About the Greek Legal and Medical Conferences

The Greek Conference, organized through the Association of Greek and Affiliated Panhellenic Interests, is a not-for-profit entity and has been endorsed as an Income Tax Exempt Charity.

Details of our charitable aims are set out on our Charitable Aims page with our principal support being for the Cell & Gene Therapy Unit at the Murdoch Children's Research Unit.

We are a coalition of organizations and individuals with a strong Hellenic background and interests, drawn from a wide range of professional interests through the Diaspora, of either Greek background or origin or with a deep interest in the Hellenic past and an appreciation of the Hellenic history and culture.

Our Chairman is Eugenia Mitrakas, well known in legal and medical circles. Born in Lesvos, Greece, and an emigrant to Australia as a child, Eugenia has worked tirelessly in supporting organizations for education, culture, the aged, the disadvantaged and the community for many years.

Our Greek Patron is Justice Konstantinos Vardavakis, a leading judge of the Supreme Court of Greece (Arios Pargos), who also participated in both the 2004, 2005 and 2007 events.   Our Australian Patron is Professor Peter Doherty AC, the 1996 co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on immunology. Professor Doherty delivered the Keynote Addresses at our 2004, 2005 and 2007 events and has a strong professional interest in the work being undertaken by the Cell & Gene Therapy Unit.

We successfully held The Greek Conference 2004 in Crete and Symposium 2005 in Mykonos and Kos 2007 as well as Masterclass 2004, 2006 and 2008 in Melbourne. Our next Conference in Greece, is to be held in Corfu, 2009. For more details on these events please contact us through our Contact Us Page. To view the leading papers from The Greek Conference 2004, 2005 and 2007 events please visit our Vault or two obtain the Collated Papers on CD-Rom for these events, they can be ordered through our Contact Us facility.