Past Events

• 22 October 2009
  5th People Management Executive Seminar, Boussias Conferences
  Ktima Pentelikon
  
  PwC Academy sponsored the “5th People Management Executive Seminar” which was organised by Boussias Communications. This year’s unique conference on People Management focused on the analysis of techniques, methods, procedures and measurements that can be used by managers and leaders in order to secure their employees’ true value in the business field as well as their contribution on job satisfaction. Dr. Constantine Kiritsis, Head of PwC Academy in Greece, along with Mary Georgiadou, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, were our speakers.
  http://peoplemanagement.boussiasconferences.gr

• 20 October 2009
  Invest in International Shipping, Capital Link Forum
  London
  
  PwC in Greece sponsored the “Invest in International Shipping Forum”, which was organised by Capital Link, Inc. Mr. Emil Yiannopoulos, Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers was one of the speakers, and he referred to the distressed opportunities in shipping.
  www.capitallinkforum.com

• 10 11 October 2009
  Career Days, Kariera.gr
  OAKA 
  
  PwC Academy participated at the Career Days event which was organised by Kariera.gr. Dr. Constantine Kiritsis, Head of PwC Academy and specialist on Career Orientation, was one of the speakers. www.kariera.gr

• 8 October 2009
  11th Annual Marine Money Greek Ship Finance Forum
  Ledra Marriott Hotel 
  
  PricewaterhouseCoopers in Greece sponsored the "11th Annual Marine Money Greek Ship Finance Forum", which was organised by the Marine Money Greek Office. Mr. Socrates Leptos-Bourgi, Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Greece was one of the speakers. His speech was titled “Reporting issues in the Current Environment: Going Concern and Impairment”. www.marinemoney.com

• 25 September 2009
  4th Sales Management Forum, Boussias Conferences
  OTEAcademy, Marousi, Greece 
  
  PwC Academy sponsored the “4th Sales Management Forum” which was organised by Boussias Conferences. This year’s unique conference on Sales Management focused on Sales Executives, their personality, the encouraging and discouraging issues they have to deal with as well as the emotions and the attitudes which seem to play an important role to their success. The conference’s title was “Supporting the Sales that Support Us”. Dr. Constantine Kiritsis, Head of PwC Academy in Greece was one of the speakers. www.smf.gr

• 16-17 September 2009
  17th ALBA Career Forum
  ATExcelixi, Conference Centre  
  
  PricewaterhouseCoopers in Greece participated at the 17th ALBA Career Forum, helping to support Alba’s efforts in introducing leading Greek businesses to their graduate students to help them build prospects and opportunities for their career.

• 14 September 2009
  Open Day, PwC Academy by PricewaterhouseCoopers
  PwC Academy, Halandri, Greece

  PwC Academy has presented its first Open Day for this Academic Year, which took place at the PwC Academy premises. The subject was the presentation of PwC Academy’s New Educational Programme 2009-2010 as well as issues on how to choose the best Bachelor, Master and Professional Qualification. The main speaker was Dr. Constantine Kiritsis, Head of PwC Academy in Greece. www.pwcacademy.gr 

• 10 September 2009
  Shipping Derivatives, Capital Link Forum
  Metropolitan Club, NYC

  PricewaterhouseCoopers in Greece sponsored the "Shipping Derivatives, Capital Link Forum", which was organised by Capital Link, Inc. Mr. Socrates Leptos-Bourgi, Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Greece was one of the speakers, who talked about Accounting and Auditing Issues of FFAs. www.capitallinkforum.com/shipping/2009derivatives.

• 3 June 2009 18:00 - 20:30
  Open Day from PwC Academy by PricewaterhouseCoopers on Professional Qualifications (ACCA, CIA, CFA, CISA)
  
  Dr. Constantine Kiritsis, Head of PwC Academy presented the globally recognised Professional Qualifications:
  • • ACCA    [Association of Chartered Certified Accountants UK]
    • CIA        [Certified Internal Auditor USA]
    • CFA       [Chartered Financial Analysts USA]
    • CISA      [Certified Information Systems Auditor USA]
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  These are significant qualifications that offer the holder career opportunities, especially in today’s economic crisis.
  
