Theme: "Break The Pattern"

TEDxPanteionUniversity is the first TEDx in Greece created to meet the needs of modern society..

The free participation and constant encouragement for practical assistance to the community are a few of the features that make us proud of working for such a cause.

The main message we want to broadcast is moving from theory to practice, from only thinking, to also doing. It is a philosophy we have tried to instil in all the actions we have done so far and we plan to stick with it in the future.

TEDxPanteionUniversity, in its second year of existence, is preparing its third TEDx event under the theme "Break The Pattern". "Break the Pattern" describes the communities and people taking their ideas from theory to practice, the ones who are bold enough the break down stereotypes and take the leap of faith to form a reality from their vision.

The second TEDxPanteionUniversity main event will stay true to its social message, asking for participants to donate children's books in order to form a library for refugee children, instead of an admittance fee. The library will be hosted at The Cube Athens for the purposes of SOLE Project Greece.

Proorismos Papastratos
Gravias 25
Piraeus, Attiki, 185 45
Greece

Christiana Kosiari

Christiana Kosiari attended the National School of Dance (KSOT). She participated in the performance of Alexandra Pirici "Parthenon Marbles" (Acropolis, State of Concept Gallery) and in "Ladies of Ghika Gallery" by Vicky Spachou at the Benaki Museum. She led the piece «Omira» by Stella Spyrou (Contemporary Theatre of Athens, Greek and foreign festivals). She participated in the work of Evi Souli "Beyond Collapse"; she danced at the 6th and 7th Arc For Dance Festival in Contemporary Theatre of Athens and in other dance events. Since 2008, she has a teaching experience in ballet, contemporary, modern and other dances.

Christos Tsounis

Chris Tsounis has studied in Greece and the UK specializing in entrepreneurship and new technologies. In a young age, he has undergone multiple times the difficulties and the pressure of the startup environment participating in several successful projects such as Yourse (the first Greek Job Seerch Engine), and E-MAILiT (one of the biggest social media sharing platforms). Moreover, he has founded his own business consultant company on internet presence and promotion. Lastly, from the position of Country Manager Quizdom Greece, he is handling the operations and growth of both the app and the brand.

Dimitris Zorzos

After working and studying on printing and sound, in 2004 he moved to Barcelona. There, he studied several alternative therapy techniques. He is a founding member of “Sex Asistant Catalunya” and served as a member of the board of “Tandem Team BCN”, where he was also offering sex assistance. He has also worked as a personal assistant for people with disabilities in ECOM foundation. Currently, he is a founding member and development manager of “Sexualidad Funcional” (functional sexuality), a program about sexuality and disability, officially supported by the national health system in Valencia. In Sexualidad Funcional, apart from offering sex asistance, he designs and imparts workshops, with his colleague, medical doctor and sexologist, Charo Ricart.

Evi Souli

Evi Souli attended the Rallou Manou Professional Dance School. In February 2015, she took over the realization and choreography of the performance “Arsis /Thesis”. In November, it was selected and presented by the New Europe Festival 2015 in Prague. In May 2016 she premiered the performance "Beyond Collapse" at the Contemporary Theater of Athens, in collaboration with Pavlos Pavlidis. Finally, she teaches classical and contemporary dance.

Giannis Chatzibeis

Giannis Chatzibeis is a Paralympic champion in swimming and triathlon. He is the first Greek athlete with a disability to have swum 26 km in the open sea, in 1993, and to have completed the Ironman marathon triathlon in 2014. He specializes in marketing, sales and management, with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Piraeus and a master’s degree from the University of Technology, Sydney and more than 25 years of professional experience in the field, with an astonishing track record. In 2013, he started the crowdfunding platform www.giveandfund.com , an online meeting point of individuals, NGOs and corporate entities who wish to fund live-changing projects.

Kostis Papaioannou

Kostis Papaioanou studied in Germany and is an entrepreneur. He is a founding member of Greenpeace in Greece- serving as the Board Chair since 2012, a volunteer and activist amongst other things. He has travelled and participated in actions in the Meditteranean countless times with the organization’s ships (Moby Dick, M/V Greenpeace, Sirius, Rainbow Warrior, Esperanza, Arctic Sunrise). He has been a part of dozens of actions throughout Greece, Italy, The Netherlands and Romania.

Marianna Kavallieratos

Marianna Kavallieratos studied dance and choreography at 'The Place' London Contemporary Dance School. She continued her studies with the Onassis scholarship in New York’s SUNNY Purchase. Since 1992, she collaborates with Robert Wilson as a dancer in several productions and at the Watermill Center. She has presented her own works at the Athens Festival, the Onassis Cultural Center and in New York.

