Carrière politique
Métropole Européenne de Lille
High-level panel – ‘European Sport: fair, inclusive and fit for the future’ with Commissioner Gabriel as moderator
Moderator: Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
Mary Charalambous – Papamiltiades (MSc, MBA, PhD) is the Director General of the Cyprus Sport Organization. She studied Sport and Physical Education at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and then she acquired two master’s degrees: an MBA in Sport Management (Distinction) from University of Leicester (UK) and an MSc in Sport Science from Leeds Metropolitan University (UK).
She also holds a PhD degree in Sport Marketing from Loughborough University (UK) Dr Charalambous-Papamiltiades was an assistant Professor at the Business School of the European University Cyprus and Coordinator of the Academic Program “Sport Management”.
She also served as the Head of the Real Madrid School in Cyprus. She was also a founding member of Cyprus Association of Sports Management (CY.A.S.M.) and she held the position of President of CY.A.S.M. for the years 2010-2012 and 2016-2018.
She also served as Member of the Board of the European Association for Sport Management (2018-2019). Dr Charalambous-Papamiltiades has conducted much research on sport management topics and the scientific results were presented in several European and International Conferences and Seminars. In addition, she is the author of two chapters on sport governance in Cyprus included in international academic books [(Sport Governance: International Case studies, O'Boyle & Bradbury, 2013, London: Routledge) and (Sport Governance in the world: A Socio-Historic Approach. Sobry (Ed.), 2011, Paris: Le Manuscript)] Dr. Mary Charalampous – Papamilitiades was also a candidate for the New Researcher Award in 2012 (NRA, EASM, 2012, Aalborg, Denmark)
High-level panel – ‘European Sport: fair, inclusive and fit for the future’ with Commissioner Gabriel as moderator
Moderator: Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
Luciano Di Fonzo is the Deputy Head of Sport Unit at the European Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).
Before his current position, he spent 20 years in the Education sector as programme manager within the Jean Monnet Programme and the Lifelong Learning Programme. He was also general secretary of ECSA (European Community Studies Associations) a network of academics specialised in the field of European integration studies. He holds a degree in Political Science at the University "La Sapienza" in Rome and two Masters on EU law and politics.
High-level panel – ‘European Sport: fair, inclusive and fit for the future’ with Commissioner Gabriel as moderator
Moderator: Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth