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99Th AHEPA Supreme Convention Athens GREECE July 25-31 99th AHEPA Supreme Convention Athens GREECE July 25-31, 2021 SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE (Revised July 22, 2021) Sunday July 25 Meeting Name ____ Room Name All Day AHEPA Office Royal 11:00AM-05:00PM AHEPA Housing Meeting King George Ballroom 10AM Supreme President lays Wreath at Tomb of the Unknowns 12:00pm– 05:00pm DOP Grand Lodge Meeting Golden Room C 12:00pm – 05:00pm DOP Foundation Meeting Boardroom 01:00pm – 05:00pm AHEPA Supreme Lodge Meeting Golden Room D 03:00pm - 05:00pm AHEPA Board of Trustees Meeting Churchills 05:30pm – 07:00pm AHEPA Family Opening Welcome Grande Bretagne Ballroom Message by Elefterios G. Skiadas, Vice Mayor of the Municipality of Athens Archbishop of Athens Ieronymos II General Secretary for Diaspora Greeks, Dr. John Chrysoulakis Monday July 26 09:00am - 05:00pm AHEPA Office Royal Room 09:00am-06:00PM AHEPA Housing Meeting King George Ballroom 09:00am – 05:00pm Delegate Registration Athenian Foyer 09:00am - 05:00pm AHEPA General Session GB Grand Ballroom ABC 11:00am - 12:00pm SHIPPING After COVID-19 Panel GB Grand Ballroom A BC 09:00am – 01:00pm DOP General Session Golden Room A & B 09:00am – 12:00pm AHEPA Cyprus Hellenic Affairs Golden Room C 10:00am – 01:00pm AHEPA Athletic Committee Churchills 09:00am - 05:00pm DOP National Projects Committee DOP General Session Room 02:00PM – 03:00PM Tourism and Greece 2021Panel GB Grand Ballroom ABC 03:00pm – 05:00pm DOP Grievance Committee 03:00pm – 05:00pm DOP Budget and Finance Committee 03:00pm – 05:00pm DOP Legislation Committee 03:00pm – 05:00pm DOP Maids of Athena Committee Golden Room D 03:00pm – 05:00pm DOP Penelope of the Year Committee Boardroom 07:00pm – 11:00pm AHEPA 99th Anniversary Event GREEK War Museum Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos and Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff General Konstantinos Floros Tuesday, July 27 09:00am-05:00pm AHEPA Office 09:00am-06:00PM AHEPA Housing Meeting King George Ballroom 09:00am-05:00pm AHEPA/Guest Registration Athenian Ball room AHEPA General Session Grand Ballroom A BC 09:30am-10:00am Presentation Greek Mainstream Perceptions of Greek-American Expats: The case of AHEPA GB Grand Ballroom ABC Dr. John Nomikos General Session Floor The Evolution of Greek America in the 21st Century and its Struggle for Survival Dr. Peter Stavrianidis Special AHEPA Webster Award to Vasilis Botopoulos 09:00am-12:00pm DOP Registration General Session GB Golden Room A & B 12:30am–02:00pm AHEPA Family Awards Luncheon Grande Bretagne Ballroom A &B Deputy Foreign Minister Vlasis Presidential Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus Photis Photiou 04:00pm-06:00pm AHEPA General Session Grande Bretagne Ballroom A & B 09:00am–05:00pm AHEPA Legislative Golden Room D 09:00am–12:00pm AHEPA Resolutions Committee Churchills 02:00pm–05:00pm AHEPA International Committee Golden C 7:00pm AHEPA Event at the Presidential Palace (invitation only) Honoring President Sakellaropoulou 8:00pm- Midnight AHEPA Greek Night Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center Honoring Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias of Greece President of Hellenic Parliament Konstantinos Tasoulas Wednesday July 28 AHEPA Office Royal 09:00am-06:00pm AHEPA Registration Athenian 09am-11am/3:00-5:00p AHEPA General Session GB Ballroom ABC 09:00am-12:00pm DOP General Session Golden Room AB 09:00am – 05:00pm AHEPA Legislative Golden D 09:00am – 12:00pm AHEPA Cooley’s Anemia Foundation Meeting Golden C 12:30pm – 02:30pm AHEPA Family Athletic Luncheon GB Ballroom ABC Honoring Minister of Culture & Sports Lina Mendoni AHEPA Athletes 05:00pm – 06:00pm AHEPA First/New Horizons Joint Meeting 06:30pm – 07:00pm Doors Open/AHEPA Family Grand Banquet DIVANI CARAVEL 07:00pm – 10:00pm Grand Banquet and Ball Honoring Prime Minister Mitsotakis President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades Thursday, July 29 AHEPA Office Royal 09:00pm – 05:00pm DOP General Session Golden Room AB 09:00pm – 10:00pm AHEPA Cyprus Hellenic Panel Discussion GB Ballroom ABC “Trilateral Relations in the Region” Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides of Cyprus Ballroom ABC Foreign Minister Dendias of Greece Israeli Defense Minister of Israel 10:00am – 11:00am AHEPA General Session General Session room Celestyal Cruises member of Louis Group Presentation 11:00am-12:00 Noon The Future of Energy for Greece General Session room 11:00am – 05:00pm AHEPA Legislative Committee Golden D 11:00am – 12:00pm AHEPA National Projects Committee Churchills 12:00pm - 05:00pm AHEPA General Session Ballroom A & B 01:00pm – 05:00pm AHEPA Canadian Affairs Committee Golden C 05:30pm – 7:30pm AHEPA Presidents Reception honoring King George Tudor Hall 7th fl. US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt Greek Ambassador to the US Alexandra Papadopoulou 08:00pm- District 25 Event The Island Friday, July 30 AHEPA Office Roysl 8:00am –12:00pm AHEPA General Session Ballroom ABC 10:00am –12:00pm AHEPA GEO Political Presentation Ioannis Mazzis & Emmanuel Karayiannis 09:00am –10:00am DOP General Session – Voting Golden room 10:00am – 12:00pm DOP General Session – Wrap Up Golden Room 01:00pm – 2:30pm AHEPA Family Officers Installations Ballroom A & B 03:00pm – 04:00pm DOP Grand Lodge Meeting Golden D 03:00pm – 04:00pm AHEPA Supreme Lodge Meeting Golden C 03:00pm – 04:00pm AHEPA BOT Meeting Churchills 08:00pm AHEPA Family Event at the Acropolis Museum - Honoring Mayor Bakoyiannis, President of Greece 2021 Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki Minister of Development Adonis Georgiadis and Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis Saturday July 31 DEPARTURE ALL TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE .
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