Professor Emeritus

Presentation title:
Cycling, exercise & health

He has been an international athlete and national coach in Greece and the UK, Professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Wolverhampton, UK and Dean of the Faculty of Physical Education & Sport Science at the University of Thessaloniki.

He was also the founder and director of three postgraduate programmes (1 in the UK and 2 in Greece), chairman of the National Centre for Exercise is Medicine-Greece, and was on the founding team of the British Olympic Medical Centre.

His name is included in the top 2% of the global scientific community for the years 2020, 2021 & 2022, he was among the top 42 Greeks in the Medical Sciences for the year 2022, and this year he was ranked as number 1 in all of PT in terms of international scientific recognition.

Presentation title:
The behaviour of the cyclist in the urban environment

Petros Dinas is a researcher in human physiology at the Laboratory of Environmental Physiology and a lecturer at the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition of the University of Thessaly, based in Trikala.

His main area of research is human brown fat, which he has investigated using gene markers as well as positron emission tomography. He has previously worked as a human physiology researcher at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, and is currently funded by the European Agency for Disease Prevention and Control and the World Health Organization to carry out research related to his interests.

Petros Dinas is a cycling commissioner with participations in National Cycling Championships and international competitions.

Psychological Performance Consultant

Tzatzaki Theodora is a graduate of the Department of Physical Education and Sports Science of the Democritus University of Thrace. She also holds an MSc and a PhD from the University of Thessaly, specializing in Exercise Psychology and Sport Psychology. She has been a Taekwondo athlete and has many Panhellenic victories to her credit as well as has represented our country in European competitions with the colours of our National Team.

She served as a physical education teacher in primary schools in our country and worked as a teacher in Private Vocational Training Institutes (I.E.K.) as a responsible instructor of the Sport Psychology course.

For the last 5 years she has been collaborating with GRAFTS (Greek Athletic & Fitness Training School), the private training provider in the field of Fitness in Greece and Cyprus as a training supervisor in the field of Exercise Psychology and Health Behaviors.

In the field of competitive sports, she has been giving lectures and seminars to athletes, coaches and parents all over Greece for fifteen years and she collaborates with athletes in individual and team events who have achieved significant National, European and International distinctions.

Presentation Title:
Cycling Tourism, Sport and Leisure

Nicolas Saroukos was born in Darwin, Australia in 1976. He is a graduate in Tourism Management and Economics with a Master’s Degree (Msc) in Service Management from the Athens University of Economics and Business. She has worked at Olympic Airways for almost eleven years (Press Office and Public Relations Department of the Olympic Airways) and since 2009 she has been a member of the staff of the Greek Tourism Organisation / Ministry of Tourism. He has served as Head of the Peloponnese Tourism Directorate from 2014 to 2016, while from 2017 to date he is Head of Control and Tourism Development of Thessaly for the Ministry of Tourism. He has prepared a number of studies and proposals on tourism development issues in Thessaly, and has participated and participates as a tourism trainer, including in programs of the American Farm School and Vocational Training Schools.

Presentation Title:
Micromobility, Infrastructure & Design

Tommy Rizomyliotis has 39 years of experience in the design, supervision and management of transport projects in Greece and abroad. Partner of DENCO S.p.A. – DENCO S.p.A. – DENCO IKE since 1989 until today, Shareholder of DENCO S.p.A. – DENCO IKE since 2006, Key Partner – Director and Manager of DENCO SYGNOSTICS S.p.A. since its establishment (2011). Since 1984 until today he has prepared a multitude of traffic studies, controlled parking studies, urban mobility studies, car park studies, traffic impact studies, road studies, urban development and redevelopment studies, economical and environmental studies, feasibility studies, tender documents for tenders, etc., being in most cases Coordinator and Study Manager.

He is the coordinator of the transport studies in all stages of the project “Integrated Development Plan of the Metropolitan City of Elliniko – Ag. Kosmas”.

He was or is the Coordinator in the preparation of the following Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans:

– Municipality of Central Corfu and Interprovincial Islands (2021 to 2021)

(2021 to date)

– Municipality of Central Central and Central Greece (2021 to date)

– Municipality of Korydallos (2023 to date).

– Municipality of Peristeri (2023 to date)

– Municipality of Heraklion, Attica (2021)

– Municipality of Metamorfosi (2023)

– Municipality of Ioannina (2018)

– Municipality of Vrilissia (2018)

– Municipality of Igoumenitsa (2018)

– Municipality of Preveza (2018)

– Municipality of Larissa (2015)

– Traffic Implementation Study in the central area of Larissa (2018)

– Study of Traffic Regulations for immediate implementation in the context of the implementation of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for the city of Larissa (2017)

– Transport study at the level of final design (2009) and implementation study (2013) for the project “Bioclimatic Roads Regeneration and Creation of Cycle Path Network in the Municipality of Agia Paraskevi”

Graduate in Surveying Engineering with a Master’s degree in Environmental Planning of Cities and Buildings. Executive of the Green Fund since 2012 and responsible for the Expropriation of Open Public Spaces in Cities Financing Programme in terms of planning, implementation and monitoring the progress of the funded proposals of the Municipalities.

Nikos Antoniadis works as a librarian at the National Documentation & Electronic Content Centre (EKT). He is the creator and administrator of the public group “Bicycle Commuters of Greece” on social networks. He was the secretary of the “Bicycle Community” and co-organizer for two consecutive years of the friendly competition “Bike To Work”.

