THE PULSE OF LIFE
Re-connecting Personal to Planetary Health
6th ALPHA MISSION - ΔELOS
Global Gathering
16 & 17 May 2026
From the healing sanctuaries of antiquity, such as the Asclepieion of Delos, to today’s cutting-edge research on human and microbial life in outer space, the 6th ALPHA MISSION – ΔELOS Global Gathering opens a dialogue across time and disciplines. Scientists, artists, and practitioners come together to explore the living connections between human well-being and the health of our planet-to listen again to the pulse that unites life, consciousness, and nature, and to reimagine our place within the web of life.
At a moment when caring for all life forms and ecosystems has never been more urgent, the gathering seeks to spark transformative conversations and inspire a new, holistic vision of health-one that embraces both humanity and our fragile planet.
The gathering begins with an open day in Mykonos on May 16, before continuing on May 17 on Delos.
Saturday 16 May, 2026
GUIDED TOUR TO DELOS (optional)
MYKONOS GATHERING - Cine Manto
Demetris Athanasoulis
Director, Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades
Daniel Barber
Professor and Chair of Architecture History and Theory, Technical University of Eindhoven
Daniel Benardout
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Hellenic Post
Alexander Choukér
Academic Director, senior physician, Head of the Research Laboratory I “Translational Research Stress and Immunity”, Hospital of the University of Munich, Germany
Dr Athena Coustenis
Director of Research, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Niki Evelpidou
Professor, Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Adrianos Golemis
Astronaut in training; Collaborator, Hellenic Space Centre; Lead Flight Surgeon, MEDES for ESA
Vangelis Karkaletsis
President, NCSR “Demokritos”
Dr. Stamatios (Tom) Krimigis
Emeritus Head, Space Exploration Sector, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Former President, Academy of Athens
Vassilis Lamprinoudakis
Professor Emeritus of Archaeology, University of Athens
Yadvinder Mahli
Professor of Ecosystem Science, University of Oxford
Alexandra Mitsotaki
President & Co-founder, World Human Forum
Dimitris Papastergiou
Minister of Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic
Dr Alexis Paterson
Senior Music Programme Producer, Schwarzman Centre, University of Oxford
Dimosthenis Sarigiannis
Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors, National Hellenic Research Foundation
Nick Sergis
CEO, Hellenic Space Center
Sokratis Sinopoulos
Lyra soloist
Diana Tischenko
Violinist
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