National Federation of Cypriots

How the ambitious European Green Deal and the new Circular Economy action plan will affect policy, legislation and funding instruments
2020-11-11 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
REGISTER TO JOIN US for our first live discussion next Wednesday, 11th November 2020 at 6pm UK time.
The topic will be on “How the ambitious European Green Deal and the new Circular Economy action plan will affect policy, legislation and funding instruments”, led by Prof. Giorgos Demetriou, Director, Circular Economy Research Center
To register, click on this link: https://my.demio.com/ref/87lFVYDB1NJHyZQj
Prof. Giorgos Demetriou is leading cutting edge research at the Circular Economy Research Center in Paris where he is a professor of Circular Economy at the École des Ponts Business School as well as a Professor of Circular Economy and New Business models at ENPC in Paris. He has a passion for technologies and skills that can expedite the transition from the linear economy to a Circular Economy. He has worked for more than fourteen years in the EU landscape and has authored and co-authored numerous impactful reports, scientific publications, and articles. He has also been a speaker to many prominent events in the domain such as the World Circular Economic Forum in Tokyo with an intervention on the new frontiers of knowledge and the inaugural Circular Economy Conference at Harvard University in Boston with an intervention How can policy and regulation give traction to circular markets.

CYPRUS PROBLEM 2020: The Next Day, the E.U. and the Youth
2020-11-15 16:30 - 18:30 UTC
Due to the epidemiological situation in the United Kingdom, we will not be able to organize our demonstrations outside the Turkish Embassy this year against the illegal declaration of the pseudostate in our occupied homeland.

However, we ought to adapt to the current circumstances. For this reason, EFEK UK organizes a webinar on Sunday 15/11/2020 at 16:30 (GMT+0) with theme “CYPRUS PROBLEM 2020: The Next Day, the E.U. and the Youth”.

Presenters: George Andreou (President EFEK UK) & Christos Karaolis (President National Federation of Cypriots in the UK)
Guest of Honour: Nikos Christodoulides (Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus)
Guests: Giorgos Georgiou (MEP), Demetris Papadakis (MEP), Costas Mavrides (MEP), Loukas Fourlas (MEP), Lefteris Christoforou (MEP), Dr Niazi Kizilyurek (MEP)

During the webinar we will present video messages from Sir Roger Gale MP (Chair of the APPG for Cyprus) and Fabian Hamilton (Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament).

The webinar is under the auspices of the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK.
You can watch the webinar live through the following link: www.cypriotfederation.org.uk/nov15

Cook with Tonia Buxton - Live Cooking Class
2020-11-26 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
Join NEPOMAK UK for an exciting opportunity to cook along with celebrity chef and star of ‘My Greek Kitchen’, Tonia Buxton!

About this Event

COOK WITH TONIA BUXTON
Join us for a Live Zoom Webinar straight from Tonia Buxton’s kitchen as she shows us how to make traditional Greek and Cypriot dishes. Set your Zoom streaming device in your own kitchen to cook along!
We will be making household favourites Tzatziki and Fried Feta Cheese Wrapped In Filo Pastry, With Honey And Sesame. Both quick and easy for anyone to try and make first time.
GET YOUR INGREDIENTS BEFORE HAND

Recipe for Fried Feta Cheese Wrapped In Filo Pastry – https://www.realgreekrecipes.com/wprm_print/9985

Recipe for Tzatziki – https://www.realgreekrecipes.com/wprm_print/10278

CHRISTMAS CHARITY CAMPAIGN
This event is being run to raise awareness around NEPOMAK UK’s Christmas Charity Campaign 2020.
NEPOMAK UK will be raising money for Help Rizokarpasso and Caritas Cyprus through our Just Giving link here – https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/nepomak-uk-christmas-charity-campaign-2020
The charities include:

Caritas Cyprus – currently support approximately 700 children (under the age of 18) and assisted more than 3,200 families so far this year.

Help Rizokarpasso – support the school children enclaved in Rizokarpasso, living under the illegal occupation of the Turkish army.

Live acoustic: All I want for Christmas is... Antigoni
2020-12-01 20:00 - 21:00 UTC
All I want for Christmas is… Antigoni.

Join NEPOMAK UK on Tuesday 1st December at 8pm for a Christmas-filled evening with the awesome singer, Antigoni! She will be tuning in on Facebook Live so make sure to tune into our Facebook page (@NEPOMAK.UK)

CHRISTMAS CHARITY CAMPAIGN
This event is being run to raise awareness around NEPOMAK UK’s Christmas Charity Campaign 2020.
NEPOMAK UK will be raising money for Help Rizokarpasso and Caritas Cyprus through our Just Giving link here – https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/nepomak-uk-christmas-charity-campaign-2020
The charities include:

Caritas Cyprus – currently support approximately 700 children (under the age of 18) and assisted more than 3,200 families so far this year.

Help Rizokarpasso – support the school children enclaved in Rizokarpasso, living under the illegal occupation of the Turkish army.

Please donate to our Just Giving Page raising money for the Rizokarpasso Association UK and Caritas Cyprus

In conversation with Professor Kypros Nicolaides
2021-01-10 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual event
In conversation with Professor Kypros Nicolaides, world renowned pioneer in fetal medicine. Professor Nicolaides was recently featured on the Netflix series, The Surgeon’s Cut.

To watch our conversation with Professor Kypros Nicolaides, register for our virtual event at: kypros.eventbrite.co.uk

Professor Nicolaides has also recently supported the Federation’s Career Professional’s Network mentoring video. Watch the full video here: https://www.facebook.com/UKCypriotFed/videos/2686392348287679

Hosted by the Cyprus Medical Society UK
Under the auspices of the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK
With Guest, the Presidential Commissioner of Cyprus, Photis Photiou

Cyprus in the Long Late Antiquity
2021-01-13 - 2021-01-15
Keynote Lecture by Marcus Rautman (University of Missouri) on ‘Archaeology and the making of a Cypriot Late Antiquity’ on Jan 13th, at 5pm.

About this Event

This symposium brings together archaeologists and historians engaged in the study of Cyprus between the sixth and eighth centuries. They will collate the results of recent and past research to arrive at a comprehensive, interdisciplinary reconstruction of life on the island in the Long Late Antiquity.
The symposium is co-organised by Dr Ine Jacobs(Stavros Niarchos Foundation Associate Professor of Byzantine Archaeology and Visual Culture) and Dr Panayiotis Panayides (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow).
All events are hosted virtually via Zoom by theIoannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, University of Oxford.
Late Antiquity in Cyprus was a period of growing affluence and prosperity. In the traditional historical view, the period ended abruptly as a result of the Arab raids of the mid-seventh century. The original focus of urban archaeology on monumental structures and Christian basilicas tended to stress the impact of these raids further, often overshadowing archaeological evidence that hinted at continuities beyond the mid-seventh century.
Recent archaeological research on late antique Cyprus has shifted its focus away from urban centres and single monuments in favour of a more contextual perspective. Building on well-established traditions of field prospection, diachronic survey projects and small-scale excavations are revealing a complex web of settlement patterns. These have shown that economic, political, and cultural contacts between the island and the wider eastern Mediterranean were continued. Moreover, they also suggest that the end or transformation of occupation on individual sites cannot always be explained by catastrophic events, but should be interpreted in terms of local adaptation to changing needs and contacts.
We are also pleased to host a public keynote on Wednesday 13 January at 5pm: Marcus Rautman(Professor of Art and Archaeology of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA) will be presenting on Archaeology and the making of a Cypriot Late Antiquity. The event is held under the auspices of His Excellency the High Commissioner of Cyprus in the UK, Mr Andreas S. Kakouris.
Zoom links for the events will be made available following registration.
The booklet of abstracts can be found here.
For inquiries, please contact Dr Panayiotis Panayides (panayiotis.panayides@classics.ox.ac.uk).

"Disruptive Entrepreneurship. Leaving the City to Launch Hellas Direct, a Challenger Insurance Company in Greece"
2021-01-28 17:30 - 18:30 UTC
Speakers:

Alexis Pantazis – Co-Founder and Executive Director of Hellas Direct
Prior to Hellas Direct, he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs where he led principal investing and new strategic initiatives for the firm in the European investment management field. A former strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, he also worked for Miramax Films in New York and the Competition Directorate General of the European Commission in Brussels. Alexis is a Fulbright and British Chevening Scholar, a Robert & Diane Levy Fellow and an Endeavor Global Entrepreneur.

Emilios Markou – Co-Founder and Executive Director of Hellas Direct
Prior to Hellas Direct, he was a Director in the European Financial Institutions Structuring team at Barclays Capital. Before that, he was an Executive Director at the Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division where he led a number of projects within the firm’s European insurance practice. A former strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company, Emilios advised a number of European, US and Asian clients on numerous strategic issues in insurance, banking, energy and transportation. Emilios is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (FIA) in the United Kingdom and an Endeavor Global Entrepreneur.

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The Hellenic Centre's New Year Online Concert with Katerina Mina
2021-01-30 19:00 - 2021-02-01 22:00 UTC
This year, due to Covid-19, meeting at the Hellenic Centre is not possible, but an online music celebration is! The prizewinning British Cypriot soprano and pianist, Katerina Mina, will be performing her one-artist operatic programme from the piano! Although we will not cut the Vasilopitta, our traditional New Year’s cake together to see which one of our guests will win the lucky coin there will be a lucky draw to see which one of the event’s attendees will win this year’s special prize!
This special evening’s performance will feature Katerina accompanying herself on the piano, as she performs a selection of popular operatic arias by Handel, Puccini, Verdi & Gershwin, art songs by Bellini, Donizetti, Strauss, Weill & Christou, Cypriot & Israeli traditional songs, as well as film music by Ennio Morricone.
The acclaimed soprano, who began her studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama as a concert pianist and graduated as an opera singer, reconnected with the piano during the coronavirus pandemic, discovering her inner passion for playing the piano while singing opera.
Concert premiers 7pm Saturday 30 January. Watch anytime until 10pm Monday 1 February.

