RETASTE: Rethink Food Resources, Losses, and Waste 6th International Conference, Rethymno, Greece, September 16-18, 2026
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RETASTE: RETHINK FOOD Resources, losses, and waste 2025

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Keynote speakers

Ioannis Mandilaras

Head of Electromechanical Installations, Wastewater Treatment Plant, EYDAP S.A.

Konstadinos Abeliotis

Professor, Harokopio University

Dimitrios Mertzis

Co-founder and Director, BIO2CHP

Efthymios Lytras

Deputy Director of Corporate Strategy and Innovation, EYDAP

Maria E. Flemetaki

Director for Development and Planning and for Monitoring of Hazardous Waste, DEDISA

Raul Muñoz

Professor, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Valladolid, Spain

Lidia Lombardi

Associate Professor, University of Cusano, Italy

Kelly Velonia

Associate Professor, University of Crete, Greece

Jürgen Zentek

Professor, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Mattias Eriksson

Associate Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Science

Michalis Fountoulakis

Associate Professor, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece

Clara Cicatiello

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

Katia Lasaridi

Professor, Department of Geography, Harokopio University

Gerasimos Lyberatos

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

Thrassyvoulos Manios

Professor, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Heraklion, Greece

Technical Visit: Psyttalia WWTP

Explore one of Europe’s largest and most advanced wastewater facilities

As part of the RETASTE Conference program, participants are invited to join a technical visit to the Psyttalia Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), a flagship project of environmental engineering and circular economy in action. Located on Psyttalia Island in the Saronic Gulf, this facility treats the wastewater of over 5.6 million people in the greater Athens area, making it one of the largest WWTPs in Europe and globally. It showcases a complete and state-of-the-art treatment system. Find out more about the technical visit of RETASTE to Psyttalia.

Venue

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Harokopio University of Athens

Harokopio University is located at 70 El. Venizelou Avenue, Kallithea, Athens, Greece.

You can reach Athens by plane (ATH airport).

The University Campus is 20 minutes from the city center via public transport, 1 hour and 10 minutes from the airport and 30 minutes from the port of Piraeus, connecting Athens with most Greek islands. It is conveniently located for the main cultural and tourist attractions of Athens, such as the Acropolis, the Acropolis Museum, Plaka, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the Athens riviera and Flisvos Marina.

Gold Sponsors

EYDAP S.A.

Thalis

Silver Sponsors

Enviroplan

Enviroplan S.A.

DEDISA

RETASTE 2025 is organised under the Auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of the Environment and Energy

Ministry of the Environment and Energy