Bio & Abstract Book
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Χαιρετισμός του Προέδρου του ΕΚΕΦΕ «Δημόκριτος»
Σας καλωσορίζω στο 1ο Hellenic Forum for Science, Technology and Innovation, το
οποίο φιλοδοξεί να καταστήσει τον «Δημόκριτο» κέντρο συνεργασίας (hub) μεταξύ
της ελληνικής ερευνητικής κοινότητας και διακεκριμένων Ελλήνων επιστημόνων της
διασποράς.
H Ελλάδα, όπως το Ισραήλ, η Κίνα και άλλες χώρες διαθέτουν εξαιρετικά
πολυάριθμες και ισχυρές επιστημονικές κοινότητες στο εξωτερικό. Η διαφορά είναι
ότι οι άλλες χώρες έχουν αναπτύξει αποτελεσματικά προγράμματα διασύνδεσης και
εκμετάλλευσης της τεχνογνωσίας των επιστημόνων της διασποράς. Στην Ελλάδα η
διασύνδεση αυτή είναι πολύ περιορισμένη, παρά το γεγονός ότι τα οφέλη τόσο για
την περεταίρω ενίσχυση της επιστημονικής αριστείας των ελληνικών ερευνητικών
κέντρων, όσο και την ανάπτυξη της καινοτομίας και της εγχώριας τεχνογνωσίας θα
ήταν εξαιρετικά σημαντική, δεδομένου ότι οι χιλιάδες Έλληνες διαπρέπουν στα
πανεπιστήμια και ερευνητικά κέντρα του εξωτερικού, ενώ πολλοί από αυτούς
κατέχουν ηγετικές θέσεις σε επιχειρήσεις του εξωτερικού (Ανδρέας Λιβέρης,
πρόεδρος της Dow κλπ.)
Mε την οργάνωση του 1st Hellenic Forum for Science, Technology and Innovation
φιλοδοξούμε, όπως προανέφερα, ο «Δημόκριτος» να καταστεί Κέντρο συνεργασίας
(hub) των διακεκριμένων Ελλήνων επιστημόνων της διασποράς με ανάπτυξη
σχημάτων συνεργασίας ανάλογων του Ισραήλ και της Κίνας και διπλό στόχο, αφενός
την περαιτέρω ενίσχυση της επιστημονικής αριστείας, αφετέρου τη μετατροπή της
επιστημονικής αριστείας σε «μοχλό ανάπτυξης». Ο δεύτερος στόχος είναι ιδιαίτερα
σημαντικός καθώς με τη σημερινή πρωτοφανή οικονομική κρίση καθίσταται
επιτακτική η ανάγκη για την αξιοποίηση των ερευνητικών κέντρων ως επιταχυντών
αξιοποίησης της πνευματικής ιδιοκτησίας.
Για τον λόγο αυτό ο Δημόκριτος παράλληλα με την περαιτέρω ενίσχυση της
επιστημονικής αριστείας, έχει καταθέσει ένα ολοκληρωμένο για την δημιουργία του
“Metropolitan Innovation Campus at Demokritos”, μίας «Τεχνόπολης»
προσαρμοσμένης στις οικονομικές δυνατότητες της χώρας με κύριο στόχο την
προώθηση ιδεών από το εργαστήριο στην αγορά, τη δημιουργία εταιρειών έντασης
γνώσης, που θα έχει ως αποτέλεσμα τη δημιουργία θέσεων εργασίας για νέους
επιστήμονες, και βέβαια την προσέλκυση επενδύσεων. Αξίζει εδώ να τονίσω ότι η
μετατροπή της επιστημονικής αριστείας σε προϊόντα υψηλής τεχνογνωσίας και η
ανάπτυξη εταιρειών έντασης γνώσης είναι εξαιρετικά δυσχερής η σχεδόν αδύνατη
για την Ελλάδα και για τις χώρες της Νότιας Ευρώπης. Απαιτείται αλλαγή
νοοτροπίας, οπότε η συμβολή των Ελλήνων επιστημόνων της διασποράς μπορεί
αποβεί ιδιαίτερα σημαντική και στον νευραλγικό αυτό τομέα, αφού στην
πλειοψηφία τους διαθέτουν πολύτιμη πείρα στην εφαρμογή ολοκληρωμένων
σχεδίων εκμετάλλευσης της πνευματικής ιδιοκτησίας στα ακαδημαϊκά ιδρύματα
στα οποία εργάζονται.
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To Hellenic Forum for Science, Technology and Innovation θα οργανώνεται σε ετήσια
βάση. Κατά τη διάρκειά του, διακεκριμένοι έλληνες επιστήμονες του εξωτερικού θα
δίνουν διαλέξεις και θα παρουσιάζουν το έργο τους ενώ παράλληλα, θα καταθέτουν
την άποψή τους για την ανάπτυξη της καινοτομίας στην Ελλάδα. Βασικός στόχος μας
είναι η ενίσχυση της επιστημονικής αριστείας με την ανάπτυξη στενών δεσμών με
εργαστήρια διακεκριμένων Ελλήνων του εξωτερικού, για παράδειγμα, μέσω
οργανωμένων προγραμμάτων «αντίστροφων μετακινήσεων» σε εργαστήρια των
διακεκριμένων Ελλήνων καθηγητών του εξωτερικού ή εκπόνησης διδακτορικών
διατριβών στον «Δημόκριτο» από κοινού με Πανεπιστήμια στις ΗΠΑ (τα 2 πρώτα
χρόνια της διδακτορικής διατριβής σε Αμερικανικά πανεπιστήμια και τα 2 τελευταία
στον Δημόκριτο).
Ιδιαίτερη έμφαση θα δοθεί στην οργάνωση ειδικών συνεδριάσεων (panels) με θέμα
την ακολουθητέα πολιτική στο θέμα της αξιοποίησης των ερευνητικών
αποτελεσμάτων μέσω της ανάπτυξης εταιρειών έντασης γνώσης και της αύξησης
των πατέντων, δραστηριότητες που στόχο έχουν να συμβάλουν στη μείωση του
brain drain και κατ’ επέκταση, στη μετατροπή των ερευνητικών κέντρων σε
«μοχλούς ανάπτυξης». Παράλληλα άρχισε η λειτουργία μόνιμης έκθεσης
τεχνολογικών επιτευγμάτων του Δημόκριτου, των εταιρειών του Δημόκριτου και
άλλων ερευνητικών κέντρων με στόχο την προσέλκυση επενδύσεων και την
ανάπτυξη εγχώριας τεχνογνωσίας.
Αυτό που επιδιώκουμε αναλαμβάνοντας τέτοιες πρωτοβουλίες είναι οι προτάσεις
των διακεκριμένων Ελλήνων επιστημόνων της διασποράς και τα συμπεράσματα του
πρώτου Hellenic Forum for Science, Technology and Innovation καθώς και όσων θα
ακολουθήσουν, να χρησιμοποιηθούν από την πολιτεία με τρόπο εποικοδομητικό,
ανάλογο αυτού που χρησιμοποιείται για τις προτάσεις «επιτροπών σοφών» για την
χάραξη ερευνητικής και αναπτυξιακής πολιτικής σε προηγμένες χώρες.
Δρ. Νίκος Κανελλόπουλος
Διευθυντής & Πρόεδρος Δ.Σ. του
ΕΚΕΦΕ «Δημόκριτος»
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Τετάρτη 17 Ιουλίου 2013
SESSION 1
Συντονιστής: Αντιπρόεδρος Δ.Σ. ΕΚΕΦΕ «Δ»
15:30
Developing
agonists of neurotrophin receptors
with
neuroprotective and neurogenic actions
Prof. Achilleas Gravanis
Dept. of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Crete,
IESL-FORTH
16:00
Novel technologies for blood purification
Assoc. Prof. Dimitrios Stamatialis
University of Twente
16:30
Σήμα μετάδοσης γλυκοκορτικοειδών: κλινικές προεκτάσεις
Καθηγ. Γεώργιος Χρούσος
Ιατρική Σχολή, Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
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DEVELOPING AGONISTS OF NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTORS WITH
NEUROPROTECTIVE AND NEUROGENIC ACTIONS
Prof. Achilleas Gravanis
Dept. of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Crete,
IESL-FORTH
Abstract
Neurotrophins control neuronal cell fate and function during development and adulthood.
They act through tyrosine kinase Trk and pan-neurotrophin p75NTR receptors, exerting
potent neuroprotective and neurogenic effects. However, their potential therapeutic
usefulness in neurodegenerative conditions is compromised by their polypeptide nature and
their inability to pass through the blood-brain barrier (BBB). We have recently shown that
neurosteroid
dehydroepiandrosterone
(DHEA)
prevents
neuronal
apoptosis
(Charalampopoulos et al, PNAS 2004), through binding to TrkA and p75NTR receptors
(Lazaridis et al, PLoS Biol 2011), activating prosurvival kinases and anti-apoptotic Bcl-2
proteins, preventing thus the apoptotic loss of NGF receptor positive sensory in NGF null
mice. However, DHEA is metabolized in vivo to sex steroids, affecting the endocrine system.
We have recently synthesized 17-spiro analogs of DHEA with anti-apoptotic, neuroprotective
properties (IC50 at nanomolar levels), deprived of androgenic-estrogenic actions
(Calogeropoulou et al, J Med Chem 2009). Synthetic DHEA derivative BNN27 interacts with
NGF receptors, TrkA and p75NTR at nanomolar concentrations, been ineffective in TrkB or
TrkC receptors. BNN27 regulates TrkA internalization and induces TrkA tyrosine
phosphorylation, affecting downstream signaling of Akt and MAPKs in sympathetic neurons.
Moreover, BNN27 was shown to promote the interaction of p75NTR receptors with its
effector factors RhoGDI, RIP2 and TRAF6. It also partially reverses apoptosis of NGFdependent embryonic sensory neurons of NGF null mice. BNN27 exerts potent
neuroprotective and neuroimmunomudulatory effects in a number of experimental animal
models of neurodegenerative diseases, such as retina detachment and degeneration in
diabetes and ischemia or allergic enecephalomyelitis. The neurogenic properties of BNN27
are also tested in 2D and 3D-collagen cultures of embryonic and adult neural stem cells. BNN
derivatives may serve as lead molecules to develop BBB permeable, neurotrophin-like small
molecules (microneurotrophins) with potential applications in the treatment of
neurodegenerative diseases and brain trauma (Gravanis et al, Science Signaling 2012).
Short CV
Achilleas Gravanis, Professor of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Crete,
Collaborating Researcher at Foundation of Research & Technology-Hellas (IESL-FORTH). He
obtained his Diploma in Pharmacy from the University of Athens (1980), his PhD in
Pharmacology (1983) from the University Pierre Marie Curie, Paris 6. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine NY (1983-1986). Dr Gravanis served as
vice-president of the Hellenic Pharmacological Society, and the Hellenic Biochemical Society,
member of the steering committee of the European Pharmacology Network. He was a
member of the Fellowships Committee of FEBS and participated as Chairman and member in
numerous research committees of the European Union, including the Programme
Committee of Framework Programmes FP6 and FP7. He serves as the Chairman of
Biosciences Committee of the Hellenic Research & Technology Council. He is a member of
the Hellenic Council of Public Health. He published 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals,
cited in PubMed (h index: 32, (http://gravanis.med.uoc.gr). He is the co-founder of startup
company, Bionature EA Ltd.
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Novel technologies for blood purification
Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Stamatialis
University of Twente, MIRA Institute of Biomedical Technology
and Technical Medicine, Faculty of Science and Technology,
Department of Biomaterials Science and Technology,
P.O Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands, e-mail:
[email protected]
Abstract
The number of patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is progressively increasing and
the need for renal replacements therapies is expanding. Worldwide, over 2 million patients
suffer from ESRD and each year that number grows by 5%. As transplant options are limited,
approximately 70% of patients receive (hemodialysis and peritoneal) dialysis treatments [1].
Despite the high health care costs of dialysis treatment (in the Netherlands over 70.000 Euro
per patient per year), dialysis is only partially successful in the treatment of patients with
ESRD. Mortality (15-20% per year) and morbidity of these patients remain excessively high,
whereas their quality of life is dismally low. Current hemodialysis (HD) therapy achieves
insufficient removal of toxins (mainly removes small, non-protein bound substances by
diffusion, leaving toxic larger middle-sized molecules and protein-bound uremic toxins
untouched). In addition, inadequate volume and blood pressure control, due to the
intermittent character of HD contributes to the high mortality in dialysis patients.
Continuous treatment (for example using a portable system) or increased frequency and
duration may contribute to gradual removal of excess fluids and improve clearance of
uremic waste, potassium and phosphate.
In this presentation we will discuss two concepts for achieving prolonged and effective
patient treatment: (i) the mixed matrix membrane which combines dialysis with adsorption
in one step [2] and (ii) a bioartificial kidney system which combines artificial membranes
with kidney cells. The presented research is part of the initiative of the Dutch Kidney
Foundation for the development of a portable kidney device, which is expected to lead to
significant improvement of quality of life of kidney patients.
Literature
1. “Medical applications of membranes, Drug delivery, artificial organs and tissue
engineering”, D.F Stamatialis B.J. Papenburg, M. Gironés, S. Saiful, N.M.S. Bettahalli, S.
Schmitmeier and M. Wessling, J. Membr. Sci., 308 (2008) 1-34.
2. “A novel approach for blood purification: mixed matrix membranes combining diffusion
and adsorption in one step”, M.S.L. Tijink, M. Wester, J. Sun, A. Saris, L.A.M. BolhuisVersteeg, S. Saiful, J.A. Joles, Z. Borneman, M. Wessling, D.F. Stamatialis, Acta
Biomaterialia 8 (2012) 2279-2287.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Date and place of Birth: 21 / 01 / 1968, Sarti - Halkidiki, Greece.
Current address: University of Twente, MIRA institute for biomedical engineering and
technical medicine, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of biomaterials science
and technology, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-53–4894675;
E-mail: [email protected].
Selected recent employment activities
January 2011 – present date: Associate professor, Biomaterials Science and Technology
department, MIRA institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technical Medicine, Faculty of
Science and Technology, University of Twente – The Netherlands.
March 2002 – December 2010: Assistant / associate professor, Membrane Technology,
Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Twente – The Netherlands.
March 2000 – February 2002: Senior researcher in the European Membrane Institute
Twente (EMI–Twente) University of Twente –The Netherlands.
Research interests
He supervises research related to biomedical membranes and bio-artificial organs (please
check:
http://www.utwente.nl/tnw/bst/research/BMA%20Stamatialis%20web%20April%2011.docx
/. He is the author of more than 90 scientific papers and inventor of 7 patents.
Selected recent international activities
2014: Scheduled research visit at the Renal Research Institute (March – June 2014, New York
– USA).
2013: Research visit at the nephrology department of the San Bortolo Hospital (June 2013,
Vicenza – Italy). PI of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF USA) project on
encapsulation of pancreatic cells.
2012: Coordinator of the Marie Curie training network “BIOART” for developing innovative
(bio)artificial devices for treatment of kidney and liver disease. Member of the scientific
commission of the Euromembrane 2012, London, UK.
2011: Guest editor of special issue on "Artificial organs and biomaterials" of the Journal of
Functional Biomaterials. Member of the scientific commission of the 24th European
conference on Biomaterials, ESB 2011, Dublin Ireland. 2010: Organizer of Marie Curie course
entitled: ”Nano-structured materials and Membranes for Health and Sustainable Water”
(University of Twente, 60 participants / 23 invited lecturers from all over the world).
2004–2009: Coordinator of the cluster: “Membranes for health” within the European
network of Excellence “NanoMemPro”.
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Glucocorticoid Signaling System: Clinical Implications
Prof. George P. Chrousos
University of Athens, Athens, Greece
url: http://www.ae-info.org/ae/User/Chrousos_George
Abstract
In humans, glucocorticoids regulate a broad spectrum of physiologic functions essential for
life and play an important role in the maintenance of basal and stress-related homeostasis.
Approximately 20% of the genes expressed in human leukocytes are regulated positively or
negatively by glucocorticoids. These steroids are involved in almost every cellular, molecular
and physiologic network of the organism and play a pivotal role in critical biologic processes,
such as growth, reproduction, intermediary metabolism, immune and inflammatory
reactions, as well as central nervous system and cardiovascular functions. Physiologic
amounts of glucocorticoids are also essential for normal renal tubular function and thus for
water and electrolyte homeostasis. Furthermore, glucocorticoids represent one of the most
widely used therapeutic compounds often employed in the treatment of inflammatory,
autoimmune and lymphoproliferative disorders. Both excess and deficiency of
glucocorticoids are respectively associated with disease, i.e. Cushing syndrome or Addison
disease. Hence, target tissue resistance or hypersensitivity to these hormones is also
expected to be associated respectively with glucocorticoid deficiency or excess
manifestations.
At the cellular level, the action of glucocorticoids is mediated by an intracellular protein, the
glucocorticoid receptor (GR). The human (h) GR belongs to the steroid/thyroid/retinoic acid
nuclear receptor superfamily of proteins and functions as a ligand-dependent transcription
factor that regulates the expression of glucocorticoid-responsive genes positively or
negatively. The effector domains of the GR mediate transcriptional activation by recruiting
co-regulatory multi-subunit complexes that remodel chromatin, target initiation sites, and
stabilize the RNA polymerase II machinery for repeated rounds of transcription of target
genes. Alternatively, the GR may act via interactions with other transcription factors,
positively or negatively modulating the actions of these factors on their own target genes.
