The thematic units of the Symposium
1. Youthful Kytheraismos and Philo-Kytheraismos
· Kytherian youthful identity and Kytherocity
· Childhood dreams
· Education (students mobility)
· Modern Greek classes
· Children’s camping in Kythera
· Training (practical training programmes)
· Employability
· Youthful entrepreneurship - investing in the Kytherian youth
· Youth and the tourism (alternative tourism, hiking tourism etc)
· Creative employment programmes
2. Youthful quality of life
· Youth with obstacles (social, economic, geographical), educational difficulties, cultural differences and special needs
· Health and well-being
· Mental and sexual health
· Sport and Physical activity
· Healthy life styles
· Environment
3. Kytherian and Philo-Kytherian young active citizens
· European citizenship
· Civic participation (politics, local government, local associations-foundations, municipal youth committees, youthful and productive local committees of Kytheraismos)
· Voluntary activities, cross-border mobility, helping older people
· Youthful aspirations
· Youthful subsidiarity
· Solidarity between youth and society
4. Youthful Kytherian culture
· Creativity – innovation – talents
· Leisure
· Cultural activities – multi-cultural youth – cultural diversity
· Kytherian roots, heritage
· Social inclusion (inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities) – 2010, The European year against poverty
· Kytheroupolis: The Cultural Capital of Kytheraismos for the years 2010-2012 (several activities)
· Youth artists (dancing, music etc)
5. Kytherian digital youthfulness – information technology
· Kytherian electronic library
· E-Kytheroupolis
· World Kytherian youthful week
· The relationship of the youth with technology in Kythera, Australia and the rest of the world (an electronic bank of ideas to promote a more efficient exchange of know-how)
· Personal inter-connection (facebook, twitter, etc)
6. Kytherian Youth and the world
· Participation on global issues (earthquakes, climatic changes, immigrations, sustainable development goals, human rights etc.)
· Youth inter-connection
· Youth solidarity
· High level achievements
· Kytherian agreements (scholarships, international meetings, training, exchanges on different continents, employment, voluntaring opportunities with regions outside Europe)
Three parallels thematic workshops
Workshop 1: Youthful Kytherian participation
Workshop 2: Youthful Kytherian voluntarism
Workshop 3: Youthful Kytherian multi-culturalism
The panel discussion:
Youthful Philo-Kytheraismos
THURSDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2010
18.00 Prayer Canon (Paraklitikos Kanonas) to the Virgin Mary of Myrtidiotissa, Kytheroupolis, Alimos
18.45 Official party arrives
1. Youthful Kytheraismos and Philo-Kytheraismos
· Kytherian youthful identity and Kytherocity
· Childhood dreams
· Education (students mobility)
· Modern Greek classes
· Children’s camping in Kythera
· Training (practical training programmes)
· Employability
· Youthful entrepreneurship - investing in the Kytherian youth
· Youth and the tourism (alternative tourism, hiking tourism etc)
· Creative employment programmes
2. Youthful quality of life
· Youth with obstacles (social, economic, geographical), educational difficulties, cultural differences and special needs
· Health and well-being
· Mental and sexual health
· Sport and Physical activity
· Healthy life styles
· Environment
3. Kytherian and Philo-Kytherian young active citizens
· European citizenship
· Civic participation (politics, local government, local associations-foundations, municipal youth committees, youthful and productive local committees of Kytheraismos)
· Voluntary activities, cross-border mobility, helping older people
· Youthful aspirations
· Youthful subsidiarity
· Solidarity between youth and society
4. Youthful Kytherian culture
· Creativity – innovation – talents
· Leisure
· Cultural activities – multi-cultural youth – cultural diversity
· Kytherian roots, heritage
· Social inclusion (inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities) – 2010, The European year against poverty
· Kytheroupolis: The Cultural Capital of Kytheraismos for the years 2010-2012 (several activities)
· Youth artists (dancing, music etc)
5. Kytherian digital youthfulness – information technology
· Kytherian electronic library
· E-Kytheroupolis
· World Kytherian youthful week
· The relationship of the youth with technology in Kythera, Australia and the rest of the world (an electronic bank of ideas to promote a more efficient exchange of know-how)
· Personal inter-connection (facebook, twitter, etc)
6. Kytherian Youth and the world
· Participation on global issues (earthquakes, climatic changes, immigrations, sustainable development goals, human rights etc.)
