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3rd Interdisciplinary School for Environmental Crisis
Science, Health, Economy, Social Sustainability
March 7-12, 2025
Negroponte Resort Eretria, Euboea, Greece
DAY 1: March 7, 2025
18:00 – 19:30 Opening session
- Welcoming remarks
- Introduction of student group projects on local environmental challenges
Evdokimos Fregoglou
Wildfires in Euboea: Consequences and lessons learned
Keynote Lecture
Nikos Kyrpides (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Joint Genome Institute, Department of Energy, USA)
Environmental pressure on microbes = Environmental pressure on human health and society
20:00 Opening Dinner
DAY 2: March 8, 2025
7:15 – 8:15 Breakfast
8:15 – 9: 30 Spyros Pandis (University of Patras, Greece)
Air Pollution and Climate Change: Mitigation strategies?
9:45 – 11:00 Georgia Destouni (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Climate Change and Water: Current state – how can we clean our mess up?
11:15 - 12:30 Nikos Monokrousos (International Hellenic University, Greece)
Anthropogenic pressures and environmental hazards on Soil Biology
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:15 "Meet the Professor"
Groups of up to 6 students discuss with faculty about science and career development
2:30 – 3:45 Konstantinos Karantininis (SLU, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden)
Resilience and Adaptability of the Agriculture and Food Systems Economy to environmental crisis
4:00 – 5:00 Despo Fatta-Kassinos & Konstantinos Drosatos
Successful pre- and post-doctoral fellowships: Hints and tips
5:00 – 6:00 Stratos Tavoulareas
Prepare a successful Business Plan
6:00 – EOD Student group study
Preassigned projects aiming to address environmental problems.
DAY 3: March 9, 2025
7:15 – 8:15 Breakfast
8:15 – 9: 30 Manolis Kogevinas (Barcelona Institute for Global Health – ISGlobal, Spain)
Environmental Pollution: “Polluting” human health
9:45 – 11:00 Despo Fatta-Kassinos (University of Cyprus)
Navigating challenges and opportunities in the reuse of reclaimed water
11:15 - 12:30 Apostolis Koutinas (Agricultural University of Athens, Greece)
Biomass management
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:15 "Meet the Professor"
Groups of up to 6 students discuss with faculty about science and career development.
2:30 – 3:45 Dimitra Ligri (European Public Health Association, Law and Public Health Section)
Climate change and the healthcare system
4:00 – 5:00 Theo Anagnostopoulos (“SciCo” - Science Communication)
Communicating science with the public
5:00 – 6:00 Despo Fatta-Kassinos & Manolis Kogevinas
How to write a great research paper and get it accepted by a good journal.
6:00 – EOD Student group study
Preassigned projects aiming to address environmental problems.
DAY 4: March 10, 2025
7:15 – 8:15 Breakfast
8:15 – 9: 30 Margaret Karagas (Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, USA)
Food systems & the environmental crisis: solutions for planetary health
9:45 – 11:00 Stratos Tavoulareas (Georgetown University, USA)
Integrating renewables in the power grid: The way forward
11:00: 11:45 Eleni Drakaki (American College of Greece-Deree, Greece)
Euboea today and in the past
12:00 – 7:00 Excursion-Visit to a ElvalHalcor S.A.
(lunch boxes will be delivered to the excursion participants)
9:00 – 12:00 Social event – Student party
DAY 5: March 11, 2025
7:15 – 8:15 Breakfast
8:15 – 9: 30 Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos (University of California at Berkeley, USA)
Environmental crisis against human infrastructure
9:45 – 11:00 Michael Haliassos (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
Effects of climate risk and environmental disasters on household finances
11:15 - 12:30 George Dikaios (National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
Climate Policies and Diplomacy
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:15 "Meet the Professor"
Groups of up to 6 students discuss with faculty about science and career development.
2:30 – 3:45 Miltiades Lytras (American College of Greece-Deree, Greece)
Digital Technologies and Smart Habitats: Tools of Resilience to the Environmental Crisis
4:00 – 5:00 John Anagnostou (TITAN, Greece)
Story of my life: Deploying new low-carbon industry technologies in the developing markets
5:00 – 6:30 Career development: Identify your professional pathway to success and happiness.
Discussion of the ISEC students with all faculty
6:30 – EOD Student group study
Preassigned projects aiming to address environmental problems.
