Global Conference on Global Warming – GCGW-15

On the 24-27 May 2015 the Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute, together with the Hellenic Institute of Transport, the Academy of Athens and the Mariolopoulos – Kanaginis Foundation for the Environmental Sciences coorganised the Global Conference on Global Warming – GCGW-15. The conference took place at the Academy of Athens and the Royal Olympic Hotel. Lectures by… Read More »

3rd Panellenic Conference of Electronics and Telecommunications (PACET 15)

On May 8-10 2015, took place the 3rd Panellenic Conference of Electronics and Telecommunications (PACET 15) in Ioannina University. Two papers relevant to receiving and processing of Extreme Low Frequency (ELF) waves, known as Schumann’s Resonances (SR), were presented. The first of them entitled “Design and implementation of Schumann resonances sensor platform” deals with the design and implementation… Read More »

International Conference “Adaptation Strategies to Global Environmental Change in the Mediterranean City and the Role of Global Earth Observations”

On 10-11 June 2014 the Greek EU Presidency 2014 under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (ESRT) organized the International Conference “Adaptation Strategies to Global Environmental Change in the Mediterranean City and the Role of Global Earth Observations”. The European Commission, Eurisy, the Mediterranean City Climate Change Consortium (MC-4), the Mariolopoulos – Kanaginis Foundation… Read More »

WMO Professor Mariolopoulos Trust Fund Award 2014

The Award Ceremony for 2014 “WMO Professor Mariolopoulos Trust Fund Award” was held on 10 June 2014 during the opening ceremony of the International Conference “Adaptation Strategies to Global Environmental Change in the Mediterranean City and the Role of Global Earth Observations”. The prize was awarded to the following paper: “A process oriented characterization of tropical oceanic clouds… Read More »

Petros Kanaginis, his contribution in the improvement of agricultural environment of Greece during the period between the two World Wars

The foundation assigned the writing of the biography to Dimitris G. Panagiotopoulos researcher and historian of the Documentation Agricultural University of Athens. The author successfully used the extensive archives of Petros Kanaginis which are treasured at the Foundation. The publication contains the landmarks of the spiritual, professional and public service of P. Kanaginis during a most disturbed period… Read More »

WMO Professor Mariolopoulos Trust Fund Award 2012

The Award Ceremony for 2012 was held on 29 October 2012 in Athens. The prize was awarded to the following papers : “An Arctic CCN-limited cloud-aerosol regime” by T. Mauritsen, J. Sedlar, M. Tjernström, C. Leck, M. Martin, M. Shupe, S. Sjogren, B. Sierau, P.O.G. Persson, I.M. Brooks and E. Swietlicki, published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (VOL.… Read More »

Scientific colloquium entitled “The greenhouse effect and related topics in our planetary system”

The Mariolopoulos – Kanaginis Foundation in collaboration with the Academy of Athens coorganized a scientific colloquium on October 29th 2012 entitled “The greenhouse effect and related topics in our planetary system”. At the colloquium were invited distinguished speakers and renown scientists were attended the presentations. The colloquium was addressed by the President of the Academy of Athens, Professor… Read More »

26th International Laser Radar Conference

The Mariolopoulos – Kanaginis Foundation for the Environmental Sciences with the National Technical University of Athens, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the National Observatory of Athens co-organized the 26th International Laser Radar Conference (I LRC 26), which was held at Porto Heli, Peloponnesus, on June 25-29, 2012. The President of the Mariolopoulos – Kanaginis Foundation, Professor Christos… Read More »

Festival “Les Rencontres de la Terre” 2012

For the third year the MK Foundation co-organised the Festival “Les Rencontres de la Terre” with the Ministry of Education and the Municipality of Athens. The Festival activities took place between January and June 2012. The scientific director for the events was Dr Sylvie Grutzow. The central theme of the Festival was : “Our city tomorrow…the city where… Read More »