Katerina Mina Biography
A prizewinning British soprano, Katerina Mina commands an operatic repertoire that includes Tosca, Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana), Giorgetta (Il tabarro) and Leonora (La forza del destino).
Born in Cyprus, she makes her home in London, where she studied voice and piano at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama before winning prizes at the Julián Gayarre International Singing Competition and Concorso Vocale Internazionale di Musica Sacra.
In 2018 she released her debut album, Angel of Fire, on the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s own label. With the RPO and conductor Grzegorz Nowak, she performs operatic arias by composers including Verdi, Puccini, Wagner and Beethoven.
Katerina has appeared at such concert venues as London’s Southbank Centre, St John’s Smith Square and St Martin-in-the-Fields (with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra under Marios Papadopoulos), and, around the UK, the Buxton Opera House, De Montfort Hall (Leicester), and, with the RPO, Northampton’s Royal and Derngate Theatre. European engagements have taken her to Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Paris, Moscow, Florence, Athens, Tenerife, Ancona, and Cyprus (notably in concerts with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra under Esa Heikkilä). She has also toured Japan and appeared with the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra under Enrique Bátiz.
Her extensive concert repertoire includes the Verdi and Mozart Requiems, Beethoven’s Symphony No.9, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Haydn’s Nelson Mass, Kleine Orgelmesse and Scena di Berenice, Dvořák’s Stabat Mater and Te Deum, Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, songs by Duparc, Tippett’s Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time, David Fanshawe’s African Sanctus, and ‘symphonic rock’ by Rick Wakeman.
Appearing beside the late Professor Stephen Hawking, she performed music by Alexandros Hahalis at STARMUS 2014, the International Festival of Astronomy, in the Canary Islands, and in 2018 sang numbers by British songwriter Linda Lamon at the inauguration of the First International Day of Light at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris.
Katerina Mina is an Ambassador of the UK Friends of Israel Opera and holds the Russian Federation’s medal for peace and friendship. In Spring 2021 she will receive a medal from Ludvig Nobel at the Stockholm Culture Awards.

In conversation with Dr Linda Papadopoulos
2021-02-07 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
Dr Linda Papadopoulos is one of Britain’s best known psychologists and frequently discusses mental health and wellbeing on national television. Recently she has focussed on helping people overcome the challenges posed by COVID restrictions and working from home.

Dr Papadopoulos has a prolific academic publication record and has published widely in peer reviewed academic journals. She was part of the original Channel 4 team on the reality TV phenomenon “Big Brother” and went on to host the Channel 5 shows “Doctor Doctor” and “Double Cross”. She has fronted factual segments on ITV’s This Morning, BBC’s The One Show and has also provided professional psychological commentary for numerous British television and radio programs such as Channel 5’s The Wright Stuff, BBC Breakfast, and ITV’s LK Today.

To watch, register here: drlinda.eventbrite.co.uk

Exploring the Cypriot Identity
2021-02-12 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
A panel discussion on identity-based issues as experienced on Cyprus and within the diaspora, through the lens of poetry and literature.
Register on Eventbrite using: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-the-cypriot-identity-tickets-139746855607
Note: the Zoom link for this event will be circulated to event registrants the day of, February 12.
Description
A panel discussion on identity-based issues as experienced on Cyprus and within the diaspora, through the lens of poetry and literature. The discussion will be moderated by Arianna Koudounas of Peaceful Poetry of Cyprus and will feature the following panelists:

Anthony Anaxagorou is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, publisher and poetry educator and author of the poetry collection, After the Formalities.

Dr. Bahriye Kemal is a Lecturer in Contemporary and Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Kent and author of Writing Cyprus: Postcolonial and Partitioned Literatures of Place and Space.

Daniele Nunziata is a Lecturer at St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford and author of Colonial and Postcolonial Cyprus: Transportal Literatures of Empire, Nationalism, and Sectarianism.

Structure
The hour-long panel will be followed by 20 minutes of Q&A with the audience, and will conclude with a poetry reading from each panelist.
About the Panel
Anthony Anaxagorou is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, publisher and poetry educator. His second collection After the Formalities is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was shortlisted for the 2019 T.S Eliot Prize. It was also a Telegraph and Guardian poetry book of the year. He was awarded the 2019 H-100 Award for writing and publishing, and the 2015 Groucho Maverick Award for his poetry and fiction. In 2019 he was made an honorary fellow of the University of Roehampton. Anaxagorou is artistic director of Out-Spoken, a monthly poetry and music night held at London’s Southbank Centre, and publisher of Out-Spoken Press.
Dr. Bahriye Kemal is a Lecturer in Contemporary and Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Kent. She has published Writing Cyprus: Postcolonial and Partitioned Literatures of Place and Space (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literature, 2019), and co-edited Nicosia Beyond Barriers: Voices from a Divided City (Saqi, 2019) and Visa Stories: Experiences between Law and Migration (2013). She is currently writing a book and working on various interrelated projects on the postcolonial East Mediterranean, with focus on literature and arts from Cyprus, Palestine, Syria and beyond.
Dr. Daniele Nunziata is a Lecturer in English at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford where he delivers lectures, seminars and tutorials on nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first century literature. . Nunziata is the author of Colonial and Postcolonial Cyprus: Transportal Literatures of Empire, Nationalism, and Sectarianism. His primary research concerns literature from the Eastern Mediterranean (the Middle East) with a focus on Cypriot travel writing before and after its independence from the British Empire. His publications and conference papers concern this context and other aspects of postcolonial, comparative, and world literature studies.
Arianna Koudounas is the founder of Peaceful Poetry of Cyprus, a bi-communal, trilingual poetry project to foster healing and connection between all Cypriots. Koudounas was formerly the editor of the New York University Journal on Human Rights, where she published Kyrenia Revisited. She is a regional transportation planner at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and a lecturer in the Master’s of Urban and Regional Planning program at Georgetown University.
Event Etiquette
Racism and hate speech of any type will not be tolerated during this event.

