The FIPSE-6 conference opens with a Welcome Reception on Sunday, June 16, at 19:00 at the Thalassa Restaurant. There, FIPSE-6 registrants will pick up their registration materials. They will meet old friends and start making new ones. Plenty of cold and hot finger food choices will be available, accompanied by many drink choices, fruit and dessert
Welcome Reception -- Sunday, June 26 at 19:00
Breakfast and Lunch
FIPSE room reservations that you wil make on your own are on a half-board basis. During the four days of the conference, breakfast and lunch will be served at the main Sympossio restaurant. A special section might be designated for FIPSE participants.
During the additional days before and after the conference, the half board can be used for breakfast and lunch or breakfast and dinner.
Elegant FIPSE-6 Banquet – Monday at 19:00
The first banquet will take place on Monday night to start building connections between past and new participants and spouses/companions. The FIPSE community is a close-knit one. The banquet will be at the elegant Marina Restaurant. Before the dinner, at 19:00, a pre-dinner aperitif will take place. There, FIPSE participants will have the chance to chat with each other before the sit-down dinner. The multi-course dinner menu will have several choices of appetizers, main plates, fruits, and desserts. A vegetarian variation will also be available. The drinks include wine, beer, soft drinks, and fruit juices. Soothing live music will make this night remembered for many years.
Evening at the Port of Katakolo Tuesday 18:30
Since FIPSE-2, it has been a tradition for FIPSE participants to leave the Resort and visit a nearby city during one of the evenings. This allows them to feel the town’s evening pulse and sample the various dining options. A complimentary bus will leave the hotel at 18:300 and transport the participants to the port city of Katakolo. At the same place, the bus will pick them up at 22:00 for a return trip to the resort.
A list of suggested restaurants will be given in time.
Closing FIPSE Banquet and Dance
Wednesday 19:00 - 22:00 +
The Gala Banquet, on the last evening, serves as the closing event, celebrating the conclusion of the three-day meeting full of intense and productive presentations and discussions about the most important open problems in Process Systems Engineering. It will take place at Thalassa Restaurant. It will start at 19:00, and it is always bound to last until the last participant has been left with no energy to party anymore. The buffet-style food choices will be innumerable. Live music of Greek and International songs will energize everyone. Such a dinner cannot end without a demonstration by all FIPSE participants of their just-acquired expertise in Greek dancing expertise.
Greek Dances – Demonstration and audience performance
Every banquet in Greece must end with dancing. At the Wednesday Gala Banquet, there will be plenty of opportunities for everyone to demonstrate their dancing talents. Live music will motivate all participants to dance to international and Greek tunes. Greek traditional dances, like Kalamatianos (from nearby Kalamata), Sirtaki (from Crete), or Zempekiko, will be part of the program. Seasoned past FIPSE attendees will motivate the newcomers to practice their dancing skills, which might become a … registration prerequisite for future FIPSE meetings.
