Assistant Professor at Columbia University Lydia Kallipoliti, Mayor of Thessaloniki Yiannis Boutaris, Professor at Princeton University Beatriz Colomina, Dean of Columbia GSAAP Mark Wigley, Chairman of Northern Greece Entrepreneurs Cultural Society Stavros Andreadis, Director of the Archaeological Museum Polixeni Veleni.

 

Northern Greece Entrepreneurs Cultural Society proudly welcomed citizens, representatives of the entrepreneurial and public life sectors, numerous professors of the academic society as well as young people at the official inaugural ceremony of the international research workshop between Columbia University and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The joint workshop aims to research and suggest ways of mild development and exploitation of the unique coastal area which stretches from the port of Thessaloniki to the 'Delta' system of Axios River. The area is protected by the Natura Network and Ramsar conditions, however has remained abandoned and extensively polluted for the past years. The workshop is initiated and sponsored by the Northern Greece Entrepreneurs Cultural Society.

The inaugural ceremony took place on Wednesday, 29 June 2011 at the crowded auditorium of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki.

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Mr Stavros Andreadis, Chairman of Northern Greece Entrepreneurs Cultural Society, Professor Yiannis Milopoulos, Rector of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and Giorgos Papakostas, President of School of Architecture at the Aristotle University saluted the opening of the joint workshop.

 

Dean of Columbia University GSAAP Professor Mark Wigley while giving his talk "Utzon's wings: The Mythology of the Global Architect".

 

Professor Mark Wigley, Dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and Professor Beatriz Colomina, Founding Director of the Program in Media and Modernity at Princeton University, gave two very interesting lectures with the following subjects accordingly: "Utzon's wings: The Mythology of the Global Architect" and "Le Corbusier: Towards a New Posthuman Architect".

 

 

Rector of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Yiannis Milopoulos salutes the opening of the workshop.

 

Professor at Aristotle University Niki Manou‐Andreadis, Rector of Aristotle University Yiannis Milopoulos, Chairman of Northern Greece Entrepreneurs Cultural Society Stavros Andreadis.

 

Member of Northern Greece Entrepreneurs Cultural Society Tzekis Florentin, Executive Director of Northern Greece Entrepreneurs Cultural Society Olga Tabouris‐Babalis.

 

 

Professor at Aristotle University Thalia Mantopoulou, Assistant Professor at Columbia University Lydia Kallipoliti, Professor at Aristotle University Niki Manou‐Andreadis, Director of the Archaeological Museum Polixeni Veleni.

 

Chairman of Northern Greece Entrepreneurs Cultural Society Stavros Andreadis, Mayor of Thessaloniki Yiannis Boutaris, Professor at Aristotle University Themis Kouimtzis.

 

Journalist Giorgos Toulas, architect Thodoros Makridis, Petros Papaioannou of "KTIRIO" magazine and architect Petros Makridis.

 

Vice‐Governor of Central Macedonia Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Professor at Aristotle University Themis Kouimtzis, Rector of Aristotle University Yiannis Milopoulos, Vice‐Mayor of Culture, Tourism and Education in Thessaloniki Spiros Pengas, Chairman of Northern Greece Entrepreneurs Cultural Society Stavros Andreadis.

 

 

Yiannis Diakoyiannis, Thalia Mantopoulou, Chairman of Northern Greece Entrepreneurs Cultural Society Stavros Andreadis, Thalia Diakoyiannis, Dimitra Papaioannou and Frida Athanasiadis.

 

Assistant Professor at Columbia University Lydia Kallipoliti, President of the School of Architecture at Aristotle University Giorgos Papakostas, Professor at Aristotle University Manolis Tzekakis, Professor at Aristotle University Niki Manou‐Andreadis, Professor at Princeton University Beatriz Colomina, Dean of Columbia GSAAP Mark Wigley, Rector of Aristotle University Yiannis Milopoulos, Director of the Archaeological Museum Polixeni Veleni, Chairman of Northern Greece Entrepreneurs Cultural Society Stavros Andreadis, Professor at Aristotle University Anastasios Kotsiopoulos.