Start of the Academic Programme in Messolonghi at the Aitoloakarnania Regional Government Building, Amphitheatre (Room A) and Council Chamber (Room B), Kyprou Str.

• Welcome address by the Regional Governor of Western Greece Mr. Nektarios Farmakis.

PANEL B – Poetic Responses, Chair: Naji Oueijan

• Christine Kenyon Jones, King’s College London, UK
  “‘The Pilgrim of Eternity’: A Temporary Response”
• Panos Karagiorgos, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece
  “Greek Poems Inspired by Byron’s Death”
• David Woodhouse, The Byron Society, UK
  “‘The realms of rhyme’: Byron in 8 Couplets”

KEYNOTE ADDRESS (2), Chair: Maria Schoina

• Professor Jane Stabler, University of St Andrews, UK
  “‘Time is—Time was—Time’s past’: Moments with the Pilgrim of Eternity”