…selected speeches, articles, seminars, contributions etc (pdf files or links)
••• 2010
1. “Greece: OpenGov @ times of crisis”, presentation at the PEP-NET Summit, Hamburg, 23 Sept 2010.
2. “The Age of CAT”, presentation at Social Media Workshop, CEO & CSR Money Conference 2010, Athens, 11th June 2010.
••• 2009
“e-Government for Transparency and Democracy”, roundtable panelist at a conference organized by TEE (Technical Chamber of Greece), Athens, 27th February 2009.
••• 2008
1. “Lessons from e-deliberation”, panelist at the “Global Forum 08″ session on Converging Technologies & e-democracy, Athens 21-22 October 2008
2. “e-dialogos at the City of Trikala”, panelist at the 9th World e-Democracy Forum, Issy-les Moulineaux, Paris 16-17 October 2008
3. “From political communication to e-democracy”, undergraduate seminar at Political Science & Public Administration Faculty, University of Athens, May 2008
4. “Political communication and e-participation”, postgraduate seminar at Communications & Mass Media Dept., University of Athens, January 2008
••• 2007
1. “Political Communication & Communication of Citizens“
at the “Exploring the Global Dynamics of Broadband Internet” conference, Greek National Regulatory Authority for Post and Telecommunications (EETT), June 2007
2. “Corporate Social Responsibility-Social Entrepreneurship-Corporate Philanthropy: Novel connections & models”,
1st CSR Forum, The Money Show ’07 conference, 20-21 January 2007
••• 2006
1. “A call to advance Plan-D through e-democracy”
panelist at the Internet Age workshop, the “Empower Forum 06″ conference, European Commission, DG Communications, Bergamo, Italy, November 2006
2. “New technologies and the challenge for the civil society and democracy” (final proceedings report), Organizer & Chairman of workshop on “New Technologies & NGOs”, at the “Constitutional reform and Civil Society” conference, ISTAME think-tank et al, 5th October 2006
3. “Greek Civil Society: The Long Road to Maturity”,
The concluding CSI-SAT (Civil society index-shortened assessment) report, the Greek part of the international research project coordinated by CIVICUS, the leading civil society alliance worldwide, in more than 50 countries, Athens, June 2006. See also the dedicated site of the global programme www.civilsocietyindex.org
[in memoriam to the late Nikitas Lionarakis, here is an article he wrote -in Greek- in the Apogevmatini newspaper about the project to which he was a valuable advisor and supporter]
4. “The role of e-democracy principles and practices for community foundations: a novel approach for leadership and innovation”
9th Annual Networking Meeting, the Community Philanthropy Initiative (CPI) of the European Foundation Centre (EFC) under the theme ” ENGAGING THE CITIZEN: The role of community philanthropy organisations in increasing civic engagement”, Brussels 25-26 May 2006
5. “The challenge of e-democracy“
Presentation at “The Prospects of Broadband in the Mediterranean” international conference, Greek National Regulatory Authority for Post and Telecommunications (EETT), Athens 2-4 May 2006.
••• 2005
e-Democratising Philanthropy: A proposal for the repositioning of Community Foundations
Center of Philanthropy and Civil Society, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, November 2005
••• 2004
“e-democracy: From Theory to Practice“
in “Reflections on the future of democracy in Europe“, a publication of proceedings of the Council of Europe conference – “The Future of Democracy in Europe”, 17th -19th November 2004, Barcelona, Spain