Lambros FlashArt@Rialto
2021-02-13 17:00 - 18:30 UTC
13/2 Lambros FlashArt@Rialto Sat 19:00 (90’)
A play addressing a multitude of issues such as human ignorance, isolation, the fragility of
the human existence, the absence of free choices in a world where restrictions prevail, the
beasts and the beauties (truth and lies) created by the human being in an attempt to find
out what cannot be found out, the abuse and violence caused when power is misused.
Lambros is a young man employed as false witness in a trial-fixing ring. Everything works
just fine, until things stop working just fine. Lambros is trapped. What has occurred? What
is true and what is false? What is freedom, and what does its absence signify? Which
things belong to us? Which of our choices are really our own? Lambros’ ignorance of the
key points in his case represents our very own ignorance. The journey of his life from
darkness to light is the journey of our own life.
Play | Visual idea | Director: Myrto Papachristoforou
Artistic direction: Katerina Attalidou
Stage set: Katerina Attalidou, Stefanos Karababas, Stylianos Pelekanos & Omass Architects,
Pavlides Carpenters Ltd, Waternet Ltd, Myrto Papachristoforou
Acting: Irena Christodoulou, Christo Avraam, Myrto Papachristoforou
The poster has been created by the visual artist Katerina Attalidou

Develop. Develop Again. Develop Better (Developing in Cyprus)
2021-02-21 17:00 - 18:30 UTC
21/2 Develop. Develop Again. Develop Better (Developing in Cyprus)
Sun 19:00 (90’)
Four one-act plays written by Cypriot playwrights, presented in the form of staged readings. The plays were developed during a five-month playwrights’ workshop that took place in January-May 2020 in collaboration with Fresh Target Theatre Ensemble.
The four writers, Stephanos Stavridis, Avgi Lilli, Maria A. Ioannou and Yiorgos Trillidis focus on a single subject matter: «development» in Cyprus, in its various forms. Directed by Paris Erotokritou and Maria Kyriakou with the support of Anna Kalvari. Featuring actors: Elena Kallinikou, Yiorgos Kyriakou, Vasilis Charalambous, Panayiota Papageorgiou and Varvara Christofi.

Our souls longing for songs
2021-02-26 17:00 - 18:15 UTC
26/2 Our souls longing for songs
Fri 19:00 (75’)
In a peculiar era where everything is re-organised and disorganised, constantly readjusting and changing, our only lifeline, our hope and light, is found in the songs lasting through the years, those resisting time, those never forgotten. At every concert, our lips still whisper the lyrics, despite the decades that have elapsed. They remind us of our very own childhood and teenage memories, of feasts and celebrations, of days with friends and old love stories.
Vakia Stavrou performs a repertoire of beloved songs from every corner of the globe, in her own magical, simple and natural way. Let the dance begin, let the miracle unfold!
Accompanied by pianist Manolis Neofytou.

In Conversation with Dr George Kassianos
2021-02-28 17:00 UTC
CMS UK and NEPOMAK UK proudly present their event “In Conversation with Dr George Kassianos”.
Dr Kassianos is the UK National Immunisation Lead for the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) since 1996.
His numerous awards and achievements include the Foundation Council Award, the most prestigious award from the RCGP. Moreover, in October 2020, Her Majesty the Queen appointed Dr Kassianos as Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Birthday 2020 Honours List for his services to General Practice and Travel Medicine.
Join us on 28th of February at 17:00 for an interesting and in-depth discussion on Dr Kassianos’s life, career and work in the field of immunisations.
With Guest, His Excellency the High Commissioner of Cyprus in the UK, Mr Andreas Kakouris.
The discussion will be live streamed on Facebook.

THE CHAIRS
2021-03-04 19:00 - 2021-03-06 19:00 UTC
The Cyprus High Commission brings to you cutting-edge performances, produced during lockdown and as a response to the pandemic, by independent Cypriot theatre groups. Enjoy a month of experimental adaptations of classical texts or of original works, devised and presented in hybrid formats, from the comfort of your home.
All performances are in Greek with subtitles in English.
Limited tickets, UK-only.
THE CHAIRS
by Eugene Ionesco
produced by EnactTheatre,
film direction by Kyros Papavassiliou.
Available on 4 March 2021, 7pm, for 48 hours.
HOW TO WATCH FREE:
1. Click “Rent”
2. Join Vimeo or log in
3. DON’T PAY! Apply promo code CYPRUSTHEATRE
4. Play and enjoy!

