SLA Asia A Success Story of its Virtual Events and the Road Ahead.pdf
CV Tonia EPIFANI_JAN15
1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Proposed position in the project Event Coordinator
Family Name: EPIFANI
First Name: Antonia
Date of birth: 05 AUG 1960
Nationality: Greek
Civil Status: Married
Education:
Institution
(Date from – Date to)
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
1972 – 1978 Greek High School Diploma
1978 – 1979 St George Commercial College – Diploma on Business Studies
Language skills: Indicate competence on scale of 1 to 5 (1-excellent, 5-basic)
Language Reading Speaking Writing
Greek Mother tongue Mother tongue Mother tongue
English 1 1 1
French 2 2 2
Italian 5 5 5
Turkish 5 5 5
Membership of professional bodies
÷ HATTA / Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourism Agents
÷ ICCA / International Society of Conference & Congress Association
÷ SITE / Society of Incentives & Travel Executives
÷ ASTA / Americal Society of Travel Agents
Other Skills: Fully computer literate. Knowledge of Congress Master (Events Managemenet Software). AMADEUS
CRS User
Present position: President & Managing Director of T&T EXECUTIVE S.A.
Years with the firm: 1996 till today (17 years)
Key qualifications (relevant to the assignment):
Professional Event Organizer with over 30 years of experience in the Event Management sector. Experienced in
budget management and hosting conferences, congresses, workshops, seminars and promotional activities in line
with EC procedures. Experienced in Events Organisation in several countries of Sub Sahara Africa, South East
Asia and MENA Region with deep knowledge of the local conditions and the peculiarities of these areas.
Specific experience in the region:
Country Date from – Date to
EU countries 1996 - ongoing
Niger, Senegal, Ethiopia, Mauritania May 2011 – on going
Tanzania, Uganda February 2012 – on going
Thailand March 2012
Turkey 1996 on going
Ghana April 2012 – on going
Seychelles May 2012
Laos, Indonesia, Vietnam, India May –October 2012
Panama, Santo Domingo August 2012
Cyprus November 2012
Rwanda September 2013
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3. Professional Experience
Date Location Company Position Project / Description
1996 onwards Athens / GR T&T EXECUTIVE President & Man.
Director
FWC COM 2011 - LOT 3: Conferences and BENEF 2013 LOT5 Conferences:
Under this Framework contract Ms Epifani has worked as a Project Manager, Event Organiser and Event
Coordinator in various events and her tasks among others included air tickets reservations, negotiations
with hotels for the accommodation of participants, negotiations and agreement with meeting venues,
organization of business lunches and gala dinners, organization of catering services during meetings,
supervision of invitations and conference printing materials, mantling of conference kits, upload of
conference material in e.format, local transportations. Some of the events below:
01-07/2015 Support to National representatives of 25 LECB countries in defining INDC with NAMAs and
LEDS as starting points Berlin, April 2015, Bonn June 2015, 25 participants
01-12/2015 Organisation of a set of events in EU member states aimed at raising awareness of eu
mechanisms to support access to sustainable energy and rural electrification, various locations,300
participants
12/2014 Meeting of the Food Crises Prevention Network (Reseau de Prevention des Crises Alimentaires)
and the Senior Expert Group of the Alliance Globale Pour la Resilience (SEG – AGIR), 160 participants
01-12/2015 Logistic Support to the Mobilisation of External Ressource Persons Participating in Seminars
& Technical Workshops, Turkmenistan,14 participants
11-12/2014 Training in EDF tender and contract procedures for Dutch OCT TAO staff, St Maarten and
Aruba, 22 participants
06/2014-12/2016 Technical Cooperation and Official Development Assistance Programme
Event Management and coordination services for ODA related annual activities , South Africa, 2014-
2016 , 160 participants
05/14 Poverty Environment Partnership 19th Meeting: From Cities to Sustainable Development Goals:
Experiences with Green Economy and Climate Change Mainstreaming, 80 participants
05/14-12/14 Logistic support to the mobilisation of external resource persons seminars and technical
workshops Francophone Africa, Asia and Brussels
04/2014 LOT5:Provision of Logistics Support to the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2014
Uganda , 800 participants
04/2014 Sixth International Parliamentarian Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of
Action (IPCI/ICPD 2012) , Stockholm, Sweden, 500 participants
04/2014 Organisation of the 2014 workshop of the EC-UNDP joint task force on electoral assistance,
Dead Sea, Jordan , 25 participants
