1. society
2. sex

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Chairman’s message
Does a man’s destiny lie in his anatomy? If so, is this the natural order or is it a
creation of society? Is civilized sexuality the disease of civilization? As Freud said,
the direct cause of neurosis is not sexuality, but the conflict with sexuality. And if
this conflict is not resolved, problems will keep emerging from this dark room we
never dared or did not know how to unlock and enter.
This is evident from Freud’s famous unanswered question “what does a woman
want?” - in order to understand it one must ask the poets not the doctors. As
Isabel Allende said, “for women, the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is
in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.” Almost a century
later, the science of sexual desire has not progressed much.
Indeed, as Richard Feynman, the famous Nobel award physicist, said; science
has managed to send man to space but has not been able to explain what happens in a couple’s bedroom. In biology, we have deciphered the structure of
chromosomes, but the structure of sexual desire still remains a mystery. While we
can understand the process and mechanism of sexual acts, we have almost no
clue on how our deepest and most instinctive sexual fantasies come about. In a
sense we can draw parallels with astrophysics where we still have no explanation
on what happened before the big bang.
The aim of this symposium is to create a dialogue between science, with its
known boundaries and obvious uncertainties, and the boundless creativity of
the arts. These concepts are deeply interconnected; science would be unable
to progress without fantasy and creativity, and art would be meaningless if the
physical world was not bounded. And while art distorts life through fantasy, it is
often science as well that bends the rules in order to progress, based on fantasy
instead on mathematical proof.
Sexuality, the mother of life and love, needs to be examined under the scientist’s
microscope and the artist’s eye in order to facilitate the dialogue between the
physical and the imaginary sides of sexuality. But why is this dialogue necessary?
According to Octavio Paz, there are two possible answers to the carnal outbreak;
loud laughter and apathy; the latter is the philosophical answer, the former the
mythical one.
Again, as Feynman said: “One suspects that science deems the beauty of stars,
when describes them as gaseous masses.” Similarly, it might be the case that
when sexuality becomes a topic of strict scientific research, it loses the magic
that leads humans to heaven or hell. This is exactly the perspective under
which we hope to facilitate the dialogue between strict science and the
freedom of art, during our symposium. In a way that turns science to poetry
and poetry to a scientific argument.
Yours sincerely,
Kostas Konstantinidis
President of the Organizing Committee
FRIDAY 3 APRIL
17.00-17.45
COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
WELCOME SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
HELLENIC UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION,
F. SOFRAS
17.45-18.45
(ROUND TABLE)
HIV: THE “FORGOTTEN” EPIDEMIC: NEW FRONTIERS
Chair: P. DRETTAS
• Brief History of HIV infection
G. PANAYIOTAKOPOULOS
• HIV Infection: Clinical picture, prevention
E. SKOPELITIS
• Social impact of the HIV epidemic
Ο. KOSMOPOULOU
18.45-19:00
BREAK
19.00-19.40
(ROUND TABLE)
MALE SUBFERTILITY
Chair: EΙ. PEDIADITI
• Male subfertility and sexuality
V. PROTOGEROU
• A couple’s genetic risk for their expected newborn and its prevention
C. G. PANGALOS
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19.40-21.00
(ROUND TABLE)
RISK FACTORS IN ED
Chair: CH. VLACHOPOULOS
State of the Art Lecture
• Sex and the Heart: How much is too much?
Ch. VLACHOPOULOS
State of the Art Lecture
• The new Superman and Androgens
P. DRETTAS
State of the Art Lecture
Human sexuality: Are we genetically predisposed?
Ν. GEORGOPOULOS
State of the Art Lecture
• Sex and Image: Body image and male sexuality.
Is there a correlation?
