LIFE EL-BIOS: Final Conference

The LIFE EL-BIOS team invites you to participate in the project’s Final Conference, which will be held online on Thursday, 20 November 2025 at 11:00 a.m.

Link for attending the conference: https://tinyurl.com/zdmbsdt2

PROGRAM

11:00 – 11:20  Opening Remarks

• Ioannis Androulakis, President, Green Fund

• Efstathios Stathopoulos, Secretary General of Forests, Ministry of Environment and Energy (MEEN)

• Konstantinos Stefanakis, Head of the General Directorate of Electronic Governance & Geospatial Information, Ministry of Environment and Energy (MEEN)

• Ioannis Mitsopoulos, Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, former General Director of the Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency (NECCA)

11:20 – 11:30  The LIFE EL-BIOS project: Purpose & summary of achieved objectives – The National Information System for the Biodiversity of Greece

• Vasilis Bondzorlos, Coordinator, LIFE EL-BIOS Project, Green Fund

11:30 – 11:50  Presentation of the National Information System for the Biodiversity of Greece

• Giorgos Mallinis, Professor, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

11:50 – 12:00  Innovative methods for recording and monitoring biodiversity

• Christos Efthymiou, Field Engineer, Head of the IoT team at the NITlab Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly

12:00 – 12:15  Biodiversity and policy indicators

• Dr. E. Fytoka, Head of Inventories, Department of Biodiversity Research and Conservation, Goulandris Natural History Museum / Greek Biotope- Wetland Centre – EKBY
• Christoph Schroder, European Topic Centre on Spatial Analysis and Synthesis, University of Malaga

12:15 – 12:45  Assessment of socioeconomic impacts and improvement of the current situation through the adoption of the Information System at regional and national level: Evaluation of the Information System

• Maria Katsakiori, Head of the Sustainable Development Sector, Goulandris Natural History Museum / Greek Biotope–Wetland Centre – EKBY (Baseline assessment)
• Konstantinos Papaspyropoulos, Associate Professor, Department of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Assessment of socioeconomic impacts)
• Konstantinos Moschopoulos, Coordination Officer, LIFE EL-BIOS Project, NECCA (Indicators of improved current conditions)

12:45 – 13:00  Management and governance plan for the adoption and utilization of the Information System by public administration and society – After-Life Plan

• Eleni Yamakidou, Biodiversity Data Specialist, LIFE EL-BIOS Project, NECCA

13:00 – 13:40 

• Konstantina-Amalia Masika, Head of Section A/A, Department of Protected Areas, Ministry of Environment and Energy (MEEN)
• Eirini Kotrotsou, Head of the Department of Ecosystem-Based Management of Fisheries Resources, Ministry of Rural Development and Food
• Panagiotis Dimopoulos, Professor, Department of Biology, University of Patras, President of the Hellenic Botanical Society
• Giorgos Mitsainas, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Patras, President of the Hellenic Zoological Society
• Panagiotis Pafilis, Professor, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, President of the Hellenic Herpetological Society
• Kaloust Paragamian, Director, Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research (INSPEE)
• Panagiota Maragkou, Head of Environmental Conservation Programmes, WWF Greece
• Christos Arvanitidis, Director, LifeWatch ERIC

13:40 – 14:00    Discussion

National Information System for the Biodiversity of Greece: biodiversity.necca.gov.gr