2nd Virtual International Conference on the Promotion of Accessible Underwater Cultural Heritage Sites DIVE IN BLUE GROWTH May 12-14, 2021 Under the Auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports SPEAKERS 1st Day (May 12, 2021) Dr. Pari Kalamara, M.A in Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Director of Maritime Cultural Heritage at the University of Alexandria in Antiquities, Hellenic Egypt. Over the last decade, Darko has been Ministry of Culture and involved in a number of collaborative research Sports (on a year leave, projects across the Mediterranean, participating in during which is Deputy numerous surveys with various institutions, such as Director of Collections the Hellenic Institute for Ancient and Medieval & Conservation of the Alexandrian Studies, Egypt and survey campaigns NMoQ) off the Fourni Islands, Greece. Other projects include excavations of Mycenaean Shipwrecks off Pari studied history and the island of Poros, and a number of archaeology archeology at the University of Athens and carried projects in Croatia, Montenegro, Lebanon and on doctoral studies at the School for Advanced Malta. Darko is an active scuba diving instructor and Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, in the sector technical diver. “History and Civilizations”. She works in the Hellenic Ministry of Culture since 1988. From 2006 till 2021 she was head of the Division of Public Archeological Museums and Collections and director of the Angelos Manglis, Ephorates of Antiquities of Euboea and Beotia, and Founder of Atlantis of the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities. She has Consulting S.A. & also worked as lector of the University of Skopelos Diving Peloponnese, and since 2003 she works as Center associated professor in the Open University of Angelos Manglis is a Greece. Her publications focus on the byzantine member of the dresses, on byzantine archaeology issues of Hellenic Institute of Messenia, Laconia, Euboea and Boeotia, and on Marine Archaeology, museum subjects. She has also published a children book dealing with byzantine textiles, which obtain an experienced diver the 1st State Award of 2003. and sailor, as he has participated in numerous underwater archaeological expeditions in the last 17 years. He is a strong supporter of maintaining in Darko Kovacevic, situ the underwater cultural heritage and operating Maritime archaeologist, Accessible Underwater Cultural Heritage Sites in an Heritage Malta’s inclusive way which contributes to their protection Underwater Cultural and to local sustainable growth. He has been Heritage Unit actively engaged in the implementation of a number of European, National and Regional R&TDI Darko is a maritime archaeologist at Heritage Projects concerning the promotion and protection Malta’s Underwater of the underwater cultural heritage; some of the Cultural Heritage Unit. He most significant ones have been the Awarded obtained his B.A. and project “Ano Magniton Nisi”, the Awarded project M.A. in History at the “BlueMED, the UCRCA, the Lab4Dive, the DiveSafe, University of Novi Sad, which was followed with an the MeDryDive, the MAR-e-Box, the Awarded project 4Helix+ See the Sea and the i-blueculture. August 2019, the International Program for Mr. Manglis has studied on a Master’s Level at the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage was Department of History and Archaeology of the organized. Currently, he is in charge of planning and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a focus on evaluating various projects of NRIMCH. Prehistoric Archaeology. He holds an MSc in “Technical Change & Industrial Strategy” from PREST Institute of the University of Manchester and Dr Panagiota a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Galiatsatou, Diving Archaeologist, Ephorate Democrition University of Thrace Angelos Manglis of Underwater has over a 30 year of consulting experience Antiquities, Hellenic providing consultation to large portfolio of Ministry of Culture and HiTech/IT Startups and Industrial and Non-Industrial Sports SMEs. He is considered, amongst his colleagues, an expert in RTD project management, as he has Dr Panagiota Galiatsatou contributed to the formation of strategies for has completed her technology and business development and has postgraduate studies (Master’s Degree and developed strong working relationships with many Phd: Grade ‘Excellent’) in the field of burial customs companies, organizations, institutions, academics and pottery (Classical Archaeology). She has as well as policy makers globally. worked as an archaeologist in various departments of the Ministry of Culture and Sports since her graduation from the Department of History and Young-Hwa Jung, Archaeology of the University of Athens in 2000 and Researcher & since 2014 