Born in Athens. Studied Industrial Engineering with postgraduate studies in Regional Planning. Twenty years of professional experience in upper management level positions in the Greek Industry.
From 2009 till 2011 Director of the Industrial Museum of Hermoupolis. From 2011 CEO of the multicultural place Technopolis City of Athens and from 2017 till 2019 President of the City of Athens Cultural, Sport and Youth Organization (OPANDA).
Has published several articles and studies about economy, industrial policies and culture.
Sessions in which Konstantinos Bitzanis participates
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Resilience and sustainability of industrial heritage in COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 era. What is next? The case study of Technopolis City of Athens, former Gasworks of Athens UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- Speaker Maria Florou (Technopolis City of Athens) | Presenter Konstantinos Bitzanis (Technopolis City of Athens) | Speaker Despina Andriopoulou (Industrial Gas Museum of Technopolis City of Athens) |
- 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Critical approaches: social power, sustainability, decolonization and industrial heritage II
- The old Gasworks of Athens was established in 1857 and provided energy for public lighting, industries and households in Athens. It was in full fun...
- Paper
Sessions in which Konstantinos Bitzanis attends
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Experts roundtable: the future of industrial heritage UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Roundtable
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Industrialization processes have been global from their very beginning. However, their interpretation still tends to be limited to specific loca...
- Regular session
- Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session presents case studies and policy reviews that contribute to ongoing debate and international dialogue on the role of planning syste...
- Regular session
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Fake The Fake - Transformation of a training mine to the Montanium museum visitor experience UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1420
- Speaker Andreas Hoppenrath (LWL-Industriemuseum - Westphalian State Museum of Industrial Heritage) |
- 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Explorations in the Preservation of Coal Mining Heritage Areas II
- Highly specialized training mines are characteristic elements of a colliery. One of the last of these training centers went out of service ...
- Paper
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Photography and Industrial Heritage UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Industrial heritage and photography have a close relationship. Photography is a source for industrial archaeology. It sheds light on the links b...
- Regular session
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- Public lecture: Le Grand Montréal industriel d’hier à demain
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Si la vallée du canal de Lachine a été le berceau de l’industrialisation canadienne, la géographie industrielle métropolitaine ne s’y est pas co...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Museums and industrial culture: presentation and interpretation issues and cases I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session will allow us to explore, through nine international case studies, the different strategies for the development of industrial herit...
- Regular session
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- Public lecture: Industrial heritage as agent of gentrification?
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Efforts to preserve industrial heritage occurs in a socio-economic and political context. But what is being pres...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Uses of industrial heritage: cases in transformation I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Examples from several continents, in Europe, South America, North America, Turkey, show strong continuity in the objectives that govern the reus...
- Regular session
- The role of mega-event to enhance industrial heritage in urban (re)development I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The role of industrial heritage in urban development has been extensively acknowledged in guiding and legitimizing the policies and discourses i...
- Regular session
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Uses of industrial heritage: cases in transformation II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Examples from several continents, in Europe, South America, North America, Turkey, show strong continuity in the objectives that govern the reus...
- Regular session
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Preservation and transformation of historic waterways: a challenge (III). A tour of the Soulanges Canal
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
- 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 6 hours
- The Soulanges Canal is an infrastructure, located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, which was opened to maritime traffic in 1900, succeedi...
- Tour
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3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- Discover the shores of industrial Montreal by river boat
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
- 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 45 minutes
- This tour offers an excursion on a privatized deck of
- Tour
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- Public lecture: Fear, loss and the potential for progressive nostalgia: challenging right-wing populism
- Available Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In this lecture, I would like to talk about deindustrialised communities, heritage and memory in the context of right-w...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
7:00 AM
7:00 AM
- Early bird tour. Lachine Canal: A walk through history and commemoration or The Lachine Canal: now and then
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
- 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- From its construction to its restoration, immerse yourself in the now and then of this key Canadian industrial heritage site. A country’s
- Tour
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Uses of industrial heritage: cases in transformation III UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Examples from several continents, in Europe, South America, North America, Turkey, show strong continuity in the objectives that govern the reus...
- Regular session
7:00 AM
7:00 AM
- Early bird tour: Walking the Postindustrial Lachine Canal (postponed to Friday)
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
- 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Walkers will meet at the entrance (there is only one) of Lionel Groulx Metro and from there walk along the canal to t...
- Tour
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Tour: The Angus shops and Rosemont with Heritage Montreal
- Signup required
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 2 hours
- Uncover the vestiges of the Canadian Pacifie Railway tracks and the former Angus Shops, which played integral raies in the industrial and reside...
- Tour
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