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PROGRAM
November 10, 2008
08:30 Registrations

09:00 - 09:40 Session 0 - Opening:
09:00 Welcome
FYTIKAS M. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GREECE
PAPAMARINOPOULOS S. University of Patras GREECE
09:10 The myth of Gaia, from Bronze age to modern scientifc era
PAVLIDES S. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GREECE
09:40 - 11:00 Session 1
09:40 Crete Thera Atlantis: Culture and Writing
FACCHETTI G. Universita Grave dellInsubria ITALY
NEGRI M. IULM University, MILAN ITALY
NOTTI E. IULM University MILAN ITALY
10:00 The story of Atlantis and Platos intentions
PARISAKI T. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GREECE
10:20 11500 years ago ?
VIENI R. Independent Researcher ITALY
10:40 World maps from the Stone Age? New rock drawings show unbelievable knowledge of
prehistoric cultures
GOERLITZ D. ILZ University Bonn GERMANY
11:00 - 11:20 Coffee / Tea
11:20 - 13:20 Session 2
11:20 The strange and undocumented discoveries of Antarctica and South America
WEIHAUPT J. University of Colorado UNITED STATES
PAPAMARINOPOULOS S. University of Patras GREECE
11:40 Atlantis position, shape and dimensions
SARANTITIS G. Independent Researcher GREECE
12:00 New palaeobotanical and paleoclimatical data from the fossil Quaternary fora in the
caldera walls of the Santorini island
VELITZELOS E. University of Athens GREECE
12:20 Skepticism on the geomorphological and archaeoseismological evolution of Troy plain
and fault, based on new feld data
PAVLIDES S. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GREECE
CHATZIPETROS A. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GREECE
MICHAILIDOU A. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GREECE
SBORAS S. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GREECE
SYRIDES G. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GREECE
VALKANIOTIS S. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GREECE
VOUVALIDIS K. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GREECE
ZERVOPOULOU A. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GREECE
TUTKUN S.Z. Onsekiz Mart University TURKEY
ULUGERGELI E. Onsekiz Mart University TURKEY
KUUMLRCER A. Onsekiz Mart University TURKEY
EKINCI Y.L. Onsekiz Mart University TURKEY
DEMIRCI A. Onsekiz Mart University TURKEY
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November 10, 2008
11:20 - 13:20 Session 2
12:40 Copper and tin-bronze in the Bronze and Iron Ages in the Western Mediterranean:
The Iberian Peninsula
ROVIRA S. Museo Arqueologico Nacional SPAIN
13:00 An active Greek Bronze age trading centre in SE Sweden
MORNER N.A. Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics SWEDEN
LIND H. Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics SWEDEN

13:20 - 14:40 Light lunch
14:40 - 16:20 Session 3
14:40 Late Quaternary Paleogeography of the Pannonian Basin, the Key to Locate the Atlantis
in the Middle Danube Depression
TICLEANU M. Geological Institute of Romania ROMANIA
CONSTANTIN P. Independent Researcher ROMANIA
NICOLESCU R. Geological Institute of Romania ROMANIA
15:00 Atlantis in South Spain - a realistic hypothesis
WICKBOLDT W. Independent Researcher GERMANY
15:20 Atlantis, the last heir of an old legacy
RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ J.J. Ayuntamiento de Madrid SPAIN
15:40 The Achaeans coming to Lamos kingdom in the Atlantic Ocean
PAPAMARINOPOULOS S. University of Patras GREECE
16:00 Flooding of the North Evia Gulf pre-historic lake and a possible meteorite impact in
Late Pleistocene Early Holocene
SAKELLARIOU D. Hellenic Centre of Marine Research GREECE
16:20 - 16:50 Coffee / Tea
16:50 - 18:30 Session 4:
16:50 Atlantis: Lost Kingdom of the Andes
ALLEN J. Independent Researcher UNITED KINGDOM
17:10 Atlantis in Hispaniola: further discussion
SPEDICATO E. University of Bergamo ITALY
17:30 Examining the relationship between Ogygia island and Atlantis
GEORGIANNIS V. Technological Education Institute of Piraeus GREECE
17:50 Atlantis in Middle America
TEELUCK J. Independent Researcher CANADA
18:10 Rethinking Atlantis: Three events that shaped the legend
KONTARATOS A. Independent Researcher GREECE
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November 11, 2008
09:00 - 11:00 Session 5
09:00 A focus on the geologic sciences related to Atlantis-Bakhu: Can a paradigm shift solve the mystery?
