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PROGRAM

THURSDAY 16^th of JUNE
09.00-10.00	REGISTRATIONS
10.00-11.00	Welcome Speeches Representative of Mayor of Athens, Konstantinos DEDES President of European LGBT Police Association, Alain PARMENTIER President of LGBT Police Action for Human Rights, Michael LOLIS Representative of Greek Government, Akis SKERTSOS Representative of Minister of Civil Protection, Konstantinos TSOUVALAS Vice President of European Parliament, Dimitris PAPADIMOULIS Journalist and Member or the European Parliament , Kostas ARVANITIS Representative of Chief of Hellenic Police – Head of Security Branch / A.E.A Brigadier, Ioannis NTALAHANIS European Police Academy representative, Mihaela MAIUG Head of the Inclusion and Anti-Descremination Progammes Devision Council of Europe, Thorsten AFFLERBACH Head of sector on Cepol Knowledge Centres (CKCs), Elisabeth ZINSCHITZ Cultural Centre of Greek Police, Gerasimos KARABELIAS
11.00-11.30	Coffee Break
11.30-13.00	Relationship between LGBTI community and Police LGBTQ+ Communities and the Police: The Need for Affirmative Policing’ Political Scientist, Security & Justice Expert, Dora GIANNAKI Police and policing: Conditions and challenges for the implementation of effective equality for all citizens Former Police Brigadier, Georgios PAPAKOSTANTIS Police in Pride: culture, identities, collective experience and political marketing THESSALONIKI Pride, Apostolos KARABAIRIS Police and equal treatment: Α right and a duty Deputy Ombudsman for Equal Treatment, Kalliopi LYKOVARDI
13.00-14.00	Lunch Break
14.00-15.30	Building Bridges with LGBTI NGO’s LGBTQ Elderly. Moving Forward Rainbow Seniors, Michael SAKELLARIOU Enhancement and empowerment of Visibility Coordinator of Refugee and Immigration Communities, Nikodimos MAINA KINYUA “Can the Hellenic Police be as efficient when protecting families with same sex parents?” Rainbow Families, Stella BELIA “Feeling safe and secure in Greek schools: The mission of Rainbow School” Rainbow School, Apostolos POULIOS
15.30-16.00	Coffee Break
16.00-17.30	Bridges with LGBTI community Building bridges with the LGBT+ community in Northern Ireland. Chairperson – PSNI LGBT+ Network \| Comms – National LGBT+ Police Network, Constable Paul Bloomer LGBTQI and delinquency Producer and presenter -via podcast – true stories and interviews of the LGBTQI community – Fotis SERGOULOPOULOS The challenges of under-reporting for LGBTQI victims of hate crime Co-founder, Deputy Director HumanRights360, Eleni TAKOU Do we feel that our children are safe? Proud Parents Association, Teacher, Dimitra PAPAIOANNOU Proud Parents Association, Teacher , Amalia KOUTSOUKOU

FRIDAY 17^th of JUNE
09.00-09.30	WELCOME
09.30-10.30	Equality policies, Marriage – Adoption – Families rights Political Scientist, Grigorios VALIANATOS ND, Maria NATSIOU KINIMA ALLAGIS , Ioannis VIKAS SYRIZA, Dimitris TZANAKOPOULOS
10.30-11.30	Law and Education issues – Best Practices Greece’s National Strategy for LGBTIQ+ Equality Chief economic adviser to Greece’s Prime Minister, Alex PATELIS Equal treatment for LGBTQI+ persons as a cornerstone of European constitutionalism – with a special focus on police and security issues, and human rights protection Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Lina PAPADOPOULOU Equal treatment and prohibition of discrimination at work sector on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity European Court Layer, Vasilios SOTIROPOULOS
11.30-12.00	Coffee Break
12.00-13.30	LGBT Police Organizations Future – EGPA influence Documentary: Being LGBT in the police. Example of the progress made in France over the past 20 years
13.30-14.30	Lunch Break
14.30-15.30	Special LGBTI issues Compulsive Sexual Behavior Psychiatrist, Georgios FLOUDAS Shame and order in lawlessness Manager Red Umbrella Athens, Anna KOUROUPOU Layer Red Umbrella Athens, Aggeliki SOUGLE Vulnerable Groups to HIV Founder and chair of ‘Positive Voice’, Nikos DEDES Chemsex: Challenges and intersections in the queer community Clinical Psychologist, M.Sc., Ph.D. and Psychoanalyst, Adonis POULIOS
15.30-16.00	Coffee Break
16.00-17.00	Women’s Issues You are safe here Detective Sergeant Merseyside Police, Tracy O’HARA LGBT and not GLBT (BS / MBA / MCI), EGPA Ambassador, Marja Lust Female police officers’ stories and experiences Police Captain-Sociologist, Former Press Spokesperson of the Hellenic Police, Ioanna ROTZIOKOU