Sponsorship Opportunities
AgriBusiness Forum offers a flexible sponsorship program comprising numerous opportunities for opening new horizons and enhancing your outreach during its unique conferences & events.
Why sponsor?
- Speaker / panelist opportunities
- Interviews to media
- Private meetings with other speakers / participants
- Exhibition space
- Social media campaigns
- Complimentary invitations or corporate table(s)
- Extensive branding and corporate outreach
- New contacts through meaningful networking
- Preferential insight on agrifood value chain
- First class speakers on challenges & opportunities for Greece and beyond
- “Sharpen the saw”, meet experts and influencers face-to-face
- Participation in vigorous dialogues and debates
Why Does Our Work Matter
AgriBusiness Forum bridges sciences, businesses and farmers for tackling agrifood & environmental challenges. Its work matters because it is Credible, Trusted, Relevant, Transparent and Evident in the Farm2Fork and One-health strategies.
ΑgriBusiness Forum:
- Provides content driven and multidisciplinary agenda
- Disseminates innovation and digital transformation of the agrifood value chain
- Hosts first class speakers from education, research, businesses and policy makers
- Integrates partnerships and cross-sectoral cooperation
- Connects people through meaningful networking activities
- Has hi-level audience of businesses, farmers, academia and the public sector
- Boasts dialogue and debates between panelists and the audience
- Supports innovative scale-ups at reaching higher growth potentials
- Adopts high-scaling partnerships and conference proceedings
UN Agenda 2030
AgriBusiness Forum promotes the UN 2030 Agenda, being its activities related with the following SDGs
End hunger, achieve food security, improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Reduce inequality within and among countries
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Take action to combat climate change and its impacts
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Speakers 2022
Officials
Dr. Christos Dimas
Deputy Minister for Development and Investments in charge of Research & Innovation
Mr. Christos Stylianides
Minister for Climate Change & Civil Protection
Dr. Christos Triantopoulos
Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister for State Aid & Natural Disaster Recovery
Speakers
Mr. Panayiotis Antonakopoulos
Mayor, Municipality of Pyrgos
Dr. Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou
Chair, Environmental Protection Committee, Hellenic Parliament
Dr. Konstantinos Baginetas
Secretary General, Agricultural Policy and International Relations, Ministry of Rural Development & Food
Mr. Giannis Balakakis
Chair, AgriBusiness Forum
Dr. Thomas Bartzanas
Ass. Professor, Lab of Farm Structures Director, Agricultural University of Athens
Ms. Dionysia Brintziki
General Manager, Abelon Brintziki Estate
Mr. Christoforos Chatzopoulos
Head of Business Banking & Retail Lending, National Bank of Greece
Mr. Alexandros Dimitrakopoulos
Regional Mandate Manager, European Investment Fund (EIF)
Dr. Panayiotis Dimopoulos
Vice Rector Research & Development, Patras University
Mr. Nikolaos Doukas
Vice-President ELGA, Founder Hippophae Hellas
Mr. Nektarios Farmakis
Governor, Western Greece Region
Dr. Spyros Fountas
Resource Management & Agricultural Engineering, Athens Agricultural University
Mr. Patroklos Georgiadis
Secretary General, Migration Policy, Reception & Asylum
Ms. Tatiana Giemelou
Head Business Development sector, National Bank of Greece
Mr. Kosta Kanaroglou
Founder, Canna Innov
Mr. Xenophon Kappas
General Director, Captain Vassilis & Carmen Konstantakopoulos Foundation
Dr. Angeliki Kavga
Ass. Professor, Head of Agricultural Department, University of Patras
Mr. Georgios Kokkinos
President of the Agricultural Cooperative NILEUS, Messinia
Mr. Tom Kolokithas
Chief Innovation Officer, DTMH & President, VR & AR Association Greek Chapter
Ms. Christina F. Legaki
Country Leader, Corteva Agriscience Hellas
Mr. Dimitris Lianos
Partner, LKN ANALYSIS
Dr. Philip Papadopoulos
Director, Strategic Project Management Office, American Farm School
Mr. Anthony D. Papayannides
Journalist, General Manager Economia Group
Mr. Panagiotis Sakellaropoulos
Assistant Regional Governor, Region of Western Greece
Mr. Pavlos Satolias
President, National Union of Agricultural Cooperatives
Dr. Dimitris Skuras
Professor of economics, University of Patras
Mr. Theodoros Vassilopoulos
President of the Agricultural Cooperative of Western Greece
Mr. Geert Wilms
Director, LIB/ZLTO (South Holland Farmers Organization)