· Youth inter-connection
· Youth solidarity
· High level achievements
· Kytherian agreements (scholarships, international meetings, training, exchanges on different continents, employment, voluntaring opportunities with regions outside Europe)
Three parallels thematic workshops
Workshop 1: Youthful Kytherian participation
Workshop 2: Youthful Kytherian voluntarism
Workshop 3: Youthful Kytherian multi-culturalism
The panel discussion:
Youthful Philo-Kytheraismos
THURSDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2010
18.00 Prayer Canon (Paraklitikos Kanonas) to the Virgin Mary of Myrtidiotissa, Kytheroupolis, Alimos
18.45 Official party arrives
President of the World Council of Helenes Abroad Mr. Stefanos Tamvakis
His eminence Archbishop of Nea Smyrni Simeon,
His eminence Archbishop of Kythera and Antikythera Serafeim
His eminence Archbishop Thessaliotidos & Fanariofersallon Kirillos
Deputy Minister of Education, Long Life Learning & Religion
Mr.John Panaretos
Mayor of Alimos Mr. Thanos Orfanos
Mayor of Kythera Mr.Theodoros Koukoulis
Sub-Prefect of Kythera Mrs.Christina Fatsea
The Rector of the University of Athens Mr.Theodosios Pelegrinis
Ambassador of Australia Mr.Jeremy Roger Newman
First Secretary Administration and Council of Australia in Greece Mr. Phil. Minos
The Represendantive of the European Parliament in Athens Mr. Leonidas Antonakopoulos
19.15 Welcome speech by chairman Mr. Elias Marsellos
19.30 Opening speech by the President of the World Council of Helenes Abroad Mr. Stefanos Tamvakis.
19.45 Speeches by officials.
20.15 Music and songs by Michalianna Theofanopoulos (guitar) and Dafni Birbili (piano)
20.45 Food & soft-drinks for the visitors
FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2010
10.00 Registrations / Arrivals
10.25 1st Plenary Session
Chairs: Elias Marsellos, Victor Kepriotes, John Vardas
10.30 Elias Marsellos: The Kytherian and Philo-Kytherian youth all over the world
11.00 Dr. Gregory Makrides – Drousiotis Evis – Ioanna Boura: CAREER-EUshop: One-stop-service career guidance for Europeans
11.15 Katerina M. Galanaki: (a) Students Mobility: obstacles & how we copy with them, b) EU-Australia Cooperation
11.30 John Vardas: The role of the youth of Kythera
11.45 Emmanouel Kasimatis: The youth investment in Kythera
12.00 Discussion - Coffee break
12.30 2nd Plenary Session
Chairs: Emmanouel Kasimatis, Basil Leftheris, Spyridon Avgerinos
12.35 Helen Tzortzopoulos: Museum and youth
12.50 Petros Zounis: The cultural tourism and the development meaning of the local museum cultural product as a comparative advantage for the young generations
13.05 Alexandros Stratigos: Interference of preventing Dermatology in Kythera: Messages for the young people
13.35 George Kouroupetroglou–Alexandros Pinoο: Support actions for students with special needs
13.50 Discussion - Lunch
15.00 3rd Plenary Session
Chairs: Nick Petrochilos, Aris Tsaravopoulos, Theodoros Marsellos
15.05 Maria Leontsini: Childhood and youth in Kytherian Hagiography
15.20 Helen Kastrisiou-Kyriakopoulou: Childhood and youthful age of the noveling heroes
15.35 Adamantia Triarchi-Makrygianni: The Kytherian Archeologist Valerios N. Stais
16.05 Aris Tsaravopoulos: The voluntary participation of the Kytherian youth all over the world during the recent excavation in Kythera
16.20 Discussion - Coffee break
16.50 4th Plenary Sessionα
Chairs: George K. Tzortzopoulos, George Kanarakis, Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou 16.55 George Kanarakis: Problems of Greek language learning by the youth in English language countries, and particularly in Australia
17.10 Michalianna Theofanopoulos: Modern Greek studies programmes and Hellenic culture in Greece (Kythera) for foreigners
17.25 George P. Kasimatis (Drymoniatis): The great contribution of the Kytherian Brotherhood Youth Branch (Piraeus-Athens) to the creation of the patriotic roots and Kytherian consciousness to the young people and to the strengthening of the young people ties of the Kytherian Community in Attika with their motherland. Activities of today.