04/14-12/14 Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace Conferences Brussels and various countries
11/2013 – Logistical assistance implementing study visits for the “working group on social and economic
development of minority communities in Kosovo
11/13-11/15 EU Inspiring Thinkers Series. South Africa, series of 5 sets of events, 2000 participants
9/2013 – ACP Fish II Regional Monitoring Workshops in Eastern Africa _ 30 participants, / Kampala,
Uganda
4/2013 – Conference & Preparatory Meetings “‘THE EU AS A PEACEMAKER’ _ 450 participants, Paris,
Sofia, Berlin & Brussels
4/2013 – Preparatory Meeting for the Global Fund Replenishment _ 120 participants / Brussels, Belgium
3/2013 – Τransfer Pricing Working Group and Technical Conference on Transfer Pricing _ 50
participants / Accra, Ghana
3/2013 – Young Enterpreneurs Workshop _ 40 participants / Zagreb, Croatia
3/2013 – Logistic Support to the Working Group of Counterterrorism Forum Conference _ 80 participants /
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
12/2012 - Organisation of visits for EU Journalists to Turkey _ 35 participants per event – 4 events in
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4. total / Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Hatay, Turkey (ongoing) – 3 events completed
11/2012 - 18th Annual GEOCAP Conference – 178 participants / Paphos Cyprus
11/2012 - Workshop for transfer Pricing Specialists and Core Groups _ 42 participants / Accra, Ghana
10/2012 - Support to Asia Europe People’s Forum (AEPF) _ 160 participants / Vientiane, Laos
10/2012 – ACP Fish Regional Monitoring workshops in Eastern Africa _ 35 participants / Kigali, Rwanda
10/2012 – EITI National Coordinators’ Meeting _ 70 participants / Lusaka, Zambia
9/2012 - CIAT Workshop on Tax Intelligence and tax burden _ 54 participants / Santo Domingo City,
Dominican Republic
9/2012 – Istanbul Bridge Building Conference and Study Visits _ 200 participants / Istanbul Turkey
9/2012 – Ariti Co. / 41st EDTNA/ERCA International Conference/ 15-18 Sep 2012 - 30 participants/
Strasbourg, France
8/2012 - CIAT Workshop on Tax Intelligence and tax burden _ 54 participants / Panama City, Panama
8/2012 - Support to Asia Europe People’s Forum (AEPF) _ 35 participants / New Delhi, India
7/2012 - Workshop for transfer Pricing Specialists and Core Groups _ 42 participants / Accra, Ghana
7/2012 – ENPARD South Technical Committees Workshop 2012 _ 40 participants / Brussels, Belgium
7/2012 - Support to Asia Europe People’s Forum (AEPF) _ 30 participants / Hanoi, Vietnam
6/2012 - Support to Asia Europe People’s Forum (AEPF) _ 41 participants / Jakarta, Indonesia
5/2012 - Support to Asia Europe People’s Forum (AEPF) _ 34 participants / Vientiane, Laos
5/2012 – ATAF Conferences on Indirect Taxes and Exchange of Information _ 85 Participants/ Mahe,
Seychelles
4/2012 - Workshop for transfer Pricing Specialists and Core Groups _ 40 participants / Accra, Ghana
4/2012 - ATAF Conferences on Indirect Taxes and Exchange of Information _ 85 Participants/ Kampala,
Uganda
3/2012 – Support for the Organisation of a consultation roundtable with Asian partners _ 40 participants /
Bankgong, Thailand
2/2012 – Working Group on Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) _ 102 participants / Dar Es Salaam,
Tanzania
12/2011 – ACP Fish II Regional Monitoring Workshops in Eastern Africa _ 35 participants / Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
6/2011 – Workshop on the govrnance incentive tranche and working group meeting on the governance of
natural resources, including conflict and post conflict situations _ 90 participants / Dakar, Senegal
6/2011 - Gilead Sciences / 21st ECCMID_ 22 participants /07-10May 2011 / Milan, Italy
5/2011 – Organisation d’un cours de formation technique et d’ un seminaire de disseminations dans le
cadre du project BECRA _ 30 participants / Niamey, Niger
Organization of Private Corporate Events included also negotiations with hotels, conference venues,
social event venues, creative ideas and printings for all printed materials, selection and provision of take
away gifts to invited guests and participants, photo and videotaping of events and many more. Especially
for conferences and congresses organization except all the above already mentioned responsibilities, Ms
Epifani was in charge for the smooth operation of the registrations services, submission of abstracts
communication with authors, speakers and moderators and many more. Some of the corporate events
organized since 1996 include:
11/2001 – Gilead Sciences / The Liver Meeting 2011_30 participants /San Francisco, USA
6/2011 - Gilead Sciences / 21st ECCMID_ 52 participants /07-10May 2011 / Milan, Italy
01/2001 – Gilead Sciences / Annual Sales Cycle Meeting _34 participants/ 17-18Jan2011 – Athens,
Greece.