Melita Scabeau

Melita Scabeau is the first and only fully interactive drag performer in Greece. She combines live singing, stand up comedy and improvisations in all of her performances. Her shows are based on luxurious drag shows from all over the world, and having had vast experience in big venues in and out of Athens, she offers unique moments of entertainment and laughter, with respect not only for her audience but for the art of drag as well

Panagiotis Kordoutis

Panos Kordoutis was born in Athens; he received his BA from the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens in 1983 and, as a Fulbright grantee, his M.A. and Ph.D. in Social Psychology, from the Department of Psychology of the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1986 and 1989 respectively. Since 1991, he has worked at the Departments of Social Work and Health Visitors of the Technological Educational Institute of Athens and at the Departments of Journalism and Psychology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. From 2007 till now, he is Professor of the Social Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships at the Department of Psychology of the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences. His scientific interests and publications focus on the Social Psychology of Sexuality and the Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships.

Petros Aggos

Petros Aggos is a political scientist focused on strategic communication management. He is specialized in European Affairs and European political system. He has worked as a researcher and communications advisor for scientific institutions on abroad and as associate researcher for think tanks in Greece. He is Vice President of the Hellenic National Youth Council, elected by Young European Federalists where he served as President of the Executive Bureau. He is the official delegate from Greece on Structured Dialogue and European Youth Forum.

Petros Sapountzakis

Petros Sapountzakis was born in Piraeus in 1971. He works as a primary school teacher for the last 17 years. Having theological concerns, he attended the Higher Ecclesiastical School of Athens and associated with the anti-heretical struggle of the Greek Church and other church activities. When he entered the Primary Education Department, he got interested in new territories. From 1995 to 2008, he organized the child mountaineering camp "High Mountains" and since 2009, he deals with issues of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Characteristics in Education. He is one of the founding members of Colorful School.

Rebecca Camhi

Rebecca Camhi was born in Athens, Greece in 1965. After graduating from the American college of Greece, she went to Paris , studied at the American College and then was apprenticed to internationally renowned Greek sculptor Takis in Paris. A few internships followed at important galleries and institutions such as Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris, and CNAC Magasin in Grenoble, France under the directorship of Adelina von Furstenberg. In 1992 she attented a curatorial course in the museum Luigi Pecci in Prato, Italy and then worked as an assistant at the Documenta IX in Kassel with the curatorial team headed by Jan Hoet. Since then she is an independent art dealer and consultant between Athens, London and New York and is the owner of the gallery Rebecca Camhi which was founded in Athens in 1995.

Stephane De Freitas

Stéphane de Freitas is an artist working on the concept of mixing opposites. “Indigo”, one of his many concepts, stems from the harmonious mix of blue and red, colours that naturally oppose one another in our minds. After a career as a professional basketball player followed by studies in ASSAS International Law School and ESSEC Business School of Paris, he sets up the Indigo Cooperative, a non-profit organization (French law of 1901) that embodies the translation of his artistic concept in the heart of everyday interactions. Since 2012, the structure has been developing social, cultural and artistic projects with in mind, the goal of improving social togetherness.

Δημήτρης Ζώρζος

Δούλεψε και σπούδασε σχετικά με τυπογραφία και ήχο. Το 2004 μετακόμισε στη Βαρκελώνη, όπου σπούδασε ως πρακτικός φυσικών θεραπειών. Είναι ιδρυτικό μέλος της ομάδας “Sex Assistant Catalunya” και διοικητικό μέλος του συλλόγου “Tandem Team BCN”, όπου επίσης προσέφερε σεξουαλική βοήθεια σε ΑμεΑ. Δούλεψε επίσης ως προσωπικός βοηθός ΑμεΑ, με το ίδρυμα ECOM. Τώρα είναι ιδρυτικό μέλος και υπεύθυνος για την ανάπτυξη του προγράμματος “Sexualidad Funcional” (λειτουργική σεξουαλικότητα), ένα πρόγραμμα για τη σεξουαλικότητα των ΑμεΑ, που υποστηρίζεται επίσημα από το δημόσιο σύστημα υγείας, στη Βαλένθια. Στη Sexualidad Funcional, εκτός από το να προσφέρει σεξουαλική βοήθεια, σχεδιάζει και προσφέρει εργαστήρια, μαζί με τη συνάδελφό του, γιατρό και σεξόλογο Charo Ricart.