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.
We successfully held The Greek Conference 2004 in Crete and Symposium 2005 in Mykonos, Greek Conference 2007 in Kos, Greek Conference 2009 in Corfu and Greek Conference 2011 in Rhodes as well as Masterclass 2004, 2006 and 2008 in Melbourne. For details see our Past Events.
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 Founding Patron is Professor Peter Doherty AC, the 1996 co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on immunology.
Our Australian Patron is Professor David de Kretser AC, a reproductive endocrinologist who among other achievements also served as the 28th Governor of Victoria from 2006 to 2011 and is a Companion of the Order of Australia.
Our Greek Patron is Justice Konstantinos Vardavakis, a leading judge of the Supreme Court of Greece (Arios Pargos), who also participated in the 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011 events.