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Alex Harris

Founder Adadot.com

Alex Harris

Founder Adadot.com

Alex is passionate about Future of Work solutions. After graduating from Oxford she spent the next decade in the world's largest advertising firms working with brands like Kellogg's, Lenovo and Chevrolet. After getting frustrated with the inefficiencies of running large international projects with distributed teams she founded Adadot. Adadot is a pioneering workforce optimisation platform for professional services firms. Η Άλεξ ειναι απόφοιτος τις Οξφορδης και έχει πανω απο δέκα χρονια εμπειρία στο χώρο του Μάρκετινγκ οπου εxει λαβει και πολλαπλα διεθνή βραβεία. Τα τελευταια χρόνια ειναι πρωτοπόρος στον τομέα Future of Work με την εταιρεία της, την Adadot. Η Αdadot ειναι ενα λογισμικό το οποίο βοηθάει εταιρείες παροχής υπηρεσειών να βελτίωσουν την κερδοφορία τους μέσω καλύτερης διαχέιρισης του ανθρώπινου δυναμικού.

Nikolas Afordakos

Senior Operational Risk Manager at European Investment Fund

Nikolas Afordakos

Senior Operational Risk Manager at European Investment Fund

echnology Risk and Control professional Nikolas Afordakos holds an MBA from University of Luton and University of Central Arkansas and a MSc in Financial Aspects of decision management from the university of Luton. During his 16-year career he has held senior technology audit and credit risk roles in a number of banks and financial service institutions including Barclays, Mastercard, Revolut, Deloitte and Eurobank. His focus is technology audit and his core skills lie in the identification and mitigation of the technology risks that exist in financial institutions.

Greg Fousas

Customer Data Scientist H2O.ai

Greg Fousas

Customer Data Scientist H2O.ai

Greg is a Data Scientist with a decade's work experience that spans more than 25 projects, 20 brands, 5 industries and 5 countries and still counting! He is specialised in end-to-end Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence solutions. He studied Production Engineering and Management, he has a MSc in Operational Research from the University of Edinburgh and studied a bit of Cognitive Science. Recently he completed a self driving car nanodegree.

Socrates Charisis

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Socrates Charisis

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Socrates Charisis is devoted in designing unique experiences and products for the world since 2013. He invests and does business in the Tech Industry while constantly seeking more and more knowledge about how the world works. In 2018 he co-founded the first Digital Product Agency in Greece, Quintessential SFT: An agency that crafts digital products following a strict holistic approach. From a simple idea to the research and design, to product development, maintenance and commercial success.

Panos Christakos

Entrepreneur, Investor & Senior Advisor

Panos Christakos

Entrepreneur, Investor & Senior Advisor

Panos Christakos has an extensive experience in executive and investment roles, including, but not limited to, model validation and risk management for various risk types including credit risk, market risk and liquidity risk. For more than 5 years, he has been working for top tiers Banking Groups such as JPMorgan, BNP Paribas and Natixis in the United Kingdom and France, allowing him to gain exposure on high quality management practices and develop an excellent understanding of the regulatory frameworks. He has supported financial institutions on various topics such as strategy, regulation, capital management, credit risk and operational risk.

Niovi Christopoulou

Corporate Counsel at Amazon

Niovi Christopoulou

Corporate Counsel at Amazon

Niovi Christopoulou is an experienced business and legal professional currently based in New York City and focused on investments, VC and entrepreneurship. Niovi is currently advising innovative companies on strategic and legal matters with a transatlantic focus: she works with EU-based companies entering the US market, as well as US investors interested in EU-based opportunities helping them with fundraising, market entry and global scale-up strategies. Niovi’s recent work experience includes working as director of capital partnering and Deputy GC at a NYC-based fintech company engineering first generation financial products with a focus on cryptocurrencies where she was engaged in product and business development, operations and legal matters. Her legal experience includes working at international law firms in New York, London, and Washington DC with a focus on mergers & acquisitions and private equity and as an advisor to multinational companies on legal and strategic issues. Niovi is currently a mentor for Endeavor Global and Endeavor Greece advising start- up companies on growth. She has served on the board of Association of Corporate Counsel – NY Chapter, the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and as a committee co-chair of Columbia Business School Alumni Club of NY. Niovi graduated with honors from Columbia University Law School (JD 2004, Stone Scholar) and Athens Law School in Greece. In 2018 she graduated from Harvard Business School’s HBX CORe Credential of Readiness in business fundamentals. She feels blessed to have been born and raised in Athens, Greece.

