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Webinar: COVID-19 Pandemic - What Have We Learned and What Does the Future Hold?

Event Details:

  • Date:          Saturday, 5 December 2020
  • Time:         Starts: 15:00
  • Venue:       The event is streamed live via Zoom
  • Speaker:    Assist. Prof. Giannis Koutsou, CaSTORC, The Cyprus Institute
                       Prof. Konstantinos Fokianos, Dept. Mathematics, University of Cyprus
                       Assist. Prof. Vangelis Daskalakis, Dept. Chemical Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology 
                       Prof. Nikolaos Polyzos, Dept. Social Administration & Political Science, Democritus University of Thrace
                       Prof. Theodoros Karapantsios, Dept. Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
                       Assist. Prof. Georgios Nikolopoulos, Medical School, University of Cyprus

COVID 19 pandemic what have we learned and what does the future hold


The webinar will be in Greek and the live stream is open to the public.
Live streaming of the discussion will be available on Zoom.
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Program

Session 1 - Talks: Chair Assist. Prof. Nikos Savva, Modelling and Simulation for Engineering Applications, Computation-based Science and Technology Research Centre, The Cyprus Institute
15:00 - 15:30 Assist. Prof. Giannis Koutsou
Computation-based Science and Technology Research Centre, The Cyprus Institute
Modeling the evolution of COVID-19 in Cyprus
15:30 - 16:00 Prof. Konstantinos Fokianos
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Cyprus
Modeling of COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Cyprus
16:00 - 16:30  Assist. Prof. Vangelis Daskalakis
Department of Chemical Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology
Epitope vaccines based on the dynamics of mutated SARS-CoV-2 proteins at all-atom resolution
15 Minutes Break  
Session 2 - Talks: Chairs Prof. George Petrikkos, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and
Prof. Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Hygiene and Epidemiology Department Clinical and Laboratory Research, University of Thessaly
16:45 - 17:15 Prof. Nikolaos Polyzos
Department of Social Administration and Political Science, Democritus University of Thrace
The pandemic and health systems in the twighlight of 2020: lessons from Mediterranean countries
and the case of Greece
17:15 - 17:45 Prof. Theodoros Karapantsios
Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Environmental rationalization of SARS-CoV-2 concentration in sewage as
an early warning indicator of virus spreading in communities
17:45 - 18:15 Assist. Prof. Georgios Nikolopoulos
Medical School, University of Cyprus
Epidemiology of COVID-19 in the Republic of Cyprus
Session 3 - Panel Discussion: Chair Prof. Constantia Alexandrou, Director of the Computation-based Science and Technology Research Centre, The Cyprus Institute, and Physics Department, University of Cyprus
18:15 - 19:00 Panellists: Prof. Chistos Hadjichristodoulou, University of Thessaly, Assist. Prof. Nikos Savva,The Cyprus Institute, Assist. Maria Koliou Mazeri, University of Cyprus, Prof. Vangelis Harmandaris, The Cyprus Institute, Dr. George Miltiadou, President of Pancyprian Medical Association.

 


 

About the Webinar

The event is co-organized by The Cyprus Institute and the Cyprus Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infections, as part of the project CONCEPT-COVID/0420/0011 that is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research and Innovation Foundation. A group of distinguished speakers will provide insights into the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing a variety of issues from different fields and perspectives.

 

Organising Committee

  • Prof. Constantia Alexandrou, Director of the Computation-based Science and Technology
    Research Centre, The Cyprus Institute, and Physics Department, University of Cyprus
  • Asst. Prof. Maria Koliou, Medical School, University of Cyprus
  • Dr Lakis Palazis, Director of the Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Nicosia General Hospital
  • Emeritus Prof. Georgios Petrikkos, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens


For further information regarding this even, please contact Dr. Kathy Christoforou: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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The event is co-organised by The Cyprus Institute and the Cyprus Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infections as part of the project CONCEPT-COVID/0420/0011

that is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research and Innovation Foundation

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Additional Info

  • Date: Saturday, 5 December 2020
  • Time: Starts: 15:00
  • Speaker: Assist. Prof. Giannis Koutsou, CaSTORC, The Cyprus Institute
    Prof. Konstantinos Fokianos, Dept. Mathematics, University of Cyprus
    Assist. Prof. Vangelis Daskalakis, Dept. Chemical Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology
    Prof. Nikolaos Polyzos, Dept. Social Administration & Political Science, Democritus University of Thrace
    Prof. Theodoros Karapantsios, Dept. Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
    Assist. Prof. Georgios Nikolopoulos, Medical School, University of Cyprus