Saturday 24/10/2026
Dr. Antonis Vlassopoulos, Human Nutritionist, Consultant Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
The good, the bad and the ugly in sustainable food systems: a tale of protein, processing and circular economy (30′)
Dr Vlassopoulos is a Register Dietitian-Nutritionist with 10-year experience in the study of the role of foods and food processing on health. He has worked in academic institutions in Greece and the UK, is a member of expert boards, works as an FAO-consultant and has experience from private research institutes in the food industry. His research interests focus on the creation of nutrition research infrastructures like food composition databases (branded and for specialized compounds) as well as the design and evaluation of food policy interventions in the general population and/or sensitive groups. He studies the pathways for successful nutrition policy interventions with an aim to combat chronic diseases and malnutrition in every form. He is particularly interested in the study and promotion of the Mediterranean Diet beyond the food pyramid with a focus on eating and cultural habits, the study of the Mediterranean food chain and their role on human and planetary health.
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Sunday 25/10/2026
Dr. Maria Karamanof, Emeritus Vice President, Council of State, Greece
Unsustainable development and health: a crusial nexus
Dr. Maria Karamanof is a distinguished Greek jurist and prominent environmental advocate who served as the Vice President of the Council of State, Greece’s Supreme Administrative and Constitutional Court. After graduating from the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, she pursued advanced legal studies at University College London (UCL), where she earned her PhD focusing on the failures in implementing legislative reforms.
She began her judicial career at the Council of State in 1981 and spent decades shaping foundational legal precedents. During her influential tenure in the court’s 5th Chamber between 1990 and 2000, she played a pivotal role in establishing Greece’s progressive jurisprudence on environmental protection, sustainable development, and public domain limits. In addition to her domestic judicial work, she represented Greece at major international legal forums, including the UN Global Judges Symposium on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, and collaborated with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to lead specialized legal seminars.
Beyond her judicial career, Dr. Karamanof has taught Law and Public Policy Analysis at the Hellenic National Center of Public Administration and authored notable works on sustainable state development and public domain limits. Currently, she serves as Vice President Emerita of the Council of State and is the active President of the Chamber for Environment and Sustainability, continuing her work in environmental protection.
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Round Table: Saturday 24/10/2026
Chair: Efthimios Zervas
- Avgenia Derdelakou: Sustainable nutrition, environmental footprint, and their relation to human health
- Anastasia Kolomvotsou: Sustainable nutrition
- Milia Tzoutzou: Food waste and ways to reduce it, the example of S-FAN program