Plum, Reshaping the FinTech World
2021-03-07 17:00 UTC
Victor Trokoudes is the co-founder and CEO of Plum, one of the fastest-growing Fintechs in the UK. A Cypriot-Canadian “serial entrepreneur”, he studied economics at Harvard and has an MBA from INSEAD. After a stint on the trading floor for Morgan Stanley, Mr. Trokoudes joined TransferWise when the Fintech unicorn had 5 employees in the UK. He left when they were 500+, having built the team that launched TransferWise in 25 markets. Mr. Trokoudes then founded and led PoS terminal reseller BlueBird which he sold for a profit. He launched Plum in 2017, aiming to save the average customer £186,000 extra over their lifetime with the help of Plum’s smart technology.
Please click on the link to register: https://my.demio.com/ref/yopFX83b3L4lZix3

THE FLOOD
2021-03-11 19:00 - 2021-03-13 19:00 UTC
The Cyprus High Commission brings to you cutting-edge performances, produced during lockdown and as a response to the pandemic, by independent Cypriot theatre groups. Enjoy a month of experimental adaptations of classical texts or of original works, devised and presented in hybrid formats, from the comfort of your home.
All performances are in Greek with subtitles in English.
Limited tickets, UK-only.
THE FLOOD
conceived and directed by Magdalena Zira,
film direction by Elena Alonefti.
Available on 11 March 2021, 7pm, for 48 hours.
HOW TO WATCH FREE:
1. Click “Rent”
2. Join Vimeo or log in
3. DON’T PAY! Apply promo code CYPRUSTHEATRE
4. Play and enjoy!

VARIOUS I’S
2021-03-18 19:00 - 2021-03-20 19:00 UTC
The Cyprus High Commission brings to you cutting-edge performances, produced during lockdown and as a response to the pandemic, by independent Cypriot theatre groups. Enjoy a month of experimental adaptations of classical texts or of original works, devised and presented in hybrid formats, from the comfort of your home.
All performances are in Greek with subtitles in English.
Limited tickets, UK-only.
VARIOUS I’S
by Kostas Mannouris,
directed by Marios Mettis.
Available on 18 March 2021, 7pm, for 48 hours.
HOW TO WATCH FREE:
1. Click “Rent”
2. Join Vimeo or log in
3. DON’T PAY! Apply promo code CYPRUSTHEATRE
4. Play and enjoy!

National Celebrations 25 March 1821 & 1 April 1955
2021-03-28 16:00 UTC

In conversation with Dame Janet Paraskeva
2021-04-18 17:00 UTC
Dame Janet Paraskeva has held numerous senior leadership positions including First Civil Service Commissioner from 2006-10. Dame Janet has also previously served as Chief Executive of the Law Society, Chair of the Olympic Lottery Distributor and was one of three members of an inquiry to determine whether British intelligence officers were complicit in the torture of detainees, including those from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Paraskeva has been a strong advocate for gay and lesbian rights in the United Kingdom
More details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Paraskeva
Hosted by Tom Toumazis MBE
Under the auspices of the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK
Register here: http://damejanet.eventbrite.com/
*The National Federation of Cypriots in the UK and will add your email address to our network (so you receive our emails) and may use the data you provide to contact you. You may opt out of this at any time. Your details will not be shared with any third parties.

CMS UK Scientific Conference 2021
2021-04-25 14:00 - 17:30 UTC
About The Conference

An International Virtual Conference organised by the Cyprus Medical Society UK
25th April 2021
Highlights
• Keynote speakers
• Interactive sessions
• Scientific presentations
• Awards
Free registration
Submit your abstract by 1st April 2021 (accepted abstracts will be published in the Cypriot Medical Journal – www.cmj.com.cy)
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Keynote Speakers

Kypros Nicolaides – Professor of Fetal Medicine

Professor Kypros Nicolaides was born in Paphos, Cyprus in 1953. He initially studied biochemistry and physiology followed by Medicine at King’s College London, graduating in 1978. He trained in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and in 1986 became the Director of the Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine, the first Fetal Medicine Unit in the United Kingdom. Under his guidance this has become a world leading centre of Fetal Medicine. In 1992 he was appointed Professor of Fetal Medicine at King’s College London and has authored over 1500 peer-reviewed publications on Fetal medicine.
He is the Founder of the UK Charity, the Fetal Medicine Foundation set up in 1995. The Foundation has donated more than £45 million to support the training of doctors across the world as well as multi-centre research studies. His key discoveries include screening for premature birth, screening and reducing the risk of pre-eclampsia, screening for chromosomal abnormalities by measurement of nuchal translucency as well as endoscopic procedures such as laser surgery for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome in twin pregnancies or endoscopic treatment of severe diaphragmatic hernias. His life and work have been featured in documentaries such as “Life Before Birth” by the BBC and “The Surgeon’s Cut” by Netflix.
Professor Nicolaides’s awards include the recent election to the United States National Academy of Medicine, the Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III by the Republic of Cyprus, the Eardley Holland Gold Medal for outstanding contribution to the science, practice and teaching of Obstetrics & Gynaecology awarded by the RCOG and honorary doctorates from universities across the world.

