Konstantinos Bitzanis

CEO

Technopolis City of Athens

Participates in 1 Session

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

Tuesday 30 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

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

20 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

Part of: Critical approaches: social power, sustainability, decolonization and industrial heritage II

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)

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...

Sessions in which Konstantinos Bitzanis attends

Monday 29 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

10:00 AM

Experts roundtable: the future of industrial heritage

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Roundtable

Dr Miles Oglethorpe, TICCIH (Moderator)

11:00 AM

Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective I

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525

Regular session

Dag Avango, Luleå University of Technology (Moderator)

Marion Steiner, TICCIH International (Moderator)

Industrialization processes have been global from their very beginning. However, their interpretation still tends to be limited to specific loca...

Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement I

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Regular session

Prof. Martin Drouin, UQAM (Moderator)

This session presents case studies and policy reviews that contribute to ongoing debate and international dialogue on the role of planning syste...

2:00 PM

Fake The Fake - Transformation of a training mine to the Montanium museum visitor experience

20 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Part of: Explorations in the Preservation of Coal Mining Heritage Areas II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1420

Paper

Andreas Hoppenrath, LWL-Industriemuseum - Westphalian State Museum of Industrial Heritage (Speaker)

Highly specialized training mines are characteristic elements of a colliery. One of the last of these training centers went out of service ...

3:30 PM

Photography and Industrial Heritage

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570

Regular session

Laurent Sauvage (Moderator)

Industrial heritage and photography have a close relationship. Photography is a source for industrial archaeology. It sheds light on the links b...

5:30 PM

Public lecture: Le Grand Montréal industriel d’hier à demain

1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Available

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Gérard Beaudet (Keynote speaker)

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...

Tuesday 30 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

Museums and industrial culture: presentation and interpretation issues and cases I

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570

Regular session

Dr Marie-Blanche Fourcade, Musée de l'Holocauste Montréal et UQAM (Moderator)

This session will allow us to explore, through nine international case studies, the different strategies for the development of industrial herit...

5:30 PM

Public lecture: Industrial heritage as agent of gentrification?

1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Available

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)

Efforts to preserve industrial heritage occurs in a socio-economic and political context. But what is being pres...

Wednesday 31 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

Uses of industrial heritage: cases in transformation I

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520

Regular session

Prof. Michel Rautenberg, université jean monnet (Moderator)

Examples from several continents, in Europe, South America, North America, Turkey, show strong continuity in the objectives that govern the reus...

The role of mega-event to enhance industrial heritage in urban (re)development I

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540

Regular session

Florence Graezer Bideau, EPFL (Moderator)

Hushui Deng, EPFL (Presenter)

The role of industrial heritage in urban development has been extensively acknowledged in guiding and legitimizing the policies and discourses i...

11:00 AM

Uses of industrial heritage: cases in transformation II

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520

Regular session

Prof. Michel Rautenberg, université jean monnet (Moderator)

Examples from several continents, in Europe, South America, North America, Turkey, show strong continuity in the objectives that govern the reus...

1:00 PM

Preservation and transformation of historic waterways: a challenge (III). A tour of the Soulanges Canal

6 hours, 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Signup required

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)

The Soulanges Canal is an infrastructure, located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, which was opened to maritime traffic in 1900, succeedi...

3:15 PM

Discover the shores of industrial Montreal by river boat

1 hour 45 minutes, 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Available

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)

Tour

This tour offers an excursion on a privatized deck of

5:30 PM

Public lecture: Fear, loss and the potential for progressive nostalgia: challenging right-wing populism

1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Available

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Speaker)

In this lecture, I would like to talk about deindustrialised communities, heritage and memory in the context of right-w...

Thursday 1 September, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

7:00 AM

Early bird tour. Lachine Canal: A walk through history and commemoration or The Lachine Canal: now and then

1 hour 30 minutes, 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)

Tour

Alain Gelly, Parks Canada (Presenter)

Matthieu Paradis, Agence Parcs Canada (Presenter)

From its construction to its restoration, immerse yourself in the now and then of this key Canadian industrial heritage site. A country’s

9:00 AM

Uses of industrial heritage: cases in transformation III

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520

Regular session

Prof. Michel Rautenberg, université jean monnet (Moderator)

Examples from several continents, in Europe, South America, North America, Turkey, show strong continuity in the objectives that govern the reus...

Friday 2 September, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

7:00 AM

Early bird tour: Walking the Postindustrial Lachine Canal (postponed to Friday)

1 hour 30 minutes, 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)

Tour

Steven High, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (Presenter)

Walkers will meet at the entrance (there is only one) of Lionel Groulx Metro and from there walk along the canal to t...

Saturday 3 September, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

2:00 PM

Tour: The Angus shops and Rosemont with Heritage Montreal

2 hours, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Signup required

Tour

Gracia Dorel-Ferré, APIC (Keynote speaker)

Uncover the vestiges of the Canadian Pacifie Railway tracks and the former Angus Shops, which played integral raies in the industrial and reside...