Maria Florou, Head of the Industrial Gas Museum has graduated from the department of History and Archaeology in the University of Thessaloniki, Greece and has a master degree in Museum Studies/University of Leicester, UK. In the past she has worked in archaeological excavations and in educational programs in art museums. Since 2004 she worked as an assistant curator in Technopolis City of Athens in the Department of Visual Arts. In 2011, she participated in the museological team of the Industrial Gas Museum (IGM) and since then she is Head of the IGM at Technopolis, in Athens. Since 2018, she is also in charge of the Educational Program Kids4theCity, a programme dedicated to citizenship and public awareness of the protection of the city’s monuments. She has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the Cultural, Sports and Youth Organization, City of Athens (2018-2019). She has participated in conferences and projects for the promotion of the Industrial Archaeology and Heritage and for the use of Oral History in museums. She is also very interested on audience development and communication strategies on historical sites.
Sessions in which Maria Florou participates
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
Paper
Maria Florou, Technopolis City of Athens (Speaker)
Konstantinos Bitzanis, Technopolis City of Athens (Presenter)
Despina Andriopoulou, Industrial Gas Museum of Technopolis City of Athens (Speaker)
Sessions in which Maria Florou attends
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Main hall
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Roundtable
Dr Miles Oglethorpe, TICCIH (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515
Paper
Varvara Toura, EHESS/Géographie-Cités (Speaker)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515
Regular session
Prof. Martin Drouin, UQAM (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580
Roundtable
Hsiao-Wei Lin, Chung Yuan Christian University (Panelist)
Dr. Shabnam Inanloo Dailoo, Athabasca University - Heritage Resources Management (Moderator)
Helmuth Albrecht, IWTG TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Panelist)
James Douet, patrimoni-industrial.com (Panelist)
Timothy Scarlett, Michigan Technological University (Panelist)
Alireza Farrokhi, Heritage Division- Government of Alberta (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1420
Regular session
Torsten Meyer, Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (DBM) (Moderator)
Dr Miles Oglethorpe, TICCIH (Moderator)
Michael Farrenkopf, Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (DBM) (Moderator)
Dr. Barry L. Stiefel, College of Charleston (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1420
Paper
Andreas Hoppenrath, LWL-Industriemuseum - Westphalian State Museum of Industrial Heritage (Speaker)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570
Regular session
Laurent Sauvage (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
Gérard Beaudet (Keynote speaker)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
Regular session
Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
Steven High, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (Speaker)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1525
Regular session
Alain Gelly, Parks Canada (Moderator)
Matthieu Paradis, Agence Parcs Canada (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
Regular session
Prof. Michel Rautenberg, université jean monnet (Moderator)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
Tour
Luc Noppen, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Speaker)
Marianne Sigouin-Lebel (Other Participant)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
Tour
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Speaker)
UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
Tour
Steven High, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (Presenter)