  The PwC Academy also gave the opportunity for possible employment at PricewaterhouseCoopers upon graduation.
  
• 25 May 2009
  Training & Development Conference 2009
  OTEAcademy
  
  PwC Academy by PricewaterhouseCoopers in Greece sponsored the T&D Conference 2009, which was organised by Boussias Communications and held at the OTEAcademy. The title of the conference was “Maintaining your Organisation on its Development Course”. Among other issues the conference’s purpose was to talk about the role of T&D, training ROI, new research, creative methodologies, pioneering techniques, and coaching. Participants included top management members from HR, Training & Development, Organisational Development, Talent Management and Coaching Departments.

• 19 May 2009
  20th Annual Leadership Congress of the EASE
  Megaro Mousikis
  
  PricewaterhouseCoopers in Greece sponsored the 20 ^th Annual Leadership Congress of the Association of Chief Executive Officers (EASE), titled “Smart Leaders - Bad Decisions”, which was held on Tuesday, 19 ^th of May 2009 at Megaro Mousikis. The Congress aimed to offer a deeper understanding of the fundamental reasons which lie behind major mistakes smart leaders make, pointing out the early warning signs that differentiate successful and failing companies and discussing ideas on how organisations can develop a capability of learning from bad decisions.

• 7 May 2009
  6th Undergraduate’s Conference of Management Science & Technology
  EEDE Conference Centre
  
  PricewaterhouseCoopers in Greece sponsored the 6th Undergraduate’s Conference of the Management Science & Technology Department of the Athens University of Economics and Business. The objective of this conference was to form a National Scientific meeting among researchers, graduates and professionals, where they exchanged their views, ideas and methodologies concerning the developments of Management Science & Technology and business practices. For more information please visit www.eede.gr

• 5 May 2009
  SAP Forum 2009
  Athenaeum Intercontinental

• 29 April 2009
  The PwC People Forum - "Discover a Leader: Discover You”
  Badminton Theatre
  
  We are living in highly unpredictable times. Professionals, as well as students about to enter the workforce, are more focused on surviving and avoiding unemployment, rather than excelling. This conference was about demonstrating how each person has to reach within himself/herself to show their individuality and that extra something that will help them evolve and make them indispensable and distinctive. Please click here for the presentations.

• 14 - 15 March 2009
  “British Council Exhibition”
  Hilton Hotel Athens

• The British Council Exhibition is the only British education exhibition in Greece. All interested individuals had the chance to meet the Representative of EDI (Education Development International) & LCCI (London Chamber of Commerce and Industry) in Greece as well as representatives from PwC Academy given EDI and LCCI's cooperation with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
  
  
• 6 - 8 March 2009
  “Education 2009”
  Helexpo Palace, Athens
  
  PwC Academy by PricewaterhouseCoopers sponsored the premier exhibition on education in Greece, and one of the key educational fairs in the world, “Education 2009”. The event catered to the entire education industry, by providing a quality exhibition environment and on-site features that are valuable and informative for both participants and visitors. PwC Academy was among 250 exhibitors and was happy to welcome you at our exhibition booth on Level D.

• 18 February 2009
  ISO/IEC 20000 Awareness & Overview
  Grande Bretagne Hotel
  
  PricewaterhouseCoopers in Greece sponsored the ISO/IEC 20000 Awareness & Overview event, which was organised by the Hellenic Management Association. The ISO/IEC 20000 provides a comprehensive overview of the ISO/IEC 20000 standard and highlights the relevance of Service Quality Management for IT service-providing organisations and departments. The seminar was designed for professionals who require an overview of the standard and to understand the scope and relevance of Service Quality Management.
  
  Topics:
  • Relationship between ITIL and ISO 9000
  • The benefits of applying ISO/IEC 20000 processes
  • The implementation route to achieve ISO/IEC 20000
  • Auditing, Certification
  • What ISO/IEC 20000 means in a practical, real-world perspective

• 17 February 2009
  Jeremy Hope on Reinventing the CFO
  Grande Bretagne Hotel
  
  PricewaterhouseCoopers in Greece sponsored the Executive Seminar “Jeremy Hope on Reinventing the CFO”, which is organised by Boussias Communications.
  