Our current molecular understanding of the actions of glucocorticoids has led us to
hypothesize that each individual, tissue and target gene respond differently to
glucocorticoids and that one can dissociate the effects of synthetic glucocorticoids to favor
several types of actions vs. others. Thus, some degree of tissue specificity of glucocorticoid
actions is expected even in the presence of a single GR mutation or use of the same
glucocorticoid compound.
Primary glucocorticoid resistance is a rare sporadic or familial syndrome characterized by
generalized, partial, target-tissue insensitivity to glucocorticoids. Compensatory elevations in
circulating adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) concentrations lead to increased secretion
of cortisol and adrenal steroids with mineralocorticoid and/or androgenic activity, but no
clinical evidence of hypercortisolism. The clinical spectrum of the condition is broad, ranging
from asymptomatic to severe cases of hyperandrogenism, fatigue (presumably a
glucocorticoid deficiency manifestation) and/or mineralocorticoid excess. The condition has
also been associated with female and male hypofertility, presumably as a result of
hyperandrogenism and intratesticular and/or adrenal rests. One case was reported with a
pituitary corticotropinoma. The molecular basis of glucocorticoid resistance has been mainly
ascribed to mutations in the human glucocorticoid receptor (hGR) gene, which impair
glucocorticoid signal transduction, thereby altering tissue sensitivity to glucocorticoids. The
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study of functional defects of natural hGR mutants enhances our understanding of the
molecular mechanisms of hGR action and highlights the importance of integrated cellular
and molecular signaling mechanisms for maintaining homeostasis and preserving normal
physiology.
Glucocorticoid hypersensitivity is an even rarer, enigmatic condition characterized by
generalized, partial, target-tissue hypersensitivity to glucocorticoids. Compensatory
decreases in circulating ACTH concentrations may lead to decreased secretion of cortisol and
adrenal steroids with mineralocorticoid and/or androgenic activity, but no clinical evidence
of hypocortisolism. The clinical manifestations of this condition include those of
glucocorticoid excess, ie, obesity and metabolic syndrome. In a single case, a woman with
metabolic syndrome, a mutation of the GR causing hypersensitivity to glucocorticoids was
found.
Although target tissue-specific glucocorticoid resistance or hypersensitivity is a hard
condition to study in humans, there are now a host of human states in which such evidence
has been produced. These include several allergic, autoimmune, inflammatory and
lymphoproliferative states, such as asthma, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid
arhrtitis, ulcerative colitis, respiratory distress syndrome and lymphomas, in the case of
resistance, and metabolic and immune states, such as AIDS-associated metabolic syndrome
and immunosuppression and visceral adiposity associated metabolic syndrome in the case
of hypersensitivity. These states may be associated with the many molecules that interact
with the glucocorticoid signaling system and decrease or increase the actions of
glucocorticoids. We and others have demonstrated many such cross-talks, which include the
CLOCK, G protein, small G protein, TNFalpha, CDK5, p38 and AMPK signaling systems, as well
as two accessory proteins of the HIV-1 virus, Vpr and Tat, both of which function as coactivators of the glucocorticoid receptor. Furthermore, the lethal protein of the anthrax
bacterium and the E1A protein of the adenoviruses, have both been associated with the
induction of glucocorticoid resistance in infected cells. The case of CLOCK-GR interactionrelated glucocorticoid hypersensitivity is particularly pertinent into explaining the negative
effects of chronic stress, frequent traveling across time zones, working night shifts and
taking long-acting glucocorticoids.
Short CV
George P. Chrousos is Professor and Chairman of the First Department of Pediatrics at the
University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece, and former Chief of the Pediatric
and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland. He currently
also holds the UNESCO Chair on Adolescent Health Care at the University of Athens and
held the 2011 John Kluge Distinguished Chair in Technology and Society at the Library of
Congress, Washington DC.
Prof. Chrousos is internationally recognized for his research on the glucocorticoid signaling
system of the cell, on the diseases of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, and on the
physiological and molecular mechanisms of stress. His work has opened new horizons in our
understanding of a spectrum of human complex disorders, including depression, the eating
disorders, the metabolic syndrome and the inflammatory autoimmune and allergic diseases.
His contributions span a range of medical disciplines, including Medicine, Pediatrics,
Endocrinology, Psychiatry, Rheumatology, Allergy, Surgery, Oncology and Reproductive
Medicine.
Dr. Chrousos has written over 700 original scientific papers and over 500 book chapters and
journal reviews and his work has been cited in more than 65,000 other scientific articles, an
irrefutable testimony to the importance and influence of his research. He is one of the 250
10
most cited scientists internationally (ISI highly cited) included not only in the list of Clinical
Medicine, but also in that of Biology and Biochemistry, and the highest cited
endocrinologist and pediatrician in the world. With an H index of 129, Dr. Chrousos is a top
cited Clinician and Clinical Researcher.
Dr. Chrousos has received numerous national and international awards and has given many
lectures in the USA, Europe, Latin America and Japan. His awards include the 1987 Richard
E. Weitzman Memorial Award, US Endocrine Society, the 1992 Superior Service Award,
U.S. Public Health Service, the 1997 Clinical Investigator Award, US Endocrine Society, the
1997 Hans Selye Award, Hans Selye Foundation, Montreal, Canada, the 1999 PharmaciaUpjohn International First Prize for Excellence in Published Clinical Research, US Endocrine
Society, the 1999 Novera Herbert Spector Award, International Society for
Neuroimmunomodulation, Lugano, Switzerland, the 2000 Henning Andersen Prize,
European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology, Brussels, Belgium, the 2002 Sir Edward
Sharpey-Schafer Medal, British Endocrine Societies, the 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award,
International Society for Psycho-Neuro-Endocrinology, Glasgow, UK, the 2007 Henning
Andersen Prize, European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology, Helsinki, Finland, and the
2008 Geoffrey Harris Prize in Neuroendocrinology, European Society of Endocrinology,
Berlin, Germany. Among others, he is a Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Liege,
Liege, Belgium (2003), Universita Politechnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy (2006) and
University of Patras, Patras, Greece (2011). He is an honorary professor of the University of
Warwick, Coventry, UK. Recently, he was honored with the 2011 Aristeion Bodossaki
Award, the highest distinction for accomplishment in the Sciences in Greece. In 2012, he
received the Albert Struyvenberg Medal of the European Society of Clinical Investigation
(ESCI). He is a distinguished visiting scientist of NICHD, NIH, Bethesda MD, USA. He served as
President of ESCI from 2008 to 2011.
Dr Chrousos was inducted as a Master of both the American College of Endocrinology and
the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London,
UK. He currently is the president of the European Society of Clinical Investigation. He is an
elected member of the American Society for Clinical Research, the Association of American
Physicians, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC,
USA, and the Academia Europaea, London, UK.
Prof. Chrousos run one of the best endocrine training programs in the world and fostered
the careers of over 60 distinguished, award-winning, world-class physician-scientists. After a
25 year distinguished career in the Intramural Program of the NIH, where he made seminal
original contributions and trained a generation of international leaders in Endocrinology, Dr.
Chrousos returned to his country and has assumed leadership roles at the University of
Athens and in Greek and European Medicine and Academia.
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Πέμπτη 18 Ιουλίου 2013
SESSION 2
Συντονιστής: Διευθυντής Ινστιτούτου Πυρηνικής & Σωματιδιακής Φυσικής
10:00
Fundamental Physics to 2030 – challenges for Europe
Prof. Themis Bowcock
Dept. of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool
10:30
Predicting and interpreting complex phenomena in matter through
multiscale modelling
Prof. Efthimios Kaxiras
Dept. of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University
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Fundamental Physics to 2030 – challenges for Europe
Prof. Themis Bowcock
Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory,
University of Liverpool
Abstract
In this talk I will discuss the different challenges and programmes for Experimental Particle
and AstroParticle Physics in Europe from the point of view of a University Groups. The
importance to provide front rank discovery potential, invest in future training and deliver a
programme that offers continuity beyond the LHC are foremost. The European Strategy
Group has reported at CERN and offers clear guidance to activities at CERN. I will discuss
how these relate to opportunities in North America, Asia and how we are looking at
investment in, and from, new expanding economical areas. The relationship to economical
impact, in my case the requirement of the UK Government, and how this will influence our
long term R&D policy will also be discussed. Opportunities for international and bilateral
collaborations are outlined.
Short CV
Themis Bowcock is currently Head of the Liverpool group, one of the biggest groups in the
UK, with over £15M of funding and 70 staff. The Liverpool group has established presence
on the ATLAS, LHCb, NA62, T2K and SNO+ experiments.
He was educated at New College, Oxford and Queen Mary College, London where he was
awarded his PhD on the UA1 experiment. He is a co-author on the discovery of the W and Z
bosons which unified the Electric and Weak forces.
He worked in the US for 8 years first as a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University and then
moved to the Super Conducting Super Collider as one of its first fellows, and was also an
Assistant Professor of Physics at Texas A&M.
From 1991 he worked at Liverpool University on the LEP experiment DELPHI working on Blifetimes and tri-linear gauge couplings.
In 2000 he was responsible for building one of the world’s first commodity supercomputers
(MAP) and its replacement MAP2 that reached the top 100. In 2003 he was co-founder and
technical director of the £10M AiMeS Institute which was focused on commercial
exploitation of new Grid Technologies. This delivered several innovations and entrepreneur
awards as well numerous spin-off companies.
Themis originated and led the LHCb Vertex Detector project in the UK from 1997 onwards –
with Liverpool building all the VELO modules. He is currently leading the UK to build the
VELO pixel replacement for 2019. His physics interests include work on top decays at LHCb.
In 2013 he joined the g-2 experiment at Fermilab, aimed at making the world’s most precise
measurement of the muon g, and EDM.
Themis serves on the UK STFC CLASP committee (Challenge Led Applications) and for several
years was the PP representative on the UK STFC Innovations and Partnerships schemes. Both
committees are the primary source of funding for industry and PP research in the UK.
Contact:
Professor Themis Bowcock
Head of Particle Physics
Department of Physics
Oliver Lodge Laboratory
Oxford Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK
e-mail: [email protected]
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Predicting and interpreting complex phenomena in matter
through multiscale modeling
Prof. Efthimios Kaxiras
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck Professor of Pure and Applied Physics
Department of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138, USA
Abstract
The behavior of matter at various length and time scales is key to understanding mechanical,
optical and electronic properties, which are the core of most technological applications. This
behavior can only be captured by methods that incorporate several scales simultaneously, in
order to predict and interpret complex phenomena that range from brittle fracture to the
efficiency of photosynthesis. In this talk we will review some key concepts in formulating
multiscale modeling methods and will emphasize the application of these methods to
several cases of interest, such as non-newtonian blood flow, and the use of layered
materials for novel optoelectronic devices.
Short CV
Professor Efthimios Kaxiras started his academic education at the National Technical
University of Athens and continued at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he
received his PhD in theoretical physics. He is currently the John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
Professor of Pure and Applied Physics, and the Director of the Institute for Applied
Computational Science at Harvard University. He has been a Visiting Faculty at ETH-Zurich,
EPF-Lausanne, the University of Ioannina and the University of Crete. He has also served as
Director of Harvard’s Initiative in Innovative Computing and Associate Director of the
Materials Science and Engineering Center. He holds several distinctions such as Fellow of the
American Physical Society and Chartered Physicist and Fellow of the Institute of Physics
(London).
He serves on the Editorial Board of several scientific journals and has published widely in the
area of computational materials science with emphasis on multiscale simulations and on
complex physical phenomena ranging from brittle-vs.-ductile behavior of solids, to the
translocation of biomolecules and their interaction with nanostructured substrates.
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Πέμπτη 18 Ιουλίου 2013
SESSION 3
Συντονιστής: Διευθυντής Προηγμένων
Νανοτεχνολογίας & Μικροσυστημάτων
Υλικών,
Φυσικοχημικών
Διεργασιών,
11:30
The role and the impact of a Private‐Public‐Partnership R&D
Center in Switzerland and beyond its borders
Dr. Georges Kotrotsios
Vice President Marketing and Business Development, Member of the
Executive Board
12:00
Leading research institutions: an EU-funded opportunity for an
innovation jump in Greece
Dr. Odysseas Cartalos
Management Consulting Director, LOGOTECH
12:30
The New ‘Argonauts’ and Network Innovation
Prof. Dimitris Assimakopoulos
Grenoble École de Management, LINC Lab
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The role and the impact of a Private‐Public‐Partnership R&D
Center in Switzerland and beyond its borders
G. Kotrotsios
CSEM SA, Jaquet Droz 1, CH 2002, Neuchâtel, Switzerland ‐
[email protected]
Abstract
Switzerland for several years now is ranking world’s number 1 in European innovation
scoreboards; it is generally accepted that such leadership plays an important role in the
overall positive outlook of the country. We will try to outline the key factors behind the
Swiss innovation system, mutual interactions between actors, support measures, strengths
and weaknesses. Among the key actors of the Swiss system we can find three major RTOs
(Research and Technology Organization); CSEM, a private‐public partnership, is one of these
three organizations. We will attempt to outline the modus operandi of CSEM as well as its
impact on the national economy and the society. Then, we will try to identify the elements
which could be transposed to Greece.
During the last ten years, efforts have been deployed to transpose and export CSEM’s
model, in some cases with nice successes, as for instance in Brazil, but also failures in other
cases. We will summarize, the most relevant lessons learned in the framework of these
endeavors. Further, a brief analysis of CSEM’s international R&D cooperation links will help
to deepen the insight on constraints and drivers of technological innovation under different
economic environments.
Our presentation has a dual objective: first, to stimulate the discussion on what can be
efficient technological research and innovation practices and second to underline the fact
that efficient and performing RTO’s and Technical Universities, actively interacting between
them and clearly oriented towards –international‐ industry, can be a motor of progress,
even in our country were financial resources are and will be limited.
Switzerland for several years now is ranking world’s number 1 in European innovation
scoreboards; it is generally accepted that such leadership plays an important role in the
overall positive outlook of the country. We will try to outline the key factors behind the
Swiss innovation system, mutual interactions between actors, support measures, strengths
and weaknesses. Among the key actors of the Swiss system we can find three major RTOs
(Research and Technology Organization); CSEM, a private‐public partnership, is one of these
three organizations. We will attempt to outline the modus operandi of CSEM as well as its
impact on the national economy and the society. Then, we will try to identify the elements
which could be transposed to Greece./During the last ten years, efforts have been deployed
to transpose and export CSEM’s model, in some cases with nice successes, as for instance in
Brazil, but also failures in other cases. We will summarize, the most relevant lessons learned
in the framework of these endeavors. Further, a brief analysis of CSEM’s international R&D
cooperation links will help to deepen the insight on constraints and drivers of technological
innovation under different economic environments./ Our presentation has a dual objective:
first, to stimulate the discussion on what can be efficient technological research and
innovation practices and second to underline the fact that efficient and performing RTO’s
and Technical Universities, actively interacting between them and clearly oriented towards –
international‐ industry, can be a motor of progress, even in our country were financial
resources are and will be limited.
Short CV
George Kotrotsios holds a Ph.D. Degree in Optoelectronics, Institut National Polytechnique
de Grenoble (Fr), an Executive MBA in Management of Technology, HEC, Université de
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Lausanne (CH) and an Electrical Engineering Degree from the Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki (Gr). In CSEM SA, a major Swiss Research and Innovation center, he conducted
several years applied R&D in the field of optical fiber communications and sensors as well on
fiber manufacturing technology, fiber lasers, surface engineering, nanotechnologies (having
developed the first commercial European Atomic Force Microscope - AFM), since 1985.
Between 1996 and 1999, he was with M3D SA, a contract research organisation, a joint
venture of Mitsubishi Co and Battelle. He developed then two start-ups in optical
communications and sensors. He joined again CSEM at the end of 1999 He is in charge of the
Marketing and Business Development of the company since April 2005. From January 1st,
2010 he is in member of the Executive Board of CSEM, in charge of Business Development,
Technology Commercialization and Strategic Relations, including European Commission and
European Space Agency. Presently, he is
- member of the Executive Board of EARTO (the European Association of Research and
Technology Organizations),
- member of the Board of Directors of CSEM do Brazil,
- member of the Experts Committee of Micronarc, the Microsystem and Association in
Western Switzerland,
- member of the Board of the HTA (Heterogeneous Technology Alliance, the Alliance
of CEA-LETI, VTT, Fraunhofer Microelectronics Association) and CSEM); he assumed
the rotating presidency in 2012.
G. Kotrotsios was chairman of the Board of Directors of Sensecore (company active in
wearable electronics for elite athletes) up to the successful second round of investment.
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Leading research institutions: an EU-funded opportunity for an
innovation jump in Greece
Dr. Odysseas Cartalos
LOGOTECH, 100, Kifisias avenue and 83, Marathonoromou street,
GR-151 25 Marousi, Athens
[email protected]
Abstract
A new element in Horizon 2020 is the “teaming competition” scheme. The scheme will offer
substantial funding on a competitive basis for projects aiming to develop cutting-edge
research centres in less advanced EU regions. The proposals for funding are submitted by
teams comprising (a) an internationally recognised research institute and (b) the hosting
region.