Agamemnon Epenetos – Professor of Oncology

Professor Agamemnon Epenetos qualified in medicine from Glasgow University, Scotland in 1973 and subsequently specialized in Medical Oncology at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London where he held an Honorary Consultant appointment in Medical Oncology.
He has been a practicing Oncologist and Cancer Researcher over the last 30 years. He was, until recently, a visiting Professor at Imperial College London. He has published widely on novel cancer therapies and has received much international recognition.
Agamemnon has more than 20 years of experience as a biopharmaceutical industry executive. He founded (1988) and served (1990- 2001) as Chairman and R&D Director of Antisoma plc, an oncology-focused biotechnology company listed on the London Stock Exchange and now trading as Sarossa plc (sarossaplc.com). He co-founded (2001) and served as Chairman (2001-2004) of Lipoxen plc, a drug delivery and vaccine company listed on the AIM Market ( and now trading on NASDAQ as Xenetic Biosciences (www.xeneticbio.com). He also founded (2004) and served as President and CEO (2004-2007) of Somanta Inc. a US cancer therapeutics company listed on the USA OTC/BB. Somanta was acquired in 2007 by Access Pharma Inc., a cancer therapeutics company now trading on NASDAQ as Abeona Therapeutics (www.abeonatherapeutics.com). He co-founded Trojantec Ltd and Alexis Biotech Ltd cancer therapeutic companies, which unfortunately ceased business.
He founded and is chairing a private company Lifeline (www.lifeline.com.cy) a stem cell storage company developing regenerative medicine cell products.

Despo Papachristodoulou – Reader in Biochemistry and Medical Education

Dr Despo Papachristodoulou is a Reader in Biochemistry and Medical Education, and a co-director of learning and teaching at King’s College London School of Medicine.
She has been Head of Preclinical Medicine from 1993-2017. She initially obtained her BSc in Biochemistry before completing an MSc in Nutrition and a PhD in Biochemistry all at the London University (UCL). She has co-authored a number of textbooks in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and her research and educational interests are in diabetes, metabolism, nutrition and medical education. With a colleague from King’s College London they created the curriculum for the University of Cyprus Medical School where she is still an external adviser.

George Vassiliou – Professor of Haematological Medicine

George Vassiliou is Professor of Haematological Medicine at the University of Cambridge and a Cancer Research UK Senior Fellow. He is also member of Faculty at the Wellcome Sanger and Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institutes and a practicing Consultant Haematologist at Cambridge University Hospitals. He studied Medicine at the Royal London Hospital and trained in Haematology in London and Cambridge. He obtained his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2005 and then moved to the Wellcome Sanger Institute, where he did his postdoctoral studies and joined the Faculty in 2011, before moving to his current position in 2019. His team studies the pre-clinical evolution, molecular pathogenesis and treatment of myeloid malignancies. Highlights of their work include the co-discovery of the phenomenon of clonal haematopoiesis (CH) and the first demonstration that individuals at high risk of AML can be identified years in advance, opening the prospect of early detection of those at risk. His team also developed the first holistic diagnostic tools for myeloid cancers based on DNA (Karyogene) and RNA (RNAmut), identified hundreds of novel genetic vulnerabilities of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) through the first genome-wide CRISPR screen in a human cancer and isolated new therapeutic targets in AML including the genes METTL3, SRPK1, KAT2A and KAT7, for which inhibitors have now been developed. Furthermore, they have developed and studied several bespoke murine models of myeloid cancers (incl. NPM1, SF3B1 and UTX), which have given new insights into their pathogenesis. Work in the Vassiliou lab is funded by Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, European Research Council, Leukaemia Lymphoma Society, Rising Tide Foundation for Clinical Cancer Research, Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund, Blood Cancer UK, EMBO and the NIH-OxCam Scholars Program.

Mamas Mama – Professor of Cardiology

Professor Mamas Mamas is Professor of Cardiology at Keele University and clinical director of the centre for prognosis research whose research focuses around the use of routinely collected electronic healthcare data “big data” to study real-world outcomes in patients. He leads a large clinical research group utilising big data analytics at the population level using national / international electronic linked data from primary, secondary and tertiary care derived from upto 200 million patients. His research interests focus around granular longitudinal phenotyping of patients across healthcare providers, capturing clinical outcomes to develop prognosis tools for targeted precision medicine at the individual patient level. He has utilised big data to study the efficacy of treatments and their outcomes in high-risk patient populations around inflammatory diseases including those with cancer, cardiovascular disease, inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis and diabetes. He has published over 475 peer reviewed publications (of which 338 have been in the past 5 years) and has a h-index of 57.

