3rd Annual International City Break Conference

16-19 October 2009, Athens, Greece

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

 

Sponsored by:

The Athens Institute for Education & Research (ATINER)

 

Conference Venue:

 St George Lycabettus, 2 Kleomenous Street, 106 75, Athens, Greece,

 

Organized by:

ATINER A.E. (atinerae@atiner.gr)

            Administration: Fani Balaska, Tiziana Di Gesaro, Eirini Lentzou, Katerina Maraki, Sylia Sakka

 

Members of the Program Committee:

1.            Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, Director, ATINER.

2.            Dr. Gregory A. Katsas, Associate Professor, The American College of Greece-Deree College, Greece and Head, Sociology Research Unit, ATINER.

3.            Dr. Theofilos Theophanides, Head, Environment and Agricultural Research Unit, ATINER & Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

4.            Dr. Joanna Anastasopoulou, Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

5.            Dr. Sharon Bolton, Professor, University of Strathclyde, U.K. and Head, Management Research Unit, ATINER.

6.            Dr. Peter Koveos, Professor, Syracuse University, USA and Academic Member of the Accounting & Finance Research Unit of ATINER.

7.            Dr. John Roufagalas, Professor, Radford University, USA and Academic Member of the Economic Research Unit of ATINER.

8.            Dr. Chris Sakellariou, Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Head of the Economic Research Unit of ATINER.

9.            Dr. Peter Yannopoulos, Associate Professor, Brock University, Canada and Academic Member of the Marketing Research Unit of ATINER.

10.        Dr. Cleopatra Veloutsou, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Department of Business and Management, University of Glasgow, Scotland. and Head of the Marketing Research Unit of ATINER.

11.        Dr. Margarita Kefalaki, Instructor TEI Piraeus-TEI Amfisas and Researcher, ATINER.

12.        Ms. Angeliki Polychronopoulou, A., Administrator, Greek Department of Health, Greece & Academic Member, ATINER.

 

 

Friday, October 16th, 2009

17:30 - 17:50 Registration

17:50 – 18:00 Welcome Remarks

            Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, Director, ATINER

18:00 – 19:30 Session I: Social Sciences

Chair: Filios, V., Associate Professor, University of Ioannina, Greece & Academic Member, ATINER.

  1. Bolton, S, Professor, University of Strathclyde, U.K. and Head, Management Research Unit, ATINER. 'Training the Next Generation of Researchers: Looking for a Wish List of Skills.
  2. Piran, N., Professor, University of Toronto, Canada. The Developmental Theory of Embodiment.
  3. Katsas, G., Associate Professor, The American College of Greece-Deree College, Greece and Head, Sociology Research Unit, ATINER. The City as Laboratory: The Urban Environment as an Educational Tool in the Social Sciences.
  4. Lenz, T., Assistant Professor, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Department Stores as Educators a Discourse Analysis of the German Fight against Modernity.

 

19:30 – 21:00 Session II: Economics

Chair: Bolton, S, Professor, University of Strathclyde, U.K. and Head, Management Research Unit, ATINER.   

1.      Bellos, S., Ph.D. Student, University of Bath, U.K. & Subasat, T., Lecturer, University of Bath, U.K. FDI Features in Transition Countries in the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys.

2.      Marinescu, D., Ph.D. Student, Academy of Economic Studies, Romania. Aspects Regarding the New Economy in Management of the Projects Financed through Public Funds.

 

21:30 – 23:00 Greek Night

 

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

 

09:00 – 10:00 Session III: Nutrition

Chair: *Garo, S., Dean, A. Moisiu University, Albanian.

1.      Anastasopoulou, J., Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Nutrition and Informatics.

2.      Theophanides, T., Head, Environment and Agricultural Research Unit & Honorary Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece. The Magnesium Element as a Metal of Life.

 

10:00 – 11:30 Session IV:  Law and Economics

Chair: Anastasopoulou, J., Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

  1. Derakhshan, F., Lecturer, Tabriz University, Iran. What are the Rights or Responsibilities of my Agent at this Time?
  2. *Dasgupta, R., Ph.D. Student, University of Cambridge, U.K. Poor Defendants Trapped by Forfeiture: A U.S. Criminal Law Problem Worsened by the Economic Crisis.
  3. Syrrakos, D., Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University, U.K. Towards a New International Monetary Order: A Comparison of Bretton Woods
    with the European Monetary Union.

 

11:30 – 13:00 Session V: Health and Wellbeing

Chair: Huitt, W.G., Professor, Valdosta State University, USA

  1. Feeney, D., Manager, University of Edinburgh, U.K. The Price of Proper Placement: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Role of Risk, Order and Spontaneity. (Saturday, October, 17, 2009)
  2. Kritikou, P., Ph.D. Student, University of Athens, Greece & Researcher, ATINER. In- Hospital Cost of Stroke: A Prospective Diachronic Study.

 

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 Session VI: Education

Chair:  *Dasgupta, R., Ph.D. Student, University of Cambridge, U.K.

1.      *Garo, S., Dean, A. Moisiu University, Albanian. Mathematics Test-Taking with and without Hand-Held Calculators.

2.      Huitt, W.G., Professor, Valdosta State University, USA, Huitt, M.A., Principal, Middle School, Franconian Internatioanal School, USA, Monetti, D.M., Professor, Valdosta State University, USA & Hummel, J.H., Professor, Valdosta State University, USA. A Synthesis of Research Related to a Systems-Based Approach to School Improvement.

3.      Regan, L., Ph.D. Student, University of Denver, USA. Postmodern Leadership for Student Affairs in the 21st Century.

4.      Kefalaki, M., Researcher, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Greece. Blogs: Actions and Interactions via the net.

 

15:30 - 17:00 Session VII: Philosophy & Environment

Chair:  Kefalaki, M., Researcher, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Greece.

  1. Petridis, R., Ph.D. Student & Dean’s Fellow in Philosophy, New School for Social Research, USA. An Alternative Reading of F. Nietzsche's "Birth of Tragedy.
  2. Ribeiro, N.F., Ph.D. Student, New University of Lisbon, Portugal. Heteronomy and Perspectivism: “Literary Space and Multiplicity of Styles in the Thought of Nietzsche and Pessoa.
  3. Karademir, A., Associate Professor, Kahramanmaras Sutcuimam University, Turkey. Effects of Fiber Treatments on the Paper Sizing and Environment.

4.      Aydemir, C., Assistant Professor, Marmara University, Turkey, Ozomay, Z., Researcher, Marmara University, Turkey & Karademir, A., Researcher, Marmara University, Turkey. Effects of Coating on the Surface Roughness and Print Density Properties of Paper.

 

19:00 - 22:00 Dinner

 

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

            Archaeological Tour: Departure at 7:45 a.m. Return at 1:30 p.m.

 

Monday, October 19th, 2009

            Cruise to Aegean islands (includes lunch). Visit the islands of Aigina, Hydra, Poros

            Departure at 7:00 a.m. - Return at 8:30 p.m.