REGISTRATION from 9.00am. START 10.00am.

Welcome address from The Women Elders of Drapanos

Mayors' speech

TEDxTalks 1- 5 with a break for coffee and to see the art exhibition

Lunch served by Cretan Bistronomy Nakara

Viewing of art and craft exhibition

Special Guest Presentation

TEDxTalks 6 - 10 with a break for tea with celebration TEDxWomen cakes. Visit the art exhibition

Live streaming from TEDxWomen Palm Springs CA.

Awards for Women Empowerment 2018 

Live music from 'Middle Earth' Mixalis and Vagellis.

Dancing until late.

The final programme will be confirmed closer to the event date.

Follow TEDxDrapanosWomen Facebook page for announcements.

ΜΙΧΑΛΗΣ ΠΑΠΑΔΑΚΗΣ and ΒΑΓΓΕΛΗΣ ΓΙΑΝΝΙΤΣΟΥΔΑΚΙΣ are Middle Earth.

These 2 highly talented Cretan musicians are also beautiful humans. 

We are privileged that they will be playing for us at TEDxDrapanosWomen.

Prepare your dancing shoes and get ready to celebrate the Cretan way!

We are grateful to have the professional Art Curation services of Claudia Boldura.

She will help us to create a celebration  of art by the women of Crete.

Claudia's gallerry 'Studio Art Flow' is in Palaiochora in the beautiful southwest corner of Crete.

Stella Diomantaraki, co-founder of Nakara bistronomy, is also one of the few famale certified Sommeliers and an olive oil taster. 

She is a young Cretan woman with an international approach to business standards.

She is  also mother of twins and an inspiration to other young women,

In 2014, Stella was presented with the  ESA- Crete Women Empowerment award. 

The unique TEDxDrapanosWomen artwork has been lovingly and thoughtfully created by Alexandra Manousakis using the TEDWomen palette of colours in a feminine and bold way.

"The red and pink lines represent life and how showing up- in both the physical and mental sense- is, in many ways the essence of life and going after what you believe in. The eyes are for being present, looking, observing in order to gain understanding.  Finally, the flowers represent the nature found in the mountains of Crete. The overall feel is strong, bold, feminine, inspiring and bright."

Kerry will be coming to Crete from London, UK, especially to make her beautiful 'Centre Piece' cakes to celebrate the first ever TEDxWomen event in Cete.

All attendees will be given a slice of the TEDxDrapanosWomen celebration cake and specially designed cup- cake with their tea.

The designs will be a closely guarded secret until 30th November!

Karen Clay-James is the TEDxDrapanosWomen licence holder.

Karen wants to give women the opportunity to 'show up' and be heard. These days she plays her guitar and sings on stage at local events and is an active member of the local drama group. But she says it has not always been this way for her.

"Showing up is a relatively new thing for me. I feel that if I can overcome shyness to become confident and ‘show up’ any woman can. Not all of us want to be on stage but we do not want to be invisible either."

Karen will oversee the LIVE STAGE, sound, lighting and stage management.

Magada Katopi is the PR and Media Manager for TEDxDrapanosWomen.

Previously  she was Senior Technical Advisor to the Regional Vice Governor, (Region of Crete) for Commerce, Entrepreneurship & Innovation. 

These days she runs her own consultancy in strategic digital business communications and organizes specialized Vocational Training programmes, mentoring aspirational young entrepreneurs and women empowerment programs in Crete.

Madga will play an important role as 'connector' between key stakeholders in Chania and Heraklion.

Sharon Jackson is the founder of  The European Sustainability Academy (ESA), the venue for TEDxDrapanosWomen.

She has 20 years' experience teaching, consulting and mentoring sustainable business leadership around the world. Working in academia, corporations and  sustainable business start-ups.

Since 2013 she has hosted the Women Empowerment Awards in Crete and in 2018, for EUGreenWeek, she created the Bamboo Bike Ride Crete initiative to raise awareness about single-use plastic waste in Crete.

Sharon will manage venue logistics and the sustainability impact of the event, as well as speaker training and support.