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He was born in 1979 in Corinthe, Greece. He has a bachelor degree in agricultural sciences from the Agricultural University of Athens and a master’s degree in viticulture and oenology from Montpellier SupAgro.

Currently, he is the general manager of Vine Nurseries Bakasieta (VNB) and Hellenifera, a company founded in 2015 in collaboration with the IFV. He has 4 publications on vine propagation and has taken part in hundreds of clone and rare grapevine prospection missions in Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, France and Bulgaria. He actively participated in the creation of the technical files for the inscription of the first Greek variety clones in the French national grapevine variety catalog.

He has created, through Hellenifera, the first healthy grapevine germplasm collection in Greece. He has given multiple speeches and seminars in Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, France, Italy and the USA, regarding the dynamic and genetic wealth of the Greek grapevine varieties. He also serves as a viticulture consultant in Greek and Israeli wineries.

He is a member of Group of international Experts for Cooperation on Vitivinicultural Systems (Giesco), the International Council for the Study of Virus and Virus –like Diseases of the Grapevine (ICVG) and a founding member of the Greek Union of Nurseries (EFE).

Paul Satolias was born in April 1971 in Skotani, Kalavrita, Achaia.

Since 19 he has worked professionally with livestock farming, maintaining a modern and well-equipped livestock unit. He is married to Theodoropoulou Paraskevi and is the father of three children of Fotis, Anastasia and Nikolas.

In 2003 he is elected for the first time in the Board of Directors of the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Kalavrita and since 2007 until today he is Chairman of the Board of Directors in the current Dairy Cooperative of Kalavrita. The Cooperative of Kalavryta has created modern infrastructure for the production of traditional PDO Feta dough with a turnover of over 25 million euros per year.

Since the founding of NEW PASEGES in September 2016 he has been a member of the Board of Directors and since May 2017 he has been elected Chairman of the Board with a strong sense of responsibility for defending the values ​​of farmers who serve daily and selflessly the primary agricultural sector .

He has taken an initiative to establish the National Interprofessional Organization of the Greek PDO Feta, and his personal bet is to continue the positive course of the Agricultural Dairy Cooperative of Kalavryta and to achieve a new model of operation of the cooperative movement in our country.

Peter Oudemans is Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology at Rutgers University and is stationed at the PE Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension where he leads the small fruit pathology program.  His position at Rutgers is divided between research (50%), extension (30%) and teaching (20%).

The small fruit pathology program is focused on the development of methodologies to reduce the impact of plant disease and improve fruit quality.  In addition, small fruit are vulnerable to a range of abiotic factors that affect fruit quality and interact with pathogens.    Recent accomplishments include ground breaking work on the biology and control of fungal diseases such as blueberry anthracnose, cranberry fruit rot, fairy ring disease, mummy berry and Phytophthora root rot. Overheating of cranberry fruit has begun to have a major impact on fruit quality and new technologies to reduce the impact of solar radiation on the fruit are being investigated. Also, several emerging diseases such as the sooty blotch/ fly speck complex, Mycosphaerella leaf spot, and cranberry funky flower are at various stages of investigation.  The primary strategy of this program is to increase understanding of the life history and yield impacts of the various diseases and develop biologically rational management methods that can be implemented by commercial growers.  Significant strides are being made through the use of remote sensing for detecting, mapping and understanding the impact of plant disease on these important New Jersey fruit crops.

In extension he works with growers to develop and implement economically sound and environmentally rational crop management methods. He has published fact sheets and crop recommendations. He gives regular talks at grower meetings and provides on-farm advice for crop disease management.

Peter also teaches graduate classes in Plant Pathology and undergraduate classes in Agricultural Technology and Remote Sensing.

Peter received his training at the University of New Brunswick (BS), University of Guelph (MS) and the University of California (PhD), as well post graduate training at Duke University and the University of Kansas.

Mr Ioannis GKLAVAKIS was born in 1949 in Thessaloniki Greece and raised in Piperia Aridaia of Pella prefecture.

He holds a degree in Agriculture from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

In 1976 he founded ‘Gklavakis Plants’, an agricultural company that changed the standards of the industry of hardy nursery stock (plant propagational material) in Greece.

He participated in a number of committees and boards related to his sector, represented the most important research institutes from the world in Greece

In 2004-2009 he was member of the European Parliament (MEP). Member of the committee of Agriculture and Rural development as well of the Fisheries Affairs committee. For the same period he was acting member of the committee of Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and second vice president of the EU-Mexico delegation (2006-2009).

Academic Studies: Panteion University of Athens, School of Social and Political Sciences

Professional activity

• 1985-1996 : DIRECTOR OF SALES & BUSINESS CONSULTANT
• 1996-2012: GENERAL MANAGER OF COOPERATIVE FRUIT CANNERY “AL.M.ME. S.A.”
• 2012- today : EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE “VENUS GROWERS”

Memberships (previous)

• Vice-Chairman of the Board OF “SYDASE”
• BOARD MEMBER “ELGA” (Hellenic Agricultural Insurance Organization)
• BOARD MEMBER ‘’OPEGEP’’ (Agricultural Product Certifications)
• BOARD MEMBER “PASEGES”
• VICE PRESIDENT OF IMATHIA’S PREFECTURE BOARD
• GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF “EKE” ( GREEK CANNERIES  ASSOCIATION )
• BOARD MEMBER “CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF IMATHIA”
• BOARD MEMBER “SBE”(Federation of Industries of Greece)

Memberships (current)

• BOARD MEMBER “SASOEE” (Greek Association of Agricultural Cooperatives and Enterprises)
• PRESIDENT OF THE “ASSOCIATION OF PRODUCERS’ ORGANIZATION OF IMATHIA”
• CHAIRMAN OF “AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SA”

Panagiotis Sainatoudis began to get involved in traditional seeds in January 1991 when he organised the first group for the collection, preservation and spreading of traditional seeds in Greece.

He travelled on foot and also hitch hiked over a large area of the country searching for farmers who saved their own seeds. In the span of five years he collected 1200 species of traditional seeds.

In 1995 he organised the first seed sharing event in Greece. In 1999 he organised the first Public Traditional Seed Exchange event and that is the first Seed Exchange event not only in Greece but also in Europe. In 2013 the Australian seed savers characterized the Peliti Seed Festival “The largest Seed Exchange in the World”

In 2017 he started organizing the Olympic Seed Festival. On the 22nd of May 2009 he was honoured as «Guardian of the Mediterranean Biodiversity» by the General Secretary of Biodiversity International and and the mayor of Rome.

In 2013 Peliti received an award for its volunteer work in the country from the President of the Republic of Greece Mr Karolos Papoulias.