A recent study for the European Parliament by the present author drew attention to the
urgent need for Europe to increase its attractiveness for the world top scientists. The
associated challenge is for the EU and its member states to re-enter the worldwide
competition in science and technology against established and new fast-rising regional
players. The teaming competition was identified as one of few measures that would
adequetely serve such objective, provided that the accent is placed on creating the
conditions for top performers to relocate and develop an innovation-conducive environment
in the less advanced regions.
With this perspective, the scheme is crucial for Greece, as it offers a concrete opportunity
for the country to boost its innovation capacity and create conditions for knowledge-based
growth. Major assets of Greece in the long and tedious effort to actually obtain funding and
launch a leading research center are its current research potential, its culture and living
conditions, as well as its distiguished diaspora.
The presentation will discuss key parameters that need to be taken into account for
designing a viable project under the teaming competition scheme, which include: the focus
on high-quality research, the funding perspectives for long-term and high-risk research, the
flexibility in terms of hiring highly-qualified and promising researchers, as well as the
governance principles that set the ground for success.
Short CV
Odysseas Cartalos has earned a PhD in Chemical Engineering and a “Habilitation” from the
Institut National Polytechnique of Grenoble, France.
He has worked for about 10 years as research manager in the oil and gas industry, then
moved to consulting, where he acquired senior practical experience in ICT, Public
Administration and HR Management.
He has led major assignments for the European Parliament, the European Commission and
other institutions and government bodies involved in policy making.
He was particularly involved in the design, implementation and evaluation of interventions
in Research and Innovation in the framework of European initiatives, including FP7, CIP and
Horizon 2020, as well as of Structural Funds.
Dr. Cartalos has authored 35 scientific publications, 2 patents and a large number of
consulting studies and reports.
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The New ‘Argonauts’ and Network Innovation
Professor Dr. Dimitris Assimakopoulos
Founder & Director LINC Lab, Grenoble Ecole de Management VicePresident, EDAMBA
Abstract
Nurturing innovation, technological and/or organizational, it is of growing significance in an
era of creative destruction and ‘glo-calization’. The role of new ‘Argonauts’ for strengthening
innovation and thus competitiveness, in regional economies as far apart, as Silicon Valley,
Bangalore and Tel Aviv, it has been highlighted as a key factor in reversing ‘brain drain’ to
‘brain circulation’ (Saxenian, 2006). Network innovation based on returnees and new
‘Argonauts’, create a win-win for advanced and less advanced knowledge economies in
entrepreneurial regions around the globe (Assimakopoulos et al, 2011).
To what extent however, there are returnees in Greece empowered to up start businesses
or reverse the current brain drain? The Greek diaspora is as important in terms of
intellectual strength as the Jewish one. What holds back the Greek diaspora for boosting
innovation? And, what are the lessons to be learned from best practices of networks of
innovators, mostly returnees, who can bridge large geographical distances, setting the
example to follow, say, in the case of Israel, near to Greece. Implications for further
research, policy and practice are also going to be discussed based on ongoing research in the
regional innovation ecosystem in Grenoble, France.
References
Assimakopoulos D, Carayannis E., and Dossani, R. (Eds.), 2011, Knowledge Perspectives of
New Product Development: a Comparative Approach, New York: Springer.
Saxenian, A., 2006, The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy,
Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press
Short CV
Assimakopoulos is a Professor of Information Systems & Technology Management, Founding
Director of the LINC (Learning & Innovation in Networks & Communities) Lab, at the triple
accredited: AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) in France. He
is also the Founding Director of the GEM joint Doctorate of Business Administration program
with the Newcastle University (UK) and serves as the Vice-President of the European
Doctoral programs Association in Management & Business Administration (EDAMBA).
Assimakopoulos studied at the Universities of Patras, Sheffield, Grenoble and Stanford. He
holds an HDR in Economics from the University Pierre Mendes France (Grenoble 2); a PhD
and Masters in Architectural Studies from the University of Sheffield, England; and a
Diploma in Civil Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece. He was also twice a
Visiting Scholar in Economic Sociology at Stanford University, California. The focus of his
research is on the emergence of new technological communities and networks of practice
across organizational and national boundaries shaping innovation processes; and, informal
collaboration networks fostering learning and innovation in emerging technologies in the
EU, Silicon Valley and China.
His research monograph on ‘Technological Communities and Networks: Triggers and Drivers
for Innovation’ was published by Routledge in 2007 (translated in Chinese and published by
Tsinghua University Press in 2010); co-edited: 'Innovation Networks and Knowledge Clusters'
published by Palgrave in 2008; ‘Knowledge Perspectives of New Product Development’
published by Springer in 2011; and ‘Management of Emerging Technologies for SocioEconomic Impact’ to be published by Edward Elgar in 2014; also co-editing as the founding
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editor the ‘Intl. Journal of IT and Management’, published by Inderscience, since 2002;
serves on the Editorial Board of ‘Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation’ published by
Routledge. His research has also appeared in scholarly journals such as ‘Environment and
Planning B’, ‘Innovation Management, Policy and Practice’, ‘International Journal of
Technology Management’, ‘International Small Business Journal’, ‘Knowledge-based
Innovation in China’, ‘MIT Sloan Management Review’, ‘Organizational Dynamics’,
‘Prometheus’, ‘R&D Management’, and ‘Science & Pubic Policy’.
Dimitris was the recipient of a European Commission (EC) Marie Curie fellowship under the
Human Capital and Mobility program. For the past twenty years, he was invited to consult
private companies, such as the ARM, STMicroelectronics and EADS; manage externally
funded projects and present his research in specialist meetings organised by the EC (DGs
Industry & Information Society), European Science Foundation, European Institute for
Advanced Studies in Management, European Academy of Management, European
Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), British Academy of Management, Economic and
Social Research Council in the UK, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in France,
Strategic Research Council in Denmark, and the US National Science Foundation
Dimitris Assimakopoulos, PhD, HDR
Professor of Technology Management
Grenoble Ecole de Management, LINC Lab
12 rue Pierre Semard, BP 127, Grenoble 38003, France
http://www.grenoble-em.com/linclab
[email protected]
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Πέμπτη 18 Ιουλίου 2013
SESSION 4
Συντονιστής:
Διευθυντής Ινστιτούτου Πληροφορικής & Τηλεπικοινωνιών
14:30
Kernel methods with imbalanced data and applications
Prof. Theodore B. Trafalis
School of Industrial Engineering, Univ. of Oklahoma
Director of the Laboratory of Optimization and Intelligent Systems
15:00
Extracting Geospatial Information from Social Media Feeds
Prof. P. Aggouri, Chair, Dept. of Geography & Geoinformation
Science, George Mason University
Assoc. Prof., Α. Stefanidis, Dept. of Geography & Geoinformation
Science, Center for Geospatial Intelligence, George Mason University
15:30
Real –time considerations in the localization and control of
epileptic seizures
Dr. Kostas Tsakalis
Professor and Associate Director of Infrastructure, Dept. of Electrical,
Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University
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Kernel methods with imbalanced data and applications
Prof. Theodore B. Trafalis
School of Industrial Engineering, Univ. of Oklahoma
Director of the Laboratory of Optimization and Intelligent Systems
Abstract
The main objective of this talk is to present recent developments in the applications of
kernel methods and Support Vector Machines (SVMs) to imbalanced data related to
weather prediction. I will also discuss how kernel methods can be used to uncover
physically meaningful, predictive patterns in weather radar data that alert to severe
weather before the severe weather occurs. Specific indices related to the analysis of
severe weather data (for example tornado data) using kernel methods will be also
discussed. In addition a family of learning algorithms, motivated by Support Vector
Machines, capable of replacing traditional methods for assimilating data and generating
forecasts, without requiring the assumptions made by the assimilation methods (Kalman
filters) and an application of kernel methods to processing the states of a QuasiGeostrophic (QG) numerical model will be presented. Extensions of those techniques to
other areas of applications will be investigated.
Biographical Note
Theodore B. Trafalis, PhD, is a Professor in the School of Industrial Engineering at the
University of Oklahoma, USA and adjunct professor in the School of meteorology. He
earned his BS in mathematics from the University of Athens, Greece, his MS in Applied
Mathematics, MSIE, and PhD in Operations Research from Purdue University. He is a
member of INFORMS, SIAM, International Society of Multiple Criteria Decision Making,
and the International Society of Neural Networks. He has been listed in several Who’s
Who biographies such as in the 1993/1994 edition of Who’s Who in the World. He was a
visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue University (1989-1990), an invited Research Fellow
at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands (1996), a visiting Associate Professor at
Blaise Pascal University, France, and at the Technical University of Crete (1998). He was
also an invited visiting Associate Professor at Akita Prefectural University, Japan
(2001). The academic year 2006-2007 was on a sabbatical at the National Center for
Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications,
Computational Intelligence Laboratory (CIL), Athens, Greece. In June 2011 was invited
researcher at the Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of Toulouse, France. His
research interests include: operations research/management science, mathematical
programming, interior point methods, multiobjective optimization, control theory,
artificial neural networks, kernel methods, evolutionary programming data mining,
global optimization and weather applications. He has published more that one hundred
articles in journals, conference proceedings, edited books, made over one hundred
technical presentations, and received several awards for his papers. In 2004 he received
the Regents Award at the University of Oklahoma for his research activities. He has been
funded through National Science Foundation (NSF), NOAA, Office of the Army and
received the NSF Research Initiation Award in 1991. In 2006 he was the editor of a special
issue in Support Vector Machines for the journal of Computational Management Science.
He also co-edited a special issue in “Learning from Data” for the same journal. He has
coauthored a research monograph with Springer under the title “Robust Data Mining”
that was published in 2013. Prof. Trafalis currently serves as the chief editor of Intelligent
Control and Automation and an associate editor for the Journal of Computational
Management Science, the Journal of Heuristics, Technology and Investment and several
other journals. In addition he has been on the Program Committee of several
international conferences in the field of intelligent systems, data mining and
optimization. He was also co-organizer of the International Conference on the Dynamics
of Disasters, Athens, Greece, 2006 and organizer of the 1st International Conference in
Industrial Systems and Design Engineering that was held in Athens, Greece, June 2013.
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Extracting Geospatial Information from Social Media Feeds
Prof. P. Aggouri
Chair, Dept. of Geography & Geoinformation Science, George Mason University
Assoc. Prof. Α. Stefanidis
Dept. of Geography & Geoinformation Science, Center for Geospatial Intelligence, George
Mason University
Abstract
The remarkable success of online social media sites marks a shift in the way people connect
and share information. Much of this information now contains some form of geographical
content due to the proliferation of location-aware devices, thus fostering the emergence of
geosocial media - a new type of user-generated geospatial information. Through geosocial
media we are able, for the first time, to observe human activities in scales and resolutions
that were so far unavailable. Furthermore, the wide spectrum of social media data and
service types provides a multitude of perspectives on real-world activities and happenings,
thus opening new frontiers in geosocial knowledge discovery. However, gleaning knowledge
from geosocial media is a challenging task, as they tend to be unstructured and thematically
diverse. In this presentation we will provide example applications to demonstrate the
opportunities and challenges associated with the use of social media content in geospatial
applications.
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Real–time considerations in the localization and control of
epileptic seizures
Dr. Kostas Tsakalis
Professor and Associate Director of Infrastructure, Dept. of
Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State
University
Abstract
Real–time considerations in the localization and control of epileptic seizures
Kostas Tsakalis1, Dionysios Reisis2, and Dimitrios Soudris3
1
Arizona State University, School of Electrical Computer and Energy Engineering, Tempe, AZ
85226, USA
2
Capodistrian University of Athens, Department of Physics, Electronics Laboratory, Athens,
Greece
3
National Technical University of Athens, Department of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science, Microlab, Athens, Greece
This project deals with the computational and real-time implementation aspects of
multivariable feedback decoupling controllers for the localization and suppression of
epileptic seizures. Prior work with electroencephalographic (EEG) data from epileptic
patients and animals has indicated that synchronization and information transfer measures
can be consistent indicators of the epileptic state of the brain and that electrical stimulation
has generally beneficial, though not quite consistent effects. The novel idea behind this
control strategy is in the combination recent epileptogenic focus localization techniques
with real-time delivery of practical stimuli in the form of biphasic, pulse-train-modulated,
electrical signals to disentrain the brain. Performing the necessary computations with
embedded hardware and in real time is, of course, important for the final implementation. It
also provides significant flexibility in research through the use of more compact embedded
devices with higher reliability and more comfortable for the animal subjects (rodents).
Short CV
Dr. Konstantinos Tsakalis is a Professor and Associate Director of Infrastructure in the
Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University. His
expertise is in the theory and applications of control systems, adaptive control, system
identification and optimization, where he has co-authored the book Linear Time-Varying
Systems: Control and Adaptation, published by Prentice-Hall. He has worked on the
integrated system identification and controller design and the implementation of highperformance multivariable controllers for semiconductor manufacturing applications. His
work on the control-theoretic and algorithmic component of SEMY's Model Based
Temperature Control system was awarded several US Patents and received a 1998 Best
Products Award from Semiconductor International Magazine. He has also worked on the
application of robust control theory, system identification and optimization principles in
various industrial problems in collaboration with Honeywell and EPRI. More recently, his
activities include power system and biomedical applications, and in particular, prediction
and control of epileptic seizures. His educational objectives are to provide students with an
operational understanding and hands-on experience with modern system identification and
feedback controller design techniques and implementation of embedded control systems.
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Πέμπτη 18 Ιουλίου 2013
SESSION 5
Συντονιστής:
Διευθυντής Ινστιτούτου Πυρηνικών & Ραδιολογικών Επιστημών &
Τεχνολογίας, Ενέργειας & Ασφάλειας
16:30
Μοριακές προσομοιώσεις πολυμερών
Καθηγ. Δώρος Θεοδώρου
Τμήμα Χημικών Μηχανικών, ΕΜΠ
17:00
The European Spallation Source: A source for discovery
Dr. Dimitri N. Argyriou
Director of Science, European Spallation Source AB
17:30
Development of front line and clinically relevant medical
technology in the academic lab
Prof. Nikos Stergiopulos
Laboratory of Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Technology, Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology
18:00
Ionic liquids: Task-specific solvents for benign processing and
functional products
Prof. Paschalis Alexandridis
Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering and Materials Science &
Engineering Program,
University at Buffalo-The State University of New York
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Molecular simulations of polymers
Prof. Doros Nicolas Theodorou
School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of
Athens, 9 Heroon Polytechniou Street, Zografou Campus, 157 80
Athens, Greece
Abstract
Predicting the properties of polymeric materials from their chemical constitution is a
challenging task. The broad spectra of length and time scales governing structure and
molecular motion in polymers defy “brute force” molecular simulation approaches.
Fortunately, statistical mechanics can serve as a basis for designing new methods and
algorithms that overcome this challenge.
We will discuss efforts to predict (a) conformation, molecular packing, and entanglement
properties of high molar mass linear and short-chain branched polymer melts; (b) cavitation
in crosslinked polymer networks upon imposition of hydrostatic stress; (c) structure and
dynamics in materials consisting of nanoparticles of roughly spherical shape, either bare or
carrying surface-grafted polymer chains, within amorphous polymer matrices. These studies
make use of different levels of representation for the macromolecules (atomistic, coarsegrained, field theory-inspired, entanglement network), each level invoking parameters that
can be extracted from the previous (more detailed) levels, to bridge molecular constitution
with macroscopic behavior.
Biographical Note
Doros Theodorou was born in Athens, Greece in 1957. He graduated from Athens College
in 1976 and obtained a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical
University of Athens (NTUA) in 1981. In September 1981 he started his graduate studies
in the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), where he obtained his Master of Science degree in 1983 working under
the direction of James Wei, and his Ph.D. in 1985 under the supervision of Ulrich Suter.
From June 1985 to July 1986 he fulfilled his military service obligation in the Hellenic Navy
(Naval Academy of Greece). Immediately thereafter he started his academic career as an
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of
California, Berkeley. He was promoted to the tenured position of Associate Professor in
1990 and to Full Professor in 1994. In parallel, starting in 1986, he served as Associated
Faculty in the Center for Advanced Materials of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL),
where he directed the project “Polymer-Substrate Interactions”. His research group at
Berkeley carried out the first predictive computer simulations of polymers at interfaces
and advanced molecular simulations as a tool for understanding sorption and diffusion
phenomena in zeolites.
In 1991 Doros Theodorou was elected Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical
Engineering of the University of Patras in Greece, where he taught in parallel with his
appointment at Berkeley for a few years. In 1995 he resigned his positions at Berkeley
and LBL and relocated to Greece as Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of
Patras and adjunct senior faculty member at the Institute for Chemical Engineering and
High Temperature Chemical Processes (ICE/HT-FORTH). In parallel, he served as
collaborating researcher in the Institute of Physical Chemistry of NCSR “Demokritos” in
Athens. Since February 2002 he has been Professor in the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering of the School of Chemical Engineering of NTUA, where he directs
the Computational Materials Science and Engineering group.
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He has taught many undergraduate and graduate courses in the general areas of
Thermodynamics, Physical Chemistry, Statistical Mechanics and Molecular Simulations,
Structure-Property Relations in Materials, Polymer Science and Engineering, and Chemical
Engineering Science. He has authored 152 research articles in international scientific
journals, 26 book chapters and invited review articles, and the books Simulation Methods
for Polymers with M.J. Kotelyanskii and Diffusion in Nanoporous Materials with J. Kärger
and D. Ruthven. His published work has received more than 7500 citations (h-index = 49).
