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30 years of ECoC 1985 - 2015 observed at Athens Meeting

30 Years since the Inauguration of ECoCs, 22 and 23 June 2015

 

The meeting was held at

at

„Theocharakis Foundation“,

Vassilis Sofias 9 & Merlin 1, Athens

 

 

Monday, June 22nd 2015

10.30 to 11.00

Greetings

Dimitris Alexandrakis, Ambassador, Director of Educational and Cultural Affairs Department & Cultural Affairs Department, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Christoforos Argyropoulos, President of the „Melina Mercouri Foundation“

Marianna Vardinogianni, President of the „Marianna B. Vardinoyannis Foundation“

Fotis Papathanassiou, Director of the „Theocharakis Foundation“

 

First Session: 11.00 to 13.30

11.00 Sypros Mercouris, Director of the Cultural Capital of Europe „Athens 1985“

11.15 Film screeing „Athens Cultural Capital of Europe 1985“

11.40 Coffe Break

12.00 Dusan Sidjanski, Honorary Professor at Geneva University, Honorary Director of the European Cultural Centre, special advisor to the President of the European Commission

12.15 Volker Hassemer, President of „A Soul for Europe“

12.30 Guy Dockendorf, Director of the Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg, Network of the Cultural Capitals

13.00 Lunch Break

Second Session 14.30 to 15.45

14.30 Ingo Weber, Cultural Capital of Europe „Berlin 1988“

14.45 Bob Palmer, Cultural Capital of Europe „Glasgow 1990“ and „Brussels 2000“

15.00 Yvonne Feldman, Cultural Capital of Europe „Lisbon 1994“

15.15 Simone Beck, Cultural Capital of Europe, „1995 Luxembourg“

15.30 Max Aufischer, Graz Cultural Month

Tuesday, June 23rd 2015

10.00 Written message from Rudolfo Maslias

10.20 Written greetings from the European Capital of Culture „Mons 2015“

10.40 Francesco Mortelli, Association „Les Rencontres“

11.30 to 13.30 Dialogue between directors /representtives of the Greek candidate cities and former Cultural Capitals of Europe directors / coordinators

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