Panelists

Dr Andreas Seraphim

Dr Athina Mavrou

Dr Constantinos Simillis

Dr Joseph Frantzias

Dr Kyriacos Mouyis

Dr Menelaos Pipis

Dr Myria Galazi

Dr Nicolas Galazis

Dr Perla Eleftheriou

Ms Effie Mantrali

Ms Sara Nohelia Thoukididou

Marios Nicolaides

Efthymia Theodorou

Programme

Delegate Presentations

A systematic review of the literature assessing operative blood loss and postoperative outcomes after colorectal surgery – Dr Maria Charalambides
Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma – a global review – Dr Andreas Shiatis
Child Health ESsential Skills Stations (CHESS) – Dr Kyriacos Gregoriou
Exploring the Factors Associated with the Mental Health of Frontline Healthcare Workers during the COVID19 pandemic in Cyprus – Konstantinos Kapetanos
Haematopoietic stem cell gene therapy targeting TGFβ enhances the efficacy of irradiation therapy in a preclinical glioblastoma model – Dr Tereza Andreou
Keloid scar recurrence: a review of current definitions and treatment – Theodoros Stylianou
Optimising access and provision of Interventional Radiology service to patients by utilising a new referral system – Dr Stephanos Ghobrial
Point of care hCG performance and efficiency in pregnancy of unknown location – Dr Christopher Kyriacou
Psychiatry and Covid-19: Acute mental health presentations before and during the pandemic – Dr Solomis Solomou
The effect of perioperative administration of probiotics on colorectal cancer surgery outcomes – Louise Pitsillides

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Online concert - You are like the sea
2021-05-01 20:30 - 2021-05-03 23:30 UTC
Join us for this year’s Greek Easter online celebration concert with musicians from the group A la Greca.
We might not be able to crack red eggs together but we can all enjoy, over the long weekend, a programme of beloved songs written by Manolis Hiotis.
Celebrate with us anytime from Saturday 1 May, 8.30pm until Monday 3 May, 11.30pm!

A la Greca Group
Dimitris Gionis – bouzouki and vocals
Marina Deligianni – vocals and percussion
George Grigoriadis – piano and guitar
Thodoris Ziarkas – double bass
The concert will be available from Greek Megalo Savvato, 1 May at 8.30pm and will be available until Greek Easter Monday, 3 May at 11.30pm

Online Concert in Solidarity with the Seafarers and Their Families Around the World
2021-05-07 - 2021-05-11
The concert will be on YouTube from 7 – 11 May 2021 and will include arias from Bellini’s opera Norma, Puccini’s La Bohème & Madama Butterfly; well-known songs by Gershwin, Donizetti & Hadjidakis, traditional songs of Cyprus and Israel; as well as film music from Once Upon a Time in the West & Boy on a Dolphin.
Access to global markets is key for shipping, as 90% of world trade is conducted by ships. The shipping sector reinstated its critical role when during the pandemic, ships continued to move cargo for the benefit of societies and the global economy. This was made possible because of the sacrifices of crews who were faced with unprecedented challenges during the pandemic. Their endurance, expediency and dedication to their task continued relentlessly despite the psychological and physical fatigue and the inevitable safety concerns.
As at December 2020, more than 400,000 seafarers are stranded on ships beyond the expiry of their contracts and are unable to be repatriated to their homes and families due to covid travel restrictions. An equal number of seafarers globally are stuck at home and unable to provide for their families. Travel restrictions have meant that the seafarers cannot leave ships, be repatriated home or get urgent medical attention as required. Others have seen their contracts terminated or have been quarantined on vessels for over 14 days without pay.
The TSAVLIRIS CULTURAL FOUNDATION, through this inspiring concert, wishes to put the spotlight on seafarers globally, to raise awareness about how the collaboration and assistance of all stakeholders is required in order to alleviate the burden on crews around the world, and to say thank you for their support and unwavering endurance to maintain the supply chain running for the benefit of the rest of the world. We need to prioritize their repatriation and covid19 vaccinations. As Mr. Efthymios Mitropoulos, former Secretary General of the IMO has so eloquently put it, “Without shipping and its people, nothing would move: half the world wuld freeze, and the other half would starve”.
The Tsavliris Salvage Group, has joined the 750 companies and organizations who have signed up to the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change.
BECAUSE WE CARE!
Organised by Tsavliris Cultural Foundation, supported by the Hellenic Centre

Spring Session with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra
2021-05-22 16:00 - 2021-05-24 16:00 UTC
The Cyprus High Commission and the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra (CYSO) welcome you to the first Spring Session with CYSO. Join us this weekend and enjoy classical masterpieces, performed by the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra.

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Session 2 Programme
Saturday 22nd May
4pm (BST) – Available for 48 hours

W. A. Mozart: Symphony no. 31, K. 297 (Paris)
Conductor: Patrick Gallois
DOUCE FRANCE
Lefkosia: Thursday 8 April 2021
Pallas Theatre

T. Albinoni: Concerto for 2 oboes in F major, Op.9 No.3
Soloists: Simeon Spasov (οboe), Laura Rodgers (οboe)
THE BEAUTY OF BAROQUE
Lefkosia: Saturday 3 April 2021
Pallas Theatre

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings in C major, op. 48
Conductor: Michalis Economou
MUSIC FROM THE THEATRES OF CYPRUS – 3
(in collaboration with RIALTO Theater)
Lemesos: Friday 12 March 2021
Rialto Theatre

Organised by Cyprus High Commission in the UK – Cultural Section
In partnership with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra.