He has served on the editorial boards of 10 international scientific journals and organized
13 international scientific conferences. He represented Greece in the mobility of
researchers program of the European Union in the period 1995-2004 and is currently a
member of the National Council of Research and Technology of Greece.
His research work focuses on the development and application of new, hierarchical
computational methods for understanding and predicting the properties of materials from
their chemical constitution. Today, many members of his research groups at Berkeley,
Patras, and Athens hold distinguished teaching appointments in universities, or
managerial positions in industrial laboratories and plants around the world. His research
work has received considerable recognition. For example, he was awarded the
Presidential Young Investigator Award of the U.S. National Science Foundation (19881992), the Allan P. Colburn Memorial Lectureship of the University of Delaware (1993),
the Earnest W. Thiele Lectureship of the University of Notre Dame (1993), the Robert W.
Vaughan Lectureship of Caltech (1994), the Science Award of the Bodossakis Foundation
in Chemistry (1996), the Danckwerts Lectureship of AIChE, IChemE, EFCE and CES (2006),
the D. Medema Award of the Dutch PTN (2009), and the Bird-Stewart-Lightfoot
lectureship of the University of Wisconsin, Madison (2013).
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The European Spallation Source: A source for discovery
Dr. Dimitri N. Argyriou
Director of Science, European Spallation Source AB
Curriculum Vitae
1. Personal
Date of Birth: 1966
Place of Birth: Athens, Greece
Nationality: Greek
Languages: Fluent in Greek and English, medium level German
Personal Address: Wassergasse 5, Berlin, 10179, Germany
Email argyriou @ esss.se
2. Education
2009 Habilitation with the Rheinisch-Westfälische TechnischeHochschule, Aachen, Fakultät
für Georessourcen und Materialtechnik. Venia Legendi: Kristallphysik.
1994 Doctor of Philosophy (Physics), University of Technology,Sydney. Title of thesis
"Neutron Scattering from Zirconiaand Zirconia Ceramics."
1990 Bachelor of Applied Science (Honors, Physics). University of Technology, Sydney.
3. Employment History
1/2011-Present Director of Science, European Spallation Source AB, P.O Box 117, SE-221
00 Lund, Sweden.
1/2002-12/2010 Group leader, “Novel Materials”, Department of Magnetism, SF-2,
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialen und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany.
4/99-12/2002 Assistant Physicist , Materials Science Division, Argonne National
Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass, Argonne, IL 60639, USA.
9/96-4/99 Technical Staff Member (Instrument Scientist) Los Alamos Neutron Science
Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA.
6/94-8/96 Postdoctoral Scientist, Materials Science Division and Science and Technology
Center for Superconductivity, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass, Argonne, IL
60639, USA.
2/89-5/94 Experimental Officer, Neutron Scattering Group, and Advanced Materials
Division, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization. New Illawara Rd, Menai
NSW 2234, Australia.
4. Awards
2010 Friedrich-Wilhelm-Preis, presented by the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische
Hochschule, Aachen for work on multiferroic oxides.
2008 Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (DCMP) for “For important
applications of neutron and x-ray scattering which reveal the relationships between crystal
and magnetic structure and physical properties in perovskite-based CMR.”
1997 Visiting Scientist, Institut Laue -Langevin.
1990 State of New South Wales, Ph.D. Scholarship.
5. Professional Skills
• Neutron Scattering
Neutron diffraction.
Inelastic neutron scattering.
Neutron instrument design.
• X-ray scattering
High energy X-ray diffraction, powder and single crystal.
Magnetic resonant X-ray scattering.
• Materials Synthesis and Characterization
Powder methods for the synthesis of oxides.
Floating zone single crystal growth.
Materials characterization, SQUID, XRD etc.
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6. Memberships
German Neutron Scattering Society
American Physical Society (Fellow)
German Physical Society (DPG)
7. Professional Activities
2010- Chairman of the Science Advisory panel of the European Spallation Source.
2009- Member of the beam time proposal review panel (structure) for the Spallation
Neutron Source located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA.
2008- present
Member of the beam time proposal review panel (structure) for the
Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FMR-II).
2007-present
Member of the Science Advisory panel of the European Spallation Source.
2001-present
Principal organizer together with Michael Rübhausen of a series of annual workshop on
Orbital Physics and novel phenomena in transition metal oxides. These highly successful
workshops attract researchers from Europe, Japan and the US. In 2007 “Orbital” was
organized with the Max Plank Institut for Solid State Physics and was attended by 130
participants. It was highlighted in Nature Materials (Volume 6, pages 927 - 928 (2007)).
2004 Instrument design panel for the WISH spectrometer to be constructed at the ISIS
facility.
2002-present
Reviewer for beam time proposals for the NIST center for neutron research, NIST.
2000 Principal organizer of international workshop on Magnetism at the next generation
Spallation Neutron Source, Argonne National Laboratory.
1997-1998 Selection panel for experimental proposals for the LANSCE facility, Los Alamos
national Laboratory.
1997 Selection panel for Laboratory Directed Research Development proposals, Los
Alamos National Laboratory.
1996- present
Regular referee for Physical Review Letters, Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Physics,
Physical Review B, Journal of Physics, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.
8. Competitive funding
2010 Awarded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) €100K Euro over 3 years to fund 1
Ph.D. students on a project titled
“Evolution of magnetism with doping and pressure in superconducting iron pnictides”.
2009 Awarded collaborative funding from the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
for the project titled “Is there a pseudogap phase in overdoped manganites ?” in
partnership with the Institute of Materials Science, National Research Center Demokritos,
Greece.
2007 Awarded by HMI/BMBF €950K for the upgrade of the E9 high resolution powder
diffractometer.
2006 Awarded by the HMI via internal competition €400K, for the purchase of a 2nd
floating zone image furnace and high temperature furnaces to expand oxide synthesis
laboratory.
2006 Awarded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) €100K Euro/year to fund 2 Ph.D.
students on a project titled “Competing interactions in highly frustrated multiferroic
manganites”. This project was co-authored with Michael Rübhausen University of
Hamburg.
2002 Co-authored scientific case for a 40T steady state Neutron High Field Laboratory at
HMI. This proposal was submitted to the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
(BMBF) and awarded funding of €22 Million.
2001 Awarded by the HMI via internal competition €450K, for the purchase of a floating
zone image furnace and high temperature furnaces to establish an oxide synthesis
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laboratory. Received additional funding for two postdoctoral positions.
2000 Co-authored a successful proposal for a new DOE initiative on “Laterally confined
nanomagnets” ($1.2M).
1998-1999 Made significant contributions to the scientific case and provided preliminary
neutron instrumentation designs for the proposal to construct a Long-Wavelength Target
Station at SNS.
1998 Awarded funding for research on CMR materials, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
($250K).
1997 Awarded funding for the construction of a 12T superconducting magnet, Los Alamos
National Laboratory, ($320K).
9. Impact of Research
• Co-authored well over 140 publications in international peer-reviewed journals.
• Co-authored papers that are published in journals with high impact factors, such as
Physical Review Letters, Science and Nature.
• Citations exceed 3900 (by November 2010), Index h~32.
• Presented over 30 invited seminars in international meetings and workshops.
• Invitations to contribute to books and special issue journal editions.
• Invitations to organize sessions and symposia in international conferences such as the
microsymposium on multiferroics at the congress of the International Union of
Crystallography, Florence 2006 and more recently two symposia on multiferroics and iron
arsenide superconductors at the Deutsche Neutronenstreutagung 2008 in Munich.
10. Selected Publications
1. Cycloidal Order of 4f Moments as a Probe of Chiral Domains in DyMnO3.
E. Schierle, V. Soltwisch, D. Schmitz, R. Feyerherm, A. Maljuk, F. Yokaichiya, D. N. Argyriou,
and E. Weschke1. Phys. Rev. Lett. (2010) vol. 105, pp. 167207.
2. From (π,0) magnetic order to superconductivity with (π,π) magnetic resonance in
Fe1.02Te1−xSex.
T. J. Liu, J. Hu, B. Qian, D. Fobes, Z. Q. Mao, W. Bao, M. Reehuis, S. A. J. Kimber, K. Prokeš,
S. Matas, D. N. Argyriou, A. Hiess, A. Rotaru, H. Pham, L. Spinu, Y. Qiu, V. Thampy, A. T.
Savici, J. A. Rodriguez & C. Broholm. Nature Materials (2010) vol. 9, pp. 716-720.
3. Direct NMR evidence of phase solitons in the spin ground state of overdoped
manganites. D. Koumoulis, N. Panopoulos, A. Reyes, M. Fardis, M. Pissas, A. Douvalis, T.
Bakas, D. N. Argyriou, and G. Papavassiliou. Phys. Rev. Lett. (2010) vol. 104, pp. 077204.
4. Signature of checkerboard fluctuations in the phonon spectra of a possible polaronic
metal La1.2Sr1.8Mn2O7.
F. Weber, N. Aliouane, H. Zheng, J. F. Mitchell, D. N. Argyriou & D. Reznik, Nature
Materials (2009) vol. 8, pp. 798 - 802.
5. Similarities between structural distortions under pressure and chemical doping in
superconducting BaFe2As2.
S.A.J. Kimber, A. Kreyssig, Y Zhang, H. Jeschke, R. Valenti, F. Yokaichiya, E. Colombier, J.
Yan, T. Hansen, T. Chatterji, R. McQueeney, P. Canfield, A.I. Goldman, D.N. Argyriou.
Nature Materials (2009) vol. 8, pp. 471–475.
6. Flop of Electric Polarization Driven by the Flop of the Mn Spin Cycloid in Multiferroic
TbMnO3.
N. Aliouane, K. Schmalzl, D. Senff, A. Maljuk, K. Prokes, M. Braden, D.N. Argyriou. Phys.
Rev. Lett. (2009) vol. 102 pp. 207205.
7. Metal-Insulator Transition and Orbital Order in PbRuO3.
S. A. J. Kimber, J. A. Rodgers, H. Wu, Claire A. Murray, D. N. Argyriou, A. N. Fitch, D. I.
Khomskii, and J. P. Attfield. Phys. Rev. Lett. (2009) vol. 102, pp. 046409.
8. Coupling of frustrated ising spins to the magnetic cycloid in multiferroic TbMnO3. O
Prokhnenko, R Feyerherm, M Mostovoy, N Aliouane, E Dudzik, A U B Wolter, A Maljuk, D.
N. Argyriou. Phys. Rev. Lett. (2007) vol. 99, pp. 177206.
9. Enhanced ferroelectric polarization by induced Dy spin order in multiferroic DyMnO3.
O Prokhnenko, R Feyerherm, E Dudzik, S Landsgesell, N Aliouane, L. C Chapon, D. N.
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Argyriou, Phys. Rev. Lett. (2007) vol. 98 pp. 057206
10. Magnetic excitations in multiferroic TbMnO3: Evidence for a hybridized soft mode.
D Senff, P Link, K Hradil, A Hiess, L. P Regnault, Y Sidis, N Aliouane, D. N. Argyriou, M
Braden, Phys. Rev. Lett.(2007) vol. 98 pp. 137296.
11. Quasiparticlelike peaks, kinks, and electron-phonon coupling at the (pi, 0) regions in
the CMR oxide La2-2xSr1+2xMn2O7.
Z Sun, Y. -D Chuang, A. V Fedorov, J. F Douglas, D Reznik, F Weber, N Aliouane, D. N.
Argyriou, H Zheng, J. F Mitchell, T Kimura, Y Tokura, A Revcolevschi, D. S Dessau. Phys. Rev.
Lett. (2006) vol. 97 pp. 056401
12. Revised superconducting phase diagram of hole-doped Nax(H3O) zCoO2.yH2O.
CJ Milne, D. N. Argyriou, A Chemseddine, N Aliouane, J Veira, S Landsgesell, D Alber. Phys.
Rev. Lett. (2004) vol. 93 pp. 247007.
13. Antiferromagnetic order as the competing ground state in electron-doped
Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4.
HJ Kang, PC Dai, JW Lynn, M Matsuura, JR Thompson, SC Zhang, D. N. Argyriou, Y Onose, Y
Tokura Nature (2003) vol. 423 pp. 522-525.
14. Glass transition in the polaron dynamics of colossal magnetoresistive manganites.
D. N. Argyriou, JW Lynn, R Osborn, B Campbell, JF Mitchell, U Ruett, HN Bordallo, A
Wildes, CD Ling. Phys. Rev. Lett. (2002) vol. 89 pp. 036401
15. Neutron scattering investigation of magnetic bilayer correlations in La1.2Sr1.8Mn2O7:
Evidence of canting above TC.
R Osborn, S Rosenkranz, D. N. Argyriou, L Vasiliu-Doloc, JW Lynn, SK Sinha, JF Mitchell, KE
Gray, SD Bader. Phys. Rev. Lett. (1998) vol. 81 pp. 3964
16. Sign reversal of the Mn-O bond compressibility in La1.2Sr1.8Mn2O7 below TC:
Exchange striction in the ferromagnetic state.
D. N. Argyriou, JF Mitchell, JB Goodenough, O Chmaissem, S Short, JD Jorgensen. Phys.
Rev. Lett. (1997) vol. 78 pp. 1568
17. Compressibility, phase transitions, and oxygen migration in zirconium tungstate,
ZrW2O8.
JSO Evans, Z Hu, JD Jorgensen, D. N. Argyriou, S Short, AW Sleight, Science (1997) vol. 275
pp. 61-65
18. Lattice effects and magnetic order in the canted ferromagnetic insulator
La0.875Sr0.125MnO3+delta.
D. N. Argyriou, JF Mitchell, CD Potter, DG Hinks, JD Jorgensen, SD Bader. Phys Rev Lett
(1996) vol. 76 pp. 3826
11. Books or Book Chapters
1. "Structural Response to Orbital, Spin, and Charge Ordering", J.F. Mitchell, D. N. Argyriou
and J.D. Jorgensen, in "Colossal Magnetoresistive Oxides", Advances in Condensed Matter
Science, Vol. 2 (2000), Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. Edited by Y. Tokura.
2. “Crystal and Magnetic Structure from Hole to Electron Doped Manganites”, D. Argyriou
and C.D. Ling, in “Colossal Magnetoresistive Manganites”, Kluwer Academic Press (2004),
edited by Tapan Chatterji.
12. Opinion-Editorials
James D. Jorgensen (1948-2006): Pioneer of neutron diffraction and the structure of
superconductors.
DN Argyriou and PG Radaelli, Nature Materials (2007) vol. 6 pp. 97.
Decisions on the european spallation source.
DN Argyriou and HN Bordallo, Nature Materials (2009), vol. 8, pp 440.
Towards Colossal Magnetoelectricity ?
DN. Argyriou, APS Magazine Physics (in press).
13. Selected invited talks at international conferences and workshops
Major International Conferences
1. Function from frustration in modern multiferroics.
International Union of Crystallography 21th Congress and General
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Assembly Osaka, August 2008.
2. Complex Multiferroics.
European Crystallographic Society, Leuven Belgium, August 2006.
3. Structure and Superconductivity in Nax(H3O)yCoO2.zH2O.
German Neutron Scattering Meeting, Dresden, Germany, September 2004.
4. The Glass Transition in the Polaron Dynamics of Manganites.
American Physical Society March Meeting, Austin, Texas, March 2003.
5. Polaron Dynamics in CMR Manganites.
International Union of Crystallography 19th Congress and General Assembly Geneva,
August 2002.
6. Phase separation from competing orbital and magnetic degrees of freedom.
American Physical Society March Meeting, Seattle, Washington, March 2001.
International Workshops and Meetings
1. Structural transitions associated with pressure induced superconductivity in MFe2As2,
M=Ba,Ca.
International Workshop on “Physics and Chemistry of FeAs-based Superconductors”, IFW
Dresden, Germany, October 2008.
2. Structure and Dynamics in modern ferroelectrics.
International Workshop on “Moments and Multiplets in Mott Materials”, University of
California, Santa Barbara, August 13 - December 14, 2007.
3. Coupled Structural and Magnetic Transitions in layered FeAs systems.
International Workshop on “Experimental and Theoretical Magnetism”, Abington, United
Kingdom, July 2008.
4. Emergent Multiferroics.
International Workshop on “Self Organized Strongly Correlated Electron Systems”, Seilac,
France, May 2006.
5. Structure and Magnetism in Frustrated Manganites.
International Workshop on “Experimental and Theoretical Magnetism”, Abington, United
Kingdom, July 2006.
6. Polarons in Manganites.
International Workshop on the Jahn-Teller Effect, International Institute of Theoretical
Physics, Trieste, Italy, August 2006.
7. The Glass transition in the polaron dynamics of manganites.
International Workshop on Nanoscale Fluctuations in Magnetic and Superconducting
Systems. Dresden, April 2005.
8. Electronic and Structural Phase diagram of superconducting Nax(H3O)yCoO2.zH2O.
International Workshop on “Magnetoresistive Oxides”, Telluride, Colorado, July 2004.
9. Static and Dynamic Charge and Spin Correlations in Layered Manganites.
Workshop on “Single Crystal Diffuse Scattering at Pulsed Neutron Sources”, Argonne
National Laboratory Argonne, USA, June 2003.
10. Structure and Dynamics of Lattice Polarons in Manganites.
International Workshop on “Self Organized Strongly Correlated Electron Systems”,
Santorini, Greece, August 2003.
