvat, Managing Director and Head of the Institute for Political Ecology (IPE)
- Elita Fasoula, Member of the "Fridays for Future Thessaloniki" movement
11:00-11:30
Coffee break + Speed dating round 1
Get a brief taste of two characteristic programmes supported by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Office Thessaloniki over the last year and meet strategic partners of ours
1. School of Journalism & Mass Communications, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Naya Kalfeli
“More (about) Borders, less (about) Humans: Media Coverage of Migration and Asylum Seeking in Greece”
2. Gender Alliance, Vagelis Kosmatos
“Deconstructing Gender Stereotypes”
11:30-12:45 Panel session
Dealing with the urban-rural divide
- Byron Kotzamanis, Demographer, Professor of Demography at the Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly
- Sevdalina Nenkova, Director of Directorate “Education and Social services” at City of Gabrovo (Bulgaria)
- Alexandros Pazaitis, Researcher, Tallinn University of Technology, member of P2P Lab
- Carolina Perpiñá Castillo, Territorial and geospatial analyst, European Commission’s Joint Research Centre
12:45-13:45
Lunch break
13:45-15:00 Panel Session
Paving the way for Energy Democracy
- Ioanna Theodosiou, Policy Associate at Τhe Green Tank
- Dimitris Kitsikopoulos, Co-Founder and Vice-President of Electra Energy Cooperative
- Alice Corovessi, Managing Director of INZEB and Vice President of the Energy Community WEnCoop
- Irene HongPing Shen, Outreach Coordinator for Trade Unions for Energy Democracy
15:00-15:30
Coffee break + Speed dating round 2
Get a brief taste of two characteristic programmes supported by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Office Thessaloniki over the last year and meet strategic partners of ours
1. Consumers’ Association “The Quality of Life” (EKPIZO), Vicky Tzega
“Clean Energy Bills”
2. Dock – Cooperative Space for Social Solidarity Economy, Georgia Bekridaki
“Participatory Municipal Budgeting”
15:30-16:45 Panel Session
Empowering open, inclusive communities
- Eva Grigoriadou, Architect, In charge of the design and implementation of Urbana’s research and educational programs
- Simos Daniilidis, President of the Social Policy Committee of the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE), Mayor of Neapoli-Sykies
- Eleni Mougiakou, Co-Founder of COMMONSPACE coop, responsible for European research projects
- Lefteris Papayannakis, Director of Greek Council for Refugees
16:45-17:00 Concluding session
Discussion-takeaways:
- Alexia Kalaitzi, Event Moderator
- Michalis Goudis, Director of Heinrich Böll Stiftung Office Thessaloniki