  The economic crisis in the global market stresses the need for CFOs, to create higher value for their business, and at the same time reduce expenses. Jeremy Hope helped CFOs discover the solutions on today’s difficulties and also demonstrated the means by which they can implement them in the modern business and economic reality.
  

• 16 February 2009
  IFRS Convention
  Divani Caravel Athens Hotel
  
  PricewaterhouseCoopers in Greece sponsored the IFRS Convention, which was organised by Credis Visca. The IFRS Convention entitled: “The New Language of Financial Reporting as Global Capital Markets become Intergraded”, focused on the new developments.
  

• 15 December 2008
  PwC Alumni Christmas Party
  
  This year's Alumni Christmas Party was a particularly special event, with 2008 marking the 10 year anniversary of the merger between Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse. We celebrated the anniversary with all our Alumni.

• 1 December 2008
  8 ^th Annual Bank Management Conference
  Megaro Mousikis
  PricewaterhouseCoopers in Greece, co-organised the 8 ^th Annual Bank Management Conference with Boussias Communications. This year’s conference was titled: “Beyond Uncertainty - Resetting Priorities - Redefining Best Practices”.
  
  To cover all major management issues the conference was divided in four theme units:
  • New Revenue Streams
  • Simplification, Standardisation, Cost Control
  • Risk Management & Governance
  • Strategy

• 30 October - 2 November 2008
  13 ^th International Anti-Corruption Conference
  Megaro Mousikis
  PricewaterhouseCoopers in U.S., sponsored the 13 ^th International Anti-Corruption Conference IACC. The theme for this year’s IACC was: “Global Transparency: fighting corruption for the sustainable future”, with a focus on the role of transparency and accountability in human security, climate change, sustainable globalisation, as well as natural resources exploitation and management.
  
  World class experts and practitioners came together to:
  • Identify the links between corruption and human security, climate change, natural resources governance and energy security.
  • Raise awareness of the effects of these links on poverty, inequality and human rights abuses.
  • Take stock of anti-corruption best practices that address the above mentioned challenges.
  • Facilitate strategy design, networking and partnership building to curb corruption and foster transparency and accountability globally.

• 20 - 21 October 2008
  Tanker Economics - Transforming Risk and Regulation into Business Opportunity
  Athens Hilton
  PricewaterhouseCoopers was the Luncheon Sponsor at this 2 day shipping conference, organised by Platts. There were expert views from the wider industry; allowing ship owners, operators and managers to maximise their competitive position and awareness in the market, whilst limiting their exposure to price, regulatory and delivery risks.

• 20 October 2008
  4 ^th People Management Executive Seminar
  Megaro Mousikis
  PricewaterhouseCoopers co-organised this HR event with Boussias Communications. The theme of this year's conference was "Energise and Engage. People Strategies for Sustainable Success". Keynote speakers were Dr. Beverly Kaye and Professor Paul Sparrow that shared their views on " The challenge of Engaging, Developing and Retaining Talent " and " Linking employee engagement to strategy and the bottom line " respectively.
  

• 9 October 2008
  5th Annual Taxation Conference
  Grande Bretagne
  The conference titled "Tax Competition and Reforming Policies for Transactions across borders" was organised by the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers. One of the keynote speakers was Isabel Verlinden, Partner of PwC in Belgium and also an accredited member of European Joint Transfer Pricing Forum.
  

• 8 April 2008
  Annual Leadership & HR Forum: Power of the Mind - Taking you to Another Dimension
  PricewaterhouseCoopers organised the Annual Leadership & HR Forum with title: Power of the Mind - Taking you to Another Dimension. The conference took place at the Badminton Hall (Goudi) on 8th April 2008. The main theme of the conference was the power of the human mind. There is no barrier to what we can achieve if only we were to put our minds to it. During this event, we aim to show those of you developing or embarking upon your careers that your achievements are in your hands. The keynote speakers were Chris Moon and Marc Salem.