11. Polaron Dynamics in CMR Manganites.
3nd International “Workshop on Magnetoresistive Oxides”, Telluride, Colorado, July, 2000.
12. Charge Ordering in the Layered Manganites.
International Conference on “High Temperature Superconductors and Transition Metal
Oxides”. Sendai, Japan, December 2001.
14. Postdoctoral and student training
2008-present Niels Vestergaard (Ph.D. student, Uni. Copenhagen), joined student with the
University of Copenhagen working on complex magnetic oxides.
2007-present Simon Kimber (postdoc, HBZ) working in my group on synthesis of novel
oxides and co-responsible for the E9 high resolution powder diffractometer.
2007-present Fabiano Yoikachiya, (postdoc, HBZ) working in my group on multiferroic
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oxides. Co-responsible on the E9 high resolution powder diffractometer.
2005-present Andrei Maljuk (postdoc, HBZ) working in my group on crystal growth of novel
oxides.
2004-2008 Oleksandr Prokhenko (postdoc, HBZ) is currently the instrument scientist for
the EXED diffractometer at BENSC.
2003-2006 Jan Veira (Ph.D. student, HBZ), worked in my group in the synthesis and
characterization of NaxCoO2 , NaxCoO2,yH2O and completed his Diplom Arbeit in my
group in the interplay between magnetism and ferroelectricity in BaMnF4. Currently
working for McKinsey consulting.
2003-present Sven Landsgesell (Ph.D. student, HBZ), worked in my lab as a summer
student, completed his Diploma Arbeit and is currently member of my group undertaking a
Ph.D. in novel multiferroics.
2003-2008 Nadir Aliouane (postdoct, HBZ), currently appointed as Marie Curie Fellow, IFW
Institute Norway.
2002-2005 Christopher Milne (postdoct, HBZ). Currently working in the private sector in
Scotland.
2001-2002 Laurent Chapon (postdoc, ANL and HBZ). Currently appointed as instrument
scientist at ISIS.
2001-2005 Daniel Tobens (staff member, HBZ). Currently working for the pharmaceutical
industry in Austria.
1999-2001 Jamie Manson (postdoc, ANL). Currently appointed as Associated Professor at
the University of Washington.
1999-2001 Chris Ling (postdoc, ANL). Previously ILL instrument scientist and currently
appointed as Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Australia.
1997-1998 Jason Gardner (postdoc, LANL). Currently jointly appointed at the NIST Center
for Neutron Research and Brookhaven National Laboratory.
15. Teaching Experience
Institution Semester Subject Hours/week and duration
University of Technology, Sydney, Autumn, 1992
Laboratory for “Physics for engineers”, 2 hours for 12 weeks
University of Technology, Sydney, Spring, 1993
Laboratory for “Physics for engineers”, 2 hours for 12 weeks
University of Technology, Sydney, Autumn, 1993
Laboratory for “Physics for engineers”, 2 hours for 12 weeks
University of Technology, Sydney, Autumn, 1993
Laboratory for “Physics and medicine”, 2 hours for 12 weeks
University of Technology, Sydney, Spring, 1994
Laboratory for “Physics for engineers”, 2 hours for 12 weeks
University of Technology, Sydney, Spring, 1994
Laboratory for “Physics and medicine”, 2 hours for 12 weeks
Argonne National Laboratory, Neutron School, Autumn, 1998
Neutron Powder Diffraction. 4 hours, 1 week
Argonne National Laboratory, Neutron School, Autumn, 1999
Neutron Powder Diffraction, 4 hours, 1 week
Institute Laue Langevin, HERCULES, Spring, 2007
Magnetic neutron scattering from complex oxides, 4 hours, 1 week
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, January, 2008
Diffraction principles and application to complex materials, 6 hours, 1 week
16. Key Collaborations
Prof. Bernhard Keimer, Max Plank Institute, Stuttgart
Synthesis of novel oxides and neutron measurements of NaxCoO2
Prof. Alois Loidl, University of Augburg
Crystal growth of novel oxides. Infrared and electric polarization measurements in
multiferroics
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Prof. Markus Braden, University of Cologne
Spin excitations in multiferroics
Prof. Lance Cooper, University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne, USA.
Raman scattering at high magnetic fields in multiferroics
Prof. Michael Rübhausen, University of Hamburg
Raman scattering and ellipsometry in multiferroics
Prof. Manfred Fiebig, University of Bonn
Second harmonic generation light scattering in multiferroics
Prof. Maxim Mostovoy, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Theory of multiferroics
Prof. T. Kimura, University of Osaka, Japan
Multiferroic oxides
Prof. Bernd Büchner, IFW Dresden
Iron arsenide superconductors
Prof. Alan Goldman and Prof. Paul Canfield, Ames National Laboratory, USA
Iron arsenide superconductors
Prof. Paul Attfield, University of Edinburough, United Kingdom
Iron arsenide superconductors and complex oxides
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Development of front line and clinically relevant medical
technology in the academic lab
Prof. Nikos Stergiopulos
Laboratory of Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Technology
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Abstract
In this seminar I will make a short reference to the medical technology industry, its
importance to Swiss economy and the local economy in the Lake Geneva region. I will
describe the ecosystem driving development of medical technology in Switzerland with
particular reference to academia and EPFL. I will then talk about my own initiatives and
involvement with medical technology. I will spend most of the time on the creation,
development and successful exit of EndoArt SA, which is still today the most successful
medical technology startup of EPFL. I will finish by making reference to two new startups,
Antlia SA and Rheon Medical SA, with emphasis on their technology and the different
approach taken in their financing and development. I will finish my talk by making a case on
the very important role that the academic lab has to play in the development of clinicallyrelevant medical technologies and how this necessitates a change in the way we value and
promote applied research and technology development.
Short CV
Nikolaos Stergiopulos conducts research in two distinct fields: first, hemodynamics and
cardiovascular physiology; second, implantable devices and cardiovascular technology. His
basic research in the first field deals with the double role elastin and collagen play in
determining vascular mechanics, and with the transformations they undergo during aging.
In his second field of research, Professor Stergiopulos’ most important contributions are the
development of implants that allow pulmonary hypertension to be controlled by telemetry
in newborns having congenital vascular malformations, and the development of a gastric
ring that also can be controlled by telemetry.
A Greek citizen, Nikolaos Stergiopulos was born in 1962. He earned a degree in mechanical
engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, then completed his master
degree in bioengineering at the University of Iowa. In 1990, he successfully defended his
dissertation on the topic of digital simulation of arterial blood flow. He was hired as an
assistant professor in the EPFL’s Biomedical Engineering Laboratory. He was promoted to
assistant professor, then to associate professor and director of the LHTC [Laboratory of
Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Technology] in 2003. Meanwhile, he founded the
EndoArt SA company at the Science Park. This company was bought by Allergan in February
2007. In 2008, he founded another company, Antilla SA.
Contact: Prof. Nikos Stergiopulos
Laboratory of Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Technology
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
BM Building - Room 5125, Station 17
1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
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Ionic liquids: Task-specific solvents for benign processing and
functional products
Paschalis Alexandridis, PhD
UB Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering and Materials Science
& Engineering Program
University at Buffalo (UB) - The State University of New York
(SUNY)
Abstract
Ionic liquids (ILs), organic salts that are fluid at ambient conditions, attract attention because
of their unique properties and combinatorially great chemical diversity. The application of
ILs as “bulk chemical” solvents has been motivated by the very low volatility and high
thermal and chemical stability that many ILs exhibit, and the multiple intermolecular
interactions that they afford. Success stories include ILs that can dissolve cellulose or carbon
nanotubes. ILs can also find uses as single-compound “specialty chemicals” that offer a
specific benefit or function, e.g., as lubricants, pharmaceutics, or energetic materials. In our
group we are interested in the utilization of ILs in “formulated chemicals” or “functional
products”. These multi-component systems, that are rationally designed to meet specific
end-use requirements, encompass IL-based complex fluids, soft materials, nanomaterials,
and hybrids, as well as consumer products and devices that incorporate the above materials.
Notable examples of emerging applications of formulated ionic liquids include membranes,
batteries, and solar cells.
The presentation will provide an overview of interactions, structure, and mobility in ionic
liquids and in IL systems containing polymers or nanoparticles, and will highlight applications
of ILs as solvents for separations (liquid-liquid extraction, carbon capture) and polymer
(biomass) processing, and as electrolytes for lithium batteries and dye-sensitized solar cells.
Biographical Note
Paschalis Alexandridis studied chemical engineering at the National Technical University of
Athens, and received his PhD from MIT in 1994. Following postdoctoral research in polymer
physical chemistry at Lund University, he joined the University at Buffalo (UB), The State
University of New York (SUNY), where he is a UB Distinguished Professor in the Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering. He is the founding co-director of the Materials
Science and Engineering program, and has served as Acting Associate Dean for Research and
Graduate Education in UB’s School of Engineering.
Alexandridis’ research targets the development of products with desired properties and
function on the basis of molecular interactions and supramolecular assemblies. Ongoing
projects address structuring via self-assembly and directed assembly, tailoring of
macromolecular conformation with solvents, dispersants, novel electrolytes, polymer
nanocomposites, and nanomaterials synthesis. He has coauthored over 130 journal articles
cited 8000 times, has edited 2 books, and is coinventor of 10 patents on pharmaceutical
formulations, superabsorbent polymers, and metallic and semiconductor nanomaterials.
Alexandridis’ numerous recognitions include election to Fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (2012), the American Chemical Society Schoellkopf Medal
(2010), Bodossaki Foundation Academic Prize in Applied Science (2005), SUNY Chancellor's
Awards for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activity (2011) and in Teaching (2006), and
UB Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award (2012). He has served as guest
researcher at the Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, and at the Tokyo
University of Science, and was named Honorary Professor at the Beijing University of
Chemical Technology in 2011.
Buffalo, NY 14260-4200, USA
http://www.cbe.buffalo.edu/alexandridis
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Χαρίτων (Χάρης) Κυριαζής
Εκτελεστικός Αντιπρόεδρος ΣΕΒ
Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα
Ο Χάρης Κυριαζής είναι Εκτελεστικός Αντιπρόεδρος του ΣΕΒ (από τον Ιούλιο του 2011), και
μέλος του ΔΣ του ΑΔΜΗΕ και της «Στέγης της Βιομηχανίας» ΑΕ. Είναι σήμερα 58 ετών, και
κάτοχος πτυχίου Πολ. Μηχανικού από το ΕΜΠ, πτυχίου MBA από το INSEAD, και
διδακτορικού από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Λονδίνου.
Η δραστηριοποίησή του στο ΣΕΒ ξεκίνησε από το 1982, μέσα από την ομάδα Image και τη
διοργάνωση του Συνεδρίου του 1983. Στο Σ του ΣΕΒ συμμετείχε την περίοδο 1986 – 1992
και από το 2000 μέχρι σήμερα, οπότε και έγινε μέλος της Εκτελεστικής Επιτροπής. Είχε
ιδιαίτερη ενασχόληση με τα φορολογικά, τα εργασιακά και τα θέματα της δημόσιας
διοίκησης.
Η επαγγελματική του πορεία ξεκίνησε από τον όμιλο της ΝΤΕΞΙΟΝ ΕΛΛΑΣ (σιδηρές
κατασκευές και τεχνητή ξυλεία), όπου ασχολήθηκε κυρίως με θέματα παραγωγής,
βιομηχανικών πωλήσεων και προσωπικού μεταξύ 1983 και 1992.
Τον Μάρτιο του 1992 έγινε Γενικός Γραμματέας του τότε Υπουργείου Εθνικής Οικονομίας
υπό τον Στέφανο Μάνο, μέχρι τον Οκτώβριο 1993. Ήταν η εποχή του πρώτου
«προγράμματος σύγκλισης» της ελληνικής οικονομίας. Είχε πρόσθετες αρμοδιότητες για τις
αποκρατικοποιήσεις που είχαν ανατεθεί στο ΥΠΕΘΟ, για την αξιοποίηση της τουριστικής
περιουσίας του δημοσίου και για τα θέματα εκσυγχρονισμού και ελέγχου των ΕΚΟ.
Επιπλέον, είχε εκτενή ενασχόληση με την ασφαλιστική μεταρρύθμιση, την αναμόρφωση
του φορολογικού συστήματος, την απελευθέρωση της αγοράς, τη ρύθμιση του τομέα των
τηλεπικοινωνιών και της ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας, κ.ά.
Από το 1994 εισήλθε στον συμβουλευτικό κλάδο. Μεταξύ 1994 και 1998 ήταν Επικεφαλής
του Φορολογικού Τμήματος της Arthur Andersen στην Αθήνα, και από το 1999 Επικεφαλής
του νεοσύστατου Συμβουλευτικού της Τμήματος. Υπήρξε Partner της Arthur Andersen από
το 1986.
Το 2000 έγινε Partner της Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC), από όπου αφυπηρέτησε τον
Ιούνιο του2011. Διετέλεσε Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος και εν συνεχεία Πρόεδρος της
συμβουλευτικής εταιρείας του δικτύου PwC στην Ελλάδα. Είχε ειδικότερες ευθύνες σαν
Επικεφαλής του Τμήματος Advisory (2000–2008) και της δραστηριότητας Υπηρεσιών προς
το
ημόσιο (2008-2011). Έχει προσφέρει υπηρεσίες σε θέματα στρατηγικής,
χρηματοοικονομικών συμβουλών, εξαγορών & συγχωνεύσεων, βελτίωσης των λειτουργιών,
οργάνωσης, ανθρώπινου δυναμικού κλπ. σε μεσαίες και μεγάλες επιχειρήσεις στην Ελλάδα.
Αναφορικά με το δημόσιο, έχει ασχοληθεί με οργανισμούς και επιχειρήσεις του ευρύτερου
δημόσιου τομέα, καλύπτοντας αντικείμενα σχεδιασμού λειτουργιών, μείωσης κόστους,
εσωτερικού ελέγχου, πολιτικής προσωπικού, χρηματοδότησης υπηρεσιών Γενικού
Οικονομικού Συμφέροντος, καθώς και με Υπουργεία ασχολούμενος με τη διαμόρφωση
πολιτικών και ρυθμιστικού περιβάλλοντος σε ποικίλους τομείς, με θέματα παράνομων
κρατικών ενισχύσεων, με τα λογιστικά του δημοσίου, την ακίνητη περιουσία, με έργα
αποκρατικοποιήσεων κλπ.
Ο Χάρης Κυριαζής είναι μέλος της Επιτροπής Λογιστικής Τυποποίησης και Ελέγχου (ΕΛΤΕ)
και συμμετέχει στο Σ του ΙΚΑ, του ΙΟΒΕ, του Invest in Greece κ.ά. Στο παρελθόν είχε
διατελέσει Πρόεδρος του Συνδέσμου Εταιρειών Συμβούλων Μάνατζμεντ (ΣΕΣΜΑ),
Αντιπρόεδρος της ΕΕ Ε, και ήταν ιδρυτικό μέλος και μέλος του πρώτου Σ του ALBA.
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Παρασκευή 19 Ιουλίου 2013
SESSION 6
Συντονιστής: Διευθυντής & Πρόεδρος Δ.Σ. ΕΚΕΦΕ «Δ»
09:40
Για την δημιουργία οικοσυστημάτων καινοτομίας στην Ελλάδα
Καθηγ. Ιωσήφ Σηφάκης
RISD Laboratory, EPFL, Lausanne
10:00
Υποστήριξη της Καινοτομικής Επιχειρηματικότητας – η περίπτωση του
Start Up Greece
κ. Διονύσης Τσαγκρής
Διευθυντής
Μικρομεσαίων
επιχειρήσεων,
Γενική
Γραμματεία
Βιομηχανίας, Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης - Εθνικός Εντεταλμένος για τις
Μικρομεσαίες στην ΕΕ
10:20
Οικονομική και Κοινωνική Ανάπτυξη στο Κατάρ με βάση την
Έρευνα και την Καινοτομία (Vision 2030)
Καθηγ. Ιωάννης Οικονόμου
Chemical Engineering Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar
10:40
Universities and Research Centers as Agents for Economic
Development
Prof. John S. Baras
Lockheed Martin Chair in Systems Engineering, University of
Maryland College Park
11:00
Aggregation of competences as a driver for growth: The
Metropolitan Innovation Campus at “Demokritos”
Δρ. Νίκος Κανελλόπουλος
Διευθυντής & Πρόεδρος Δ.Σ. ΕΚΕΦΕ «Δ»
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PANELS
Συντονιστής: Καθηγ. Ιωσήφ Σηφάκης, RISD Laboratory, EPFL, Lausanne
12:00–14:00
12:00
PANEL
Συντονιστής:
Lausanne
Καθηγ. Ιωσήφ Σηφάκης, RISD Laboratory, EPFL,
Θεματική Ενότητα: Επενδυτικές
Προκλήσεις και Προοπτικές
ευκαιρίες
στην
Ελλάδα:
κ. Παντελής Τζωρτζάκης
Εκτελεστικό Μέλος Δ.Σ. Quest Συμμετοχών Α.Ε.
