10 February 2010, 
Wednesday 
 
 
 
 
 
 
08.00-09.30 
Registration 
 
 
 
 
 
 
09.30-11.00 
SITE Orientation by SITE Greece
Giannis Balakakis, Gnomon Performance SA, SITE Greece
Creative proposals & products: Keys for successful sales
Tasso Pappas CITE, TP Consultancy 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11.00-11.30 
Networking coffee/tea break 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11.30-13.30 
Opening ceremony & IMIC-SITE Greece Award of Excellence

Building an exhibition brand
Ray Bloom, IMEX Exhibitions
Value-centered branding in an economic downturn
Sotiris Avgoustis, Indiana Purdue University
Marketing on a tight budget
Linda Pereira, CPL Events 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13.30-14.30 
Networking lunch 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14.30-16.10 
Opportunities emerging from a crisis situation
Padraig Cilligan, Ovation Global DMC
Establishing Athens as a primary MICE destination
Natassa Kefala, Athens Convention Bureau
PCO or DMC
Maria Papadaki, Event Makers & Valentini Amarantidou, Artion Conferences & Events 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16.10-16.30 
Networking coffee/tea break 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16.30-18.30 
Promoting tourist destinations at the local and regiona level
in light of the administrative restructuring of Greece

Dimitris Koutoulas, Tourism & Marketing Consultant 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11 February 2010, 
Thursday  
 
 
 
 
 
 
09.00-11.00 
The future of congresses - trends, opportunities, risks. The PCO perspective
Sissy Lignou, AFEA SA Travel & Congress Services - HAPCO
Experiental marketing: Venue site inspections and fam trips
Clare Amsel, Megaron Athens International Conference Center
Conferences in a graph: The case of Greece
Kostas Konstantinidis, Heliotopos Group
Managing online brands and reputation
Chris Brauer, City University 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11.00-11.30 
Networking coffee/tea break 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11.30-13.30 
Portfolios of tourism products: Building methodologies and support policies
George Drakopoulos, SETE
Film shooting locations: The case of Oia
George Halaris, Community of Oia, Santorini
Fly-ins and other general aviation events
Panagiotis Podimatas, Podimatas S.A.
Bird watching: seeking a hidden tourist resource in the Cyclades
Christina Efthymiatou, Naxos Development Company – ARIADNE
Footpaths in Greece, an underestimated resource for tourism
Pinelopi Matsouka, Anavasi Publications  
 
 
 
 
 
 
13.30-14.30 
Networking lunch 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14.30-16.00 
Dealing with the Downturn of the Tourism Economy
Round Table Discussion
How Creative Can you be? (Presentation)
Kostis Stamatopoulos, Trekking Hellas 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16.00-16.30 
Networking coffee/tea break 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16.30-18.00 
How Creative Can you be? (Team Building Event)
Kostis Stamatopoulos, Trekking Hellas 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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14.30-18.00 
Athens Convention Bureau Parallel Event (by invitation) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Workshop:  
Destination Athens… revisited - Presenting more choices for things
to do or see while in Athens 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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