WELLS G. Wells Research UNITED STATES
09:20 Platos Atlantis story is his humorous legacy in the form of an ironical brainteaser
SCHWEITZER E. Independent Researcher GERMANY
09:40 Testing Platos statement of prehistoric catastrophes in Greece, at Rharion field and in the Eleusis gulf
STAMOU A. Eleusinan Studies Center Daira GREECE
10:00 The four main questions of the great logical myth of Atlantis
MITROPETROU E. University of Patras GREECE
10:20 Denudation of Atlantis and its resemblance to the mythology of Dwarka - a geomythological analysis
KOAK Y. Hinchingrook Hospital UNITED KINGDOM
10:40 Circumstantial Evidence for Platos Island Atlantis in the Souss-Massa-Draa Region of
todays South Morocco
HUEBNER M. Independent Researcher GERMANY
11:00 - 11:20 Coffee / Tea
11:20 - 13:20 Session 6
11:20 Platos atlantida nesos as the island of Meroe
GHEMBAZA T. Independent Researcher FRANCE
11:40 The truth status of Platos Atlantic tale
BERGMAN J. Independent Researcher SWEDEN
12:00 Evidence for a Large Neolithic Settlement in a Caldera-Like Geomorphologic Structure
in South-West Morocco
HUEBNER M. Independent Researcher GERMANY
HUEBNER S. Independent Researcher GERMANY
12:20 The constitutional and economic structure of Atlantis
BALOGLOU C. Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. GREECE
12:40 Platos justifcation to call the Atlantic panpelagos and not ocean
PAPAMARINOPOULOS S. University of Patras GREECE
COSSEYAN C. School Advisor GREECE
13:00 Thats why Atlantis must be located within Mediterranean Sea
MONTE L. Indipendent Researcher ITALY

13:20 - 14:40 Light lunch
14:40 - 16:00 Session 7
14:40 Modeling of tsunami generated during the Minoan eruption of Thera and evaluation of
nearshore wave amplitudes and run-up along coastal areas of the southern Aegean Sea.
McCOY F. University of Hawaii GREECE
NOVIKOVA T. National Observatory of Athens GREECE
PAPADOPOULOS G. National Observatory of Athens GREECE
15:00 The search for lost Atlantis in the marine region westwards of Santorini island- Program
Atlantis 2003 - Preliminary results
MITROUSIS A. Hellenic Center for Marine Research GREECE
15:20 King Italos = King Atlas of Atlantis?
FRANKE T. Independent Researcher GERMANY
15:40 Minoan tsunami deposits on the coast of Crete and their relation to the Santorini eruption
SIGURDSSON H. University of Rhode Island UNITED STATES
CAREY S. University of Rhode Island UNITED STATES
ALEXOPOULOS G. Third Ephorate of Antiquities GREECE
VAKIRTZI S. Akrotiri Archeological Institute GREECE
VOUGIOUKALAKIS G. Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration GREECE
