Athens College – Special Olympics Online Conference
The College’s
Department of Social Welfare and Diversity, together with Psychico Junior High
School, are organizing an online conference on “Athens College – Special Olympics:
Coexistence – Diversity” that will be held on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 1:10
p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Opening
remarks and welcome speeches will be given by the Chairwoman of the Board of
Directors of the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation, Annika Papantoniou,
College President, Prof. Costas Synolakis ΄75, and the General Coordinator of
the HAEF School Units, Christos Papanikolaou ΄85.
Plenary
Speakers:
Andreas
Potamianos, Founding Member, Honorary President of Special Olympics Hellas and Member
of the HAEF Association
“Historical
Retrospective of the Founding of Special Olympics Hellas”
Melita
Tsoutreli, Founding Member and Head of Public Relations for Special Olympics Hellas
“How an Idea Came to Fruition”
Ioannis Charalampakis
’14, Member of the Special Olympics Hellas Team (Korea 2011)
“Experiential Coexistence with Special Olympics
Athletes”
Keynote Speakers:
Dionysios
Kodellas, Honorary Ambassador, President of Special Olympics Hellas
“The Presence of Special Olympics in an Ever-Changing
World”
Eleni Marinaki,
Alexia Papageorgiou, Loukas Maroutsis, Manos Alevras, Psychico College Junior High
School Students
Joint Action between Athens College and Special
Olympics: “We Paint – We Coexist”
Anna Antonopoulou, Special Olympics Athlete
"Sports and Special Olympics"
A discussion
will follow.
Contact Information:
Τ: 210 6798126
email: [email protected]