Charis Christofi

Entrepreneur In Residence at Merantix

Charis Christofi

Entrepreneur In Residence at Merantix

Charis is an engineer by background, having studied mechanical engineering at the University of Cambridge with an exchange year at MIT. He worked in strategy consulting with Oliver Wyman's London office, advising clients across industries such as technology and financial services, including work with Greek financial institutions post crisis. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and is now working as an entrepreneur in residence with Merantix, a venture studio based in Berlin, on developing and launching a machine learning first venture.

Pieris Christofi

Business Development at Palantir Technologies

Pieris Christofi

Business Development at Palantir Technologies

Pieris Christofi joined Palantir’s Commercial Business Development team in 2017. Since joining, Pieris has focused on digitalisation projects in large companies and has led development teams in implementing product solutions across a number of industries including shipping, insurance and energy. Prior to Palantir, Pieris worked at Moody’s Analytics where he focused on regulatory technology solutions. Pieris has also served as a Reserve Special Forces Officer in the Cypriot National Guard. Pieris studied Economics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics at Warwick University followed by a Master's Degree in Applied Statistics from the University of Oxford.

Dimitris Damilos

Software Engineer at Tractable

Dimitris Damilos

Software Engineer at Tractable

After completing my studies of IT & CS at the University of West Attica, I finished my internship at ATEbank, where I developed small-scale database management systems. Then, I joined Amoweb, where I worked as a web developer. Afterwards, I served my mandatory military service at the Hellenic Army as a radar operator and finally, self-employed, I worked on small-scale web projects. In 2012, two friends and I decided to create our own project, cmagnet. We delivered Graphic Design and Corporate Identity solutions, as well as websites and e-shops for small businesses. Three years later, I moved to the UK, where I landed at Ladbrokes as a Front-End Developer, developing and supporting the online betting platform, I was also taking care of new game integrations and overall support. In 2017, it was time for Whitbread to be my house next. In the role of Developer, I worked on the JS side of an AEM product of the Premier Inn website's Scrum teams. Then, as a Senior Developer in the same company and product, I co-led a React/Redux migration on top of the rest. At the moment, I am working for the Photobox's Editor team as a full stack developer on React and Node stacks, specializing in Front End development and UX/UI implementation. The team I am part of is responsible for the online tool customers use to create their books and calendars, as well as a significant amount of web services around it. Being part of that, my responsibilities include the development and support of new Editor features, the improvement of the existing features, as well as managing the data used and slightly being involved with the web services.

Angelos Damoulianos

Founder at Botilia.gr CEO at Umobit

Angelos Damoulianos

Founder at Botilia.gr CEO at Umobit

Angelos Damoulianos is the founder of botilia.gr, a startup curating the best wines from small Greek Producers. He worked as a project manager for major Software houses and Banks. His studies include Information Technology at the University of Crete and Economics at the University of Piraeus. In recent years he has been leading Umobit sa, a digital house developing demanding web and mobile applications.

Athina Polina Dova

Coo & Co-Founder @Owiwi

Athina Polina Dova

Coo & Co-Founder @Owiwi

Athina Polina Dova holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law with Specialization in Labor Law and Labor Relations from Democritus University of Thrace as well as an MSc in International Business and Management from Alba Graduate Business School. She has also taken a certification in Game Theory Strategy from Yale University. She has worked as a trainee labor lawyer for the HR Department of Alpha Bank but also has worked as an HR professional in organizations as General Electric and Upstream S.A. The last 2 years is Co-Founder and the Head Of Operations in Owiwi (http://www.owiwi.co.uk/).

Christos Dovletoglou

VP of Sales | EMEA Alliances Director

Christos Dovletoglou

VP of Sales | EMEA Alliances Director

Christos Dovletoglou holds an MBA from Manchester Business School and Boston University School of Management. During his 15-year career with Canon Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), he held several senior management roles in Western Europe, UK, Central Eastern Europe (CEE) and Greece, at EMEA HQ, National Sales Organisation, Regional Sales Organization, Representative Office and Global Accounts level; which, earned him a global multi-site, hands-on, general management; B2B & B2C; enterprise services and consumer tech; direct sales, partner sales and alliance sales experience; across 30+ countries. Among other roles, including Management Consultant to well-known companies, Christos engineered and delivered growth for Canon as General Manager/Country Director at Canon Greece, EMEA SMB Channel Manager; Sales Manager, Enterprise Direct Sales at Canon UK; Regional Sales Director, Enterprise Partner Channel, Canon CEE; and EMEA Enterprise Alliances Director, Global Accounts. Christos mentors startups and companies at an international level and relishes opportunities to enable them to deliver a sound strategy and execution for growth and international expansion; to energize others -releasing their positive energy to take any hill, turnaround performance and lead change; across industries, verticals, functions and geographies; with a passion for customer success.