κ. Άρης Δρόσης
Head of Technology Center, Athens
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) A.E. – Technology Center Athens, Greece
κ. Λουκάς Πηλίτσης
Eκτελεστικός επικεφαλής, Piraeus Venture Capital & Private Equity Group
(VC-PE Group), Chief Executive Officer, Piraeus Equity Advisors
κ. Αριστομένης (Άρις) Μ. Συγγρός
Πρόεδρος Invest in Greece
Dr. Steven Ping
ELKEME, R&D Company for the VIOHALCO GROUP, Athens, Greece
13:00
Θεματική ενότητα: Η έρευνα ως μοχλός ανάπτυξης και
καινοτομίας: Ενίσχυση συνεργασιών της ελληνικής ερευνητικής
κοινότητας με το εξωτερικό
κ. Διονύσης Τσαγκρής
Καθηγ. Ιωάννης Οικονόμου
Prof. John S. Baras
Δρ. Νίκος Κανελλόπουλος
κ. Δημήτρης Ιωαννίδης, Esq.
14:00
Διεθνές Εμπόριο, Ανταγωνιστικότητα, Καινοτομία, Ανάπτυξη και
Θέσεις Απασχόλησης
Dr. Angelos Pangratis
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the European Union
to the WTO
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Για την δημιουργία οικοσυστημάτων καινοτομίας στην Ελλάδα
Καθηγ. Ιωσήφ Σηφάκης
RISD Laboratory, EPFL, Lausanne
Abstract
Η ανάπτυξη των συγχρόνων οικονομιών δεν οφείλεται τόσο στην συσσώρευση κεφαλαίου
όσο στην δυνατότητα καινοτομίας υποστηριζόμενης από την έρευνα και την τεχνολογία. Σε
ποιό βαθμό η ενδυνάμωση του τρίπτυχου έρευνα-τεχνολογία-καινοτομία μπορεί να
βοηθήσει την χώρα μας να ξεπεράσει την σημερινή κρίση;
Σκοπός μας είναι να δείξουμε ποιές διαρθρωτικές αλλαγές και ποιά μέτρα είναι αναγκαία
για την επίτευξη αυτού του στόχου. Βασική ιδέα είναι η δημιουργία οικοσυστημάτων
καινοτομίας κατά τα πρότυπα άλλων χωρών, λαμβάνοντας υπόψιν εθνικές ιδιαιτερότητες.
Η ανάπτυξη των συγχρόνων οικονομιών δεν οφείλεται τόσο στην συσσώρευση κεφαλαίου
όσο στην δυνατότητα καινοτομίας υποστηριζόμενης από την έρευνα και την τεχνολογία. Σε
ποιό βαθμό η ενδυνάμωση του τρίπτυχου έρευνα-τεχνολογία-καινοτομία μπορεί να
βοηθήσει την χώρα μας να ξεπεράσει την σημερινή κρίση; / Σκοπός μας είναι να δείξουμε
ποιές διαρθρωτικές αλλαγές και ποιά μέτρα είναι αναγκαία για την επίτευξη αυτού του
στόχου. Βασική ιδέα είναι η δημιουργία οικοσυστημάτων καινοτομίας κατά τα πρότυπα
άλλων χωρών, λαμβάνοντας υπ’ όψιν εθνικές ιδιαιτερότητες.
Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα
Ο Ιωσήφ Σηφάκης είναι ηλεκτρολόγος μηχανικός του Εθνικού Μετσοβίου Πολυτεχνείου και
Διδάκτωρ Πληροφορικής του Πανεπιστήμιου της Grenoble. Είναι διευθυντής του Center for
Integrative Research στην Grenoble και καθηγητής στο Πολυτεχνείο της Λωζανης (EPFL).
Ο Ιωσήφ Σηφάκης είναι ο ιδρυτής του εργαστηρίου Verimag στην Grenoble. Το Verimag
είναι διεθνώς αναγνωρισμένο στον τομέα της σχεδίασης κρίσιμων συστημάτων. Ανέπτυξε
σε συνεργασία με την βιομηχανία, το εργαλείο SCADE που χρησιμοποιείται από την Airbus
και άλλες βιομηχανικές εταιρείες, για την ανάπτυξη κρίσιμων συστημάτων πραγματικού
χρόνου.
Ο Ιωσήφ Σηφάκης είναι διεθνώς αναγνωρισμένος για τις πρωτοποριακές εργασίες του στον
τομέα της σχεδίασης και επαλήθευσης συστημάτων. Είναι από τους θεμελιωτές του ModelChecking που είναι η κύρια μέθοδος επαλήθευσης συστημάτων σήμερα. Για την συμβολή
του στην θεωρία και την εφαρμογή μεθόδων επαλήθευσης, του απονεμήθηκε το βραβείο
Turing 2007, το αντίστοιχο του βραβείου Νόμπελ στην Πληροφορική. Σήμερα, τα
ενδιαφέροντα του επικεντρώνονται στην μελέτη μεθόδων κατασκευής ενσωματωμένων
συστημάτων υψηλής πιστότητας.
Ο Ιωσήφ Σηφάκης είναι μέλος της Γαλλικής Ακαδημίας Επιστήμων, της Γαλλικής Ακαδημίας
Τεχνολογιών και της Ευρωπαϊκής Ακαδημίας. Το γαλλικό κράτος του απένειμε τον τίτλο του
Μεγάλου Αξιωματούχου Εθνικής Άξίας (Grand Officier de l’Ordre du Mérite) και τον τίτλο
του διοικητού της Λεγεώνας της Τιμής (Commandant de la Légion d’Honneur). To 2009, του
απενεμήθη το Βραβείο του Ίδρύματος της Βουλής των Ελλήνων για τον Κοινοβουλευτισμό
και την Δημοκρατία. Το 2012, του απενεμήθη το Leonardo Da Vinci Medal
(http://www.sefi.be/?page_id=17 ).
Ο Ιωσήφ Σηφάκης είναι επίτιμος διδάκτωρ του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, του Οικονομικού
Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, του Διεθνους Πανεπιστημιου και της Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne. Είναι επίτιμος καθηγητής του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών.
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Υποστήριξη της Καινοτομικής Επιχειρηματικότητας – Η
περίπτωση του Start Up Greece
Διονύσης Τσαγκρής
Διευθυντής Μικρομεσαίων επιχειρήσεων, Γενική Γραμματεία
Βιομηχανίας, Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης - Εθνικός Εντεταλμένος για
τις Μικρομεσαίες στην ΕΕ
H παρουσίαση θα καλύπτει την απλοποίηση του επιχειρηματικού περιβάλλοντος πέρα από
τα χρηματοδοτικά εργαλεία.
Σύντομο Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα
Ο Διονύσιος Τσαγκρής είναι Διευθυντής Μικρομεσαίων επιχειρήσεων στη Γενική
Γραμματεία Βιομηχανίας του Υπουργείου Ανάπτυξης και Ανταγωνιστικότητας.
Από τον Απρίλιο του 2011 είναι ο Εθνικός Εντεταλμένος της Ελλάδος για τις Μικρομεσαίες
στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση.
Έχει εργαστεί στην Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή και συγκεκριμένα στη Γενική Διεύθυνση
Απασχόλησης με την ιδιότητα του εθνικού εμπειρογνώμονα σε θέματα κρατικών
ενισχύσεων - ανταγωνισμού και Τοπικής Ανάπτυξης και Απασχόλησης.
Έχει εργαστεί στη Μόνιμη Ελληνική Αντιπροσωπεία στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση στις Βρυξέλλες,
εκπροσωπώντας το Υπουργείο στα Κοινοτικά θεσμικά όργανα για θέματα Βιομηχανίας,
Μικρομεσαίων επιχειρήσεων και Επιχειρηματικότητας.
Έχει διατελέσει μέλος σε επιτροπές και ομάδες εργασίας σε επίπεδο Συμβουλίου και Ευρ.
Επιτροπής της Ευρ. Ένωσης και σε διαχειριστικές επιτροπές προγραμμάτων για τις ΜΜΕ.
Κατέχει πτυχίο Οικονομικών από το ΑΠΘ και Μεταπτυχιακό επίσης στα οικονομικά από το
πανεπιστήμιο Μανιτόμπα του Καναδά.
Είναι παντρεμένος και έχει δύο παιδιά.
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Οικονομική και Κοινωνική Ανάπτυξη στο Κατάρ με βάση την
Έρευνα και την Καινοτομία (Vision 2030)
Καθηγ. Ιωάννης Οικονόμου
Chemical Engineering Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar
To Qatar αποτελεί μία από τις ταχύτερα αναπτυσσόμενες οικονομίες του πλανήτη που
βασίζεται στην αξιοποίηση των πλουτοπαραγωγικών του πηγών. Ταυτόχρονα η χώρα
προχωράει σε βαθύτατες κοινωνικές και οικονομικές αλλαγές ώστε να μετασχηματιστεί
σε μία κοινωνία της γνώσης. Στην παρουσίαση αυτή θα παρουσιαστεί το όραμα για την
ανάπτυξη της χώρας τα επόμενα 20 χρόνια, με έμφαση στην έρευνα και την καινοτομία.
Θα γίνει λεπτομερής παρουσίαση των εργαλείων ανάπτυξης της χώρας ενώ θα συζητηθεί
και ο ρόλος των ξένων Πανεπιστημίων στη χώρα, με έμφαση το Texas A&M University at
Qatar.
Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα
Ο Καθηγητής Ιωάννης Οικονόμου είναι Καθηγητής στο Τμήμα Χημικών Μηχανικών του
Πανεπιστημίου Texas A & M at Qatar από τις αρχές του 2013. Από το Σεπτέμβριο του 2009
έως το Νοέμβριο του 2012 ήταν Αντιπρύτανης Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών και Καθηγητής
Χημικής Μηχανικής στο Ινστιτούτο Πετρελαίου του Abu Dhabi και νωρίτερα Διευθυντής
Ερευνών στο Εργαστήριο Μοριακής Θερμοδυναμικής και Μοριακής Προσομοίωσης του
ΕΚΕΦΕ «Δημόκριτος». Είναι απόφοιτος της Σχολής Χημικών Μηχανικών του ΕΜΠ (1987)
και Διδάκτορας Χημικής Μηχανικής του Πανεπιστημίου Johns Hopkins των ΗΠΑ (1992).
Εχει εργασθεί ως ερευνητής στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Delft στην Ολλανδία, στο ερευνητικό
κέντρο της εταιρίας Exxon Research and Engineering στο New Jersey των ΗΠΑ, στο
University College London και στο Πανεπιστήμιο Princeton των ΗΠΑ και ως επισκέπτης
καθηγητής στο Πολυτεχνείο της Δανίας, στο Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο Ελλάδος και στο
Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο. Συνεργάζεται ερευνητικά με τις εταιρίες Shell, Abu Dhabi
National Oil Company, Βayer Technology Services και Scienomics. Είναι μέλος του
Διεθνούς Ερευνητικού Συμβουλίου του Universiti Teknologi Petronas στη Μαλαισία και
πρόεδρος επιστημονικών επιτροπών του European Federation of Chemical Engineering.
Εχει επιβλέψει 13 διδακτορικές διατριβές, έχει δημοσιεύσει 125 ερευνητικά άρθρα σε
διεθνή επιστημονικά περιοδικά σε θέματα Μοριακής Θερμοδυναμικής και Χημικής
Μηχανικής και έχει δώσει περί τις 170 ομιλίες σε παγκόσμια συνέδρια, Πανεπιστήμια και
Ερευνητικά Κέντρα σε όλο τον κόσμο. Τέλος, έχει προσελκύσει εξωτερική χρηματοδότηση
για την ερευνητική του ομάδα άνω των 6,000,000 ευρώ από εθνικούς και διεθνείς
χρηματοδοτικούς οργανισμούς και τη βιομηχανία.
Επικοινωνία:
Καθηγ. Ιωάννης Οικονόμου
Texas A&M University at Qatar,
Chemical Engineering Program, Doha, Qatar
[email protected]
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Universities and Research Centers as Agents for Economic
Development
JOHN S. BARAS
Lockheed Martin Chair in Systems Engineering
The Institute for Systems Research
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computing Program
University of Maryland College Park
Abstract
In this lecture I will share my experiences in creating, developing, maintaining, reviewing and
guiding industry-university research centers and total innovation programs in various parts
of the world and in different countries, notably some with large populations and economies
and some with small population and economies. All these programs, which are tuned
carefully to the cultural, social, technological and economic conditions of each country and
part of the world, have as central goal to become catalysts in the transition from invention
to innovation. In this critical function for any economy Universities and Research centers
(both government and private) have proven to be indispensable agents for economic
development. I will describe several such successful efforts in both the US and Europe. I will
share some of my very personal experiences in this challenging area. I will then identify the
challenges that such programs face and some of the key common principles for success that
have emerged. In this context I will describe how these challenges and the responses to
them are changing dramatically the role and operations of Universities and Research Centers
involved in science and engineering fields, in both research and education. I will then
describe educational and training, as well as cultural changes needed and how some of the
best programs have addressed them in the US, Europe and Asia. I will then turn to
entrepreneurship programs and their own grand challenges. I will again describe some very
successful entrepreneurship programs and identify the infrastructure needs for success. I
will emphasize the critical role that advances in Information and Communication
Technologies have, and continue to, played in this important arena, and in many economic
domains from agriculture, to tourism, to manufacturing, to healthcare. I will close with some
specific recommendations regarding what may be possible to accomplish in Greece in this
arena over the next ten years and the economic and social implications of such programs
and steps.
Biographical Note
John S. Baras, Lockheed Martin Chair in Systems Engineering
B.S. in Electrical Eng. from the Nat. Techn. Univ. of Athens, Greece, 1970; M.S. and Ph.D. in
Applied Math. from Harvard Univ. 1971, 1973. Since 1973 with the Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department, and the Applied Mathematics Faculty, at the University of
Maryland College Park. Since 2000 faculty member in the Fischell Department of
Bioengineering. Fellow of the IEEE and a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of
Engineering Sciences. Received the 1980 George Axelby Prize from the IEEE Control Systems
Society and the 2006 Leonard Abraham Prize from the IEEE Communications Society. Prof.
Baras' research interests include control, communication and computing systems.
In addition to his renowned excellence in research and education, Dr. Baras is an
internationally known authority and leader in creating and managing industry-university
collaborative centers of excellence and innovation programs. From 1985 to 1991 he was the
Founding Director of the Institute for Systems Research (ISR), one of the first six Engineering
Research Centers (ERC) of the US NSF, which he developed into the longest existing and selfsupported, largest and one of the most successful ERCs. From 1991 till now he has been the
Founding Director of the Maryland Hybrid Networks Center (HyNet) a most successful
industry-university collaborative consortium that created several transformational
innovations including Internet over satellite (IoS) and mobile adhoc networks (MANET). He
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has extensive experience in collaborations with industry towards innovation, has served as
advisor to many countries on industry university collaboration and innovation, and has
founded three companies. He holds seven patents and has been honored with many awards
as inventor, innovator and leader of economic development. Most recently (2012) he was
honored, by the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute as the Principal Investigator with
Greatest Impact, and with Hughes Network Systems for The Largest Selling Product, over the
last 25 years, for his pioneering conception, development and commercialization of Internet
over satellite protocols and services, which created a new industry serving tens of millions of
people and with billions in sales world-wide.
Contact: e-mail: [email protected]
Web page: http://www.isr.umd.edu/~baras/
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Aggregation of competences as a driver for growth: The
Metropolitan Innovation Campus at “Demokritos”
Δρ. Νίκος Κανελλόπουλος
Διευθυντής & Πρόεδρος Δ.Σ. ΕΚΕΦΕ «Δ»
Abstract
With over 50 years of experience on multidisciplinary research and with the experience of
running numerous services, NCSR Demokritos is proposing the project of establishing a
Metropolitan Innovation Campus at the its current premises. Such an endeavor would
catalyze the development of targeted centres of excellence and the achievement of a critical
mass of state-of-the-art infrastructure, scientific and technological personnel, thereby
increasing the efficiency and effectiveness in addressing major economic and social
challenges of the 21st century. The idea has already been addressed with 8 public research
centers located in the Attica region as well as with public authorities and the European
Commission. The presentation will emphasize on the benefits from such an aggregation of
resources and assets, will support the case for building stronger ties between research and
innovation intensive industries in Greece and will lay the path for sustainable long term
planning in key technological fields.
Short CV
Nick Kanellopoulos obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Chemical Engineering,
University of Rochester, New York in 1975, and his Chemical Engineering diploma from the
National Technical University of Athens in 1970. He joined the Mass Transport Laboratory,
Institute of Physical Chemistry, NCSR Demokritos in 1976, and since 1992 he is the head of
the “Membranes for Environmental Separations” Laboratory (MESL), NCSR Demokritos. His
research interests are pore structure characterization nanoporous membrane and carbon
nanotube systems and their evaluation of their performance using combination of in-situ
and ex-situ techniques. He is author and co-author of more than 150 refereed papers and he
is the editor of four books in the field of nanoporous materials applications. He has received
a total funding from over 50 European and national programs of the order of 12 million
Euros and he participates in two high technology companies in the field of nanoporous
materials. He participated in the National representation committee of Greece for the FP6NMP and FP7-NMP European programs in Nanotechnology from 2001-2009. He is the
coordinator of the European Network of Excellence in nanotechnology www.inside-pores.gr,
president of the Greek Fulbright Scholars Association and president and Chairman of the
Board of the National Research Center Demokritos.
Contact: National Center for Scientific Research «Demokritos»,
P. Gregoriou & Neapoleos Str., 15310 Ag. Paraskevi-Attikis, Greece
tel: +30 210-6503017, 6503018, 6503022
fax: +30 210-6510594
mobile: +30-6944-787050
e-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
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Dimitrios Ioannidis, Esq.