In conversation with Theo Paphitis
2021-05-23 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
Theo Paphitis is a retail magnate and entrepreneur. He is best known for his appearances on the BBC business programme Dragons’ Den and as former chairman of Millwall Football Club.
You can read more about Theo here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Paphitis
Under the auspices of the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-conversation-with-theo-paphitis-tickets-142079175639?aff=erelpanelorg
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EU Settlement Scheme addressed to all EU citizens and their families in UK
2021-06-22 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
The Hellenic Bankers Association UK (HBA-UK) organises an Information Session on the EU Settlement Scheme and the rights of the EU citizens in the UK.
The event is organized in cooperation with the Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom and is brought under the auspices of the Embassy of Greece and the High Commission of Cyprus.
The Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Greece, Mrs Pinleopi Micha and the Consul General of the High Commission of Cyprus in the UK Mr. Theodoros Gotsis will give a welcome address.
The Information Session will be attended by an immigration lawyer and is addressed to all EU nationals and their families in the UK.
The presentation (followed by a Q&A) will be given by Christopher Desira. Christopher has over 15 years of experience in this area of law, with focus on immigration. He is the director and founding Solicitor of Seraphus and a special advisor to the European Commission Representation in the UK.
Event details as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Time: 7-8pm
Type: Online
Attendance: Open to all, complimentary
This initiative forms part of HBA-UK’s social responsibility in contributing to the Hellenic community in the UK.
The event will also be broadcasted live via the HBA-UK’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HellenicBankersAssociationUK.
Interested in Joining the HBA-UK
For all non-members who would like to attend our Association 2021-2022 events and participate in our activities, we warmly encourage you to join the Association by clicking the following link (annual membership fee starts from £30): https://www.hellenicbankers.org.uk/membership/join-us/
If you have any queries on our upcoming event or becoming a member of the Hellenic Bankers Association, please do not hesitate to contact us at hba@hellenicbankers.org.uk
We wish you well & hope you can attend the event!
Yours Sincerely,
HBA-UK Executive Committee

Covid-19 and the Cypriots Diaspora in the UK
2021-07-01 12:30 - 13:30 UTC
Symposium 3: Next Generation
Thursday, 1st July, 12.30pm – 1.30pm (GMT)
The emphasis will be on pandemia in terms of reaction and its effects on the younger generation. How it effects expectations, income, business, SME’s, work prospects, hope and trust. The focus here would be very much towards the younger members of the community.
We would like to explore the impact of Covid-19 on the younger members of the Cypriot community. Here graduates, youth bodies and aspiring professionals will be invited to talk of their experiences.
Panel 3:
Christos Tuton: President, NEPOMAK; Executive Officer, National Federation of Cypriots.
Adrian Patsalos: General Secretary, NEPOMAK UK; Executive Assistant Secretary, National Federation of Cypriots in the UK.
Nicholas Nicou: Honorary Vice President and Global Outreach Coordinator, NEPOMAK.
Elle Zacharia: Recent Undergraduate
Organised by the Cyprus Centre – University of Westminster
In collaboration with the Cyprus High Commission in the UK – Cultural Section
With the support of the A.G. Leventis Foundation.

47th Anniversary of the tragic events of 15 & 20 July 1974
2021-07-15 16:00 UTC
All invited to remember the
47th Anniversary of the tragic events of the 15th and 20th July 1974

Online event
To be held on the 15th July 2021
At 4pm (London time)

Main speaker
Maria Papalazarou Frangou
(Journalist)

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Church service to remember those who fell defending Cyprus
2021-07-18 10:45 - 12:00 (Europe/Paris) | St John the Baptist Church, Wightman Road, London, N8 0LY
On Sunday 18 July, the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK is organising a memorial service to remember those who fell & sacrificed their lives defending Cyprus’ freedom in 1974 and to remember in prayer the missing persons of Cyprus. His Eminence, Archbishop Nikitas of Great Britain and Thyateira will officiate Divine Liturgy and there will be speeches from the High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus to the UK, Mr Andreas Kakouris and the President of the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK, Mr Christos Karaolis.
The memorial will be held from 10.45am at St John the Baptist Church, Wightman Road, London, N8 0LY

Cyprus: It’s time for reunification
2021-07-19 19:15 - 20:45 (Europe/Paris) | www.cypriotfederation.org.uk/parliament
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Cyprus and the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK will be hosting our annual parliamentary meeting, to mark the anniversary of the Turkey’s illegal invasion and occupation of Cyprus, virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will take place on Monday 19 July 2021 from 7:15pm and the whole community is invited to watch the event live, as it happens, by visiting www.cypriotfederation.org.uk/parliament

Speakers at the event will include the Cypriot Foreign Minister and Presidential Commissioner, as well as Minister Wendy Morton MP, Shadow Minister Fabian Hamilton MP, Opposition Spokespersons from the SNP & Liberal Democrats, and Parliamentarians from across the major British political parties.

Members of Parliament from across the major British political parties will be participating and it will be an opportunity to hear them discuss the Cyprus issue and the important contribution made by Cypriots in the UK. The APPG for Cyprus has long supported the reunification of Cyprus in line with UN Security Council Resolutions and continues to work hard to promote positive relations between the UK and the Republic of Cyprus. The National Federation of Cypriots in the UK proudly serves as the Secretariat for the APPG for Cyprus.

Please encourage your friends and family to also watch the event live on Monday 19 July, as we continue the struggle for a free and re-united Cyprus.
