Organizing Committee

Organizer:
University of Ioannina - Laboratory of Ceramics and Composites, Dept. Materials Science and Engineering

Endorsed by the:
Greek (Hellenic) Society of Biomechanics
Greek (Hellenic) Society of Ceramics
Greek (Hellenic) Society of Biomaterials

Organizing Committee

A key point of this candidacy is that it aims to gather all the experts (professors, scientific societies and research laboratories) in
(a) Ceramics, and
(b) Biomaterials
in Greece.

The proposed list for the Organizing Committee is as follows. After the list, there is an analysis to show that the Organizing Committee truly gathers all the experts on Ceramics and Biomaterials in Greece.

Thus, the proposal comprises all the Professors in Greece on Ceramics, Bioceramics and Biomaterials, among them, they are the Presidents of the Greek Scientific Societies of Biomechanics, Biomaterials and Ceramics.

I. Suggested List of the Members of the Organizing Committee

President of the OC
S. Agathopoulos
Associate Professor, University of Ioannina
President of the Greek Society of Bioceamics
Profession: Professor of Ceramics Technology
He is expert on Ceramics Technology

Vice Presidents (alphabetically)

M. Karakassidis
Professor, University of Ioannina
Professor of Ceramics and Glasses
President of the Laboratory of Ceramics and Composites, University of Ioannina
President of the Dept. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina

T. Papadopoulos
Associate Professor, University of Athens - Dental School - Lab of Biomaterials
Professor of Biomaterials
President of the Greek Society of Biomaterials

A. Tsetsekou
Associate Professor, National Technical University of Athens
Professor of Ceramics Technology
President of the Greek Society of Ceramics

Members (alphabetically)

G. Angelopoulos
Professor of Metallurgy and Ceramics - University of Patras
Director of the Laboratory of Metallurgy and Ceramics
Vice Rector of the University of Patras

A. Beris
Professor, University of Ioannina
Director of the Laboratory of Orthopaedics

N. Bouropoulos
Associate professor - University of Patras - Dept. of Materials Science
Professor of materials with biological origin

M. Chadjinikolaidou
Associate Professor, University of Crete - Dept. of Materials Science
Professor of Biomaterials

D. Deligianni
Associate Professor, University of Patras - Laboratory of Biomechanics
Professor of Biomaterials
Director of the Lab of Bioengineering

D. Fotiadis
Professor, University of Ioannina - Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Director of the Laboratory of Bioengineering

D. Gournis
Professor, University of Ioannina - Lab. of Ceramics and Composite Materials
Professors of nano-ceramics

Th. Kolettis
Professor, University of Ioannina - Medical School
Professor of Cardiology

P. Koutsoukos
Professor, University of Patras - Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Professor in Chemistry of calcium phosphates

N. Mihaillidis
Associate Professor, University of Thessaloniki - Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Biomaterials
President of the Greek Society of Biomaterials

A. Papalois
Professor and Director of the Research Laboratory of the pharmaceutical company ELPEN, Greece

K. Sikalidis
Associate Professor, University of Thessaloniki - Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Professor of Ceramics

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II. Analysis of the completeness of the proposing Organizing Committee (OC):

(a) The OC has representatives from all the Greek Universities:
University of Athens and National Technical University of Athens: T. Papadopoulos, A. Tsetsekou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: N. Mihaillidis, K. Sikalidis
Universiy of Patras: D. Deligianni, G. Angelopoulos, P. Koutsoukos, N. Bouropoulos
University of Ioannina: S. Agathopoulos, M. Karakassidis, D. Fotiadis, A. Beris, Th. Kolettis, D. Gournis
University of Crete: M. Chadjinikolaidou

(b) The OC has representatives from all the departments of Materials Science
University of Ioannina: S. Agathopoulos, M. Karakassidis, D. Gournis
University of Patras: N. Bouropoulos
University of Crete: M. Chadjinikolaidou

(c) The OC has all the Professors of Ceramics and Glasses in Greece whose research focuses on bioceramics (there are 4 Professors in Greece on Ceramics, Glasses and Ceramics Technology but the research of the forth one, Prof. Christos Argyrousis, aims at electroceramics).
Agathopoulos
Tsetsekou
Karakassides

(d) The OC has representatives from all the Laboratories whose research deals with bioceramic materials
Laboratory of Ceramics and Composites, Univ. of Ioannina: S. Agathopoulos, M. Karakasides, D. Gournis.
Biomaterials Laboratory, Univ. Athens: T. Papadopoulos
Laboratory of Metallurgy, National Technical University of Athens: A Tsetsekou
Laboratory of Biomaterials, University of Athens - Dental School: T. Papadopoulos
Laboratory of Chemistry of Materials, Univ. of Patras: P. Koutsoukos
Laboratory of Chemistry of biomaterials, Univ. of Patras: N. Bouropoulos

(e) The OC has representatives from all the Laboratories whose research deals with ceramic materials:
Laboratory of Ceramics and Composites, Univ. of Ioannina: S. Agathopoulos, M. Karakasides, D. Gournis
Laboratory of Ceramics, Univ. Thessaloniki: K. Sikalidis
Laboratory of Metallurgy, Univ. Metallurgy: N. Michailidis
Laboratory of Metallurgy and Ceramics, Univ of Patras: G. Angelopoulos

(f) The OC has representatives from all the related Scientific Societies
Greek Society of Biomechanics: President Assoc. Prof. S. Agathopoulos
Greek Society of Ceramics: President Assoc. Prof. A. Tsetsekou
Greek Society of Biomaterials: President Assoc. Prof. T. Papadopoulos

(g) The OC has representatives from all the fields of Bioceramics:
Production, characterization: S. Agathopoulos, M. Karakassides, A. Tsetsekou
Mechanical properties (spine bones) and porous (foams) ceramics: N. Michailidis
Chemical properties and biological bioceramics: P. Koutsoukos, N. Bouropoulos
Drug delivery systems and nano-ceramics (including functionalization): D. Gournis
Biomechanics: D. Deligianni
Bioengineering-bioinformatics: D. Fotiadis
Orthopedics (clinical application and in vivo tests): A. Beris
Dentistry (characterization and clinical performance): T. Papadopoulos
Cardiology (in vivo tests, tissue engineering): T. Kolettis
Biological testing and tissue engineering: M. Chatzinikolaidou
Application (industrial production and protocols of in vivo testing): A. Papalois

III. Leadership (Presidency - Coordination) of the Organizing Committee

The leading of the proposal is made by Assoc. Prof. S. Agathopoulos as a dual representative of
The University of Ioannina both in general and particular the Ceramic and Composite Materials Laboratory (CCL), and
The Greek Society of Biomechanics

The University of Ioannina has a very strong team that serves the aim of Ceramics and Biomaterials (CCL) as well as Bioengineering (director of the Laboratory of Bioengineering, Prof. D. Fotiadis) the issues of Biological Characterization and Orthopaedics (director of the clinics of orthoaedics Prof. A. Beris).

CCL is the strongest (the best) Laboratory on Ceramics in Greece. The research covers all types of ceramics, namely ceramics, glasses, glass-ceramics, and nano-ceramics. With regards to their applications in biomedicine, apatites, glasses (silicate, borate, phosphate), glass-ceramics (lithium disilicates, micas), composites (with degradable polymers), complex drug delivery systems and tissue engineering scaffolds are primary aims of the Laboratory.
Its excellence is proven by the high bibliographical scores: