Conference Agenda

Conference Day 1

October, 23^rd

17.00 -17.30

REGISTRATION

17.30 – 18.00

WELCOME SPEECHES

KSDEO “EDRA”: Maria Kerasoglou, President of the Board

ATTICA REGION: Ermioni Kyprianidou, Deputy Head of the Region of Attica

                               Spyros Pantzas, Member of the Regional Council

MUNICIPALTY OF GALATSI: Ev. Kyriazopoulos, General Secretary

MINISTRY OF HEALTH:(tbc)

MINISTRY OF CULTURE & SPORT | GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF SPORT: (tbc)

18.00 – 18.15

PRESENTATION OF KSDEO “EDRA”: Vision and Mission

Alexandros Oikonomou, Psychologist, Msc. on Mental Health, Scientific Director of EDRA

18.15-18.30

OPENING SPEECH : Connection of Sport and Physical Activities with Mental Health - From theory to practice

Nicos Andreopoulos, EVENTS Project Manager

18.30-18.50

REPRESENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN GREECE : ERASMUS + Programme (tbc)

18.50-19.05

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Video message of the Vice President, Dimitris Papadimoulis

Constantinos Tsoutsoplides, Press Officer at European Parliament Liaison Office in Greece

19.20-19.30

CLOSING OF THE 1ST DAY

Conference Day 2

October, 24^th

09.30 - 10.00

REGISTRATION

10.00 -10.15

“EVENTS PROJECT” PRESENTATION by Project Team Members

Eleonora Markou, Psychologist / Sport scientist

Pantelis Sarakiniotis, Social Scientist

10.15 - 10.45

DOCUMENTARY FILM ON THE 1st European Sport and Physical Exercise Event for Mental Health

Yorgos Gkikapeppas, Director

10.45 – 11.00

PRESENTATION OF THE HELLENIC FOOTBALL FEDERATION

11.00 -11.30

COFFEE BREAK

11.30 -11.45

NEXT STEP FORWARD: “ADVANCED SKILLS FOR ACTIVE LIVING – ASAL Project”

Pantelis Sarakiniotis, Social Scientist, EDRA Projects Dept

11.45 - 12.10

SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES FOR MENTAL HEALTH: PERSONAL TESTIMONIES

“Mental health and physical activity: swimming in unchartered waters”

Chrysostomos Giannoulakis, Dr. of Sport Management

12.10 -13.30

PRESENTATIONS: RESEARCH AND PRACTICES ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH – SESSION 1

-       “Physical activity and mental health : Review of literature”, Komanthi Kouloutbani, Doctorate Student of University of Athens / SPESS

-       “Medication free treatment. Implementing Physical activity and art therapy in treatment. Experiences and possibilities”, Marianne Viberg, Physiotherapist, Medicine-free Clinique, Asgard University Hospital of North Norway

13.30- 14.30

LUNCH BREAK

14.30 - 16:00

PRESENTATIONS: RESEARCH AND PRACTICES ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH – SESSION 2

-       “Exercise as antidepressant treatment: Progress, challenges and prospects”, Panteleimon Ekkekakis, Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University

-       “Exercise for clinical depression. Towards exercise on prescription in Greece”, Ioannis Morres, Post Doctorate Researcher, University of Thessalia

16.00-16.30

COFFEE BREAK

16.30- 18.00

ROUND TABLE : “Preparing the ground for policy guidelines on Physical activity and mental health”

Facilitator: Antonio Silva Mendes, Trustee of the Board of the “Sport & Citizenship” EU Think Tank, European Commission’s former Director of Youth and Sports

Participants:

18.00-18.15

CONCLUSIONS