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Events

School Educational Visits

  • February, 2011 – April, 2011: Presentation of the observatory’s activities to Lyceum of Paleochora’s (Chania) students. Joint activities for the period 02/2011 – 04/2011 (collection of rainwater and particle samples and result’s comparison with station data).
  • December, 2014 – February, 2015: Presentation of the observatory’s activities to “Alikiano” Lyceum’s students. Joint activities for the period 12/2014 – 02/2015 (collection of rainwater and particle samples and result’s comparison with station data).
  • March, 2016: Presentation of the observatory’s activities to Lyceum of Neapoli’s students. Educational visit and guiding tour.
  • February, 2018: Presentation of the observatory’s activities to Chania Music High School’s students. Educational visit and guiding tour.
  • February, 2018: Presentation of the observatory’s activities to the Lyceum of Neapoli’s students. Joint activities for the period 02/2018 – 05/2018 (collection of rainwater and particle samples and result’s comparison with station data)
  • May, 2018: Presentation of the derived results and guiding tour to Lyceum of Neapoli’s students.
  • December, 2014 – February, 2015: Presentation of the observatory’s activities to “Alikiano” Lyceum’s students. Joint activities for the period 12/2014 – 02/2015 (collection of rainwater and particle samples and result’s comparison with station data).
  • March, 2016: Presentation of the observatory’s activities to Lyceum of Neapoli’s students. Educational visit and guiding tour.
  • February, 2018: Presentation of the observatory’s activities to Chania Music High School’s students. Educational visit and guiding tour.
  • February, 2018: Presentation of the observatory’s activities to the Lyceum of Neapoli’s students. Joint activities for the period 02/2018 – 05/2018 (collection of rainwater and particle samples and result’s comparison with station data)
  • May, 2018: Presentation of the derived results and guiding tour to Lyceum of Neapoli’s students.

Public Events / Conferences

  • 2013, October 12: “20 years of measurements in Finokalia: contribution to environmental research and education”, Conference held in the city of Heraklion celebrating the 20 years of the observatory’s operation. Speakers: Prof. Euripides Stefanou, prof. Paolo Laj, prof. Alfred Widensholer, Prof. Spyridon Pandis, and Prof. Nikolaos Michalopoulos
  • 2015, November 28: “Mediterranean: Crossroads of Civilizations and Pollution. 22 years of environmental observations in Finokalia, Lassithi”, talk-event at Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece, Speaker: Prof. Nikos Mihalopoulos.
  • 2018, June 23: “A day without cars and a day with African dust: How do they affect the quality of the atmosphere?”, talk-event at Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece, Speaker: Prof. Maria Kanakidou.

Open Days

  • 2013, November 30: Open day at the observatory celebrating 20 years of operation, (guiding tour, presentation of the observatory’ s and University’ s of Crete activities at Finokalia Lasithiou).
  • 2015, November 30: Open day at the observatory, (guiding tour, presentation of the observatory’ s and University’ s of Crete activities at Finokalia Lasithiou).
  • 2017, November 26: Open day at the observatory, (guiding tour, presentation of the observatory’ s and University’ s of Crete activities at Finokalia Lasithiou).