President and CEO of the NILEAS Producers Group Subject: The olive cultivation and its connection with the environment and the culture. President and CEO of the NILEAS Producer Group (founded in 2001 under his initiative), an agricultural cooperative that has started to implement an Integrated Environmental Management System. NILEAS Producers…

MSc, PhD in Ecology and Ecosystems Management. Hellenic Agricultural Organization-DIMITRA – Soil and Water Resources Institute. Subject: Nature-based Solutions and Living Labs of open innovation in Rural Mediterranean areas: Addressing societal challenges with the help of nature Agronomist, MSc, and PhD in Ecology and Ecosystems Management. Certified expertise on “Research…

Communication Manager at extra virgin olive oil KYKLOPAS S.A. Subject: Innovative cultivations with respect for people and the planet Valia Kelidou, Communication Manager at extra virgin olive oil KYKLOPAS Valia Kelidou grew up surrounded by olive trees. She is the oldest daughter of the family that produce Kyklopas extra virgin…

Qualified olive oil taster Subject: Innovative cultivations with respect for people and the planet Alexander Tokas, who is part of the Kyklopas family, is obsessed with quality. His mission is to showcase the aromas of Kyklopas olive oils and to promote our region’s extraordinary Makri olive variety. He remains up-to-date…

Professor at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication and Vice-Rector of the University of the Aegean. Subject: The processing of the olive fruit and the evolution of olive oil production from the 19th to the 20th century CURRICULUM VITAE – DIMITRIS PAPAGEORGIOU Dimitris Papageorgiou is affiliated with the Department…

PhD in Environmental Management and Policy, Professor at the Department of Geography, University of the Aegean. Director of PrecFarm: Laboratory of Rural Geography and Precision Agriculture Systems. Subject: Olive plantations and the environment: Adapting to new realities Thanasis Kizos is Professor in “Rural Geography” in the Department of Geography,University of…