15.35 Kostas Karadimas: The recognition of the architect identity of the settlements and the buildings of Kythera through the works of the National Polytechnic School students
16.00 Discussion - Coffee break
His eminence Archbishop of Nea Smyrni Simeon,
His eminence Archbishop of Kythera and Antikythera Serafeim
His eminence Archbishop Thessaliotidos & Fanariofersallon Kirillos
Deputy Minister of Education, Long Life Learning & Religion
Mr.John Panaretos
Mayor of Alimos Mr. Thanos Orfanos
Mayor of Kythera Mr.Theodoros Koukoulis
Sub-Prefect of Kythera Mrs.Christina Fatsea
The Rector of the University of Athens Mr.Theodosios Pelegrinis
Ambassador of Australia Mr.Jeremy Roger Newman
First Secretary Administration and Council of Australia in Greece Mr. Phil. Minos
The Represendantive of the European Parliament in Athens Mr. Leonidas Antonakopoulos
19.15 Welcome speech by chairman Mr. Elias Marsellos
19.30 Opening speech by the President of the World Council of Helenes Abroad Mr. Stefanos Tamvakis.
19.45 Speeches by officials.
20.15 Music and songs by Michalianna Theofanopoulos (guitar) and Dafni Birbili (piano)
20.45 Food & soft-drinks for the visitors
FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2010
10.00 Registrations / Arrivals
10.25 1st Plenary Session
Chairs: Elias Marsellos, Victor Kepriotes, John Vardas
10.30 Elias Marsellos: The Kytherian and Philo-Kytherian youth all over the world
11.00 Dr. Gregory Makrides – Drousiotis Evis – Ioanna Boura: CAREER-EUshop: One-stop-service career guidance for Europeans
11.15 Katerina M. Galanaki: (a) Students Mobility: obstacles & how we copy with them, b) EU-Australia Cooperation
11.30 John Vardas: The role of the youth of Kythera
11.45 Emmanouel Kasimatis: The youth investment in Kythera
12.00 Discussion - Coffee break
12.30 2nd Plenary Session
Chairs: Emmanouel Kasimatis, Basil Leftheris, Spyridon Avgerinos
12.35 Helen Tzortzopoulos: Museum and youth
12.50 Petros Zounis: The cultural tourism and the development meaning of the local museum cultural product as a comparative advantage for the young generations
13.05 Alexandros Stratigos: Interference of preventing Dermatology in Kythera: Messages for the young people
13.35 George Kouroupetroglou–Alexandros Pinoο: Support actions for students with special needs
13.50 Discussion - Lunch
15.00 3rd Plenary Session
Chairs: Nick Petrochilos, Aris Tsaravopoulos, Theodoros Marsellos
15.05 Maria Leontsini: Childhood and youth in Kytherian Hagiography
15.20 Helen Kastrisiou-Kyriakopoulou: Childhood and youthful age of the noveling heroes
15.35 Adamantia Triarchi-Makrygianni: The Kytherian Archeologist Valerios N. Stais
16.05 Aris Tsaravopoulos: The voluntary participation of the Kytherian youth all over the world during the recent excavation in Kythera
16.20 Discussion - Coffee break
16.50 4th Plenary Sessionα
Chairs: George K. Tzortzopoulos, George Kanarakis, Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou 16.55 George Kanarakis: Problems of Greek language learning by the youth in English language countries, and particularly in Australia
17.10 Michalianna Theofanopoulos: Modern Greek studies programmes and Hellenic culture in Greece (Kythera) for foreigners
17.25 George P. Kasimatis (Drymoniatis): The great contribution of the Kytherian Brotherhood Youth Branch (Piraeus-Athens) to the creation of the patriotic roots and Kytherian consciousness to the young people and to the strengthening of the young people ties of the Kytherian Community in Attika with their motherland. Activities of today.
