50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSING-AWAY OF
GEORGE N. PAPANICOLAOU, SCIENTIST (1883-1962)
THURSDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2012
11:00‐13:00, ROOM IX, UNESCO HEADQUARTERS
DRAFT PROGRAMME
Welcome
Moderator: Ms Maria Kypriotou, UNESCO Assistant Program Specialist
Greetings
-Ms. Ekaterini Tzitzikosta, President of the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO
-H.E. Théodore Passas, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Greece to UNESCO
-Ms Ms. Gretchen Kalonji, UNESCO, Assistant Director-General for the Natural Sciences
Presentations
• IMPORTANCE OF HIS WORK / SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTS
Dr. Joseph Monsonego, EUROGIN
• PROGRAMS / GENDER ISSUES / HEALTH PREVENTION
Dr. AgisTsouros, Head of the Policy and Cross-cutting Programmes
and Regional Director’s Special Projects unit
•PAPANICOLAOU: THE MAN
Dr. Helen Deligeorgi Politi, M.D. ,P.H.D., Professor of Pathology/Cytology
Video presentation
Excerpts of the documentary dedicated to the life and work of George Papanicolaou
Courtesy of the Archives and Museum of ERT, the Greek Public Broadcasting Corporation
Reception
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes‐and‐celebrations/celebrations/anniversaries‐celebrated‐by‐member‐states/
http://www.euro.who.int/en/who‐we‐are/executive‐management‐team/dr‐agis‐tsouros
http://www.unesco‐hellas.gr/en/years_of_pap.html
PENDING
Greetings
Dr. Oleg Chestnov, Assistant Director General of Non Communicable Diseases and Mental Health, WHO
Speeches
Dr. S. Franceschi, Epidemiology and Biology Cluster, International Agency for Research on Cancer