DAY 6: March 12, 2023
7:15 – 8:15 Breakfast
8:15 – 8:45 Exams
9:00 – 9:30 Student group A presentation
9:45 – 10:15 Student Group B presentation
10:30 – 11:00 Student Group C presentation
11:15 – 11:45 Student Group D presentation
12:00 – 12:45 Closing Keynote Lecture
Eleanna Martinou (Artist)
The environmental crisis in the Arts
1:00 pm Student awards & Group Photo
DEPARTURE
Science, Health, Economy, Social Sustainability
March 7-12, 2025
Negroponte Resort Eretria, Euboea, Greece
DAY 1: March 7, 2025
18:00 – 19:30 Opening session
- Welcoming remarks
- Introduction of student group projects on local environmental challenges
Evdokimos Fregoglou
Wildfires in Euboea: Consequences and lessons learned
Keynote Lecture
Nikos Kyrpides (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Joint Genome Institute, Department of Energy, USA)
Environmental pressure on microbes = Environmental pressure on human health and society
20:00 Opening Dinner
DAY 2: March 8, 2025
7:15 – 8:15 Breakfast
8:15 – 9: 30 Spyros Pandis (University of Patras, Greece)
Air Pollution and Climate Change: Mitigation strategies?
9:45 – 11:00 Georgia Destouni (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Climate Change and Water: Current state – how can we clean our mess up?
11:15 - 12:30 Nikos Monokrousos (International Hellenic University, Greece)
Anthropogenic pressures and environmental hazards on Soil Biology
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:15 "Meet the Professor"
Groups of up to 6 students discuss with faculty about science and career development
2:30 – 3:45 Konstantinos Karantininis (SLU, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden)
Resilience and Adaptability of the Agriculture and Food Systems Economy to environmental crisis
4:00 – 5:00 Despo Fatta-Kassinos & Konstantinos Drosatos
Successful pre- and post-doctoral fellowships: Hints and tips
5:00 – 6:00 Stratos Tavoulareas
Prepare a successful Business Plan
6:00 – EOD Student group study
Preassigned projects aiming to address environmental problems.
DAY 3: March 9, 2025
7:15 – 8:15 Breakfast
8:15 – 9: 30 Manolis Kogevinas (Barcelona Institute for Global Health – ISGlobal, Spain)
Environmental Pollution: “Polluting” human health
9:45 – 11:00 Despo Fatta-Kassinos (University of Cyprus)
Navigating challenges and opportunities in the reuse of reclaimed water
11:15 - 12:30 Apostolis Koutinas (Agricultural University of Athens, Greece)
Biomass management
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:15 "Meet the Professor"
Groups of up to 6 students discuss with faculty about science and career development.
2:30 – 3:45 Dimitra Ligri (European Public Health Association, Law and Public Health Section)
Climate change and the healthcare system
4:00 – 5:00 Theo Anagnostopoulos (“SciCo” - Science Communication)
Communicating science with the public
5:00 – 6:00 Despo Fatta-Kassinos & Manolis Kogevinas
How to write a great research paper and get it accepted by a good journal.
6:00 – EOD Student group study
Preassigned projects aiming to address environmental problems.
DAY 4: March 10, 2025
7:15 – 8:15 Breakfast
8:15 – 9: 30 Margaret Karagas (Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, USA)
Food systems & the environmental crisis: solutions for planetary health
9:45 – 11:00 Stratos Tavoulareas (Georgetown University, USA)
Integrating renewables in the power grid: The way forward
11:00: 11:45 Eleni Drakaki (American College of Greece-Deree, Greece)
Euboea today and in the past
12:00 – 7:00 Excursion-Visit to a ElvalHalcor S.A.
(lunch boxes will be delivered to the excursion participants)
9:00 – 12:00 Social event – Student party
DAY 5: March 11, 2025
7:15 – 8:15 Breakfast
8:15 – 9: 30 Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos (University of California at Berkeley, USA)
Environmental crisis against human infrastructure
9:45 – 11:00 Michael Haliassos (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
Effects of climate risk and environmental disasters on household finances
11:15 - 12:30 George Dikaios (National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
Climate Policies and Diplomacy
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:15 "Meet the Professor"
Groups of up to 6 students discuss with faculty about science and career development.
2:30 – 3:45 Miltiades Lytras (American College of Greece-Deree, Greece)
Digital Technologies and Smart Habitats: Tools of Resilience to the Environmental Crisis
4:00 – 5:00 John Anagnostou (TITAN, Greece)
Story of my life: Deploying new low-carbon industry technologies in the developing markets
5:00 – 6:30 Career development: Identify your professional pathway to success and happiness.
Discussion of the ISEC students with all faculty
6:30 – EOD Student group study
Preassigned projects aiming to address environmental problems.
DAY 6: March 12, 2023
7:15 – 8:15 Breakfast
8:15 – 8:45 Exams
9:00 – 9:30 Student group A presentation
9:45 – 10:15 Student Group B presentation
10:30 – 11:00 Student Group C presentation
11:15 – 11:45 Student Group D presentation
12:00 – 12:45 Closing Keynote Lecture
Eleanna Martinou (Artist)
The environmental crisis in the Arts
1:00 pm Student awards & Group Photo
DEPARTURE
