A Conference Center conceived with respect to the environment, dedicated to accommodate Academic and Research Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Summer Schools with a full range of integrated organisational support services
The CIHEAM MAI.Chania Conference Center prioritizes health and safety and has fully harmonized its operation with the health protocols prepared by the National Public Health Organization (EODY) of the Greek State.
According to the new measures by the Greek government since 1 September 2021, all participants entering the conference rooms have to show their Certificate of vaccination or Certificate of illness issued thirty (30) days after the first positive test and its validity lasts up to one hundred and eighty (180) days after it.
Mandatory use of a mask for everyone without exception throughout the stay in the covered areas of the conference center.
Please keep the appropriate distance 1,5m in all areas. Disinfect your hands with the Antiseptic gel that will be available in all rooms, coffee and buffet tables. Use the gloves for single use when you serve yourself.
Before any travel arrangements, please ensure that you follow what is required for the given traveling period by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection of the Hellenic Republic, due to covid-19 restriction measures (see ‘Protocol for Arrivals in and Departures from Greece’ at https://travel.gov.gr/)
From September 19th to September 25th, 2025
ATTRACTISS – AcTivate and TRigger ACTors to deepen the function of Innovation Support Services – is a 6-year Horizon Europe funded project, which aims to improve & embed competencies, approaches, instruments & governance models for Member States (MS) AKIS and specifically for Innovation Support Services (ISS) as a crucial AKIS actor. The ISS enables the acceleration of individual grassroots innovative ideas to come to fruition & generate solutions for the transition process to a more sustainable agriculture & forestry sector.
From September 23rd to September 24th, 2025
EU-FarmBook is a Horizon Europe project that is working at regional, national, and European (EU) levels to build an Online Platform. Gathering and sharing agriculture and forestry knowledge.
From September 27th to September 30th, 2025
The International Fungal Biology Conferences started in 1966 in Bristol, UK, and since then it has been held in many countries (Germany, Mexico, USA, Switzerland, Scotland, Germany, The Netherlands, Mexico, France, South Korea, Brazil). This Conference series is focused on exciting new fields at the frontiers of Fungal Cell Biology and is designed to provide a great environment to promote scientific excellence and social interactions
From October 7th to October 10th, 2025
The EU-funded PRO-GRACE project aims to establish a novel pan-European Research Infrastructure (www.grace-ri.eu) dedicated to conserving and characterising plant genetic resources (PGRs). In the frame of its activities, PRO-GRACE is organizing an International Workshop and Training School on the Sustainable Management of Plant Genetic Resources (PGRs). These will take place at the conference centre in the headquarters of the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Crete, Greece https://confer.maich.gr/ on October 7-10, 2025.
DQS ISO 9001:2015 IQNET Certified Management System
The Conference Center Bureau of the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania has been certified by DQS GmbH with DIN EN ISO 9001: 2015 for the organisation and accommodation of conferences and related activities
Conference Center Bureau of MAICh
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania
Makedonias 1 st., Chania, Crete, 73100, Greece
Email: confer@maich.gr
Tel: +302821035080-1 - Fax: +302821035001