Roach, Ioannidis & Megaloudis, LLC
50 Congress Street, Suite 400
Boston, MA 02109-4061
Office: (617) 723-2800
Fax: (617) 723-4313
www.rimlawyers.com
[email protected]
Biographical Note
DIMITRIOS IOANNIDIS is a partner in the law firm of Roach, Ioannidis & Megaloudis, LLC in
Boston, Massachusetts. He practices primarily in the areas of international business
transactions, civil litigation in both state and federal, trial and appellate courts in
Massachusetts and has been an expert witness in cases in other courts in the United States,
United Kingdom and Greece.
Oversaw various high profile cases providing litigation intelligence gathering, corporate
investigations, asset recovery, due diligence and global business intelligence through Boston,
New York, London, U.K., Athens, Greece and Cyprus; Such cases include the multi-billion
dollar class action lawsuit In re: Visa Check/Master Money Antitrust Litigation, the case
of Wallis ex rel. Wallis v. Princess Cruises, Inc., 306 F.3d 827 (9th Cir. 2002) and for the
Adelphia Special Committee: SEC v. Adelphia Communications Corporation et al.
Has extensive due diligence experience and has completed investigations for large financial
institutions; was a consultant to U.S. security firms on projects including the 2004 Olympic
Games. Served as a consultant to a large U.S. security company on a bid with the U.S. State
Department for a multi-million dollar contract in Europe. Also retained as an expert witness
on several cases, including a case for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Boston, Massachusetts and
a large U.K. banking institution, where he testified in the Supreme Court of Judicature,
Queens Bench Division of London, U.K. He has investigated many cases for international
financial institutions, public and private companies and law firms, including the case
involving the death of a U.S. citizen who fell overboard from one of the largest cruise ships in
the world.
Has experience in sovereign immunity matters, the Vienna Convention on Consular Affairs
and child abduction cases under the Hague Convention. One such case was featured on
NBC’s Dateline. Represented multinational corporate clients on international business
transactions and regulatory compliance matters, particularly in the areas of corporate, trade
and customs and intellectual property matters. He has worked with a U.S. based private
equity firm seeking funding from investors in Southeastern European countries and also
represented a foreign Stock Exchange of a European Union country on Regulation S and the
benefits of becoming a "Designated Offshore Securities Market".
He recently authored two articles on the Greek economic crisis and the need for regulation
of financial institutions and on International Corporate Corruption along with a book on the
Greek, Turkish and Israeli lobbies and how they affect US foreign policy
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Τζωρτζάκης Παντελής
Εκτελεστικό Μέλος Δ.Σ. Quest Συμμετοχών Α.Ε.
Γεννήθηκε το 1962 στη Πόμπια, Ηρακλείου Κρήτης. Σπούδασε Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων στο
Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιά και Επιστήμη των Υπολογιστών στο Brooklyn College, στη Νέα Υόρκη.
Υπήρξε ο ιδρυτής της Forthnet A.E., ξεκινώντας από το Ινστιτούτο Πληροφορικής του Ι.Τ.Ε.
(FORTH) το 1987, όπου ανέλαβε την ευθύνη της μετατροπής της από ερευνητική
δραστηριότητα σε εταιρία, προσελκύοντας επενδυτικά κεφάλαια από την Ελλάδα και το
εξωτερικό.
Παράλληλα, έχει εργαστεί στο τμήμα Επιστήμης Υπολογιστών του Πανεπιστημίου Κρήτης,
ενώ έχει διατελέσει Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Πληροφορικής στο Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό
Ίδρυμα (Τ.Ε.Ι.) Ηρακλείου.
Από το 1987 έως το 1995 ήταν ενεργό μέλος των Διεθνών Δικτυακών Επιτροπών “EBONE”,
“RIPE” και «EARN/BITNET”, για την επέκταση του Διαδικτύου στην Ελλάδα.
Διετέλεσε Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος της Forthnet από την ίδρυσή της (1995) μέχρι και τον
Φεβρουάριο του 2011. Από το Σεπτέμβριο του 2008 έως τον Φεβρουάριο του 2011
διετέλεσε επίσης Πρόεδρος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου και Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος της
συνδρομητικής, δορυφορικής πλατφόρμας NOVA.
Από το 2003 έως το 2007 διετέλεσε Αντιπρόεδρος του Δ.Σ. του ΣΕΠΕ (Σύνδεσμος
Επιχειρήσεων Πληροφορικής & Επικοινωνιών Ελλάδας), αρμόδιος για τις υπηρεσίες
Τεχνολογιών Πληροφορικής και Επικοινωνιών, ενώ στις εκλογές του Συνδέσμου το 2007
εξελέγη στη θέση του Προέδρου του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου, θέση την οποία κατείχε μέχρι
το Φεβρουάριο του 2011.
Από τον Φεβρουάριο του 2006 έως τον Φεβρουάριο του 2009, διετέλεσε Μέλος του
Εποπτικού Συμβουλίου της NETIA S.A. (Supervisor Board), η μεγαλύτερη εναλλακτική
εταιρία τηλεπικοινωνιών της Πολωνίας.
Το Φεβρουάριο του 2011, και με δεδομένη την κρισιμότητα της κατάστασης για τη χώρα
μας, παραιτήθηκε από όλες τις θέσεις που κατείχε στον ιδιωτικό τομέα και ανέλαβε αρχικά
καθήκοντα Συμβούλου του Πρωθυπουργού επί θεμάτων Τεχνολογιών, Πληροφορικής και
Επικοινωνιών, ενώ από τον Ιούνιο του 2011 μέχρι και το Μάιο του 2012 διετέλεσε
Υφυπουργός, στο Υπουργείο Διοικητικής Μεταρρύθμισης και Ηλεκτρονικής Διακυβέρνησης,
αρμόδιος για την Ηλεκτρονική Διακυβέρνηση και τον εκσυγχρονισμό της Δημόσιας
Διοίκησης.
Από το Σεπτέμβριο του 2012 μέχρι και το Μάιο του 2013 άσκησε καθήκοντα Συντονιστή για
την Ανάπτυξη της Καινοτομίας στο Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης, Ανταγωνιστικότητας, Υποδομών,
Μεταφορών και Δικτύων.
Τον Ιούνιο του 2013 εξελέγη μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου της Quest Συμμετοχών Α.Ε.
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Aris Drossis
Head of Technology Center, Athens
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) A.E. – Technology Center Athens,
Greece
[email protected]
Short CV
Current Employment Position
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) A.E. - Technology Center Athens, Greece
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Head of Technology Center (TC) Athens
Education
01.1999-12.2000
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Honors Degree (3.73/4.00)
ALBA - Athens Laboratory of Business Administration
09.1991-08.1992
M.Sc. in Telecommunication and Information Systems Overall
average 76%
University of Essex, U.K.
09.1983-10.1988
Diploma in Electrical Engineering
Upper Second Class (7.71/10)
National Technical University of Athens
Working Experience
01.04.2007-Present
Nokia Siemens Networks A.E.
Head of Technology Center (TC) in Athens
01.1993-03.2007
Business Unit Development Innovation & Projects (DIP) Siemens
A.E., Athens – Siemens AG Munich (3 years)
10.2000-03.2007
Director of the Wire line (Fixed Networks) Division in DIP
10.1997-10.2000
Group Leader of Development groups
01.1993-10.1997
Software Development (3 years in Siemens AG Munich)
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Λουκάς Πηλίτσης
Eκτελεστικός επικεφαλής, Piraeus Venture Capital & Private Equity
Group (VC-PE Group),
Chief Executive Officer, Piraeus Equity Advisors
Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα
Ο Λουκάς Πηλίτσης είναι ο εκτελεστικός επικεφαλής του Piraeus Venture Capital και Private
Equity Group (VC-PE Group), και Chief Executive Officer της Piraeus Equity Advisors,
υπεύθυνη εταιρεία για όλες τις Private Equity και Venture Capital δραστηριότητες του
Ομίλου της Τράπεζας Πειραιώς. Ο Λουκάς είναι επίσης μέλος του Δ.Σ. Σωματείου
Επιχειρηματικότητας Νέων (ΣΕΝ)- Junior Achievement Ελλάδος και μέλος της επιτροπής
Καινοτομίας, Εκπαίδευσης και Επιχειρηματικότητας του Ελληνο-Αμερικανικού
επιμελητηρίου, δύο οργανισμοί που προωθούν τη νέα επιχειρηματικότητα και καινοτομία
στην Ελλάδα.
Eντάχθηκε στο δυναμικό της Τράπεζας Πειραιώς αρχές του Οκτωβρίου 2009.
Προηγουμένως ήταν με τη State Street από το 1995. Κατείχε υψηλόβαθμες θέσεις στην
επενδυτική τραπεζική, venture capital και private equity, στρατηγικό σχεδιασμό και
διαχείριση κινδύνου, σε Βοστόνη, ΗΠΑ και Λονδίνο, Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο. Ο πιο πρόσφατος
ρόλος του στη State Street ήταν Pan European Chief Administrative Officer, Ευρωπαϊκό
Εκτελεστικό Συμβούλιο. Σε αυτό τον ρόλο, ήταν υπεύθυνος για την ανάπτυξη ευρωπαϊκής
στρατηγικής, επίβλεψη M & A και Private Equity, και συν-διοίκηση των Ευρωπαϊκών
διοικητικών μονάδων.
Kατέχει πτυχίο της Νομικής Σχολής Αθηνών, LLM στο διεθνές χρηματοοικονομικό δίκαιο
από τη Νομική σχολή του πανεπιστημίου της Βοστόνης και MSF από το κολέγιο της
Βοστόνης, και είναι απόφοιτος του executive development προγράμματος από το Wharton
School του πανεπιστημίου της Πενσυλβάνια, ΗΠΑ.
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Αριστομένης (Άρις) Συγγρός
Πρόεδρος Invest in Greece
Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα
Με σπουδές σε Οικονομικά και Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων στη Γερμανία, ο Άρις Συγγρός
εργάστηκε στη SIEMENS την περίοδο 1987-1999 κατά τη διάρκεια της οποίας τοποθετήθηκε
σε διευθυντικές θέσεις σε διάφορες χώρες του κόσμου (Ελλάδα, Γερμανία, Ουγγαρία,
Βιετνάμ). Υπήρξε αντιπρόσωπος της εταιρείας στο Σύνδεσμο Εξαγωγέων Βιομηχανικών
Προϊόντων από το 1991 έως το 1995. Ως εξειδικευμένος εμπειρογνώμονας της Κεντρικής
Υπηρεσίας Οργάνωσης και Συμβούλων της SIEMENS ανέλαβε την επίλυση προβλημάτων σε
πολλά καίρια projects της εταιρείας σε διάφορες χώρες (Πορτογαλία, Σουηδία, κ.ά).
Ανέλαβε Διευθυντής Οργάνωσης της πρώτης θυγατρικής εταιρείας στην Ανατολική Ευρώπη
(Ουγγαρία) με αντικείμενο την εισαγωγή συστημάτων διοίκησης και ελέγχου διαδικασιών
σύμφωνα με τα πρότυπα της μητρικής εταιρείας. Επίσης διετέλεσε Γενικός Διευθυντής του
τομέα τηλεπικοινωνιών της εταιρείας στο Βιετνάμ.
Από το 2000 έως το 2003 δραστηριοποιήθηκε ως Σύμβουλος Διοίκησης σε θέματα
στρατηγικής και επικοινωνίας με ειδικότητα την ανάλυση και επίλυση προβλημάτων και
κρίσεων στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό.
Από το 2003 έως το 2005 διετέλεσε Διευθυντής Λειτουργικού Σχεδιασμού στην ΟΕΟΑ
«Αθήνα 2004» με αντικείμενο το σχεδιασμό της επιχειρησιακής λειτουργίας του Διεθνούς
Τηλεπικοινωνιακού Κέντρου, του οποίου ανέλαβε και τη διοίκηση κατά τη διάρκεια των
Αγώνων.
Από το 2005 διετέλεσε Γενικός Διευθυντής της παγκόσμιας Μη Κυβερνητικής Οργάνωσης
«Διεθνής Διαφάνεια Ελλάς» (Transparency International-Greece) καθιστώντας την μία από
τις πιο δραστήριες ΜΚΟ με σημαντικές θεσμικές παρεμβάσεις διεθνώς. Κορύφωση αυτής
της δραστηριότητας ήταν η διοργάνωση στην Αθήνα της 13ης Παγκόσμιας Συνδιάσκεψης
κατά της Διαφθοράς. Διατηρεί ενεργό παρουσία σε Μη Κυβερνητικές Οργανώσεις και
σήμερα είναι μέλος της ευρείας συντονιστικής επιτροπής της «Καμπάνια των ΜΚΟ για το
Σύνταγμα». Ως εμπειρογνώμονας σε θέματα διαφάνειας έχει συνεργασθεί και με το
Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών και άλλες Ομοσπονδιακές και Πολιτειακές Αρχές των ΗΠΑ για την
καταπολέμηση της διαφθοράς, και διετέλεσε εκπρόσωπος του Διεθνούς Εμπορικού
Επιμελητηρίου (Παράρτημα Ελλάδος) στην Επιτροπή Διαφάνειας του ΔΕΕ στο Παρίσι.
Έχει ενεργό συμμετοχή σε επαγγελματικές, κοινωνικές και πολιτιστικές δραστηριότητες.
Είναι μέλος πολλών επαγγελματικών συνδέσμων. Σήμερα είναι μέλος των Διοικητικών
Συμβουλίων του «Ναυτικό Μουσείο της Ελλάδος» και του «Συνδέσμου ΑΕ & ΕΠΕ». Ομιλεί
και γράφει Αγγλικά και Γερμανικά.
Έχει δύο κόρες την Αλεξάνδρα- Όλγα και την Μάρα-Σοφία 14 και 12 ετών.
English
Aristomenis (Aris) M. Syngros was appointed Executive Chairman of Invest in Greece
Agency in January 2011.
From 1987-1999 he worked at Siemens, in senior management positions in Greece,
Germany, Hungary and Vietnam, among others. He represented Siemens at the Exporters
Association of Industrial Products from 1991 to 1995. As a qualified expert at Siemens
Headquarters, Organization and Advisory Board, he undertook problem solving of several
major projects (Portugal, Sweden etc). He was Organization Director in Hungary, the first
subsidiary in Eastern Europe. There he was responsible for the introduction of management
systems and operations control in accordance with Head Office. He was General Manager of
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the Telecommunications Department for Siemens, in Viet Nam.
From 2000-2003, Aris Syngros was a business consultant in Greece and abroad, he provided
consulting on strategic and communication issues, with a focus on analysis, problem solving
and crisis management.
From 2003 –2005, he served the Athens 2004 Olympic Organizing Committee and was
Director of Operational Planning for the International Broadcasting Center. During the
Games he also undertook the Management of the Center.
From 2005-2010 he was the Manager of the global NGO Transparency International Greece,
one of the most active NGOs and contributed with significant institutional interventions
internationally. This activity culminated with the launch of the 13th World Conference
against Corruption, in Athens.
Aris Syngros maintains an active presence in NGOs and is currently a member of a steering
committee of the "NGO Campaign for the Constitution." As an expert on transparency he
has also cooperated with the Department of Foreign Affairs and other federal and state
authorities in the USA to combat corruption. He served as a representative for the Greek
Branch of the Transparency Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce, in Paris.
Aris Syngros studied Business Administration and Economics in Germany and speaks fluent
German and English.
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Dr. Steven Ping
R&D Team Leader
ELKEME
Athens, Greece
697-440-2230 (mobile)
Short CV
Current title is “R&D Team Leader” for ELKEME, the research and development company for
the Viohalco Group of companies. I have held this position since Sept. 2006.
Prior Experience:
I began my career as a Research Engineer for Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation,
Pleasanton, CA, USA. Over my 25 years of employment with them I held various scientific
and managerial positions, ending with the title of Director of R&D. After “retiring” from
Kaiser Aluminum I was a consultant for 5 years with aluminium companies in many places in
the world and then accepted the opportunity of leading ELKEME. I have much experience in
optimizing management systems that focus a company’s human resources on being highly
valuable to both their customers and their owners. I have experienced both the growth and
cut-back cycles in business and have had to restructure businesses to meet the new needs.
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Νικόλαος Χαριτάκης
Επίκουρος Καθηγητής
Τμήμα Οικονομικών Επιστημών, Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα
Αντιπρόεδρος και Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος T.A.NE.O A.E. και Επίκουρος Καθηγητής στο τμήμα
Οικονομικών Επιστημών στο Εθνικό Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο.
Διετέλεσε Πρόεδρος της Ένωσης Ελληνικών Εταιρειών Επιχειρηματικών Κεφαλαίων και
εξελέγει Πρόεδρος της Επιτροπής Αποζημιώσεων Συνεγγυητικού Κεφαλαίου του Χ.Α.
Επίσης είναι μέλος του Επιστημονικού Συμβουλίου του ΙΟΒΕ.
Διετέλεσε Γενικός Γραμματέας Αποκρατικοποιήσεων του Υπουργείου Βιομηχανίας,
Ενέργειας και Τεχνολογίας, Γενικός Διευθυντής στην Εταιρεία Τουριστικής Ανάπτυξης (ΕΤΑ),
Οικονομικός Σύμβουλος στο Σύνδεσμο Επιχειρήσεων και Βιομηχανιών (ΣΕΒ), Σύμβουλος σε
πλήθος εταιρειών μεταξύ των οποίων η Motor Oil και η Δέλτα και Μέλος της Επιτροπής
Ανταγωνισμού.