Mr. Christos Yiannakakis
Vice President, National Union of Agricultural Cooperatives
Dr. Panagiotis Zoumpoulakis
Ass. Professor, Head of Food Science and Technology department, University of West Attica
Travel Information
A. Arriving by airplane to Athens and then getting to Peloponnese
Athens is accessible by airplane from more than 130 countries and serves as the gateway to the amazing Greek islands and other mainland destinations. The award-winning Athens International Airport – AIA (Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport) is located about 30 km (18 miles) east of the city center. You may find out more regarding flights to Athens below:
To get to the venue you may consider following alternatives (AgriBusiness Forum has no responsibility on any means of transport):
Buses leave Athens to Pyrgos every 3 hours from 7:30 to 19:00. Tickets & Schedules here
As soon as you arrive to Pyrgos, it is recommended to take a taxi to the venue (distance 12km, 15mins, est. cost 15-20€ one-way)
Β. Visa Information & Requirements
Visa regulations depend on your nationality and country of origin. Please contact your local Hellenic Embassy / Consulate for full and official instructions on the specific visa regulations and application procedures that apply to you. It is the responsibility of the participant to obtain a visa, if so required.
If uncertain on what concerns your Visa Requirements, kindly visit this online link for further detailed information.
C. Letter of Invitation
Individuals need an official Letter of Invitation which can be requested upon registration to the forum. Such a Letter of Invitation shall be provided within a week of its request and following the payment of your registration. The Letter of Invitation does not financially commit the forum’s organizers in any way. All expenses incurred in relation to the Conference are the sole responsibility of the participant / attendee.
The Organizer
“Geo Routes Institute” is a nonprofit & nongovernmental organization that plans, develops and offers trips and events of cultural, environmental and educational character in Greece and beyond. Geo Routes© highlights the cultural heritage of Greece and facilitates inter-cultural dialogue among people.
Geo Routes© cultural heritage journeys & events are held under the auspices of the HNC for UNESCO and since 2013 are considered “best practice” in the framework of UNESCO’s program “Culture-Tourism-Development”, focusing on: Agriculture-Gastronomy | Flora-Fauna-Environment | History-Archaeology | Cultural Heritage | Places of Religious Interest | Trekking Trails | Geology-Energy resources.
“Geo Routes Institute” is owner and official organizer of the leading international conferences, the Balkans & Black Sea Forum and the AgriBusiness Forum.
More information: www.geo-routes.com
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COOMING AFTER THE FORUM
Why Attend
Below some reasons on why joining AgriBusiness Forum:
- “Sharpen-the-saw” and gain new contacts
- Boost corporate outreach and networking opportunities
- Establish connections with leading business- & policy-makers
- Listen to insights from prominent speakers and influencers
- Participate in spirited debates and constructive dialogue
- Gain cross-sectoral knowledge on the agrifood value chain
- Be part of the leading event on agrotechnology
- Identify new ideas from innovative scaleups
Personal Data Policy
The policy applies to all kind of AgriBusiness Forum formats, inclusive in person, hybrid or virtual participation
Transparency is among AgriBusiness Forum (herein after referred to as ABF) priorities. AgriBusiness Forum herewith wishes to clearly explain on how it collects and processes your personal data about protecting your privacy upon using ABF products, services and website(s).
ABF is to the ownership and jurisdiction of Geo Routes Institute based in Athens-Greece (8 Vasileos Irakliou str. 10682) which only collects, uses, and processes your personal information in accordance with actual data protection legislation. This includes but not limited to, EU Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regards to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) and applicable national data protection legislation.
Your personal data are usually obtained directly from you. In this case, you provide your personal data on a voluntary basis. Specific cases of non-disclosure of personal data may affect the ability of ABF to properly provide services, or properly perform contractual obligations. ABF acts on behalf of its subscribers and other clients in the capacity of a data controller.