Demetres Drivas

Communication & Marketing Manager, Onassis

Demetres Drivas

Communication & Marketing Manager, Onassis

Demetres Drivas currently works as Communication Officer at Onassis Foundation. With 20+ years of experience in the communications industry, he has worked at top advertising agencies: Adel/Saatchi & Saatchi, Fortune, Leo-Burnett and Publicis (as a Deputy GM). He handled the brand-building of numerous mega-brands in our market. He holds an MSC in Public Relations (Stirling University), a Diploma in Marketing (Chartered Institute of Marketing) and a BSc in Business Administration (Deree College).

Theodoros Mastrokostopoulos

Global MedTech Commercialisation Executive

Theodoros Mastrokostopoulos

Global MedTech Commercialisation Executive

Theodoros (Theo) Mastrokostopoulos has more than 15 years experience in the medical device space, with a strong track record in commercial leadership roles launching new technologies for patients that need them most. He is currently the Vice President of Sales and Market Development at LimFlow, an early stage venture based in Paris where he leads global go-to-market activities for an innovative therapy that can prevent major amputation in patients with end-stage peripheral arterial disease. He began his medtech career at Medtronic in their European headquarters in Switzerland with roles of increasing responsibility in marketing and sales within the diabetes, surgical technologies and cardiovascular units. He previously led the European operations for TriVascular, an early-stage company with a novel endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) device, as the company grew through an initial public offering on NASDAQ and eventual acquisition by a larger corporate. Most recently, he was the chief commercial officer at CAScination, a spin-off from the University of Bern in Switzerland, leading the global launch of a CT-guided navigation technology for interventional oncology. Theo holds an MBA from the London Business School and a MEng in production engineering and management from the Technical University of Crete.

Yannis Perrakis

Principal, Innovation & Engineering, BP

Yannis Perrakis

Principal, Innovation & Engineering, BP

Yannis is a Principal in BP’s Innovation & Engineering business group, which leads BP’s global technology development and commercialization activities. Yannis’ focus is developing longer-horizon, high risk/high reward digital solutions that can accelerate the company’s, and world’s, energy transition to Net Zero carbon. He also leads BP’s global Centre of Expertise (CoE) for Blockchain, Crypto and Digital Assets, developing the company’s participation and “digital trust” between businesses, consumers and institutional stakeholders.
Yannis has more than twelve years of experience across emerging technology, product management and scaling/commercialising innovation. Previously to BP, he was a senior associate in EY’s technology consulting practise for multinational Financial Services customers in London. Before that he started his career from several LawTech start-ups in Greece. He holds a BSc and MSc in Management Science with Computing.

Thomas Filippou

Commercial Director Retail, Digital, Protergia

Thomas Filippou

Commercial Director Retail, Digital, Protergia

Thomas Filippou works as Senior Product Innovation Manager at Vodafone. He joined the Vodafone team in 2004 and held various commercial positions within the company. He has broad experience in the telecommunications industry, having launched many innovative products and services in Greece. He holds academic degrees from the Technical University of Munich -Germany (www.tum.de) in Electrical & Information Technology Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.Univ., M.Sc.) and Master in Business Administration.

Konstantinos Fouskas

Business Coaching and teaching

Konstantinos Fouskas

Business Coaching and teaching

Konstantinos Fouskas holds the position of “Digital Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation” at the department of Applied informatics at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece, I am teaching in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship, e-business and development of new products and services. I also currently teach at International Hellenic University and University of the Aegean related topics and also collaborate with a number of other Academic Institutes in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship. My research has been published in international peer-reviewed journals and conferences and I have participated in research consortia for more than 15 International and National research projects, including research projects in Developing countries. I teach because I am passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation and development of new ventures. I also have been a serial entrepreneur developing a number of Business ventures mainly related to provision of Digital, innovative services, others resulting in success and others in teaching me valuable lessons. My background is widespread and is combining studies and experience ranging from crafting and aligning a corporate strategy and responding to competition with innovative actions to handling and rearranging business operations and filling in accounting and financial information to analyzing pricing decisions. This diversity has allowed me to obtain a broader view in developing new business ventures ranging from evaluation of the business proposition to financial projections analysis. To this end I am happy to assist new entrepreneurs of any age that pursuit their dreams. I am doing so through various Incubator programs such as Orange Grove, Ace-In, EkinisiLab and by personal coaching and innovation competitions such as innovation and iBank. I have also been extensively engaged with business advisory, trying to assist established firms with limited organizational capabilities to evolve to viable, competitive players in their markets and organize their internal resources in a more efficient way. I have also been a member of the European Space Agency (ESA) Technology Transfer initiative team. I believe that entrepreneurship is very important and can significantly advance economic prosperity and improvement of the national level of innovation through the utilization of ICT and smart ways to approach current customer pains worldwide.

