Hellenic Business Network (HBN) has the distinct honor to announce that Dr. STAMATIOS M. "TOM" KRIMIGIS, Head of the Space Department of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is the keynote speaker of the Fifth Anniversary Symposium on Thursday, March 13, 2003 hosted in the luxurious Oval Room of the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston.

Dr.Krimigis, a Physics graduate of the University of Iowa, joined Johns Hopkins University  in 1968. He headed the Space Physics and Instrumentation Group, became Chief Scientist in 1980, and Head of the Space Department in 1991. A distinguished scientist, he currently directs the activities of about 500 scientists, engineers, and other technical and supporting staff. He is currently a Principal Investigator for the 1997 Cassini mission to Saturn and Titan, and a Co-Investigator on the Galileo, Ulysses, ACE and MESSENGER missions. In the past he has been Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on several NASA spacecrafts. Following the success of the projects he was invited to the White House to brief President Reagan on March 1986 and President Bush in the Oval Office on 1990. He was also one of the American intellectuals invited to meet with President Gorbachev during his first visit to Washington, D.C. in December, 1987.

Dr. Krimigis has published more than 330 papers in journals and books; has been awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement in 1981 and again in 1986, some twenty NASA Group Achievement Awards for Voyager, AMPTE, Galileo, Ulysses, Cassini, and ACE, has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences' Space Science Board, Chairman of the Board's Committee on Solar and Space Physics, a member of NASA's Space Science and Applications Advisory Committee, a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Physical Society, member of the International Academy of Astronautics, corresponding member of the Athens Academy, an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He received the International Academy of Astronautics Basic Sciences Award and the AHEPA Academy Prize, both in 1994. He has participated as member or Chairman in many national and the international conferences in space science and space systems management, has delivered more than 1,000 talks on these topics, and has lectured in several countries, including Australia, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, and all of Europe. The International Astronautical Union in 1999 named asteroid "8323 Krimigis", (previously 1979 UH) in his honor. The President of the Hellenic Republic has awarded him the Gold Cross "Commandeur de l' Ordre du Pho?nix" in 1977. Also, the American Hellenic Institute has honored Dr. Krimigis with its "Hellenic Heritage Achievement Award" in Washington in 1998. He is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology, Who's Who in Technology Today, Personalities of America, American Men and Women of Science, Men of Achievement, International Who's Who of Contemporary Achievement, and Dictionary of International Biography.

Hellenic Business Network is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization established in 1998 dedicated to advancing the professional interests of all Hellenes. In the past five years has conducted eleven successful Business Symposia providing the forum for fostering and promoting business interests. These unique networking events attract hundreds of Hellenes and Philhellenes from a wide spectrum of industries committed to establishing solid professional connections within the Hellenic community. Following along the lines of its numerous objectives, the organization has also established a Professional Development and Cultural Series, a completely redesigned and updated Web site, and an Annual Business Directory.

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