Program Athens Summit of Inspiration

Enjoy the tremendous view of Athens sight No.1: The Acropolis!

Thursday, 27 June, 2019

Daytime: The Summit of Inspir ation will start with sourceful keynotes, discussions, workshops and a lot of networking occasions!

Evening: An evening under the S tars – join the Blue Carpet on a Headland at the Mediterranean C oastline.

Friday, 28 June, 2019

The Inspiration continues! Join the second day of this fruit ful conference.

Saturday, 29 June, 2019

It is the time to take a deep dive int o Athens!

Most Advanced Digital Planetarium In The World Ble

The Venue – Eugenides Foundation:

Eugenides Foundation, a nonprofit public benefit foundation, w as established in 1954 in execution of the will of the notable na tional benefactor Eugene E ugenides. It is based in Athens and operates as a private entity. The end of the 20th Century marked the conception of a new vision for the foundation. The activit y of the renovated Eugenides Foundation is oriented t owards six basic directions:

The New Digital Planetarium, one of the largest and the mo st advanced digital plane tarium in the world, equipped to function as a wide screen domed theatre.

A Science Museum, with a modern exhibition area f orming a space over three fl oors which occupy an overall surface area of about 2,000 sq.m.

The UTech Lab, a Techno l ogy Labor atory for secondary educa tion students aged 13-17 years and the general public, dedicated to modern technol ogy.

A Library, with multimedia applica tions and distance learning technology.

A modern Convention Centre. New publishing activities.

Expanded training and c ollaborative activities.

And

It Is The Perfect

place to host the IFES World Summit 2019!

In direct neighborhood:

S tavros Niarchos Foundation

C ultural Center– or better know as the New State Opera House and National Library of Athens. Designed by the architectural firm Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW), the SNFCC is a sus tainable, world-class cultural, educa tional and recreational urban, located within the Stavros Niarcho s Park. The SNFCC w as c ompleted in 2016.

The SNFCC is one of the world’s most sustainable buil ding complexes of its size. In November 2016, the SNFCC achie ved the highest and most s tringent international standard f or sustainable design and c onstruction – the Platinum LEED – for its innovative architecture and green technology. The platinum LEED certification is awarded by the U.S. Green B uilding Council (USGBC).

This year the Stavros Niarchos Foundation will have the biggest and most cultural events in Athens from J une-August 2019. The calendar of events during our Summit will be published a fter March.

The title of the IFES Summit in Athens is: Summit of Inspiration. For three days, the industry will meet at a place where others can look into the stars, at the Ephenidios Planetarium, to discuss wha t is occupying, moving and inspiring the indus try t oday. For this purpose, a mix of lectures, discussions, w orkshops and networking has been created, which is looking for the same in its breadth and quality. Here is a small excerpt of wha t visit ors to the S ummit of Inspriration can expect:

Isabel Bardinet

From her evolving roles within the meetings industry to leader o f one of the most important medical associations in the world t oday, Isabel Bardinet has been a consistent advocate for developing more relevant w ays o f identifying, measuring and ad vancing the v alues of wha t mee tings, congresses and c onferences achieve in broader professional and academic terms as opposed to simply their economic impacts. Much o f what she advocated year s ago has become mainstream indus try thinking today.

Isabel Bardinet promoted her views not only within her own organiza tions but to the broader indus try and other public and governmental audiences as well. At the same time, she has been active in pursuing the documentation of better measures for e vent outcomes, she promoted the role of women in the MICE indus try, as well as in overall professional education initiatives. Her keynote at the IFES World S ummit will summarize her experiences under the Titel: “E nd of congress – long live f ootball clubs and 7-sense e vents.“ For those who do not know wha t she will exactly talk abou t should attend her presentation at the IFES Summit.

Peter Econcomides Under The Volcano

We live in disruptive times. Driven by technology, and fuelled by rapidly evolving c onsumer expectations, CEO’s across industries are facing the urgen t need to transform their businesses. Threa ts often appear where they are least expected; ou tside of traditional industry boundaries, often from start-ups. B usiness needs to be flexible. B ut business needs consistency. C onsistency comes through cul ture. A motivating and engaging narrative, based on a strongly held belief and v alue system, expressed inside and outside the organization. This is wha t a powerful brand provides; it guides internal behavior whils t it establishes external expectations:

It creates alignment.

I t connects business with socie ty.

I t enables change in the face o f disruption.

Peter Economides will draw on his considerable experience with some of the world’s leading c orporations to share his though ts on wha t it takes to buil d a powerful, sustainable br and in these times of rapid change.

Pe ter Economides is a global br and strategist, based in Athens. He is owner and founder of Felix BNI, Peter is a former Executive Vice President and Worldwide D irector of Client Services at gl obal advertising agency McCann Erickson Worldwide and Head of Global Clients a t TBWA\Worldwide.

Pe ter’s work is focussed on change – on the strategic responses to shifting culture, c onsumer habits and behavior, and the challenges of regional and global expansion.

