Friday, May 8, 2026
Photography Exhibition
Exhibition featuring photographs by Ms. Matenia Sakkari and Mr. Tasos Biris related to climate change, fires, floods, and local resilience.
The exhibition is aimed at the general public and will be open throughout the day.
Parallel Morning Events (10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
Virtual Reality (VR) Experience
In collaboration with the youth organization System and G and volunteers from Greece and abroad, students and young people participate in educational activities involving VR simulations of natural disasters.
Educational program with virtual reality (VR) glasses, where participants experience simulations of natural disasters (fires, floods, earthquakes) and learn how to respond and protect themselves.
Creative Writing
In collaboration with Ms. Vassiliki Stroli's "Reading and Creative Writing" workshop («Φιλαναγνωσία-Δημιουργική Γραφή»), students create poems and stories on the theme of resilience. The pieces will be exhibited in a special area of the festival.
The morning parallel events are aimed at young people and students.
Central Event – Resilience in Action
Informative Speech: "Civil Protection & Resilience" (7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.)
Official opening ceremony of the festival with brief greetings from representatives of local authorities and organizers. Presentation of the CLIMAAX program, proposals for community resilience, and dialogue with the audience.
The informative talk is aimed at the general public.