November 23^rd-25^th 2018, Impact Hub Athens and Kypseli Municipal Market will host the 5^th Social Entrepreneurship Forum 2018.

The Social Entrepreneurship Forum (SEF) - a Forum exclusively dedicated to Social Entrepreneurship - is organized for the fifth year in the row in Athens with the participation of initiatives and enterprises active in Social Solidarity Economy. SEF 2018 is an open collaboration platform for the further advancement of social entrepreneurship perceived as a base of values, principles and common visions, in which every type of social enterprise, cooperatives, initiatives and interested parties could participate actively.

This year’s event will take place at the premises of Impact Hub Athens and Kypseli Municipal Market, and the following activities will be organized:

• Workshop: "Setting up Energy Communities: Good practices and Challenges", Friday 23/11, 14.00 to 17.00 at Impact Hub Athens(28, Karaiskaki str.).
• Workshop: "Social Financing: where we stand and where we are heading",Friday 23/11, 18.00 to 20.30 at Impact Hub Athens.
• Workshop: "Support centers and learning tools: building support networks and common learning pools»,Saturday 24/11, 10.00 to 15.00 at Impact Hub Athens.
• Public discussion: "Legal framework and public policies for SSE: assessment, challenges and necessary reforms", Saturday 24/11, 17.00 to 20.00at Impact Hub Athens.
• Exchange meeting: "SSE markets in urban areas: Pilot cases in the municipality of Athens", Sunday 25/11, 11:00 to 14:30at Kypseli Municipal Market (42, Fokionos Negri).

Please submit your interest of participation per session HERE!

The event is co-organized by: Social Cooperative Enterprise "Wind of Renewal", Development Agency of Karditsa, Network of Social Cooperative Enterprises of Central Macedonia, ERGANI Center, Impact Hub Athens, Heinrich Boell Foundation Greece.

Impact Hub Athens is an international platform to strengthen and promote social entrepreneurship. Our vision is to create an ecosystem that connects people who can bring change through responsible and sustainable initiatives. With a presence in more than 110 cities, linking over 15,000 members around the world, the Impact Hub is one of the fastest growing social economy players, based on positive impact and collaboration.

The purpose of Impact Hub Athens is to act as a catalyst for business synergies and academic, private and public institutions, investors and media, creating the right environment for ideas to become reality and for actions to take place.

Who is on the other end of the internet and what are the processes between us when communicating online?" Asking this question, Daniel Wetzel, founding member of the internationally acclaimed Rimini Protokoll, sets up an interactive installation for the peers of YouTube; for those who use messengers despite the age restriction; for the upcoming generation of digital natives.

“Oenokentrika” is a wine exhibition showcasing the wines of Central Greece. Organized for the third time in Athens, by the Winemakers Association of the Central Greece, it is open to the public on Sunday, November 25, at the Grand Bretagne Hotel, from 12:00 to 20:00.

More than 180 wines from 20 wineries will be on offer during this stand-around, all day tasting event. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet with wine producers and learn more about their wines and the wineries that are open to the public. Wines from Central Greece (encompassing two administrative regions, Thessaly and Continental Greece) are known for being rich and potent on the nose and full-bodied on the mouth, in other words ideal for the winter table.

Visitors will also have the opportunity to win magnum bottles of wine signed by their winemaker and make use of the show’s Photo Booth to take home a souvenir from their visit to the exhibition.

Access MBA gives you the ideal opportunity to learn more about the world’s most recognised business degrees – the MBA and Executive MBA – and to speak in person with admissions directors of leading international business schools.

On the day of the Access MBA event, you will:

• Meet admissions directors during 20-minute One-to-One and small group meetings
• Take part in panel discussions featuring school representatives and alumni
• Receive advice and support from the Access MBA consulting team, as well as GMAT and scholarship information

By registering for the One-to-One MBA event, your profile will be carefully matched with the business schools that correspond to your goals and expectations – all free of charge to you. To secure your place at the event, you would be well advised to register at least 10 days before the event.

This is your opportunity to take the first step towards your MBA journey!

When: December 1^st,  10:00 a.m. - 14:00
Where: Royal Olympic Hotel,  Athanasiou Diakou 28

Click HERE for further details!

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Your compass in the world of Masters education

The Access Masters Tour guides you in your search for Masters studies, directs you to the schools that best match your preferences, and connects you with some of the world’s best universities and business schools.

The Access Masters Tour is open to final-year university students and recent graduates who speak English that are interested in Masters degree study.

What can you do at the event?

• Meet with top-ranked international universities and business schools
• Get advice on Masters programmes suitable for you
• Obtain information on admission tests (TOEFL, IELTS, GMAT, GRE)
• Learn how to win scholarships and finance your Masters studies
• Take part in the draw to win a free campus visit

When: November 30^th,  13:30 a.m. - 20:15 p.m.
Where: Royal Olympic Hotel,  Athanasiou Diakou 28

Click HERE  for further details!

Jackie Chan and his team of warriors for the first time in Greece!

After countless films that established him as the greatest martial arts star, Jackie Chan, who in 2016 received the "honorary" Oscar for his "great achievements" made his dream come true. He created his own team of kung fu warriors - the "Jackie Chan Long Yun Kung Fu Troupe"!

The Kung Fu legend and his warriors will present an impressive performance with breathtaking aerial movements and unique video projections in an impressive cinematic atmosphere that only he could create!

