ELIA Lesvos

Confest

Sept 23-25, 2022 : Lesvos island, Greece

Το ELIA confest αποτελεί μια καινοτόμο μορφή πολυθεματικής εκδήλωσης, που συνδυάζει την επιστημονική διάσταση ενός Συνεδρίου, με τον πολιτιστικό χαρακτήρα ενός Φεστιβάλ, αλλά και ενός θεματικού event για τον Ελαιοτουρισμό. Οι δύo πρώτες ημέρες θα είναι αφιερωμένες σε ένα επιστημονικό και ακαδημαϊκό συνέδριο σχετικά με την Ελιά, αναφορικά με την τεχνολογία, το περιβάλλον, την υγεία, τις σύγχρονες τάσεις καλλιέργειας και το μάρκετινγκ.

Η τρίτη ημέρα του συνεδρίου θα είναι αποκλειστικά αφιερωμένη στις γαστροτουριστικές εμπειρίες Ελαιοτουρισμού που έχει τη δυνατότητα να προσφέρει το νησί και θα συμμετέχουν εκπρόσωποι από τουριστικά γραφεία από Ελλάδα και εξωτερικό καθώς και εξειδικευμένοι διαμορφωτές της κοινής γνώμης (influencers).

The ELIA confest is an innovative form of multi themed event which combines the academic dimension of a conference with the cultural character of a festival and also of a themed event on olive tourism. The first two days will be devoted to a scientific and academic conference on the olive, dealing with technology, the environment, health, contemporary trends in cultivation, and marketing. Particular importance will be given to development, tourism, culture, sustainability, the connection with the primary sector, local gastronomy, and education.

The third day of the conference will be devoted exclusively to the gastrotourist experiences of olive tourism which the island is able to offer and which will be attended by representatives of tourist agencies from Greece and abroad as well as influencers of public opinion.

Rosa Vañó:

International and renovative Branding of Castillo de Canena - EVOO Producer - President of the Andalusian Academy of Gastronomy and Tourism, Member of the Royal Academy of Gastronomy

Subject: EVOO and Gastronomy

Anna Petkova:

Olive oil sommelier, business strategist and developer, marketer, educator, local food traveler and promoter

Subject: Olive oil as a local gastronomic

and cultural heritage

Stefania van Lieshout:

Travel & Lifestyle Blogger - Serial expat, Entrepreneur, Psychologist, Economist

Subject: What are the secrets of bestselling olive tourism experiences?

Vasilios Frantzolas:

Food Policy M.Sc. - City University London, Olive Oil Taster & Quality Consultant,Founder

OliveOilSeminars.com

Subject: Integrated plant protection in the treatment of olive blight and the modern technologies.

Santiago Botas:

SPAIN International marketing consultant, promoter, educator, taster and occasional writer, specializing in olive oil and other fine foods

Subject: Olive oil promotion and tourism promotion

Aggeliki Politaki: MSc Sociologist, Anthropologist, Head of Tourism Directorate of North Aegean Region,

Subject: 'Experiencing the olive tourism: a journey through the senses, in the space and time of Lesvos.

Thanasis Kizos:

Professor in “Rural Geography” in the Department of Geography,
University of the Aegean

Subject: Olive plantations and the environment: Adapting to new realities

Tassos Kyriakides:

Ph.D. Assistant Professor,Yale School of Public Health

Subject: Assessing the health-related benefits of table olives consumption: A Yale University research project

Prokopios Magiatis: Associate Professor of Pharmacognosy and Natural
Products Chemistry at the Department of Pharmacy of the University of
Athens.

Subject: The impact of olive oil technology on the health protecting properties of
olive oil

Nikos Thomaidis:

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry

Subject: The superiority of the quality characteristics of Lesbian olive oil and their contribution to longevity

Vasilis Vasiliou: Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology and the Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Yale School of Public Health

Subject: Use of deep-learning to evaluate the beneficial effects of effects of phytochemicals of the olive tree in neurodegenerative diseases

Francisco Vano:Founding Partner of Castillo de Canena Olive Juice

Subject: How to harmonise envirometals and regeneration measures with the olive growing agriculture activities. Castillo de Canena: a success example

Xeni Gerna: Director of the Vocational Training Institute of Thessaloniki of the Ministry of Tourism.

Subject: The promotion of the "olive culture and its products" as an element of attracting
tourist interest and increasing the activities of olive growing areas in Greece, in comparison with the Best International practices.

Maura Harrigan:

MS, RDN, CSO

Certified Specialist in Oncology Nutrition

Subject: Olive Oil and Nutrition in Cancer Care

Emmanuel Salivaras is owner and founder of Multichrom.lab, an olive oil quality control and
sensory evaluation laboratory.

Subject: Impact on quality from practices in olive oil production

Charlene Peters: Marketing & PR Communications, Brand Content Development and destination content manager

Subject: Following the Olive Oil Trail through California

Vasilis Mouselimis:

Agronomist, MSc-MBA

Subject: Optimising the economic result of olive cultivation with environmentally friendly practices

Katerina Vassilatou is a Chemist with a Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Technology and Cosmetology

Subject: Development of a Cosmetic range based on Olive leaf extract from Lesvos

Panos Grigoriou is Professor of International & European Institutions at the University of the
Aegean and holder of Jean Monnet European Chair on "Citizen Europe"

Subject: “The olive branch, as symbol of peace for the international community”

Mr. Domenico Pratico:

MD, FCPP director, Alzheimers Center at Temblo - Scott Richards North Star Foundation Chair Alzheimer's research- World Expert in Alzheimer’s Disease research

Subject: Extra virgin olive oil and brain health (Alzheimer diseases)

Popi Xynopoulou
She is a Tour Operator specialized to the destination Rhodos and to other Greek islands, owner of the Choice Travel, located in Thessaloniki, Greece. She serves as the vice president of the Macedonia – Thrace Travel Agents’ Association.

Subject: "How olive tourism may develop a tourism destination - Useful tips by Travel Agents" (pannel discussioon)

Anita Zachou:

Agricultural Engineer, Expert Olive Oil Taster

Subject: The alternative olive oil tourism, what offers and how it
can carried out in every corner of Greece.

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Vyron Theologis
He has been running his own travel agency “Theologis Travel”, located in Thessaloniki, Greece, for more than 20 years. He has been elected President of the Macedonia – Thrace Travel Agents’ Association

Subject: "How olive tourism may develop a tourism destination - Useful tips by Travel Agents" (pannel discussioon)

Jill Myers:

Founder & CEO of

Women In Olive Oil™️

Subject: EXPLORING

THE WORLD THROUGH OLEOTOURISM

( Connecting the Producer with the Consumer through the lived experience)

Anthoula Daniel, PhD in Philology, in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)

Subject: will present to the audience the bilingual deluxe illustrated volume THE OLIVE ON LESVOS, published by the Association Elaias Nisos Lesvos last year.