has been working as a diving Conservation Scientist, archaeologist in the Ephorate of Underwater National Research Antiquities conducting archaeological surveys and Institute of Maritime research in the Peloponnese and islands of the Cultural Heritage, Argosaronic Gulf. Since 2018 she has been co- Republic of Korea director (along with Dr B. Davidde) of a Young-Hwa Jung is a collaborative underwater archaeological project in Researcher & Ancient Epidaurus of the Ephorate of Underwater Conservation Scientist Antiquities, the Italian Archaeological School in of Underwater Cultural Athens and ISCR. She has published a number of Heritage in the WEST articles on Classical burial customs and pottery, SEA Cultural Heritage Division (2017s-present) & Underwater Archaeology and Cultural Underwater Excavation & Conservation Division Management. (2002s-2017s) of the National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage of South Korea. He is conservation the wooden ships and ceramics Carlota Pérez- excavated in underwater. He completed his PhD in Reverte 2008 at Kongju National University and graduated Mañas, from Korea National Open University with a Researcher, Bachelor of Laws in 2016. He has been involved in University of several maritime research projects including: Cadiz. Analysis of Manufacturing Technology and Carlota is a Ph.D. student in Maritime Archaeology, Production Area of Underwater Excavations with a degree in History and a Master's degree in Ceramics(2005-present), Exploration Project of cultural business management. She has developed Underwater Cultural Heritage by the EOS3D-A(3D her research activity focusing on the processes of Seismic Survey System), Development Project of communication, awareness-raising, and public Underwater Cultural Heritage Research Technology access to underwater cultural heritage. She has Using Crabster CR200, Development Project of participated in various projects aimed at the Underwater Cultural Heritage Exploration preservation and knowledge of both maritime Techniques Underwater Archaeology Vessel heritage and biodiversity. ‘NURIAN(G/T 290ton)’ Ship building, Underwater Cultural Heritage Protection Policy in Korea. In Rita Auriemma, Archaeologist and Dr Michael James Bendon, Independent Scholar Researcher, Department and Researcher of Cultural Heritage, Salento University Dr Michael James Bendon is now an independent scholar and researcher. He holds post-graduate I am archaeologist, qualifications in Archaeology, History, Education, researcher in the Linguistics, Maritime Archaeology and Cultural Department of Cultural Heritage Management. He has worked for a great Heritage at the Salento number of years as an archaeologist on numerous University, where I teach sites around the Mediterranean and Europe Underwater Archaeology including Israel, Portugal, Germany and Greece, and Coastal and with extended survey in Turkey, Syria and Jordan. Underwater Seascapes Archaeology. I have held Michael first started as a field archaeologist in Israel teaching positions in other universities, as well as before moving briefly onto Portugal and then on to for PhD and extra-university courses. Furthermore, directing a Medieaval church and cemetery I carry out terrestrial and underwater excavation in Northern Germany for four years. For archaeological excavation and survey projects and the last ten years, he has been assisting a colleague, coordinate national and international research Dr Elpida Hadjidakis, in investigations on projects. The focuses of my research are Phalasarna, a large Classical/Hellenistic maritime archaeology (or geoarchaeology) of coastal city in Western Crete, as well as working, also with landscapes and aspects of ancient economic Dr Hadjidakis, on the excavation of the first Minoan history, in particular maritime routes and transport, shipwreck to be discovered. More recently his goods and markets; other my own area of interest research has revolved around two British WWII is the valorization and communication of the wrecks located offshore from the ancient underwater cultural heritage, through exhibition Phalasarna site. His newly published book, The and museum projects. Forgotten Flotilla, details this particular story. Michael is concurrently carrying out research to compile the first-ever nominal roll for Australian Dr Gunnar Liestøl, service personnel who served in the Greek and Professor, Dept. of Media Cretan campaigns of 1941. & Communication, University of Oslo Marco Cozza, Senior Gunnar Liestøl is professor Software Engineer, at the Department of Project Manager and media and CTO at 3D Research Communication, University of Oslo. He has conducted Marco Cozza (male, 32) research and development received his Master’s in digital media for more than 25 years, starting Degree in Computer with hypermedia