RETASTE: Rethink Food Resources, Losses, and Waste 6th International Conference, Rethymno, Greece, September 16-18, 2026
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Committees and Speakers of RETASTE 2021

Scientific Committee

  1. MANIOS Thrassyvoulos, Hellenic Mediterranean University
  2. ABELIOTIS Konstantinos, Harokopio University
  3. LASARIDI Katia, Harokopio University
  4. CHRONI Christina, Harokopio University
  5. FOUNTOULAKIS Michalis, University of the Aegean
  6. HAFNER Gerold, University of Stuttgart
  7. HARMANDARIS Vangelis, University of Crete
  8. KALOGERAKIS Nikolaos, Technical University of Crete
  9. KORNAROS Michalis, University of Patra
  10. LEKKAS Dimitrios, University of the Aegean
  11. LOIZIDOU Maria, National Technical University of Athens
  12. LYBERATOS Gerasimos, National Technical University of Athens
  13. PANAGIOTAKIS Spyros, Hellenic Mediterranean University
  14. PAßLACK Nadine, Freie Universität Berlin
  15. STYLIANIDIS Nikolaos, Association of Solid Waste Management of Crete
  16. TSIPLAKOU Eleni, Agricultural University of Athens
  17. TSOMPANIDIS Christos, ENVIROPLAN SA
  18. RAPTIS Vasilion, IACM – FORTH
  19. VELONIA Kelly, Univrersity of Crete
  20. ZAMPETAKIS Leonidas, University of Crete
  21. ZENTEK Jürgen, Freie Universität Berlin
  22. ZERVAS Georgios, Agricultural University of Athens
  23. ZOTOS Nikolaos, F-INT
  24. STATHOPOULOS Costas, United Arab Emirates University

Organizing Committee

  1. MANIOS Thrassyvoulos, Hellenic Mediterranean University
  2. ABELIOTIS Konstantinos, Harokopio University
  3. LASARIDI Katia, Harokopio University
  4. DALIAKOPOULOS Ioannis, Hellenic Mediterranean University
  5. CHRONI Christina, Harokopio University
  6. MARAGKAKI Aggeliki, Hellenic Mediterranean University
  7. GALLIOU Fenia, Hellenic Mediterranean University
  8. BOIKOU Konstantina, Harokopio University
  9. SYNANI Katerina, Harokopio University

Keynote Speakers

Thrassyvoulos Manios

Professor, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Heraklion, Greece

Katia Lasaridi

Professor, Department of Geography, Harokopio University

Maria Loizidou

Professor, School of Chemical Engineering National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Charis M. Galanakis

R&I Director, Galanakis Laboratories, Greece
Adjunct Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Director, Food Waste Recovery Group, Austria

Alexia Macheras

Head of Communication and Sustainability, AB Vassilopoulos

Eleni Zika

Strategic Adviser, European Research Council Executive Agency

Marta Gomez San Juan

Strategic project advisor on sustainable and circular bioeconomy, FAO

Alexander Theodoridis

Co-Founder, Chief Food Saving Warrior, Boroume

Christina Marouli

Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, Deree – American College of Greece; Monitoring expert, NEEMO EEIG

Constantinos Stathopoulos

Vice Dean of College of Food and Agriculture, Professor of Food Technology, United Arab Emirates University

Clara Cicatiello

Assistant Professor, Department for Innovation in Biological Systems, Food and Forestry, University of Tuscia

Gerasimos Lyberatos

Professor, School of Chemical Engineering National Technical University of Athens, Greece