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Agios Yakinthos, Anogeia, Crete
Perahori, Anogeia
Anogeia, Crete
Anogeia, Rethimno, Crete, Rethymno, 74051
Greece

Giorgis Xylouris (Psarogiorgis) & Giannis Polychronakis

Ο Γιώργης Ξυλούρης (Ψαρογιώργης) -ένας από τους σημαντικότερους ερμηνευτές της κρητικής μουσικής και κληρονόμος μια εντελώς μοναδικής μουσικής παράδοσης- δεξιοτέχνης στο λαούτο και ερμηνευτής, συναντά τον εξαιρετικό κοντραμπασίστα Γιάννη Πολυχρονάκη. Μαζί, μας ταξιδεύουν στις Κορυφές, μέσα από τα δικά τους ιδιαίτερα μουσικά μονοπάτια και αφετηρία την Κρητική παραδοσιακή μουσική.

Maliatsis, Mikeius, Jeremy

Stand Up comedians Maliatsis, Mikeius and Jeremy give their own tone to TEDxAnogeia, with a interactive and contradictory performance, full of laughter. Maliatsis, Mikeius and Jeremy, are already known from their videos in youtube, satirize, sing and of course noodle, in order to enjoy us with their lines and special talent.

No ExPlaNation

Alexandra Mitsotaki

In 1998, driven by her understanding towards poverty in developing countries, Alexandra Mitsotaki founded ActionAid Hellas. Since then, she dedicates all her time voluntarily to promote the organization. She is an active member of the Actionaid International Board of Trustees and has contributed to the drafting of the new strategy. She is a member of ActionAid International Governance and Board Development Committee helping develop the governance of the countries-members of the organization. Since 2009 she is Chair of the Greek Cultural Center in Paris promoting Greek culture in the Francophone world. Responding to the Greek economic crisis, she founded the first microfinance organization in Greece, which she chairs, where ActionAid Hellas and Adie France are partners. Her TEDxAnogeia talk is about Altruism and Volunteering as a necessity for a better world.

Evaggelos Katsioulis

Η ευφυΐα στον άνθρωπο είναι έμφυτη η επίκτητη; Ως κορυφή της εγκεφαλικής λειτουργίας σίγουρα κατακτιέται, ποια όμως μπορεί να είναι η προσφορά της στην καθημερινότητα της ανθρωπότητας; Τα παιχνίδια της νοημοσύνης αναμφίβολα ιντριγκάρουν τον άνθρωπο να επιδιώκει την εξέλιξη του και σίγουρα όταν έχεις έναν εκ των δέκα ευφυέστερων ανθρώπων του πλανήτη, καταλαβαίνεις ότι η σύνθεση των εγκεφαλικών λειτουργιών θυμίζει πυρηνικό αντιδραστήρα σε συνεχή λειτουργία.

Kartik Kumar

Kartik Kumar is an aerospace engineer and planetary scientist by training. In 2014, he joined Dinamica Srl as Experienced Researcher within the Stardust network to develop robust technologies to address the space debris problem. He is also a PhD candidate at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands, where he is finalizing his research into peculiar features of Uranus’ outer ring system. He is passionate about the maker movement. In 2015, Kartik co-founded Satsearch, a search platform aimed at supporting the next generation of NewSpace satellite builders.

Myrto Vlazaki

Myrto Vlazaki is 20 years old and studies Medicine at the University of Cambridge. She was honoured in international Philosophy and Physics competitions, and was also nominated as the best speaker in Greece, in competitions of rhetorical argumentation. Myrto loves debate! She has been involved in rhetoric as an instructor and has called for a debate renowned professors of Philosophy and Astrophysics in Cambridge Union. She has been trained in Braille language and in psychological support for cancer patients. Myrto wants to specialize in Clinics Genetics focusing on molecular remediation of cancer. Until then, she settles for playing piano, learning foreign languages and Latin dances too.

Rena Rasouli

Rena Rasouli & No exPLANation in a musical performance, which attempt to mix traditional and modern art, using information from Cretan Renaissance poetry. Rena was born in Crete in 1990. She started playing the piano at the age of 7 and she attended singing for the first time by participating in "Kostas Mountakis"choir. Later she attended music theory and harmony lessons. She has been the lead singer in various bands in Crete. At the age of 19, she moved to Athens for "Theatrical Studies" at the "National Kapodistrian University" and she had the chance to attend acting lectures for two years with Sofia Filippidou and cello lessons with Aris Zervas. Currently finishing her studies in modern singing and mentored by Natasha Flouri, she has begun recording her compositions as Rena Rasouli and Venus Volcalism.

Thodoris Tomaras

Theodoros N. Tomaras holds a degree in Physics from the University of Athens, a PhD from the University of Harvard (1980), and since 1988 he is appointed to the professorship at the University of Crete. The life’s journey does not end there. In New York he has worked as a Research Fellow in Professor’s M. Gell-Mann team at the Technological Institute (CalTech) and has served as an Assistant Professor at Rockfeller University. He was also a Honorary Lecturer at CERN (Geneva) and at Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris. His research interests include fundamental Particle Physics, contemporary Cosmology and physics of solitones in all energy scales. In the recent period, the focus of his investigation is the resolution of the mystery of the Dark Universe.

