Athens College – Special Olympics Online Conference
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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]

 

 

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