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MUNICIPAL THEATRE OF MITILINI
KOYNTOYRIOTH PAVLOY 3
MITILINI, Lesvos, 81100
Greece

Anastasia Karagianni

Anastasia is the founder of the Greek initiative ChildAct and a member of the Greek NPO Homo Digitalis. She studied law at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and at KU Leuven. Her special interest is in digital rights of children. Anastasia has been practicing law since 2016 and is a member of the Bar Association of Thessaloniki. She did several internships focused on international law, child protection and refugee law: at the legal service of NGO Praksis, the legal department of the Greek Council for Refugees and the United Nations Regional Information Center for Western Europe in Brussels.

Apostolos Maniatellis

Apostolos Maniatellis is a dynamic fighter pilot with over 2.500 hours of flight experience,F-16 Trainer and Project manager. He is counting many years of experience and expertise in performing full range of operational missions, as well as in training F-16 pilots, both beginners and trainers.He participated in numerous air force exercises in Greece and abroad and has represented our country in international organizations receiving a considerable number of distinctions. He is a member of the Management Information Systems Laboratory and Business Intelligence (MISBI Lab) of the University of Patras. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a PHDc in “Process Mining Algorithms”. The last few years has been representing Greece as a project manager on aviation issues at an International Organization.

Apostolos Paraskevopoulos

Apostolos Paraskevopoulos is a Social volunteer. Since 2011, as a humanitarian he took active action during the refugee crisis in Lesvos island and Eidomeni. He is the initiator of the collective action "NO ONE ALONE", a team focused on providing material and psychosocial assistance to individuals and families residing in Lesvos island.

Dimitris Kavroudakis

Dr. Dimitris Kavroudakis is an assistant professor of “Geographical Analysis” in the University of the Aegean. He has studied computer info systems in the American College of Greece (DEERE), Geography in The University of the Aegean and he obtained his MSc in GIS from the University of Leeds, UK. He holds a PhD in Geography and has worked as post-doc researcher. Over the years, he has been involved in high quality geographical research which led to a number of scientific publications in the field. Some of his academic interests include location analysis, spatial analysis, network analysis, GIS, open source and economic geography.

Georgios Kariofyllis

Born in Athens and raised in Mytilene. After finishing school in the city of Mytilene and completing the School of Mediterranean Studies in Rhodes, George Kariofyllis wanted to pursue something more meaningful. So he returned to his ancestral lands, in Lepetimnos, in the northern part of the island to plan his future. This is how Aronia went about his life next to a farm where his hobby became a profession. Today and after four years he sees the fruits of the success of his choice, but also of the super fruit that earns daily points in both pharmacology and selective gastronomy. At the same time over an area of six acres, he breeds various species of animals from deer, wild sheep, pony to royal pheasants, which among goats, dogs, cats and other productive animals have found a harmony of coexistence and are a modern learning tool for all ages who often visit the farm with their school.

Kokotas Vasileios

He was born in Athens in 1973. He is an optometrist. Since 1998 he is a member of the Optometric Extension Program Foundation (OEPF). He is also a member of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) and the Neuro Optometric Rehabilitation Association (NORA). In 2002 he was awarded the Washington D.C. the first Kraskin Prize and in 2004 he was awarded to be among the Who's Who of health professionals. His articles have been published in Greek and foreign journals and he is a member of two peer review boards of international scientific journals. In 2016, with 20 years of experience he creates the Optometria.gr and up to date, he provides his services in the field of vision restoration and correction while coordinating a team of external partners that surround him. He remains a scientific consultant at a large ophthalmic company and at the same time works as a consultant in private rehabilitation centers for people with neuromotor and developmental disorders, enhancing and complementing treatment programs in Greece and Cyprus.

Konstantinos Kotsanas

Kostas Kotsanas is a mechanical engineer. He is the founder of five(5) museums in Greece( two in Athens , Ancient Olympia, Katakolo, Crete), all related to ancient greek technology. He has with devotion studied(still and always is) ancient greek culture and especially ancient greek technology. He is also a writer. For his work he has been award winning!

Kosmas Koumianos

Kosmas studied informatics, and while working on this field; he decided to canalize his creativity in a series of photography studies. He energizes his life and his work with joyful vibes that are captured in each and every picture he presents. These skills along with his positive life stance made him an award winning fashion and portrait photographer, with an excellent glance that is imprinted on fine art imagery. He works in Europe and USA, for professional fashion & portrait photo shootings. He works in Europe and USA, for professional fashion & portrait photo shootings.

MIKAEL DELTA

Mikael Delta is one of the most prolific and influential artists in Greece and one of few to make his name internationally. With releases in France, Belgium, Germany and the UK, this talented musician surprised foreign media by simply declaring his origin. Greece’s booming electronica scene certainly owes a lot to this true pioneer! As a matter of fact, apart from music production he has composed music for films and theatrical performances. Mikael Delta has always had much interest in Esotericism and he experienced for many years more Esoteric Paths such as, Reiki, Meditation and Mysticism, as parallel journeys with his personal Psychotherapy. His 4 Self-Realization books were published by the poet and publisher Giorgos Chronas (Odos Panos Publishing)

Nikolaos Zouros

Dr. Nikos Zouros is Professor of Natural Geography – Geomorphology - Geodynamics and Geotechnics of the Department of Geography University of the Aegean, Director of the Post-Graduate Diploma Curriculum "Natural Hazards and Disaster Management" and Director of the Natural History Museum of Petrified Forest Lesvos since its establishment in 1995. For the last 25 years, he has been involved in the study of the active geodynamic processes and the study, protection and enhancement of physics of monuments in Greece and abroad. His investigation resulted in more than 100 publications in international journals, collectively conference volumes and minutes. He is the author of 25 books on the subject of the promotion and utilization of natural monuments

Yioula Blesiou

A series of unexpected events in Yioula's life, made it clear that the only expected thing to happen is the unexpected and the way you go through it. By 2005 she had made her way to playing with children by getting a BSc in Early Childhood Studies and an MSc in Special Education for chidren with social, emotional and behavior difficulties. She also had several pictures and routes filling her personal mosaic and she had formed an experiential expertise in resilience, meaning the way people can turn any obstacle into a chance for further personal development, for something new that just appeared in their path of life. In her life, 2010 was the year of change as along with her sister, her partner, her brother and a group of amazing professionals, they created Paixnidagogeio (www.paixnidagogeio.gr). They made a place where play is the beginning, where all emotions fit. That is how a red house became the beginning for all of them to play and to share their “resiliencies” every hour of the day until today! They created a school for little ones and grownups who want to keep growing through what they are going through!