Tomás Hirsch

Tomás Hirsch, Chilean and a Humanist since his adolescence. Currently he is the Vice President of the Chilean Humanist Party. He was the spokesperson of Humanism for Latin America and in this role he has travelled America and Europe, meeting many times with the region’s most progressive leaders. In 2009 Tomás Hirsch was the Latin America coordinator of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence. In numerous congresses, forums, universities, and through the media in the places he has visited, he has expressed his position regarding the conflicts that affect the region, creating the basis for a society in which violence is replaced by nonviolence as the form of relations between individuals and human groups. His main purpose has always been to advance the ideal of a Universal Human Nation.

Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson is a co-director of Pressenza International Press Agency. For over 20 years he has been an activist in the Humanist Movement, which was founded by an Argentine writer and thinker, Silo, in order to promote personal and social change through active nonviolence. Robinson is currently the international spokesperson of the 'World without Wars and Violence' organization and a member of the Global Council of Abolition 2000, a network of more than 2,000 anti-nuclear organizations. He is also a director of Footsteps For Africa, a UK-based charity that funds the construction of schools and medical facilities in Kenya.

Δημήτρης Παπαδημητριάδης

O Δημήτρης Παπαδημητριάδης σπούδασε Ιατρική στο Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης και Διεθνή Πολιτική Υγείας στο London School of Economics (LSE). Εξειδικεύτηκε στην Ψυχιατρική και στην Ψυχοθεραπεία στο Λονδίνο και στην Αθήνα. Συμμετέχει σε δράσεις ακτιβισμού για την προστασία των δικαιωμάτων του ανθρώπου και των πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων και έχει ιδρύσει το διαδικτυακό περιοδικό και ραδιόφωνο maga.gr. Στην ομιλία του στο TEDxAnogeia, αναφέρεται στην Ψυχοπαθολογία της Κορυφής. Dimitris Papadimitriadis studied Medicine at the University of Crete and International Health Policy at the London School of Economics (SE). He participates in activism actions for the protection of human rights and copyright and he has founded the online magazine and radio maga.gr. In his TEDxAnogeia talk, speaks about the psychopathology of the top.

Ευγενία Μπιτσάνη

Eugenia Bitsani, is a professor at Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnisos, chairman of the Corporate management department of TEI of Peloponnisos, a political scientist and professor of cultural policy and administration with specialization on local and regional level and post-doctoral studies on the field of institutional and developmental dimension of civilization and intercultural relationships. Her last two monographs are the result of her postdoc research in Italy in cooperation with two italian universities α) Intercultural City Identity” and “Human Intercultural Cities” (H.I.C) A Conceptual Model for the Social Cohesion of Modern and Post-Modern Cities. The research example of Trieste Italy and β) The investment in art and culture for sustainable development of the european cities and regions: a response to the crisis and social cohesion?

Ιωάννης Παπαμαστοράκης

Ο Γιάννης Παπαμαστοράκης έλαβε το Διδακτορικό του δίπλωμα (Ph.D.) στην Παρατηρησιακή Αστροφυσική, από το Techniche Universitat Munchen (Γερμανία) το 1975. Ήλθε στο Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης, ως επίκουρος καθηγητής το 1985. Σήμερα είναι ομότιμος καθηγητής Αστροφυσικής του πανεπιστημίου Κρήτης, δημιουργός, πρωτεργάτης και διευθυντής του Αστεροσκοπείου του Σκίνακα, του καλύτερου της Ελλάδας και εκ των καλύτερων της Υφηλίου. Πρόεδρος της οργανωτικής Επιτροπής των Επιστημονικών Διαλέξεων Ιδρύματος Ωνάση-Ιδρύματος Τεχνολογίας και Έρευνας (ΙΤΕ). Αναπληρωτής-πρόεδρος του Περιφερειακού Συμβουλίου Καινοτομίας Κρήτης.

Μανώλης Σφακιανάκης

O Μανώλης Σφακιανάκης εργάζεται στην Αστυνομία 32 έτη, εκ των οποίων τα 20 ασχολείται αποκλειστικά με τη διερεύνηση των ηλεκτρονικών εγκλημάτων. Σπούδασε Ανάλυση και προγραμματισμό Ηλεκτρονικών Υπολογιστών. Εκπαιδεύθηκε στο Λονδίνο στο έγκλημα που αφορά το Πλαστικό χρήμα. Εκπαιδεύθηκε στο FBI σε θέματα σχετικά με την Τρομοκρατία στο διαδίκτυο. Χειρίσθηκε περισσότερες από 6.500 σοβαρές υποθέσεις που αφορούν το κυβερνοέγκλημα μέχρι το 2014. Manolis Sfakianakis' s career in Greek Police began in 1982. Since 1995, he is involved exclusively in the Electronic Crime Unit. He studied at the School of Analysis and Planning of the University of Athens. He continued his studies with various seminars and trainings in the field of crime and terrorism in Cyberspace in London and the FBI. He has been involved in more than 6.500 serious cases of Cybercrime by the end of 2014. His TEDxAnogeia talk, is about Myths and Facts of internet and Cybercrime.