A) FOR WHAT PURPOSES ARE PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED?
ABF processes your personal data as needed for the following purposes:
- Provision of services, including the delivery of digital content (legal basis: processing all necessary for contractual performance or for the implementation of measures taken before a contract is concluded);
- Processing payments, including maintenance of payments, together with payment processors (legal basis: processing necessary for contractual performance);
- Marketing activities, including the delivery of personalized content, targeting of advertising or the sending of newsletters (legal basis: legitimate interest);
- Determination and enforcement of ABF ‘s legal claims (legal basis: legitimate interest);
- Compliance with legislation: If necessary, ABF will ask you for permission to process your personal data.
B) WHAT CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA DO WE PROCESS?
Using the services provided by ABF may require the following data:
- Name, surname, job title, company and industry;
- Address, telephone number, mobile number and email;
- Payment details (payment card information);
- Your preferences and opinions on products and services;
- Your browsing activity on our websites.
C) WHEN DO WE COLLECT DATA?
All data that we receive is obtained directly or indirectly from you when you choose to use our services. This includes the following situations:
- When you subscribe to our newsletter;
- When you pay for or use our services;
- When you register to our events;
- When you browse our website;
- When you share content from our website;
- When you interact with us via social media platforms.
D) WHO DO WE SHARE PERSONAL DATA WITH
In order to provide you with the services you request, your personal data may be provided to:
- Selected employees of ABF;
- Service providers: those ensuring provision of the services provided by ABF, in particular software services providers, marketing providers, customer service providers, and distributors of marketing and other materials such as newsletters, including employees of such entities;
- Tax advisors, professional advisors (e.g. auditors, lawyers), including employees of such entities;
- Entities providing payment services;
- Social media providers – using the services of ABF together with a social network may require ABF to share your personal data with social media providers.
E) INFORMATION WE DO NOT TRACK
We do not track or collect any sensitive information about you. This includes race, religion, ethnicity and political opinion.
F) HOW LONG ARE YOUR DATA RETAINED?
We keep your data for the period of time necessary to fulfil the purposes of processing as defined above; however, this data will be erased, when you stop interacting with ABF (i.e. after delivery of a particular service, unless ABF has a legitimate interest in keeping the personal data longer (for example to protecting ABF’s legal claims). This would be the case if ABF had a legal obligation to keep your data for a longer period of time (eg. applicable accounting rules), or in cases where applicable law obliges us to keep such records for a longer period.
G) ARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA SECURED?
We store electronic and in some cases physical copies of your personal data. In accordance with best practices, we maintain security safeguards that protect your data. We strictly limit who is allowed to access the information and we keep this number to a minimum. In addition, we maintain physical and cyber safeguards, server protection devices and software to minimize possible loss, misuse, or alteration of your data.
Your personal data may be stored and processed in countries where ABF carries out business or where its service providers are located. These countries may apply different privacy rules than the European Union, or the European Economic Area (EEA). In this case(s) ABF puts in place appropriate contractual and other measures to protect your personal data when personal data are transferred to related parties or third parties located in other countries.
In the case of cross-border transmission of data from the EEA to countries where the European Commission recognizes an insufficient level of protection of personal data, the controller ensures that those data recipients are bound by EU standard contractual clauses to protect your personal data.
H) WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?
egarding your data, you have the following rights:
- To request access in order to correct or delete your personal data, as well as to restrict its processing; however, your right to delete or restrict processing is applicable only if ABF is not required to process it on another legal basis (i.e. compliance with a legal obligation);
- To object to the processing of your personal data processed with a legitimate interest, as well as against processing for marketing purposes.
If you wish to exercise your rights above or have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, please contact us by email at abf@geo-routes.com using as subject “inquiry for personal data protection”.
The information that ABF is required to provide to you regarding the processing of your personal data may change over time or become outdated. For this reason, ABF reserves the right to modify and change these conditions at any time. These changes will be reflected in this statement, so you should check here regularly.
AgriBusiness Forum
c/o Geo Routes Institute
Athens, March 15, 2021