Theme: It's about time

TEDxPanteionUniversityWomen, was part of a global group of events directly connected to the TED Women event in San Francisco. It was a highly successful effort in pointing out and discussing a variety of gender, sexuality and female empowerment-related themes. The touching (streamed and live) talks really struck a chord in everyone attending, making us want to keep doing such events.

BIOS. exploring urban culture
Πειραιώς 84, Αθήνα
Athens, Attiki, 104 35
Greece

Charalampos Petras

Charalampos Petras is a licensed Psychologist, Therapist, Performance Coach, Trainer & Author. Until now, he has studied Psychology, Anthropology & History and he has been trained in Coaching, Family Therapy, EMDR Therapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. He works in private practice with adults in coaching and therapy sessions. He supervises accredited Coach training programs in Greece and recently, he published his book “The Art of Coaching”. He is the Founder and CEO of Athens Coaching Institute and a full member of the International Society for Coaching Psychology, the Association for Coaching and the European Mentoring & Coaching Council.

Christina Pitouli

Christina Pitouli is a documentary director. She has studied journalism at Panteion University and holds a Master's degree in creative documentary in the Autonomous University of Barcelona. In her films, she mainly deals with social and gender issues. Her film, Bref Documentary, which deals with female genital mutilation, has participated in over 20 international film festivals. Among other distinctions, she has received the award for Best Documentary for Women Rights in Malaga Festival and the award for Best Social Documentary in Aegeandocs festival in Lesvos.

Chryssa Katsarini

Chryssa Katsarini was born and raised in Kavala and she studied in Thessaloniki. During her thesis, she got a scholarship from "Andreas Voutsinas" Drama School and then took part in various theater plays as well as in a short film. In the beginning of 2012 she started her first stand up acts, which is her main occupation ever since. In 2013 she gave a performance at the oldest comedy club in Ireland and she is a member of the Gazi Comedy Club since 2014.

Irini Georgi

Content Director

Born in 1977, Irini Georgi is a content director in job title, social media over-sharer at heart. In 1997, she left Greece to move to the UK for love and studies. In 2002, when the love was lost, she abandoned her promising career as a tech copywriter, and returned to Greece to be swept off her feet by the wondrous world of advertising. She has won a few Ermis Awards and SMAs and has written -a yet unpublished- autobiographical book on dating. She has no sense of privacy but a heightened sense of what is Good and right. She stubbornly believes the future is looking bright.

Panagiotis Ioannidis

Panagiotis Ioannidis is a political scientist, paramedic, and nurse. He holds a PhD in Humanitarian Action at Panteion University and he is a scientific advisor to the Medical School of the University of Athens. He is a volunteer of the Hellenic Red Cross Society and the Doctors of the World (MdM) with numerous missions in Greece and abroad. Since last year, he has been working in Africa with Doctors without Borders (MSF).

Ξένια Παπασταύρου

Από τα παιδικά της χρόνια, η Ξένια ονειρευόταν να εργαστεί σε μία ανθρωπιστική οργάνωση σε μία μακρινή χώρα, ένα όνειρο όμως που τελικά πραγματοποιήθηκε μέσα στο ίδιο της το σπίτι όταν εμπνεύστηκε τη δημιουργία ενός δικτυακού τόπου που θα συνδέει ανθρώπους που έχουν ανάγκη φαγητού με αυτούς που έχουν περισσευούμενο φαγητό ώστε τίποτα να μην πηγαίνει χαμένο. Έτσι το Μάιο του 2011, ξεκίνησε το ΜΠΟΡΟΥΜΕ ως κόμβος επικοινωνίας που σώζει φαγητό και να συντονίζει την προσφορά του σε αυτούς που το έχουν περισσότερη ανάγκη. Σήμερα εργάζεται στο Ίδρυμα Μποδοσάκη όπου συντονίζει το “Giving for Greece”, μία πρωτοβουλία που έχει ως σκοπό να εμπνέει όσους επιθυμούν να προσφέρουν στην ανακούφιση πραγματικών κοινωνικών αναγκών στην Ελλάδα -ιδιώτες, εταιρείες ή φορείς- και να τους δίνει παρέχει συμβουλές και κατευθύνσεις, καθώς και το κατάλληλο πλαίσιο, ώστε να το πράττουν αποτελεσματικά, με τον μέγιστο δυνατό κοινωνικό αντίκτυπο και όρους λογοδοσίας και διαφάνειας.