15.35 Kostas Karadimas: The recognition of the architect identity of the settlements and the buildings of Kythera through the works of the National Polytechnic School students
16.00 Discussion - Coffee break
17.40 Zafiria Passaris: Childhood dreams, youthful aspirations, high-level achievements
17.55-18.55 Discussion
Workshop 1: Youthful Kytherian participation
20.00 Dinner.
SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2010
10.00 Arrivals
10.30 Outline of day’s programme & announcements
10.35 5th Plenary Session
Chairs: Vrettos Kypriotis, Adamantia Triarchi, Nikolaos Glytsos
10.40 Victor Kepreotis: The Kytherian Youth of Sydney
10.55 Mary Londy: Kytherian digital youthfulness in conjunction with
my personal experiences living in Kythera
11.10 Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou: Youth Memories and Kytherian Identity: Narrations on the Internet of Young Diaspora Kytherians’ Visits to Kythera)
11.25 Kalypso Michalakaki: The Nature Lover’s Branch of the Kytherian Brotherhood of Piraeus-Athens
11.40 Discussion - Coffee break
12.15 6th Plenary Session
Chairs: Helen Tzortzopoulos, Alexandros (Tzortzo)Poulos, Minas Petrochilos
12.20 Alexandros (Tzortzo)Poulos: Students dormitories for Kytherians abroad
12.35 Konstantinos Mylonopoulos – Haris Tzortzopoulos: Investment opportunities in Kythera and Antikythera
12.50 Antonios E. Marsellos: GPS Monitoring of tectonic plates motion on Kythera
13.05-14.00 Discussion
Workshop 2: Youthful Kytherian voluntarism
14.00 Lunch
15.00 7th Plenary Session
Chairs: Petros Zounis, George Kanarakis, Kalypso Michalakaki
15.05 Basil Leftheris: The Gap Generation, Cultural Discontinuity
15.20 George N. Leontsinis: Research on Kythera at the National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens: Young Scholars
16.30 8th Plenary Session
Chairs: Elias Marsellos, Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou, Emmanouel Kalokairinos
16.35 James Prineas: Kythera: a hiker’s paradise
16.50 Emmanouel Michaletos: Young people and employment in the region
17.05 Spyridon Dendrinos: Our youth and its era
17.20-18.20 Discussion
Workshop 3: Youthful Kytherian multi-culturalism
20.00 Dinner
SYNDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2010
Church going to Panagia Myrtidiotissa, Kytheroupolis, Alimos
12.00 Outline of day’s programme & announcements
12.05 9th Plenary Session
Chairs: Elias Marsellos, Petros Zounis, Emmanouel Stathis
12.10 The panel discussion: Youthful Philo-Kytheraismos
13.00 Outcomes of Symposium
13.20 Closing speech by His eminence Archbishop Serafeim
20.00 Honorary Event.
Presentantion of Kytherian dances from the dancing groups of Kytherian Brotherhood Piraeus-Athens & Kytherian Association of Athens and singing group from the Music School “Anagennisi”.
Τhe Organizing Committee thanks those who have supported the implemantation of Symposium:
Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Office of the European Parliament in Greece, Municipality of Alimos, Development Society for the region of the Kytherians of Alimos “Myrtidiotissa”, Ecclesiastical Council of Panagia Myrtidiotissa-Alimos, N.A. Aroney Estate (Sydney), Kytherian Association of Australia,Kytherian Brotherhood of Pireaus-Athens, Kytherian Association of Athens.
