Events

Third Kavala International Summer School (KISS) 2024
Venue: Great Club Kavala, Kiprou 12-14, Kavala 654 03

Schedule

25.08.2024 Sunday
Arrival in Galaxy Hotel, Oceanis Hotel, Kavala-Greece.
18.30-20.00 Galaxy Hotel, Registration, orientation meeting, Dr Theodoros Theodorou, Ambassador ad h.

26.08.2024 Monday
10.00-10.15 Greetings: HE the Mayor of the City of Kavala Mr. Theodoros Mouriadis
10.15-10.45 Prof. Dr. Martin Leiner JCRS, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena-Germany, Prof. Dr. Toyomi Asano, Waseda University – Japan
10.45 -11,00 Prof. Stamos Karamouzis, ACT Provost.
11:00-11.15 Mr. Loukas Katsonis, CEO Fainst, Honor to our donors
11.15-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-11.50 Dr. Catherine Boura, Ambassador ad h. former Greek Permanent Representative to the UN, Introductory remarks
11.50-12.50 Mr. Antonios Platias (ret. General) “The Contribution of the Republic of Cyprus to the regional Defence & Security nexus”
13.00-14.00 Light Lunch
14.00-15.00 Prof. Dr. Christos Aliprantis and Prof. Dr. Maria Kyriakidou, History, domestic and international politics of Cyprus up to 2004
15.00-16.00 Participants self-organization
16.00-16.30 Coffee Break
16.30-17.30 Prof. Dr. Martin Leiner, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies

27.08.2024 Tuesday
10.00-11.00 Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Triantafyllou, Panteion University, Cyprus in the EU.
11.00-12.00 Prof. Dr. Assano, Waseda Center for Reconsiliation Studies WCRS, Introduction of East Asian international conflicts over memories; centering upon tentative frameworks to compare Cyprus case with Taiwan case.
12.00-12.15 Coffee Break
12.15-12.45 Dr. Angelos Vlachos, Chief Executive Officer, Kavala Port Authority S.A.
12.45-13.30 Dr. Naoyuki Umemori, Tentative comparison of Taiwan’s history with Cyprus history.
13.30-14.30 Light Lunch
14:30 -15.30 Participants self organisation
15.30-16.30 Dr. Kazuo Kuroda, National education system in East Asian countries and challenge of international education.
16.30 -17.00 Coffee break
17.00-18.00 Prof. Dr. Andreas Theophanous: Cyprus and the EU: A critical assessment of the overall record
20.00-21.00 Piano concert by Mr. Athanasios Parmenidis

28.08.2024 Wednesday
10.00-11.00 Dr. Evangelia (Elina) Asimakopoulou, Lawyer (Greece), Visiting Professor of Civil Procedure and Labor Law, Neapolis University Pafos (Cyprus) “Law in Cyprus: Fundamental Elements and Recent Developments”.
11.00-12.00 Dr. Pavlos Koktsidis, ACT: The New Geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean: Security Challenges and Implications for Cyprus.
12.00-12.30 Coffee break
12.30-14.00 Special session for WASEDA University, Μoderator Dr. Charalampos Babis Karpouchtsis, speakers: Dr. Naoko Kumagai, Dr. Arata Hirai
14.00-14.30 Light lunch
14.30-15.30 Dr. Yannis Foukas: Cyprus in the Age of Decoupling
15.30-16.30 Dr. Tina Mavrikos Adamou, ACT: Irregular migration in the Mediterranean and the impact on Cyprus
16.30-17.30 Dr. Spyridon Litsas, University of Macedonia: The Strategic Challenges Facing Turkish Revisionism for the Republic of Cyprus in a changing systemic framework: One Step Beyond.
20.00-21.00 Dr. Michalis Lychounas The city of Kavala, History, contemporary presence

29.08. 2024 Thursday
10.00 Departure to Egnatia Aviation/Lydia airport
10.30-13.30 Mr. George Triantafyllidis, Aviation brings people closer/a flight simulator experience.”
13.30-14.00 Return to Kavala International Summer School Venue
14.15-15.30 Light Lunch in our meeting place
15.30-17.30 Panel Discussion Mr. Loukas Katsonis, CEO Fainst, Dr. Theodoros Theodorou, Ambassador ad h. “What after Cyprus EU Integration, 2004-2024?”

30.08.2023 Friday
09.00 Arrivals: – HE Mr. Koichi ITO, Ambassador of Japan to Greece
HE Mr Mansor Saad Al Olaimi, Ambassador of the State of Kuwait in Greece
10.00-11.30 Ambassadors Greetings and certificates for participants
11.30-13.00 Moderator Dr. Christos Aliprantis, speaker Mr. Kostas Kakiousis Ambassador ad h. former Greek Ambassador in Japan: Reconciliation in the world, the Greek and Japan impact οn our global society, Q/A
13.00-14.00 Light Lunch
14.00-15.30 Dr. Charalampos Babis Karpouchtsis: Cyprus in the EU: Culture, security, safety, politics, energy, geostrategy, and good neighborliness in the 21st century?
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-17.00 General Remarks/Evaluation
19:00-20.00 Music around the World- “En Chordais”,
20.00 “THE SUMMER SCHOOL PRIZE” and Reception.

31.08.2024 Saturday
Departure from the Kavala Port
10.00-17.00 Sailing to Thassos /culture, and education through the centuries

01.09.2024 Sunday
09.00 Departure from the Hotel: 10.30 Meet our Colleagues from Thrace in Xanthi
13.00-16.00 Lunch
16.00 On our way to Thessaloniki
20.00 Arrival in Thessaloniki Hotel

02.09.2024 Monday
Only for WASEDA University participants
10.30 Departure from the Hotel to ACT Campus
11.00 Meeting the Provost at the American College of Thessaloniki (ACT)
ACT premises meeting with Professors and postgraduate students from ACT, Aristotle University and University of Macedonia. Open Discussion
12.30 Light Lunch at ACT Campus
15.00 Back to our Hotel

03.09.2024 Tuesday
Departure to Athens

04.09.2024
11.00-12.30 Our meeting in the Foreign Affairs Institute, Leoforos Alexandras 91, Athens.