HERIT ADAPT Final Conference
Heritage Resilience in Action: Setting the Strategic Agenda for a Climate-Ready and Digitally Transformed Mediterranean Tourism Future

Monday 18 May 2026
All times are based on Athens (EEST)
18 May 2026
15:30 - 16:00
Video exhibition & Welcome Coffee

Registration

Video Exhibition (Artificial Intelligence in the services of cultural heritage)

HERIT ADAPT journey and pilot cases' strategic achievements

16:00 - 16:30
High-Level Opening Session

From Vision to Policy: Heritage at the Core of Climate Resilience 

  • Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou. Member of the Hellenic Parliament; Prime Minister’s Envoy for the Ocean, Greece 
  • Angela Varela. President of the Board of Directors of the Greek National Tourism Organization 
  • Panagiotis Sakeralopoulos. Deputy Regional Governor for Tourism Development, Region of Western Greece
  • Anthia Papageorgiou. Director of Limassol Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Moderator :
 Ioannis Mardikis
Ioannis Mardikis
Environmental Sustainability Specialist Department of Technical Cooperation (EPLO)
16:30 - 17:00
Session I: Safeguarding Heritage in the Climate Era (The Greek experience)

Preservation, Innovation and Responsibility: The Case of the Temple of Apollo Epicurious

Konstantinos Tzamaloukas. Region of Western Greece 

Athanasios Kalogeras. ATHENA Research Center 

Konstantinos A. Papadopoulos. Head of the Department of Archaeological Works and Studies at the Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia

Stavros Fotopoulos. Civil Engineer, Association of Olympians

Μaria Papandreou. Architect Engineer, Association of Olympians

Moderator :
Mr Athanasios Kalogeras
Mr Athanasios Kalogeras
Research Director at the Industrial Systems Institute of the Athena Research and Innovation Center
17:00 - 17:40
Session IΙ: Safeguarding Heritage in the Climate Era (The European experience)

Presentation of the results and probabilities of capitalization from the nine territories-pilots of HERIT ADAPT project.

- Canigou Grand Site / Villefranche de Conflent, Occitanie, France. Angelika Sauermost. SDFD-ADOCC

- Temple of Apollo Hylates, Limassol, Cyprus. Cristina Kanellaki. Limassol Tourism Board

- Roman Houses of Celio Hill, Rome, Italy. Ioannis Chatzigiannakis. Sapientza University of Rome

- Rector's Palace, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Stjepan Cavar. Dubrovnik Development Agency

- Monumental Complex of Alhambra and Generalife, Granada, Spain. Ana Garcia Lopez. University of Granada

- Žabljak Crnojevića Fortress, Montenegro. Milos Ivanicevic. Cetinje Municipality

- Museo Chiossone, Genoa, Italy. Barbara Poggio. Municipality of Genoa

- Mausoleum–Ossuary, Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria. Marina Popova. Ministry of Tourism, Bulgaria

Moderator :
 Angelika Sauermost
Angelika Sauermost
Head European Development Department - AD’OCC, regional economic & tourism development agency Occitanie France, Senior tourism development project manager
17:40 - 18:00
Fireside Conversation: Sustainability as key tourism economic driver

A strategic dialogue between heritage, circular economy and sustainability.

Ioannis Mardikis. EPLO. Environmental sustainability specialist. The paradigm of ReBoat project-Horizon Europe Innovation Action

Ian Rutter. President-ALOTUR, the Association of Tourist Accommodation, Moclín. How sustainability can regenerate tourism
Fabrizio Bruno. University of Genova. The example of Genoa as a "case study".
Moderator :
 Ioannis Mardikis
Ioannis Mardikis
Environmental Sustainability Specialist Department of Technical Cooperation (EPLO)
18:00 - 18:50
Session IIΙ Beyond the Pilot: Mainstreaming Climate-Ready Tourism Models in the Mediterranean

Nadine Abdel Ghaffar. Founder, Art d’Egypte

Georgios Drakopoulos. Founder & CEO Tourism Generis

Ioannis Pappas. Green Evolution SA -Associated Partner of Dialogue4Tourism Interreg Euro-MED project 

Diana Nola. External Expert-DURA-HERIT ADAPT Sustainable and Resilient Tourism Strategies

Aspasia-Antonia  Koutsopoulou. University of Thessaly, Sustainable Tourism Interreg Euro-MED 

Moderator :
 Konstantina Marousi
Konstantina Marousi
Project Manager, University of Patras
18:50 - 19:00
Closing Reflections: Toward a Mediterranean Pact for Climate-Resilient Cultural Heritage

Positioning heritage-led climate adaptation within the next phase of European cooperation

Georgina Calvo. Tourism Officer for Tourism and European Projects, Barcelona Provincial Council-Tourism Department/Sustainable Tourism–Interreg Euro-MED

Ioannis Mardikis. Environmental Sustainability Specialist - Department of Technical Cooperation, EPLO

19:00 - 20:00
Guided Visit to Plaka and the Roman Agora

An experiential reflection on living heritage within the urban Mediterranean context.

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