Α. ATHANASIOU
SATURDAY 4 APRIL
08.00-10.40
(SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM)
SURGICAL TREATMENT IN SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
Chair: I. POULIAS, K. G. KONSTANTINIDIS
• Peyronie’s Disease & Prosthetic Urology
K.G.KONSTANTINIDIS - A. PALLANTZAS - C. FLIATOURAS
• Surgical treatment of Peyronie’s Disease
and Priapism
A. KADIOGLOU
• Da Vinci: from the ingenious artist to the ingenious machine
Κ. M. KONSTANTINIDIS
• Microsurgery for Fertility
S. ANDREADAKIS
• Gender Reassignment surgery in Belgrade: Why, how and when?
V. KOJOVIC - M. DJORJEVIC
• Modern diagnostics and therapy of erectile
dysfunction - Surgery vs Embolization
R. HERWIG
10.40-11.00
TESTICULAR SURGERY: CHANGES IN THE MUSIC (TESTOSTERONE), THE MAESTRO (SERTOLI CELLS)
OR THE DANCERS (GAMETES)?
Ν. SOFIKITIS
11.00-11.20
STEM CELLS AND SEXUAL HEALTH
P. S. SOREN
11.20-11.30
BREAK
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11.30-13.00 (SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM)
FROM PREMATURE EJACULATION TO ERECTILE
DYSFUNCTION
Chair: K. G. KONSTANTINIDIS, CH. VLACHOPOULOS
• Premature Ejaculation: the role of Dapoxetine
EI. PEDIADITI
• Erectile Dysfuction: the role of Avanafil
Ν. SOFIKITIS
13.00-14.00
(SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM)
WHAT IS THE IDEAL TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS
SUFFERING FROM LUTS AND ED?
Chair: K. G. KONSTANTINIDIS
P. DRETTAS, Α. RIGAS
14.00-14.15
BREAK
14.15-14.30
IS THERE A TRUE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BPH
AND ED?
Α. PAPATSORIS
14.30-14.45
THE HUMAN BRAIN AND FMRI: ARE WE ABLE TO
ILLUSTRATE OUR THOUGHTS AND FANTASIES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY?
P. TOULAS
14.45-15.00
THE USE OF SMARTPHONES AND WEARABLE DEVICES IN SEXUAL HEALTH
Ch. KONSTANTINIDIS
15.00-15.30
BREAK
SESSION 2
Coordinators: K. G. KONSTANTINIDIS, TH. LALAS
15.30-15.45
TO GET OR NOT TO GET MARRIED?
Μ. JOSAFAT
15.45-16.00
FROM HOMO ERECTUS TO HOMO ARECTUS
Κ. G. KONSTANTINIDIS
16.00-16.15
SYMBOLISM IN LANGUAGE AND LOVE
Th. LALAS
16.15-16.30
BREAK
16.30-16.45
PHENOMENOLOGY OF ORGASM
Κ. GEMENETZIS
16.45-17.00
DO WE HAVE SEX WITH OUR CHILD’S MOTHER? SEX & PREGNANCY
I. MOUZALAS
17.00-17.15
THE RAISIN
Th. PELEGRINIS
17.15-17.30
BREAK
17.30-17.45
LAWS AND RULES IN SEXUAL RELATIONS
A. DRETTA
17.45-18.00
TURN IT ON! TECHNOLOGY CHANGES OUR LIVES
S. AGGELOPOULOU
18.00-18.15
SEX & CINEMA - CINEMA & SEX
Ι. TRIANTAFILLIDIS
18.15-18.45
BREAK
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SEX BETWEEN MEN: FEARS AND FACTS
P. DRETTAS
19.00-19.15
50 SHADES OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
Ο. N. KACHRILAS
19.15-19.30 SEXUAL OBJECTS AND SEXUAL SUBJECTS IN ADVERTISING
M. SIFONIOS
19.30-20.00
BREAK
20.00-20.15
WE PORN! HOW PORN CHANGED THE WAY WE HAVE SEX TODAY
Ε. CHEIRDARI
20.15-20.30 FROM SECRET (DESIRES) TO SOCIAL (MEDIA): HOW SOCIAL MEDIA RADICALY CHANGED OUR SEX LIVES
Κ. PSIHA
20.30-20.45 SEXUALITY: THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SEX - ZOUGLA.GR
Μ. TRIANTAFYLLOPOULOS