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November 11, 2008
16:00 - 16:40 Session 8: Posters + Coffee / Tea
01. A hidden calendar in the Atlantis story
PLIAKOS A. Pliakou Language Schools GREECE
02. A new map for the lost Atlantis - The sinking of Atlantis happened, at least, in two destructions
PASCHOS T. Independent Researcher GREECE
03. Archaeoastronomy, and the Proto-Greek pre-cartographic knowledge of the world
GREGORY G. International Centre for Earth Sciences ITALY
PAPAMARINOPOULOS S. University of Patras GREECE
GREGORY L. International Centre for Earth Sciences ITALY
04. Archaeological excavations at Indus valley sites correlate with description of Atlantis
continent and Atlantis city
KOAK Y. Hinchingrook Hospital UNITED KINGDOM
05. Are medieval planispheres representing late Pleistocene Antarctica?
BARBIERO F. Independed Researcher ITALY
06. Aristotle?s notes regarding the location of Erytheia- a second look at the Myth
KATSAROS T. University of Aegean GREECE
PAPAMARINOPOULOS S. University of Patras GREECE
COSSEYAN C. School Advisor GREECE
07. Atlantis in Antarctica
BARBIERO F. Independed Researcher ITALY
08. Atlantis mythology and its correlation to Vedic mythology
KOAK Y. Hinchingrook Hospital UNITED KINGDOM
09. Atlantis on Lesvos, Greece
ANAGNOSTOPOULOS P. Independent Researcher GREECE
10. Crop and shamanic plants on both sides of the Atlantic support the theory of an ancient
trans-Atlantic exchange
GOERLITZ D. ILZ University Bonn GERMANY
11. Evidence of presentation of Dholavira site - matching the criterias laid down by the Atlantis
Hypothesis: searching for a lost land conference 2005
KOAK Y. Hinchingrook Hospital UNITED KINGDOM
12. First Images of mythic Atlantis from satellites
COSCI M. Independent Researcher ITALY
13. Heracles Pillars
SARANTITIS G. Independent Researcher GREECE
14. Land and marine calendrical systems of prehiostoric Crete.
GREGORIADES P. Independent Researcher GREECE
15. Neolithic and Early Bronze Age technological innovations
BASSIAKOS Y. NCSR Demokritos GREECE
16. Nicotine and cocaine in man made and nature made Egyptian mummies
PAPAMARINOPOULOS S. University of Patras GREECE
17. Odysseus transatlantic imaginary craft
SIDERIS M. Independent Reasearcher GREECE
18. On the reversal of earth rotation axis
SPEDICATO E. University of Bergamo ITALY
19. Post Atlantis migration of people to Europe - Is evidence of migration of Indus people
indicative of migration to Europe
KOAK Y. Hinchingrook Hospital UNITED KINGDOM
20. Testing Platos geomorphological statements of Acheans country land
CHALARI A. University of Patras GREECE
PAPAMARINOPOULOS S. University of Patras GREECE
FERENTINOS S. University of Patras GREECE
GEGARA M. University of Patras GREECE
PAPATHEODOROU G. Univeristy of Patras GREECE

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November 11, 2008
16:00 - 16:40 Session 8: Posters + Coffee / Tea (continued)
21. The Achaeans coming in Africa and the island of Pharos
CHALARI A. University of Patras GREECE
PAPAMARINOPOULOS S. University of Patras GREECE
PAPATHEODOROU G. Univeristy of Patras GREECE
FERENTINOS S. University of Patras GREECE
22. The Atlantis research charter. A defned position in the colourful world of Atlantis research
FRANKE T. Independent Researcher GERMANY
HOFMANN U. Independent Researcher GERMANY
RICHTER U. Independent Researcher GERMANY
SCHOPPE C. Independent Researcher GERMANY
SCHOPPE S. Independent Researcher GERMANY
23. The Egyptian origin of Platos Atlantic tale
BERGMAN J. Independent Researcher SWEDEN
24. The Platos unfnished trilogy (Timaeus, Critias, Hermocrates), mythological traditions
and archaeological data. A cross-curricular approach.
TSAKOPOULOS F. Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences of Athens GREECE
25. The Sekmet-Phaeton catastrophe, in 1300 B.C.
COMBES M.A. Independed Rerearher FRANCE
26. The Thera Volcano at the Transition between the Cycladic Thrustbelt and the Streched Continental
Crust of the Cretan Sea
PAPOULIA J. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research GREECE
MAKRIS J. University of Hamburg & GeoPro GmbH GREECE
27. The coastal cross-fow Cephalonias paradox: A lost Atlantic attractor?
STERGIOPOULOS V. The School of Pedagogical and Technological Education GREECE
STERGIOPOULOU A. The School of Pedagogical and Technological Education GREECE
STERGIOPOULOS G. The School of Pedagogical and Technological Education GREECE
28. The descriptions of TIMAIOS and KRITIAS, from the point of view of a researcher and
not a Reader.
SARANTITIS G. Independent Researcher GREECE
29. The event 10,000 years ago
COMBES M.A. Independed Rerearher FRANCE
30. The importance of Herodotus Histories for the Atlantis problem
FRANKE T. Independent Researcher GERMANY
31. The mythical Thule to be located in Iceland?
GIANAZZA G. Independent Researcher ITALY
STUCCHI M. Istituto Nazionale di Geofsica e Vulcan ITALY
32. The true dimensions of Libya, Asia and Atlantis
SARANTITIS G. Independent Researcher GREECE
33. Topographical analysis of Atlantis description correlates with South Asian location
KOAK Y. Hinchingrook Hospital UNITED KINGDOM
34. Where was Platos Atlantic Sea located? - Comparism of different mythological traditions
BREMER D. Independent Researcher GERMANY
16:40 - 18:00 Session 9 - Closing
16:40 Closing Remarks
KONTARATOS A. Independent Researcher GREECE
PAPAMARINOPOULOS S. University of Patras GREECE
21:00 Conference Dinner (Optional)