An iconic building in the center of Athens, the old OSY depot in Gazi, is transformed to facilitate an unforgetable experience.

Leonardo Da Vinci - 500 Hundred Years of Genius will fully exhibit all of Da Vinci's creations in an attempt to honour one of the brightest minds in history, 500 years after his death.

Experts and museums from Paris and Rome put together 3 exhibitions in order to create the most complete one in the world about Leonardo Da Vinci:

- Leonardo's Engineering Inventions
75 models of his inventions displayed in real size, interactive machinery, copies of his famous codes and over 200 exhibits in collaboration with the Leonardo Da Vinci museum in Rome.

- Da Vinci Alive - The experience
A mindblowing audiovisual experience presenting the life and creations of this great artist and inventor.

- Mona Lisa's Secret
The secrets of the most famous painting in the world are unveiled for the first time by Pascal Cotte and the Lumiere Technology Institute.


Time Schedule:

- Monday to Friday from 13:00 to 22:00
- Weekends from 10:00 to 22:00

 

This Christmas, Impact Hub Athens and the Kypseli Municipal Market are all set for the festive season and here to help you with your holiday shopping! 

You will find toys, clothes, pieces of art, selected Greek products and many more. You can even try our delicious food and drinks, listen to music and participate in small events for every age group, such as workshops, performances and the first Greek-Ethiopian festival.

By buying Greek products from the small producers of WISE Greece you will financially help the organisation and people in poverty, as well as anyone with special needs by supporting the first social flower shop, Flower Power.

At Archipelagos, a second hand shop, you will find used items in excellent condition in order to assist fellow citizens with pschycological issues, while at the Gallery-Margarita you will be able to purchase silk made items signed by famous artists.

From the 23rd of December, the Market will transform into Super Kypseli, a pop-up area where visitors will find all sorts of small businesses and even hairdressers, plumbers, electricians, craftsmen and DIY specialists. All of whom reflect the real face of our neighbourhood.

Of course, Christmas wouldn't be the same without an amazing pop-up branch! So on December the 30th, head over to enjoy some delicious street food, cuisines and stands from famous chefs, all while listening to some festive music.

At the Kypseli Municipal Market, every purchase has a positive impact on people who need our help. We are all going to be there to thank you for an amazing 2018!

The Kids Comedy Club is the first Greek stand up comedy for kids, aged 6 to 12. Created by comedian, George Chatzipavlou, with a lot of Christmas spirit at the Athens Concert Hall.

Children will have the chance to get entertained through comedy and life topics they experience themselves, such as school, friends, hobbies, superheroes and many more!

On the other hand parents will also have lots of fun, since the stand up will take them on a journey back to their childhood and what it felt like being a kid.

Along George Chatzipavlou, songwriter Sofia Kourtidou will use a technique called live-looping, which produces songs through sounds and voices and turns Christmas songs into melodies!

Schedule

- Saturday, December the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th at 18:00.
- Sunday, December the 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th at 15:30.
- Tuesday and Wednesday, December the 25th and 26th at 18:00.


Performances are in held in Greek.

In a combination of installation and performance, artist Panajotis Daramaras and performer Sania Stribakou explore the dichotomy between mythical and scientific thought, using printed material as metaphor for the set of cultural and political elements that shape our cognitive activities. In pursuing the tension between myth, which denies temporality, and knowledge contained in the printed book, which rests on the idea of chronological sequence, the artists produce a decoding and critique of the concepts of knowledge.

Throughout the show’s duration, the artists Katerina Bella, Sania Strimbakou and Panajotis Daramaras will develop a dialogue with the works of the installation, resulting in a final performance on Saturday, December 22 at 20:00. Lighting Design for the entire show by Apostolos Stratzalis.

Panajotis Daramaras is a visual artist who lives and works in Athens. He studied at the Stavrakos Film School, attended Modern Dance and Conducting lessons, and later graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Athens. He has designed sets for films and theater, and has participated in many group art exhibitions. In 2013 he choreographed and interpreted the work "Traces" in collaboration with Aggeliki Papadatou.

Sania Stribaku is a dancer and dance teacher. A graduate of the State School of Orchestral Art, she continued her research in Paris and New York with a scholarship from the Onassis Foundation at the studios DanceSpaceCenter and Movement Research. She has danced with the Amalgamas, Yelpdanceco, Quasistellar, Ypsilon, Fingersix/Athens, among others, and worked with choreographers GosiaHaduch and the UnfinishedCompany, MarcelaGiesche, PereFaura, LilyKiara, Filolouvari, Giorgos Sideros Deligiannis and others. She has choreographed the piece “Passe-partout” in collaboration with Maria Mavridou, the Nota(c)tion project, and a piece which opened the University of Peloponnesos event "Taste and Memory".

FokiaNou Art Space is an artist-run project space in the intimacy of a small apartment in an old building in the center of Athens. The apartment has been transformed into an open space that encourages collaborative creative efforts between Greek and foreign artists, thereby promoting and supporting the local art community. The space hosts exhibitions, workshops and projects under the direction of two artists, Mary Cox and Panagiotis Voulgaris. www.fokianou247.gr

Opening: Saturday, 8 December 2018, 19.00
Opening hours: Thursday to Saturday 17.00 - 20.00.
Performances: Saturday 8, 15, 22 December at 19:00