TEDxAthens is a proud member of TED’s independently organized TEDx events program, and the first ever TEDx event in Greece, established in May 2009. It amplifies great ideas worth sharing and implementing to the world. To date, it has curated more than 200 talks from world-renowned thinkers, doers and innovators. These talks have been viewed more than 7 million times online. It is, by acclamation, the most impactful and influential platform for ideas in Greece and the wider Balkans region.
THE PURPOSE
TEDxAthens is a team of 70+ passionate volunteers, who believe in creating opportunities for change, by delivering high-quality content born from all aspects of life, through conferences, adventures and social projects, in order to educate, motivate, inspire and become catalysts of change both locally and internationally.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
TEDx brings the spirit of TED’s mission of ideas worth spreading to local communities around the globe. TEDx events are organized by curious individuals who seek to discover ideas and spark conversations in their own community. TEDx events include live speakers and are organized independently under a free license granted by TED. Each TEDx team operates independently from TED and its TEDx sister events in the same country and city.
THE TEAM
Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou
Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou
Dimitris “DKG” Kalavros-Gousiou is a 30-year-old technology entrepreneur and investor. He serves as Co-Founder and General Partner at Velocity.Partners, a pre-seed and seed Venture Capital Fund active in Greece and SEE.
He is best known as the Founder and Curator of TEDxAthens, the most impactful platform for ideas, dialogue and talks in Greece. Prior to his role at Velocity.Partners, Dimitris co-founded Found.ation (a leading startup acceleration and innovation hub in the Balkans), TechTalent School (a coding school) and TechTalent Pool (a recruiting SaaS for developers).
From 2011 to 2013, Dimitris served as a Referrer for pre-seed investment firm HackFwd, leading its pipeline in Greece and Southeast Europe.
DKG holds a Law degree from the University of Kent at Canterbury and an LLM (Master of Laws) in Computer and Communications Law from the Queen Mary University of London.
He is a 2X alumnus of U.S. Department of State “International Visitor Leadership Program”, classes of 2013 and 2017, the latter under the prestigious “Gold Stars” program, and a member of the Global Shapers Community of the World Economic Forum.
Dimitris regularly speaks on the topics of entrepreneurship, technology, design thinking, digital storytelling and leadership.
Dimitris Kokkoris
Dimitris Kokkoris
Events Producer, Teambuilding Facilitator and professional Adventures Guide. His mission is to design unforgettable, one of a kind life experiences that become opportunities for personal growth and change for others. He tries to seamlessly blend hardcore event ops & production, with unique content, space-human design and branding, so as to create smooth and flawless event experiences. He aims driving corporate teams towards high efficiency and fluency. He designs outdoor adventures, safely guiding people and teams outside of their comfort zones and into amazing itineraries, helping them unleash their inner strength and reach their true potential. Father of two kids and three cats, he spends more time in the outdoors rather than home, seeking new adventures. Barefoot advocate, winter swimmer, advanced sea kayak guide, mountaineer, bushcrafter, he lives and breathes outside. Contrary to what others believe, he is nowhere even close to fearless. He’s been through multiple accidents and near death experiences in the outdoors. Fortunately, he lived through to tell his stories. Contributing, donating, volunteering and helping others in need have defined most parts of his life. A project worth mentioning was rowing from the Peloponnese to Turkey, raising funds and awareness for Save the Children and the Syrian kids affected by the war. You can watch his movie “10 Minutes” in vimeo. He also loves cooking, sharing his home table with friends and family, meeting new people and developing his personal skills. Dimitris holds a degree in Printing Management and Information Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology, USA. He started his career in his family’s business, Dot Repro, a creative print services bureau. He has been seeking his true calling in life, ever since.
Stella Psarrou
Stella Psarrou
Tina Chalofti
Tina Chalofti
Paris Gavriilakis
Paris Gavriilakis
Dena Argyropoulou
Dena Argyropoulou
Konstantinos Geros
Manos Gkiourkas
Manos Gkiourkas
Manos joined TEDxAthens in 2020, sharing his great imagination and creativity with the team. NOT. Just hanging around and excel-ing numbers.