3rd International Conference, 25-26 June 2011, Santorini, Greece

Almost three years will elapse in June 2011 since the 2nd International Conference on the Atlantis. Hence, not only we have allowed enough time for people to recollect thoughts on the subject, but also we have strong indications that a possible revolution is in making. Therefore, your participation in the 3rd International Conference on the Atlantis Hypothesis, will be profitable in discussing new findings.

The ATLANTIS conference series aims to serve as a forum for the presentation and constructive discussion of all the subjects related to the hypothesis of the lost land of Atlantis as well as all the relevant theoretical issues.

The purpose of these conferences is to gather specialists of all the different disciplines involved in highlighting the scientific aspects of this greatly interesting subject, provide a greater understanding of key issues on the Atlantis Hypothesis and in the same time offer networking opportunities at an international level.

Greece is the most appropriate location for hosting this conference series, as the ancient Greek great mind Plato formulated the Atlantis hypothesis.

The ATLANTIS 2011 conference will enable all of us to share and celebrate, once again, our common passion for this fascinating theme.

The 3rd International Conference on the Atlantis Hypothesis is devoted to the personality of late Professor Antonis Kontaratos, Vice-President of the International Program Committee of the Conference, former Professor of the University of Patras in Greece and former NASA high ranking personnel in USA.

Professor A .Kontaratos has contributed with scientific papers in both conferences in Milos island and in Athens and advanced significantly the scientific analysis of the Atlantis enigma.

He has published many scientific and technical papers while he wrote 25 books of miscellaneous content and particular publications on Atlantis.

Saturday 25th of June
08.00-09.00 Registrations
09.00-09.30 Opening Remarks
Chair Persons: Michael Fytikas and Stavros P. Papamarinopoulos Antony Kontaratos, the Professor, the NASA expert, the Atlantis researcher, the friend, the man
The specific complexity of Atlantis enigma
Stavros P. Papamarinopoulos, University of Patras, Greece
09.30-10.00 Key note Presentation
Atlantis according to the Neoplatonist Proclus
Christos Terezis, University of Patras, Greece
Ilias Tempelis, Hellenic Naval Academy, Greece
Atlantis locations in Europe, Africa, Aegean Sea and the Americas
Chair persons: Yannis Makris, Ioanna Papoulia and Stavros P. Papamarinopoulos
10.00-10.25 Was Atlantis located in the straits of Gibraltar? The Spartel Bank hypothesis: in situ-investigations and chronological contradictions
Mark Andre Gutscher, C.N.R.S, France
10.25-10.50 Atlantis in Puerto de Santa Maria/Cadiz/Spain
Juergen Karl Hepke, Independent Researcher, Germany
Free Discussion (20 minutes)
11.10-11.40 Coffee
11.40-12.05 New Significant Evidences for Plato Island Atlantis in the Souss-Massa Plain in today South-Morocco
Michael Huebner and Sebastian Huebner, Independent Researchers, Germany
12.05-12.30 Atlantis? The geological processes involved in the destruction of the island and its likely location
John Christiansen, TGS-NOPEC Geophysics Division, Norway
12.30-12.55 New evidence for a Large Prehistoric Settlement in a Caldera-like Geomorphological Settlement in Southwest Morocco
Sebastian Huebner, Independent Researcher, Germany
Free Discussion (20 minutes)
13.15-14.45 Lunch Chair Persons: Ioanna Papoulia, Michael Huebner and Giorgos Sarantitis
14.45-15.10 Crustal deformation of the Cyclades, Central Aegean Sea, revealed from Geophysical Studies
Ioanna Papoulia, Hellenic Center of Marine Studies, Greece
Yannis Makris, University of Hamburg, Germany
15.10-15.35 The Russian Great Solovetsky: Evidence of Plato Atlantis-Description
Marco Francesco Bulloni, Independent Researcher, Italy
15.35-16.00 The actual Site of the Pillars of Heracles
George Sarantitis, EMAEM Athens, Greece
Free discussion 20 minutes
16.20-16.50 Coffee break
Chair Persons: Erika Notti, Mircea Ticleanou and Christos Terezis
16.50-17.05 Atlas the Titan and the two “bearers” Kings of Nubia
Therese Ghembaza, Independent Researcher, France
17.05-17.20 Panchaea of Euhemerus was Plato Atlantis Island reappeared from the waters of the Pannonian floods about 11,560 years ago
Mircea Ticleanou, Geological Institute of Romania, Romania
17.20-17.45 Plato War at the End of the Middle Bronze Age
Don Ingram, Independent Researcher, Australia
17.45-18.05 The calendar of Atlantis
Joachim Rittstieg, R.S.-Rector, Germany
18.05-18.30 The Universal and Cosmological Prototypes in Plato Texts Panagiotis Gregoriades, EMAEM, Greece
Free discussion 20 minutes
21.00–23.00 Conference Dinner (Optional)

Sunday 26th of June
09.00-09.30 – Registrations
Special Researches In connection with Plato and Homer
Chair Persons: Mario Negri, Erika Notti and , Stavros P. Papamarinopoulos
09.30-09.55 Homer and the Sea
Giulio Faccheti, University of Insubria, Italy
Mario Negri and Erika Notti, Free University of Language and Communication IULM, Italy
09.55-10.20 Hephaestus, the Divine, Lame Smith
Euterpe Kyrkanidou, University of Athens, Greece
10.20-10.45 Time Definition of Astronomical Phenomena at the End of the 13th century B.C.
Stavros P. Papamarinopoulos, University of Patras, Panagiota Preka-Papdema, University of Athens, Panagiotis Antonopoulos and Eleni Mitropetrou, University of Patras, Panos Mitropetros, EMAEM, Athens, Alexandra Tsironi, University of Patras, Greece
Free Discussion 20 minutes
11.05-11.35 Coffee break
11.35-11.55 New reflections on Plato concentric circles
Dieter Bremer and Sandra Bremer, Independent Researchers, Germany
11.55-12.20 The word island meaning in the centuries before the 6th century B.C.
Stavros P. Papamarinopoulos, University of Patras
Panos Mitropetros, EMAEM, Athens, Greece
Free Discussion 20 minutes
12.45-14.15 Lunch
Chair Persons: Ilias Tempelis, Sebastian Hubner and Giorgos Sarantitis
14.15-14.40 Plato, his Atlantis myth and the poets myth, an inevitable comparison
Sofia Farmaki and Stavros Papamarinopoulos, University of Patras, Greece
14.40-15.05 Looking for the myth into local evidences
Juan Sanchez Jose Rodriguez and Maria Tejada Serrano, Municipality of Madrid, Spain
15.05-15.30 The metaphysical connotations of the Atlantis myth according to the Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus
Ilias Tempelis, Naval Academy, Athens, Greece
Christos Terezis , University of Patras, Greece
Free Discussion 30 minutes
16.00 -16.30 Coffee break
16. 30 -18.30 Round Table Discussion
Stavros P. Papamarinopoulos: Which are the means for testing the presented Atlantis theories?