 | Regional Conference on Career ServicesFrom the classroom to employabilityCareer Office activities Building job skills Building your branding & entrepreneurial skills
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Agenda
22–24 June 2026
| Time | 22nd of June, 2026 | 23rd of June, 2026 | 24th of June, 2026 |
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| 10:00 – 10:30 | Ice Breaking Activity Giorgos Vardalachakis | From the classroom to employability Kostas Petridis | Workshop: Each group prepares a couple of ideas they wish to present in the Jerusalem meeting Hagit Freeman |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Welcome Message Yael Catalan & Kostas Petridis | The Next Step Course initiative to collaborate with students, alumni and employers Giorgos Vardalachakis | |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | An Introduction to the Hellenic Mediterranean University Kostas Petridis | Internationalization strategy concerning the collaboration in the region with an employability lens Yael Catalan | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | The Hellenic Mediterranean University Career Office Actions Maria Xipaki | Connecting academic disciplines to the labor market Dafna Nathan | How to build an entrepreneurial culture at universities George Kakavelakis |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Empowering career-ready graduates: the University of Montenegro approach Sanja Pecovic | A model for academia–employer collaboration Yael Brandel | |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | FINKI University activities for strengthening alumni relations Ivan Chorbev | Round Table Discussion: How to link curricula with market needs? Policies, challenges and opportunities to collaborate Moderated by Giorgos Vardalachakis | How to build your branding for the next step Iliana Tzanaki |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Training MSc and PhD students in various disciplines in the region: employability perspective Chrysanthia Leontiou | Conclusions – Preparation for the meeting in Jerusalem Yael Catalan | |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | How to connect with our institution’s alumni and leverage them as a growth engine Hagit Freeman | ||
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Conclusions of the Day | ||
| 13:00 – 15:00 | — | Visit to the Archaeological Museum of Chania | — |
| 20:30 – 23:00 | Dinner at Marathi – Patrelantonis | Dinner at Bourakis | Farewell Dinner at Glositses, Old Port |