| 2014 |
 Conference "The Greek economy from crisis to development", 4-5 April 2014, Volos, Greece. More |
| 2013 |
| Prof. Petrakos was invited speaker by the presentation "Economic crisis in Greece: European market and policy failures" at the conference of the GDRI DREEM, "Evaluation of Economic Policies and Institutional Changes in Mediterranean Countries", 12-13 September 2013, Florence, Italy. |
| CALL FOR PAPERS
53rd ERSA CONGRESS SS: S.ZV Trade flows, location choices and economic interaction between the EU and its neighboring countries
Convenors: Professor George Petrakos, Dr. Ageliki Anagnostou, and Dr. Dimitris Kallioras
University of Thessaly, Greece |
| Prof. Petrakos was invited as a keynote speaker by the presentation "Two decades of integration and structural change in the Balkans and Eastern European Countries: An assessment" at the 5th International Conference on The Economies of Balkans and Eastern Europe in the Changed World, EBEEC, Istanbul , 9-11 May 2013. |
| Prof. Petrakos was invited as a keynote speaker by the presentation "Integration, spatial dynamics and regional policy dilemmas in the European Union" at the 2nd International Conference on Regional Development Spatial Planning and Strategic Governance, RESPAG, 22-25 May 2013. |
| 2012 |
| Final conference of the project PROMISE: 'Municipal Property Management In South-Eastern Cities' on 8th of May 2012, Athens. Conference invitation, programme. |
| 2011 |
| PROMISE project meeting in Tirana, Albania on 1st of December, 2011. More |
| Prof. Petrakos was invited as a keynote speaker by the presentation: ‘Integration, spatial dynamics and regional policy dilemmas in the European Union’, at the Polish Presidency International Seminar on the Territorial dimension of development policies, 18-19 July 2011, Ostróda, Poland. |
| 2010 |
| Call for experts for implementing activities for Albania and Serbia for the “PROMISE: Municipal PROperty Management in South-Eastern Cities” project. Deadline: 5th of March 2010. More |
| 2009 |
| Prof. Petrakos was invited as a keynote speaker by the presentation: "The Balkan Economies 1989-2009: The Experience of Two Decades of Integration and Transition", at the ‘Global Business Symposium on Southeastern Europe after the Crunch’, University of Cambridge, Athens 28-29 November 2009. |
| 2nd Hellenic Conference of Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, 24-27 September 2009, Volos, Greece. More |
| Prof. Petrakos was invited as a keynote speaker by the presentation “Unbalanced Growth” at the MIBES International Conference, Florina 18-20 September 2009. |
| "Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs" is launched, a new exchange programme for European entrepreneurs. More |
| Conference on Territorial Cooperation in Southeast Europe of South East Europe, 14-15 October 2009. More |
| Participation of the SEED Center in the project PROMISE. More |
| 2008 |
The final conference of the FP6 project DYNREG "Dynamic Regions in a knowledge-driven global economy: lessons and implications for the EU" will take place on 27th of November 2008. More:
Program, Registration form, Hotels list |
| Prof. Petrakos was invited speaker by the presentation “On the Dynamics of Economic Growth: An Expert Survey” at the conference on 'Dynamic Regions in a Knowledge-Driven Global Economy: Lessons and Policy Implications for the European Union', Brussels 27 November 2008. |
| Prof. Petrakos was invited speaker by the presentation “Regional Inequalities and Regional Growth in the EU” at the International Conference of University of National and World Economy, Sofia 21 November 2008. |
| Department of Planning and Regional Development of UTH is parnter in the CADSES project "TELEACCESS" which concerns the creation of telecenters to support learning, entrepreneurship and access to IS, in isolated areas.The project is being implementing in Alonissos island. More |
| Prof. Petrakos was invited speaker by the presentation “Regional Inequalities and Regional Growth in Europe” at the International Conference 'Transnational Europe: Promise, Paradox, Limits', Carleton University, Ottawa 17-18 October 2008. |
| Prof. Petrakos was invited speaker by the presentation “Understanding Economic Dynamism: Lessons and Policy Implications”, at the Workshop on 'Dynamic Regions in a Knowledge-Driven Global Economy: Lessons and Policy Implications for the European Union', Ljubljana 3-4 October 2008. |
| An information of training seminar will take place on 30th of May in the framework of the FRONTIERS project. More |
| Prof. Petrakos was invited speaker by the presentation “Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development: A Southern European Perspective” at the International Workshop 'Human Capital, Social Capital and Creative Capital as Sources of Regional Growth', Tinbergen Institute and VU University, Amsterdam 30 June & 1 July, 2008. |
| 2007 |
Conference FUToURISM: Integrated and Sustainable Development of Tourism Regions
September 10-13, 2007
Alonissos Beach Hotel, Alonissos, Greece