SPEAKERS
AGGELOPOULOU S., OTE Group, Corporate Responsibility Deputy Director
ANDREADAKIS S., Surgeon Urologist - Andrologist, FEBU
ATHANASIOU Α., Plastic surgeon, CEO and Medical Director, ABH Medical Group
CHEIRDARI Ε., Sex Editor - Author
DJORJEVIC M., Surgeon Urologist, Professor of Surgery, Medical School, University
of Belgrade
DRETTA A., Dentist, Former Director General, Ministry of Labour
DRETTAS P., Surgeon Urologist - Andrologist, Director Andrology Institute, Athens
FLIATOURAS C., Surgeon Urologist - Andrologist, Andrology Institute, Athens
GEMENETZIS Κ., M.D., Psychoanalyst
GEORGOPOULOS Ν., Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive & Endocrinology, Patras Medical School
HERWIG R., (Prof. Dr.), MD, PhD, Surgeon Urologist - Andrologist
KACHRILAS Ο. N., Pharmacist, MSc, Sales and Marketing Director, Pharmaserve Lilly S.A.C.I.
KADIOGLOU A., M.D., Professor of Urology, Istanbul Medical Faculty and Head of
Andrology Department, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Vice president of Turkish Association
of Urology
KOJOVIC V., MD, Pediatric surgeon and urologist
KONSTANTINIDIS Ch., PhD, Director, IAI London
KONSTANTINIDIS Κ. G., Surgeon Urologist - Andrologist, President, International
Andrology Institute
KONSTANTINIDIS Κ. M., Head of General, Laparoscopic, Bariatric and Robotic
Surgery, Athens Medical Center
KOSMOPOULOU Ο., GP - ID Specialist, Nikaia General Hospital
JOSAFAT Μ., (Dr.), M.D., DTM, MRCPsych (London), Consultant Psychiatrist &
Psychoanalyst
LALAS Th., Journalist, Artist
MOUZALAS I., Surgeon Obstetrician - Gynecologist
PALLANTZAS A., Surgeon Urologist - Andrologist
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PANAYIOTAKOPOULOS G., Assistant Professor in Clinical Pharmacology, Patras
Medical School
PANGALOS C. G., MD, DSc, Associate Professor of Medical Genetics (Paris V), Medical Geneticist, Director of InterGenetics S.A.
PAPATSORIS Α., Ass. Professor of Urology, 2nd University Department of Urology,
Athens
PEDIADITI Ei., Surgeon Urologist - Andrologist
PELEGRINIS Th., Professor of Philosophy - University of Athens, Former Rector of the
University of Athens
PΟULIAS I, Head of Urology Department, Red Cross Hospital
PROTOGEROU V., Urologist, Assistant Professor In Athens Medical School, Andrology Department of Attikon University Hospital
PSIHA Κ., PR Manager blog Secret Desires
RIGAS Α., MD, FEBU, PhD, Head of the Urology Dpt. Athens Euroclinic
SIFONIOS M., CEO, Run Communications
SOFIKITIS Ν., Professor of Urology, Ioannina University School of Medicine
SOFRAS F., President of the Hellenic Urological Association, Urologist
SKOPELITIS E., GP, Nikaia General Hospital
SOREN P. S., Head, Professor Odense University Hospital, Department Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology
TOULAS P., Neuroradiologist, Director, Imaging Department, Egkefalos - Euromedica;
Associate, EKPA
TRIANTAFILLIDIS Ι., Journalist - film critic
TRIANTAFYLLOPOULOS Μ., Journalist
VLACHOPOULOS Ch., Associate Professor of Cardiology
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