CHICAGO, June 12 – More than 130 leading Hellene scientists from U.S. universities and research institutions participated in the Symposium “Nostos, Scientists, Technology – Vehicle for Economic Development in Hellas” sponsored yesterday by the United Hellenic-American Congress (UHAC) and the World Council of Hellenes (SAE) at the Drake Hotel in Chicago.
The scientists decided to create a group that will address the issue of returning to Hellas or establishing professional ties in Hellas. As a first step they created a blog seeking to receive from anywhere in the world comments, suggestions and proposals at
http://sandbox.cs.uchicago.edu/nostos .
“We were overwhelmed by the large participation of superb talent and the intense interest demonstrated at the Symposium whose purpose is to explore the circumstances under which this talent would return to Hellas or would establish long term scientific links,” said Andrew A. Athens, president of the two sponsoring organizations. “Prime Minister Karamanlis has stated he would welcome Omogenia scientists.
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Program of the Symposium
Presenters and topics
Elias Gyftopoulos- "The Scientists’ Role in the Advancement of Society”
Leonidas Irakliotis- "Overview / “An Ocean Apart: Challenges and Rewards in Re-connecting with Greece”
Nikos Kanopoulos- “Developing and Operating a High Technology Enterprise In Hellas:
A real Life Experience
Athanasios Kyriazis-“Preparing the Scientist – University and Innovation in Hellas”
Ioanna-Annita Mavromichalis- “Technology Incentives and Legislative Framework in Hellas”
Constantine P. Tzanos- “Learning from the Past”
Limor Nakar- Vincent- “The Israeli Transformation to a High Tech Center”
Comments posted before the symposium
Contributions