He played a founding role in the establishment of the Orange

Grove, the startup incubator initia ted by the Embassy of the Ne therlands in Greece.

Peter has received a Lifetime Achie vement Award from the Hellenic Council of America and his work has been recognized by the US Congress. He is the f ormer Chairman of the Board at leading global charity, Make-A Wish International, based in Phoenix, Ariz ona.

JOCHEN WITT

Today’s trade fair business takes place in an extremely competitive environment with exhibition space overcapacities in many marke ts and an increasingly fr agmented and overloaded e vent landscape. In addition, shows must compete with other media and communication agencies for the budgets of their cus tomers. Furthermore, trade f air organizers are looking for a w ay to extend their v alue chain, as there is hardly any room left f or new trade fair concepts. Is now the time for organizers to expand their foothold in the service industry? Are they disc overing trade fair construction as a business model for themselves? J ochen Wit t will address this question in his presen tation at the IFES World S ummit. And everyone who has alread y heard him in Chicago knows that attention should be paid to his analysis if you w ant t o continue to position yourself success fully in the industry in the future.

J ochen Wit t has a long and success ful career in the trade f air industry. Prior to starting his own business in 2007, J ochen w as President & CEO of Koelnmesse for nearly 10 year s, where he focused on the international expansion of Koelnmesse’s port folio and the modernization o f the exhibition grounds in C ologne as well as new business de velopment and the expansion o f the service sector. Before joining the trade fair industry,

J ochen worked as a Tax Lawyer f or BASF AG in v arious positions. In 1993 he w as appointed Presiden t of the Potash Company of Canada in Toronto and in 1998 he became a member of the Executive Board of Wingas GmbH in Kassel, Germany.

Jochen w as Chairman of the E uropean Chapter of UFI from 1999 to 2005 and President o f UFI in 2007. He is currently serving as a member of the B oard of UFI. He is member of se veral Advisory and Supervisory B oards in the trade fair show.

Moderator Conny Czymoch is an experienced international moder ator, presenter and media c oach. She is personally passionate about the issues creating solu tions for the future of humanity and life on this planet as well as empowering others t o improve their communication skills on camera and on stage.

From local to national to in ternational media, from newspaper to radio to TV, she now brings her journalistic competence and experience as a facilitator to conferences and events in Europe and the Middle East. C ustomers are German Ministries, the ILO, OECD, UN, World Bank , EU, foundations, NGOs, the corporate world. Since 2016, she has been a media advisory board member of the think tank Global Economic Solutions, GES.

Hosted by the Design Ambassador Vassilios Bartzokas some of Greeks most recognized architects and designer will inspire the audience with some of their recent projects:

Not a Number Architects is an architectur al studio preoccupied with the creation of meaningful space. Founded in London in 2008 by Ermis Adamantidis and Dominiki Dadatsi, NaNA has since been involved in a diverse r ange of projects spanning from space installations to urban planning. In 2018 NaNA w as joined by Eleni Pavlidou special - izing in the design and development of complex and non-standard architectures. They will explain the idea behind the BVLGARI pavilion as a temporary installation commissioned by the luxury jewellery brand for Abu Dhabi Art 2012.

Semiotik w as founded in 2014 by D imitris Koliadimas, who w as pre viously co–founder and crea tive director of Designers U nited. Since 2005, Dimitris and his team have collaborated with exceptional individuals, great organiza tions, small start-ups and large multinational brands around the world, providing a wide range of design and c onsulting services, performing in complex environments and achie ving remarkable results. O ur work has been awarded numerous national and international distinctions, including D& AD, Red Dot Design Awards, Pen tawards and European Design Awards.

Wha t they show is the evolution of Volvo Ocean Race the leading round-the-world team sailing event, the world’s biggest o ffshore sailing race, and perhaps the most coveted prize in the sport. The engagement with the brand begun in 2010 and continues to the present. SO–IL w as founded by Florian I denburg and J ing Liu, with Ilias

P apageorgiou joining soon after as partner. The members of their team come from all over the world and bring diverse per spectives to their work.

LC-A (Na tassa Liannou and Ermis Chalvatzis) w as founded in 2015 and is based in London. The firm f ocuses on a v ariety of work, from towers and master plans t o small scale products and in teriors. Their pa ths have cl osely par alleled one another, with both architects graduating from the AA in 2011, receiving their Mas ters in Architecture and Urbanism from Design Research Labor atory (DRL) with distinction. They will present the LONDON ICONIC PAVILION.

Breathe is a housing prototype f or the future living environment. I t takes a holistic approach to sus tainability. By making living an active experience, the ins tallation shines a spotlight on en vironmental awareness and enc ourages visit ors to confront our tendency to take resources f or granted.

Designed to be disassembled and reinstalled at other locations, the structure is mobile and adaptable. The fabric can be replaced to perform appropriately to a wide array of climates and environmental conditions.

Summit of Inspiration