Global civil society activity in Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, spanning thousands of islands and nine traditional geographic regions. It has a population of over 10 million. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras.

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Meetings Statistics

From UIA's International Meetings Statistics Report

Top 25 over 20 years

Greece is ranked #25 over a 20 year period,
with 2688 meetings since 2005.

Top 25 in 2023

Greece is ranked #25 for 2024, with 120 meetings.

Organizations based in Greece

Balkan Geophysical Society - Chania
Association of the Balkan News Agencies - Thessaloniki
European Association for Behaviour Analysis - Athens
Near East/South Asia Council of Overseas Schools - Athens
European Society for Study of Tourette Syndrome - Komotini
European Histamine Research Society - Athens
European/Mediterranean Planetarium Association - Athens
European Fire Service Sport Federation - Athens
European Ichthyological Society - Anavyssos
Mediterranean Garden Society - Peania
World Council of Hellenes Abroad - Thessaloniki
International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards - Athens
European Brain and Behaviour Society - Athens
Balkan Stomatological Society - Thessaloniki
European Group of Public Law - Athens
International Organizing Committee for European Conferences on Thermophysical Properties - Thessaloniki
International Federation of Primary Care Research Networks - Heraklion
AgroBioMediterraneao - Athens
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania - Chania
International Olympic Academy - Athens
Academy of European Public Law - Athens
International Olympic Truce Centre - Athens
Academy of Operative Dentistry - European Section - Athens
Union of Central and South-Eastern European Capitals - Athens
European Design for All e-Accessibility Network - Heraklion

View More profiles (204) in the Yearbook of International Organizations

Future Events in Greece

2028 Annual CongressLiga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis - Heraklion

2027 Annual ConferenceInternational Standing Conference for History of Education - Athens

2026 CongressEuropean Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery - Athens

2026 European Epilepsy CongressInternational League Against Epilepsy - Athens

2026 Annual MeetingEuropean Association of Archaeologists - Athens

2026 Biennial International 22q11.2 Conference22q11.2 Society - Athens

2026 CongressInternational Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres - Thessaloniki

2026 CongressEuropean Association for Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology - Thessaloniki

2026 World Congress for Endoscopic Surgery of Sinuses, Skull Base, Brain, Spine and Orbit (ENDO)World Congress for Endoscopic Surgery of the Skull Base and Brain - Athens

2026 European Conference on General Thoracic SurgeryEuropean Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Athens

2026 Quadrennial Symposium on Solar-Terrestrial PhysicsScientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics - Thessaloniki

2026 MeetingEuropean Society for Sonochemistry - Chania

2026 CongressEuropean Atherosclerosis Society - Athens

2026 International Spring SymposiumEuropean Academy of Dermatology and Venereology - Athens

2026 Human Genome MeetingHuman Genome Organization - Athens

View More Future Events (30) in The International Congress Calendar

Past Events in Greece

2025 Colloquium – European Group for Organizational Studies - Athens
2025 Annual Conference – European Real Estate Society - Athens
2025 Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience Conference (BEeS) – LifeWatch ERIC - Heraklion
2025 Annual Meeting – European Financial Management Association - Athens
2025 European Control Conference (ECC) – European Union Control Association - Thessaloniki
2025 International Homeopathy Research Conference – Homeopathy Research Institute - Thessaloniki
2025 South East Europe Regional Conference – World Federation of Consuls - Athens
2025 Annual Congress and General Assembly – Airports Council International - European Region - Athens
2025 Annual Conference – International Society for Neoplatonic Studies - Athens
2025 World Keratoconus Congress (WKC) – International Keratoconus Society - Athens
2025 OECI Days - Annual General Assembly and Scientific Conference – Organization of European Cancer Institutes - Athens
2025 Community Gathering – ETIS - Global IT Association for Telecommunications - Athens
2025 Conference – FemCities - Athens
2025 Annual Conference – Gas Infrastructure Europe - Athens
2025 European Process Intensification Conference (EPIC) – European Process Intensification Conference - Athens

View More Past Events (6035) in The International Congress Calendar

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