10/2010 - Pharmathen / CPHI_ 90 participants / Paris, France
10/2010 – Gilead Sciences / 61st Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver
Diseases_ 60 participants / Boston, USA
9/2010 – Ariti / 39th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference _35 participants /18-21 September 2010,
Dublin
6/2010 – Gilead Sciences / 15th Congress of the European Hematology Association_44 participants / 10-
13 June 2013 / Barcelona, Spain
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5. 3/2010 – EMR doo. – EBMT 2010 / 35 participants / Vienna, Austria, 21 – 24 March 2010
3/2010 – Athens Open Tennis Cup _ 250 participants / Athens, Greee
2/2010 - Gilead Sciences / 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections,16-19 Feb_30
participants / San Francisco, USA
11/2009 – Intervet / Fecava 2009 Vet congress, 26 – 29 November _ 28 participants / Lille, France
10/2009 - Pharmathen / CPHI_ 65 participants / Madrid, Spain
10/2009 – Gilead Sciences / European Society of Intensive care Medicine _30 participants/ 11-15
October/ Vienna, Austria
9/2009 – Gilead Sciences / 49th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy_25
participants / 12-15 Sep / San Francisco, USA
9/2009 - Diophar / 38th EDTNA/ERCA International Conference, 06-09 September/ 35 participants _
Hamburg, Germany
5/2009 – 2nd Annual Conference of the Hellenic Nursing Regulatory Body _ 3.500 participants / Rhodes,
Greece
2/2009 - Gilead Sciences / 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections,08-11 Feb_25
participants / Montreal, Canada
9/2008 - Pharmathen / CPHI_ 42 participants / Frankfurt, Germany
5/ 2008 – 1st Annual Conference of the Hellenic Nursing Regulatory Body _ 4.750 participants / Lefkada,
Greece
2/2008 – Gilead Sciences / 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections,03-06 Feb_20
participants / Boston USA
10/2007 - Pharmathen / CPHI_ 49 participants / Milan, Italy
9/2007 – Fresenius KABI Annual Sales Meeting _ 35 participants / Istanbul, Turkey
9/2006 – Desorption International Meeting _ 220 participants / Athens, Greece
9/2006 – Bioinformatics International Workshop, University of Leuven _ 150 participants / Athens, Greece
6/2006 – PharmaSwiss New Product Launch _ 64 participants / Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5/2005 – STRATEX Distributors Meeting _ 25 participants / Monte Carlo, France
1/2005 – ROCHE Salesforce Bonus Trip _ 144 particiapnts / Bankgong, Thailand
4/2004 – ROCHE Corporate Event and Satellite Symposium during the EASL International Conference _
72 participants / Berlin, Germany
4/2004 – GILEAD Sciences Corporate Event for AIDS Specialists _ 65 participants / Olympia, Greece
9/2004 – LEO Pharmaceutical Annual Budget & Sales Meeting / Alexandria & Nile Cruise, Egypt
1/2003 – GILEAD Sciences Corporate Event _ 70 participants / Marrakesh, Morroco
9/2003 – LEO Pharmaceutial Annual Budget & Sales Meeting / Nairobi, Kenya
1/2002 - ROCHE Salesforce Bonus Trip _ 150 participants / Ivalho, Finland
1/2001 – ABBOTT Laboratories Annual VIP & BOD Meeting _ 200 participants / Cruise in the
Mediterranean
9/1999 – HITACHI Annual Sales Meeting _ 60 participants / Cuba
1/1999 – AMERIKIOS Corporate Event, Introduction of New Product Line _ 55 participants / Los Angeles
and San Francisco / USA
9/1997 – 8th International Conference on Oral Chelation in Treatment of Thalassemia & Other Diseases _
250 participants / Corfu, Greece
8/1990 –
5/1995
Athens / GR KANAKI SA
K. Yazitzoglou
Gen. Manager
HR Director &
Member of B.O.D.
Supervision & Management of the Human Resources Department, handling organization of all group
events, new product launches, negotiations with Employees’ Union, payroll smooth operation, personnel
education and many more
10/1987 –
2/1990
Athens / GR National Australia
Bank
P. Beeston /
Regional
Representative
Office Manager Office Manager of the Greek representative office responsible for the flow of information to potential
immigrants to Australia.
1/1980 – Athens / GR PROCTER & Credit Officer & Credit officer with the full responsibility of the follow up and issuance of credit and debit notes to client.
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6. 10/1987 GAMBLE
M. Fandridis
Sales Director
Marketing Assistant Marketing assistant to well known consumer disposable brands.
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7. 10/1987 GAMBLE
M. Fandridis
Sales Director
Marketing Assistant Marketing assistant to well known consumer disposable brands.
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