Antonis Sifakis is a lawyer, Environmental Lawyer. An urban cyclist in Athens since 1999, he has been active in the collective Cyclists since 2005. One of the founders of the “Cycling Community” and member of its Board of Directors since 2014. Secretary of the Hellenic Federation of Urban Cycling since its foundation in 2021.

Panagiotis Pitsilos, married and father of three children, runs a bookstore and publishing house in the centre of Athens. He has been a daily urban and suburban cyclist since his school days for social and business commuting. He is one of the founding members of the Athens association, “Cycling Community” and a member of its Board of Directors since its inception. Today he is president of the Athens club and the Greek Federation of Urban Cycling.

Lazaros Papadopoulos is a father of two children and is active in Pieria as a freelancer, specifically in refrigeration and air conditioning applications. He has been interested in cycling since he was a young boy. For the last 11 years he has been a member of the association “Cycling Action of Pieria” with the last 4 of them in the position of president. He is also vice president on the board of the Greek Federation of Urban Cycling.

Marathon cycling athlete with a professional card in the MASTER category in ALFA CYCLING TEAM with an international card of world participation in event races around the world (participant in long-distance routes – Brevet, approved by the World Cycling Federation, 200-300-400-600 km). For the second consecutive edition (2019 and 2023) participant as super randonneur in the world’s largest Brevet held in France (Paris-Brest-Paris). Co-manager and coordinator of urban cycling, in the group “Cyclists of Chalkida” on Facebook. Radio producer in the show “Zoi Podilato” on 102,2 Fm station in Aliveri and on the YouTube channel.

Radio producer on the programmes ‘Cycling and Life’ on 96.5 Fm in Chalkida, ‘Life Bike’ on 102.2 Fm in Aliveri and on the YouTube channel. Member and co-administrator of the “Cyclists of Chalkida” Facebook group, organizer of the annual cycling route “Ascent of Agios Ioannis the Russian – Prokopi Evia” and the “Cycling Awards of Chalkida”. Elected councillor in the Municipality of Chalkida and member of the tripartite working group for the promotion and development of urban cycling in the Municipality of Chalkida.

I was born in 1970 in Trinets, Czechoslovakia, to Greek parents, but at the age of 10 I moved with my family to Kastoria. I am a high school graduate, father of two children and since 2000 I have been serving in the Greek Police. Although I got to know the bicycle late, it is now an integral part of my life. In 2016 we founded the Cycling Club of Kastoria ”620” trying to highlight the bicycle as a means of transportation, sport and entertainment, while emphasizing the benefits of cycling through actions and speeches in schools of our prefecture. As of 2021 I am President of the Association and continue to work on this effort by integrating the club into the sports clubs. At the same time, I do not stop taking part in long-distance cycling events (Brevet) but also in cycling races, as well as in running, road and mountain races. Also, in recent years I have been working as an amateur with photography, especially black and white photography.

Kostas Tsirigakis was born in 1964 and is a professional photographer. Since 2008 he has been participating in cycling events related to urban cycling on the island of Corfu. President of the Orthopetalia Association of Corfu , for many years. He has participated in cycling meetings ( Vello City ) abroad and in Greece in order to spread the urban mobility by bike. He believes that the use of bicycles has a future in Greece and it is something that we will be obliged according to the European Union and its directives, to do in the coming years.

Cycling Athletic Association of Thessaloniki – P.A.S.TH.
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Urban cyclist since 2012. Founding member and member of the Board of Directors of P.A.S.TH. since 2016. Organizer and participant in hundreds of activities promoting cycling and cycling education.

Micromobility, Infrastructure & Design

Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Mobility and Transport Networks (I.MET.)

Graduate in Civil Engineering – Transport Engineering. Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of PARIS VII and in Transport Systems Design and Management from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chausees. Doctoral thesis on “Application of experienced systems in the planning of vehicle fleet routes”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Professional and research expertise in the fields of: Traffic Management, Transport Systems Management, Use of Telematics Applications: in the field of Maritime, Road and Combined Transport, Geographical Information Systems, Fleet Management and Operational Research.

DSN OF YOUTH OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF LARISSAE

Fotini Mysirli is the President of the Municipal Youth Council of the Municipality of Larissa. She has been working in primary education as a teacher for the last five years. She has completed her postgraduate studies in Education Policy and Social Entrepreneurship. She is a PhD candidate at the Department of Philosophy and Pedagogy of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

DSN OF YOUTH OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF LARISSAE

Pavlos Hatilaris is the Vice President of the Municipal Youth Council of the Municipality of Larissa since 2021, where he was elected. He was born in Larissa in 2001. He is studying at the Department of Psychology at Brookes Oxford University and Metropolitan College where he served as Chair of the Department (Campus Larissa) for 2 years. He was appointed coordinator of the Education, Culture & Sport Committee of the Municipal Youth Council in its first term of office. Furthermore, he is the founder of the Culture and Art – Larissa page.

DSN OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PIRAEUS

Secretary of the Piraeus Youth Board

Senior executive in a consulting company.

MSc in Maritime Administration and MSc in Public Health.

DSN OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PIRAEUS

Head of Finance of the Piraeus Youth Board.

Executive of a Big 4 company with experience in reporting European programmes.

Maritime Economist and member of the College of Chartered Accountants.

Youth Council of the Municipality of Thermi

Third-year student at the Department of Accounting and Finance of the University of Athens. Student of Accounting and Management of Macedonia and External Communication Manager