Nikolaos Haritakis
Ph.D. in Economics
Vice-Chairman & CEO at TANEO S.A. and Assistant Professor in Economics at the National
University of Athens.
He was elected Chairman of the Hellenic Venture Capital Association and Chairman of the
Compensation Committee of the ASE Guarantee Fund. In addition he is member in the
Scientific Board of the Foundation for Industrial and Economic Research (IOBE)
He has served as Secretary General on Privatization of the Ministry of Industry Energy and
Technology, Chief Executive Officer of the Greek Tourism Development S.A., consultant at
many private Companies, among others at Motor Oil and Delta, Economic Advisor to the
Federation of Greek Industries and Member of the Antitrust Authority.
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Διεθνές Εμπόριο, Ανταγωνιστικότητα, Καινοτομία, Ανάπτυξη
και Θέσεις Απασχόλησης
Dr. Angelos Pangratis
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the European Union to the World Trade
Organization (WTO)
Biographical Note
Mr. Angelos Pangratis is, since January 2011, the Ambassador and Head of the
Permanent Mission of the European Union to the WTO. From January to May 2011 he
also headed, as Chargé d'Affaires a.i., the Delegation of the EU to the UN and other
international organisations in Geneva.
Angelos Pangratis was the Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union
(previously, to Dec. 2009, of the European Commission) to the United States, in
Washington, D.C. from August 2005 to December 2010. Before that, he served as Acting
Head and Chargé d'Affaires of the Delegation to the US and designated Permanent
Observer to the Organisation of American States from October 2009 to July 2010.
Previously he was the Ambassador and Head of the European Commission's Delegation
to Argentina (February 2003 to August 2005), and served in senior functions at the
Delegations of the European Commission in South Africa (1995-1997) and in South Korea
(1990-1994).
Highlights of Mr. Pangratis' career at the EU's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, include
Head of Unit responsible for relations with China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, South
Korea and Mongolia (1998-2003); Head of Unit for Personnel and Budget of the
Directorate General for External Relations and Trade Policy (1997-1998); Head of
Investigation Teams of the Anti-Dumping and Anti-Circumvention Division (1987-1990).
For several years (1981-90) Mr. Pangratis represented the European Commission at
numerous negotiations and working groups at multilateral organizations such as the
WTO, OECD, Club de Paris, UNCTAD, and others.
Mr. Pangratis has lectured on European economic, trade, foreign policy and security
issues in Argentina, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Korea, South Africa, United
Kingdom and in the United States at universities, think tanks and other fora. He was a
regular lecturer at the US Army War College in Carlisle, PA. He has had interviews and
articles on EU matters published in many countries.
Angelos Pangratis was born on the island of Corfu, Greece (1956), is married and has
three children. Mr. Pangratis speaks Greek, French, English and Spanish. He obtained a
doctorate from the University of Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne in 1983 in International
Economics, Monetary Policies and Finance. This followed studies in Economics, European
Studies and International Law at the Universities of St.-Etienne, Paris I and Paris II.
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Παρασκευή 19 Ιουλίου 2013
SESSION 7
Συντονιστής:
Δρ. Δημήτρης Νιάρχος, πρώην Διευθυντής & Πρόεδρος Δ.Σ. ΕΚΕΦΕ «Δ»
15:30
Hybrid interfaces in small molecule organic photovoltaic devices
Dr. Konstantinos Fostiropoulos
Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
16:00
The NAE Grand Challenges: An Inspiration for our Times
Prof. Yannis C. Yortsos
Dean of the Engineering School, Univ. of Southern California, USA
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Hybrid interfaces in small molecule organic photovoltaic devices
Dr. Konstantinos Fostiropoulos
Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
Abstract
In this presentation specific transport problems at hybrid interfaces between transparent
conductive electrodes (TCO) and organic layers will be addressed. They originate from
disadvantages of sputter-grown TCO materials such as commercial indium-tin-oxide which
are caused by unsaturated open bondings and Fermi level mismatch to the position of the
highest occupied molecular orbital of the adjacent organic layer.
We demonstrate chemical methods to overcome these disadvantages by specific
termination of the ITO surface with organic molecular monolayers or ultra-thin inorganic
buffers. Depending on the method possible charge carrier traps are reduced and/or band
alignment is achieved at the hybrid interface. Moreover the growth of the organic absorber
on the chemically treated TCO is strongly influenced by the termination species. The
orientation of the deposited molecules and its effect on the opto-electrical properties of the
absorber is discussed.
Such problems do not occur with TCOs prepared by wet chemical methods, where the TCO
surface is already passivated during the preparation process. Other than sputter-grown flat
TCOs, however, such materials can also form nano-morphologies that are advantageous for
the optical properties of the device. Here we discuss TCO morphologies with nano-pores as
well as nano-rods which increase the absorption of the organic absorber layer and the
photocurrent of the related organic photovoltaic device.
Curriculum Vitae
Scientific work experience
1986-88
Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg:
1989-93
Max Planck Institute of Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg:
Ph.D. Thesis: “C60 – a new form of carbon“. [1]
First synthesis of the new carbon modification.
Post Doc: First synthesis of He@C60.
1993 Max Planck Research Group “Dust in star forming regions“, Jena:
1997-2000
GMD – German National Research Center for Information Technology,
Institute for Media Communication, Sankt Augustin:
Research group “Distance Education and Learning; Telecommunication Applications”
(IMK.DELTA).
Recent affiliations
since 2001
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin / Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB)
since 2003
Head of “Organic Solar Cells Group” at HZB
2007
Lecturer at University of Potsdam
since 2011
Guest lecturer at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Scientific and organizing activities: coordination and participation in joined projects,
consulting, workshops and symposia
2001-2003
“Organic Solar Cells” (BMU)
2001-2003
“Polymer Solar Cells” (BMU)
2003-2007
“Organic solar cells with OVPD” (BMU)
coordination
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2006-2009
Coordination Action: “OrgaPVnet” (EU)
nat. coordination
German Representative for 20 OPV groups
Organizer of the of OrgaPVnet National Workshop
Consultant at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki within the “ROleMAK”
2011-2014
project (EU)
2012 Organizer of “Symposium on OPV materials and organic solar cells” in Chengdu,
China
2008-2012
“SOHyb” (BMBF)
coordination
2012-2014
“Helmholtz-Allianz Hybrid” (HGF/HZB)
2013-2015
“SMARTONICS” (EU)
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approx. 10 M€
3 relevant publications
1 W. Krätschmer, L.D. Lamb, K. Fostiropoulos, D.R. Huffmann, C60 – A new form of carbon,
Nature 347 , 354, (1990)
times cited 5.278
2 Johnev B; Vogel M; Fostiropoulos K; et al., ,Monolayer passivation of the transparent
electrode in organic solar cells, THIN SOLID FILMS Volume: 488 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 270-273
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2005.04.058 Published: SEP 22 2005
3 Bartelt Andreas F.; Strothkaemper Christian; Schindler Wolfram, Konstantinos
Fostiropoulos; et al. Morphology effects on charge generation and recombination dynamics
at ZnPc:C(60) bulk hetero-junctions using time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy, APPLIED
PHYSICS LETTERS Volume: 99 Issue: 14 Article Number: 143304, DOI: 10.1063/1.3644129
Published: OCT 3 2011
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The NAE Grand Challenges: An Inspiration for our Times
Prof. Yannis C. Yortsos
Dean of the Engineering School, Univ. of Southern California, USA
Abstract
In 2008, the US National Academy of Engineering identified 14 Grand Challenges for
Engineering, the solution of which would provide a significant advance to a number of
societal and global issues. These Grand Challenges can be grouped in the four buckets of
Sustainability, Security, Health and the Enrichment of Life. In this talk, I will review the
context and impact of the Grand Challenges as an inspiration for technological innovation
and development. I will also argue that a fifth bucket, that of societal organization, is
emerging as an equally important Grand Challenge.
Short CV
Yannis C. Yortsos is the Dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of
Southern California in Los Angeles. He holds the Kaprielian Dean's Chair and also the Chester
Professorship in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at USC. Yortsos is a member of the US
National Academy of Engineering and an affiliate member of the Academy of Athens. He
holds a Diploma from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, and MS and PhD
degrees from the California Institute of Technology, all in chemical engineering.
Twitter @DeanYortsos
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Παρασκευή 19 Ιουλίου 2013
SESSION 8
Συντονιστής:
Δρ. Ίων Σιώτης, πρώην Διευθυντής & Πρόεδρος Δ.Σ. ΕΚΕΦΕ «Δ»
16:30
Η άγνωστη πλευρά της υψηλής τεχνολογία στην Ελλάδα
κ. Γιάννης Κωτσής-Γιανναράκης
Γενικός Διευθυντής ΣΕΚΕΕ
16:50
Ο ρόλος της Βορείου Ελλάδος στις Τεχνολογίες Πληροφορικής και
Τηλεπικοινωνιών
κ. Γεώργιος Δημητρίου
Σύνδεσμος Επιχειρήσεων Πληροφορικής Βορείου Ελλάδος (ΣΕΠΒΕ)
17:30
Integrating primary science in cosmetics natural products
development
Δρ. Μαριάννα Ράλλη
Korres Natural Products, Scientific Affairs Manager
17:50
Μαζί στην Εκκίνηση!
Δρ. Κώστας Τρούλος
Project Manager, Τομέας Ανάπτυξης Επιχειρηματικότητας, ΣΕΒ
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Η άγνωστη πλευρά της υψηλής τεχνολογία στην Ελλάδα
κ. Γιάννης Κωτσής-Γιανναράκης
Γενικός Διευθυντής Σύνδεσμο Εταιρειών Κινητών Εφαρμογών
Ελλάδας (ΣΕΚΕΕ)
Γιάννης Κωτσής-Γιανναράκης
Ο Γιάννης Κωτσής-Γιανναράκης γεννήθηκε το 1959 στην Αλεξάνδρεια της Αιγύπτου.
Διαθέτει πολυετή εμπειρία στο χώρο του διαδικτύου, των ηλεκτρονικών εκδόσεων και του
ψηφιακού περιεχομένου από το 1985. Έχει συνεργαστεί με κορυφαίους Δημοσιογραφικούς
Οργανισμούς, όπως με τον Όμιλο Λαμπράκη ως Γενικός Διευθυντής του in.gr , με τον ΔΟΛ
από το 1998 ως Διευθυντής Σύνταξης του περιοδικού ROM, των ηλεκτρονικών εκδόσεων
καθώς και λοιπών έντυπων εκδόσεων του Ομίλου. Από τα τέλη του 2010 συντονίζει την
πρωτοβουλία για τον εμπλουτισμό της Wikipedia στα Ελληνικά (mywikipedia.gr). Σπούδασε
Βιολογικές Επιστήμες στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών και συμμετείχε ως ιδρυτής και βασικός
μέτοχος στις εταιρείες Harda Ltd το 1986 και τη Magenta Ltd to 1989. Από τον Ιούλιο 2011
ανέλαβε καθήκοντα Γενικού Διευθυντή στον Σύνδεσμο Εταιρειών Κινητών Εφαρμογών
Ελλάδας.
Yiannis Kotsis-Giannarakis
Yiannis is an enterpreneur, active in electronic publishing and digital content since 1985. He
was one of the founding members of the Greek leading internet portal www.in.gr where he
acted as Managing Director for the first five years, from conception till its establishment as a
major media factor. Among others, he was Director of the Greek edition of National
Geographic books and videos, newspaper columnist and editor of various electronic and
paper publications. He is founder and shareholder at Magenta Ltd. Born 1959 in Alexandria,
he studied Biology in Athens, never finished his PhD in Bioinformatics, and spends some
weekends hiking and mountain-top communicating with very low power in radiowaves. He
is currently acting as General Manager of the Hellenic Association of Mobile Application
Companies
.
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Ο ρόλος της Βορείου Ελλάδος στις Τεχνολογίες Πληροφορικής
και Τηλεπικοινωνιών
κ. Γεώργιος Δημητρίου
Σύνδεσμος Επιχειρήσεων Πληροφορικής Βορείου Ελλάδος (ΣΕΠΒΕ)
Abstract
ΚΑΙΝΟΤΟΜΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΠΕ ΣΤΗ ΒOREIO ΕΛΛΑΔΑ
Στη Β. Ελλάδα παρουσιάζονται περιορισμένες επιδόσεις στο πεδίο της καινοτομίας, ενώ
ταυτόγχρονα υφίσταται κρίσιμη μάζα και υψηλή συγκέντρωση των συστατικών μερών ενός
τοπικού/περιφερειακού
συστήματος
καινοτομίας,
όπως
ερευνητικά
κέντρα,πανεπιστημιακές σχολές, θερμοκοιτίδες επιχειρήσεων, δραστήριοι σύνδεσμοι και
επιμελητήρια επιχειρήσεων, δυναμικές και εξωστρεφείς επιχειρήσεις.
Σε μία περίοδο όπου:

η δυνατότητα απορρόφησης των κονδυλίων του ΕΣΠΑ από τις επιχειρήσεις
αποτελεί ιδιαίτερο θέμα προβληματισμού επισκιάζοντας ταυτόχρονα και τη μεθοδολογία
διανομής των πόρων

οι υφιστάμενες δημόσιες δομές αδυνατούν να ανταποκριθούν άμεσα και

η ανάγκη για μείωση των περιφερειακών ανισοτήτων είναι επιτακτική.
Θα πρέπει να προχωρήσουμε σε μια αναδιοργάνωση της περιφερειακής στρατηγικής και
των εργαλείων της.
Short CV
George Dimitriou has a M.Sc. in Mathematics & Computer Science, from the Technische
Universität Darmstadt, Germany and a Business Administration degree from Louisiana State
University, New Orleans, U.S.A.
He has extensive experience (over 30 years):

as Project Director and Team Leader of large international donor technical assistance
projects,

in designing and implementing ICT Systems in the public sector (e-government (Tax and
Customs organizations)), e-business.

in Planning, Management and Evaluation of Operational and Development Programmes,

in Design of IT systems for monitoring, management and evaluation of Programs
(Operational Programs, PHARE, ISPA, Interreg etc.) and experience of capacity building
including Training and the development of training material in Information Technology and
Business Planning in public bodies in transition countries.
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Integrating primary science in cosmetics natural products
development
Dr. Marianna Ralli
Korres Natural Products, Scientific Affairs Manager
Short CV
Marianna Ralli has studied Biomedical sciences in Edinburgh, followed by a PhD in
molecular biology in the University of Edinburgh, studying nucleoside transport systems in
a bacterial knockout model. She then worked for Procter and Gamble in Germany in the
R&D consumer research team, followed by working in a small biotech company based in
Edinburgh where she focused on antibody coated nanosphere technologies. She has been
working in Korres for the past five years, currently responsible for scientific affairs, liaising
with researchers and academic institutes in order to support the company's R&D
strategies, by promoting primary research and its commercialization through
collaborations.
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Μαζί στην Εκκίνηση!
Δρ.. Κώστας Τρούλος
Project Manager, Τομέας Ανάπτυξης Επιχειρηματικότητας,
ΣΕΒ
Abstract
Το πρόγραμμα «Μαζί στην Εκκίνηση!» αποτελεί μία πρωτοβουλία του ΣΕΒ - Σύνδεσμος
Επιχειρήσεων και Βιομηχανιών – για την προώθηση της νεανικής επιχειρηματικότητας στην
Ελλάδα. Απευθύνεται σε νέους επιστήμονες και ερευνητές οι οποίοι επιθυμούν να
μετατρέψουν μία τεχνική ή ερευνητική καινοτομία σε βιώσιμη επιχειρηματική πρόταση. Το
πρόγραμμα προσφέρει δωρεάν στους συμμετέχοντες τις εξής υπηρεσίες: α) επιμόρφωση,
β) επιχειρηματικές συμβουλές και γ) mentoring. Για να συμμετάσχει στο πρόγραμμα, ο
κάθε ενδιαφερόμενος πρέπει να υποβάλλει μία αίτηση συμμετοχής η οποία είναι
διαθέσιμη
από
τον
ιστότοπο
του
προγράμματος:
http://sev4enterprise.org.gr/epixeirimatikotita/. Οι δραστηριότητες του προγράμματος
στην Αθήνα στεγάζονται σε ειδικά διαμορφωμένο χώρο στο κτίριο της Βιβλιοθήκης του
ΕΚΕΦΕ Δημόκριτος.
Short CV
Costas Troulos is an electrical and computer engineer with an MBA in entrepreneurship and
an interdisciplinary PhD in telecommunications and public policy. He has nearly 20 years’
experience in IT, telecoms and public policy, and significant experience in managing IT,
constructions, research and innovation projects. His interests include Next Generation
Access (NGA) networks, public-private partnerships, content delivery, the socio-economic
impact of ICT, innovation and entrepreneurship. He is an experienced analyst and consultant
in the TMT industry with a special focus on NGA networks.
Costas is currently working with ΣΕΒ, the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, in the program
“Επιχειρηματικότητα” (http://sev4enterprise.org.gr/epixeirimatikotita/) that aims at
assisting young researchers and scientists to develop entrepreneurial skills and learn how to
turn their innovations into a business idea.