Wreath laying ceremony 25th of March 2018

IMG 20180325 wreath laying 2Lest we forget. Paying respect to those who followed the spirit of duty. Very honoured for being invited by the Greek Consul Mr Andreas Konstantinos Gouras to take part in the wreath laying ceremony for the Greek Independence Day at the War Memorial, Adelaide.

Attiko Metro work site visit

171130 Attiko Metro 3Great tour for our senior NTUA  Mechanical Engineering students visiting Attiko Metro SA work site at Dimotiko Theatro station in Piraeus. A rare chance to see the Tunneling Boring Machine "Ippodamos" in action! A big thank you to the colleagues Voutiritsa, Kalokairino, Asvestari, Kanari from Attiko Metro and the Contractor that offered this excellent tour! Very happy for being able to organise this for our students.

Thanks to guest speakers for NTUA Spring Semester 2017

170525 SNFCC VavaletskosAnother semester is over for under and post graduate classes in NTUA. Many thanks to the brilliant coleagues that helped me inspire our students in the classes of Project Management by presenting real world cases related to project management.

Fourlis TRADE LOGISTICS center visit

170517 134019Very impressed by the TRADE LOGISTICS center (Fourlis). Many thanks to O. Efthymiou for hosting us and S. Ponis for organising the visit for our students (SIMOR/Mech/NTUA).

Tunnel risk analysis summit and drill

I was honoured to deliver a presentation to a multidisciplinary audience coming from Road Operators, Fire brigade, Police and Paramedics. The summit was organised by the Ioannina Fire Service Dept. and EGANTIA ODOS S.A. The summit was followed by a very successful drill that I had the opportunity to attend.

 

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PMI-Greece - Projects for Transformational Change

161124 NRAHHonoured to have presented for PMI-Greece. Topic: Managing projects in the land of Kangaroos: A risk management perspective

University of South Australia Research Colloquium 2016

161118 UniSA M2 TheatreAlways glad to visit University of South Australia. This year I had the opportunity to present in the NBE Research Colloquium 2016 the paper entitled: Horses for courses: Can trendy educational approaches work everywhere?

ISO TC 258 - PPP Management - Athens

ELOT LogoWith great pleasure I joined the Greek delegation that hosted the ISO TC 258 - Project Programme and Portfolio Management Pleanary meeting in Athens Greece.

SNFCC Site Visit

160513 SNFCC visit3NTUA, School of Mechanical Engineering organised a site visit for SIMOR Discipline students to the Stavors Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre at Kallithea. This large scale development will host the new Greek national Opera, the national Library of Greece and the Stavros Niarchos park. The project is at each final stages and the commissioning phase has commenced. Its overall value is at the order of magnitued of €400M. Our sincere graditute to the Project Director Mr K. Vavaletskos for hosting us.

2015 CRIOCM Conference China

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I had the pleasure to attend a very good Conference in Hangzhou, China. Congratulations to the organisers.

Our paper on lessons learnt from Oil&Gas Industry in Australia was well received.

 

Greece and the Eurozone Crisis

150624 Hellenic Embassy Event 5Honoured to have been invited by the Consul General of Greece in Adelaide Mr Andreas -Konstantinos Gouras to the magnificent lecture given by H.E. Mr. Haris Dafaranos, Ambassador of Greece to Australia.

SHRAGGES.edu research project presentation of results

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I am very happy to have contributed with a video-talk on the dissemination of the SHRAGGES.edu research project. Great outcomes that will help towards road tunnel safety!

Just achieved the AgilePM qualification!

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I am very happy to have just achieved the AgilePM Practitioner business qualification from the APMG International.