The event “Leveraging the microbial terroir of the vineyards of Ktima Pavlidis to highlight the distinctive quality characteristics of local wines – Pavlidis Terroir”, organized by “Ktima Pavlidis SA” with the support of ena Development Consultants and in collaboration with the Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics of Democritus University of Thrace, was completed successfully.
The event took place on Saturday, May 28, 2022, in the winery cellar of “Ktima Pavlidis” in Kokkinogeia, Drama.
Welcome addresses were given by the Coordinator of the Decentralized Administration of the Region of Eastern Macedonia & Thrace, Mr. Ioannis Savvas, the Mayor of Drama, Mr. Christodoulos Mamsakos, and the President of the Drama Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Stefanos Georgiadis, who spoke both about the contribution of “Ktima Pavlidis” to the Drama area and the wider Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, and about the special importance of research, innovation and cooperation between the business world and the country's Academic Institutions for sustainable development.
The main purpose of the event was to present the results to date of the particularly important research carried out by the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics of Democritus University of Thrace, on behalf of and in collaboration with “Ktima Pavlidis”, under the measure “Investment Plans for Innovation, Research & Development in the RIS3 priority sector” of the Operational Program “Eastern Macedonia & Thrace” (NSRF 2014–2020).
Mr. Panagiotis Kyriakidis, General Manager of “Ktima Pavlidis SA”, opened the workshop's presentations with a short presentation of the company.
During the main presentations, Ms. Marirena Grigoriou, professor at Democritus University of Thrace, and Postdoctoral Researchers Theodora Tsirka and Anastasios Nikolaou clearly described to all participants the project and its results so far.
Participants also had the opportunity to learn about the available and upcoming financing tools for supporting similar and other business ventures, in the talk by Mr. Nikos Charalampogiannis, head of Development Law Investment Plans at ena Development Consultants.
At the end of the event, there was a tasting and evaluation of the wine samples produced in the laboratory as a result of the research carried out so far under the measure.
The event was organized by #enaevents, a service of ena Development Consultants that designs and delivers corporate, educational, conference and informational events, in person, hybrid and remote, in the physical and digital world.
The #enaevents team would like to thank everyone who helped organize the event, the audience and the official bodies who honored us with their presence, and finally all the speakers for their extremely interesting presentations.
