Journalist, certified virgin olive oil taster and oil sommelier She graduated in Law in Rome and practised as a lawyer for several years before moving to television, where she worked for twenty years in the editorial office and as a presenter on current affairs, cooking, medicine and health programmes. She…

Professor, Department of Environment - University of the Aegean, Laboratory of Local and Island Development Aegean Sustainable Tourism Observatory Ioannis Spilanis is economist, graduate of the University of Athens (1979). After postgraduate studies in "European and International Studies" at the University of Grenoble (France), obtained a PhD at the same…

Honorary Consul in Lesvos and Limnos She was born in Nafplio. She graduated from the University Stendhal - Grenoble 3 in France, with a degree in Language Sciences, specializing in French as a foreign language. She did postgraduate studies at the University of Le Mans in France, in Language Teaching…

Entrepreneur. Founder of the company Olive Epitome. Certified olive oil taster – member of the Kalamata Olive Oil Taste Laboratory – University of the Peloponnese. Dimitris Sarantopoulos draws his origin from the region of Arcadia in the Peloponnese but was born and grew up in Athens. From a young age…

Co-owner, Protoulis Master Olive Oil Makers company He is a graduate of the Department of Management of the University of the Aegean, born in Plomari, Lesvos. He is professionally involved in the olive oil sector as a producer and owner of the Protoulis Master Olive Oil Makers olive mills. He…

Research Director, Hellenic Pasteur Institute Mrs Haralabia Boleti is a Research Director at the Hellenic Pasteur Institute (HPI). She studied Chemistry (BSc, University of Athens), Biochemistry (MSc, University of Alberta, Canada) and Molecular Cell Biology (PhD, European Molecular Biology Laboratory / University of Heidelberg, Germany). She trained as a post-doctoral…