The Conference will present and discuss the findings of the Mini Project: “PARKoMOTION”: Strategic development and promotion of the natural parks and protected areas focusing on sustainable tourism development in five countries: France, Ireland, Greece, Slovenia, and Malta. The project is funded by the INTERREG III C SUD Program of the EU
Program of the Conference
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| Department of Planning and Regional Development as partner of the EU project FUToURISM - "Integrated and Sustainable Development of Tourism Regions", has participated at the Transnational Conference organised by the Slovenieth partner on 30 to 1st of June in Murevske Toplice, in Slovenia. Dr Anagnostou Aggeliki from UTH representing the Greek participation, made a presentation of the 'National Marine Park of Alonnisos of Nortnern Sporades' which is the basic theme of the mini-project PARKoMOTION for which UTH is responsible. |
| In the framework of program FUToURISM, Department of Planning and Regional Development has accommodated delegations from France, Sloevenia, Malta and Ireland, with the purpose of exchange of experience, closer cooperation and support of project. For more |
| DYNREG: "Dynamic
Regions in a Knowledge Driven Global Economy:
Lessons
and Policy Implications
for the E.U." The University
of Thessaly is participating as a partner at the
DYNREG project, which is financed by the 6th Framework
Programme of European Commission. For more |
| Prof. Petrakos was invited speaker by the presentation “Determinants of Economic Growth”, at the 'International Conference on Economic Cooperation in South-East Europe: Problems and Prospects',University of National and World Economy, Sofia 26 October 2007. |
| Prof. Petrakos was invited speaker by the presentation “Economic Geography and European Integration: The effects on the EU External Border Regions” at the International Conference Regional Development in Central and Eastern Europe, University of Warsaw, Warsaw 20-22 September 2007. |
| 2006 |
The 46th ERSA Conference with the general title "Enlargement,
Southern Europe and the Mediterranean" is going to be held on the 30th
of August to the 3nd of September, 2006 in
Volos, Greece. |
| The
first Central and Eastern European Business
Plan competition is
taking place from Bulgarian Institute
for Management and Technology, and SEED
Center. More |
| The
2nd workshop "The making of urban green spaces-fundraising
for green space improvement" is
taking place under the framework of GREENKEYS
project, on April 10th to 12th, in Volos. More |
 A
new discussion paper has
published, titled "The New Geography of
Attitudes and Perceptions in the External borders
of EU" by Topaloglou L. and Petrakos G.
(in greek). |
| Ass.
Prof. Kotios is lecturer in the
conference "The
results of the Ministerial Consultation of WTO in Hong-Kong
for the Growth Round of Doha" which is realized
by the Institute of International Economic Relations. The Conference is going to take place at the Conference
room of IIER in 16 January 2006, 11pm. |
| Call for tenders for external collaborators in the program "FUToURISM" - Integrated and Sustainable Development of Tourist Regions in the framework of the European program INTERREG IIIC-SUD. More |
| 2005 |
INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE
"Regional Integration and Metropolitan Development
in Southeastern Europe" Sunday 23 October 2005
Supported by the INTERREG III B CADSES Program
of the EU for the cities of Skopje, Sofia, Thessaloniki
and Tirana. For further information click here |
| In
the" 18th European Anvanced Studies" of
ERSA Summer Institutes organized by the Institute
in Regional Studies in Lodz-Cracow, Poland
in
July 1st- 10st, 2005 has participated
Mr Pavleas Sotiris. His participation was "The
urban system of southeastern Europe: evolution,
structure and hierarchy". |
| Joint
training seminars are realized
in 6-10 July 2005 titled “Regional Integration
and metropolitan development in SE Europe” in
the context of RIMED INTERREG IIIB Cadses program
(lead partner: University of Thessaly). |
| In
the 45th Congress of the European Regional
Association (ERSA) titled "Land Use
and Water Managemene in a Sustainable Network
Society" in Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
in August 23-27, 2005 have
participated Prof. Petrakos, Prof. Psicharis,
Mr Kallioras, Mr Topaloglou, Prof. Fotopoulos
and Prof. Rovolis. More about the papers
that were presented please click here |
| A
seminar program is realized by PhD candidates in the period March-June 2005, one lecture every
month. |
| The
Department of Trade and Marketing of the Academy
of Economics of the University
of Poznan in Polland, has invited Theodoros Metaxas
as a guess speaker, to participate to the Conference
Territorial Marketing, Application Possibilities,
and Development Trends. The paper that he presented
was titled 'Market Research and Target Market Segmentation
in Place Marketing procedure: a structural analysis'
and has been published both in English and Polish. |
