Schedule of Events

9:00am– 10:30am        Introductions & Welcome

10:30am– 12:00pm      Economics Workshop: Greece Dialogues: the Way forward

Panelists:

Dr. Michalis Psalidopoulos is the current Chairholder of Constantine G. Karamanlis Chair in Hellenic and Southeastern European Studies, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Thanos Dimadis is the Washington DC based Correspondent and Reporter for the renowned Greek  SKAI TV & Radio, and is writing articles for Huffington Post and for the best-read Greek blog, the “www.protagon.gr”.

Dimitris Ioannides, Esq is a partner of the law firm of Roach, Ioannidis & Megaloudis LLC., in Boston, Massachusetts and counsel to the Consulate General of Greece in Boston, Massachusetts.

12:00pm– 1:30pm      Luncheon with Mentors Sponsored by Mr. George Danis

1:30pm– 3:00pm        Academic Workshop: Comparing U.S and Greek/Euro Educational Paradigms

Panelists:

Dr. Christos Zahopoulos is a Principal Scientist at the Center for Electromagnetics Research (CER), Northeastern University

Dr. Philip E. Serafim is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University

Panagiota Gounari, PhD is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Vassiliki Rapti, PhD is Preceptor in Modern Greek at the Classics Department at Harvard University

3:00pm– 4:30pm        Greece in the World Stage

Panelists:

Alan Henrikson is Director of Diplomatic Studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, where he teaches US diplomatic history, contemporary US-European relations, global political geography, and the history, theory, and practice of diplomacy.

Elizabeth Prodromou Asst. Prof. International Relations, Boston University; Vice Chair, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.

Marios Efthymiopoulos is a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, He is also President of the institute Strategy International in Greece (www.strategyinternational.org).

Andreas Akaras, foreign affairs advisor to Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-3).

9:00pm                          Social Event @ Vlora Restaurant

Vlora Boston Mediterranean Restaurant
545 Boylston Street, Boston

DJ playing all night
21 and up- to drink, 18 and up- to enter

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

All Events held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Eastman Laboratories
Building 6: Auditorium 6-120, 182 Memorial Drive (rear), Cambridge, MA 02139

09:30am                          Breakfast
Breakfast available at Hotel

10:30am– 11:30pm    NHSA Convention Presentation

11:30pm– 1:00pm Internal Meetings: Discussion of NHSA Projects, Presentation by Hellenic Associations
and their initiatives: the benefits of synergy, NHSA Regional Structure progress

1:00pm–2:00pm         Luncheon

1:00pm–2:00pm Closing Meetings
Closing remarks, Take home outcomes.

A week before the Convention registrants will receive Convention Logistics Information Packet with various details such as arrivals, pick-ups, itineraries, and the final schedule.

NHSA Convention Resource Guide

Addresses to all locations:
Boston Hotel Buckminster
645 Beacon Street, Boston, MA – (617) 236-7050

Le Méridien Cambridge-MIT
20 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA – (617) 577-0200

Boston University Photonics Center, Colloquium Room 9th floor
8 Saint Mary’s Street, Boston, MA 02215

Harvard University- Student Organization Center
Hilles 59 Shepard St, Cambridge, MA 02138

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Eastman Laboratories
Building 6: Auditorium 6-120, 182 Memorial Drive (rear), Cambridge, MA 02139

Vlora Boston Mediterranean Restaurant
545 Boylston Street, Boston, MA