This summer, within two months, SYMVOLI Conference & Cultural Management successfully coordinated four major events across Greece and France, bringing together over 15,000 participants. The portfolio included three international conferences and a renowned music festival, spanning Thessaloniki, Heraklion in Crete, Halkidiki, and Lyon in France.
The season began with ECC25, the European Control Conference in Thessaloniki, an established forum that brings together academic and industrial professionals in systems and control. Hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, ECC25 is part of a long-standing series that has promoted scientific cooperation across Europe since 1991, and brought together in Thessaloniki more than 700 academics and professionals from all over the world.
Next was ASSC28, the 28th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, held in Herakleion, Crete. The conference explored cutting-edge topics in psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, medicine, and computer science, attracting a diverse international audience of almost 800 participants.
One of SYMVOLI’s major summer projects was SANI FESTIVAL 2025, at Sani Resort in Halkidiki, a landmark, longstanding festival in Greece, a multi-genre music event that SYMVOLI has proudly partnered with for more than 13 years. The 2025 lineup, co-curated for the first time by SYMVOLI, featured Buena Vista All Stars, Norah Jones, Gloria Gaynor, Grace Jones, Nouvelle Vague, Gipsy Kings, and Lina Nikolakopoulou, reflecting the festival’s broad international reach and long-standing cultural impact.
Finally, EFTA-RELATES 2025 in Lyon brought together more than 1.600 systemic therapy professionals for discussions on family therapy, social justice, and resilience. The congress combined scientific, clinical, and cultural perspectives in a collaborative international setting, with the major representation of participants from Europe, Latin America and all other continents, registering 66 different countries in total.
From conferences that bring together international experts to a festival that celebrates music and culture, this summer’s projects captured the energy, diversity, and creativity that guide SYMVOLI’s work. We take pride in making these experiences possible and in contributing to events that connect people, ideas, and cultures across borders.
This summer was, indeed, all about connection: across borders, across disciplines, across cultures, SYMVOLI made it possible.