Sophia Georgopoulou

Brand Identity Designer

Sophia Georgopoulou

Brand Identity Designer

Sophia Georgopoulou is an awarded brand identity designer from Athens GR. She is specialised in the fields of branding, logo design, visual communication, corporate identity development, packaging and print, having worked with local and international clients for more than a decade.

Emmanouil Gkatziouras

Backend Software Engineer @ Yapily

Emmanouil Gkatziouras

Backend Software Engineer @ Yapily

Emmanouil Gkatziouras is currently responsible for the Cloud Infrastructure at Yapily, an API Only technology provider whose mission is to enable innovative products to connect to banks. Throughout his career he has been responsible for building, designing, testing and supporting back-ends atop SQL, NoSQL databases and distributed web services, also he is an active contributor to Open Source projects.

Stelios Gerogiannakis

Principal Engineer at GoCardless

Stelios Gerogiannakis

Principal Engineer at GoCardless

Stelios Gerogiannakis has 20 years experience in software engineering. He has built systems for Banking, OpenBanking/PSD2 and Payments Processing, Online Travel and Pharmaceuticals. The technical domain expertise ranges from public APIs and micro-services to big data and blockchain. In his spare time he is an angel investor, startup advisor and mentor. He lives in London with his wife and their 2 daughters.

Giannis Kalpakidis

Digital & Innovation Value Partner

Giannis Kalpakidis

Digital & Innovation Value Partner

Giannis works as a Digital & Innovation Value Partner at Roche Hellas and has broad experience in realizing digital solutions at speed, scale and impact within diverse multinational environments. A marketing technology professional focused on supporting organizations in accelerating their digital customer engagement programs. He holds a first master's degree in International Marketing from Athens University of Economics & Business, a second master's degree in "Development of new drugs: research, launch and access" from Medical School of Athens and a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from University of Athens.

Yannis Imelos

Co-Founder & CEO at CollegeLink

Yannis Imelos

Co-Founder & CEO at CollegeLink

Yannis Imelos is a graduate of the Department of Management Science and Technology of the Athens University of Economics and Business. From a young age, he was distinguished by his curiosity about the way the world is working and its willingness to create solutions that simplify everyday life. He started his career as Software Developer and then worked as a Digital Marketing & E-Commerce Consultant. Over the past 5 years, at CollegeLink, his everyday focus lies to develop the way Entry Level Recruiting works. Combining his human-centered approach with his technological knowledge, he makes it easier for young adults to kick-start their career and companies to reach and communicate with talented young professionals!

Andreas Kallis

Business Development & Strategy

Andreas Kallis

Business Development & Strategy

Andreas Kallis is currently an Advisor to multiple companies (both start-ups and established/mature firms) in software and new media. He sits on the advisory board of the PJ TechCatalyst fund and is a Mentor for Metavallon. He was previously Director for the Southern/Eastern Europe region of Thomson Reuters GRC. Andreas joined GRC from the Markets division of Thomson Reuters where he was VP, Business Development & Strategy EMEA for Reuters Insider. Prior to joining Thomson Reuters, Andreas worked for Barclays Capital in the investment banking division where he was responsible for managing relationships with corporate debt issuers in Southern Europe. Prior to this, Andreas spent six years working for Euromoney Plc as a Regional Director for their emerging markets information business (ISI). He has also held positions at Macedonia-Thrace Bank in Greece and SPG Media in London. Andreas has an MBA from the London Business School and has also completed studies at the EDHEC business school in France and the Wharton school in the US.

Apostolos Kallis

Chief Commercial Officer @ ETIYA

Apostolos Kallis

Chief Commercial Officer @ ETIYA

Apostolos Kallis has been working in the ICT space for over 14 years and is currently the Senior Vice President of Member Engagement & Sales for the TM Forum, the world’s largest trade association focused on helping enterprises continuously transform to succeed in the digital economy. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team Apostolos and his team are responsible for bringing together over 85,000 professionals across 900+ member companies to help them reduce costs and risks, improve business agility and grow their business through a wealth of knowledge, tools, standards, training and practice advice. Apostolos has worked with clients in Asia, Middle-East, Europe and the Americas and travels extensively to support projects and present at major industry events. He is also an advisor to many technology companies and over the years has worked with numerous companies worldwide (CellVision, Dax, Velocent, Oblicore, Etiya, Velti, Accanto, IST) in an advisory capacity on international expansion, sales and marketing strategy and partnerships. Recently he joined the Advisory Boards of Offerial and PollFish which are both backed by PJ Tech Catalyst and IQBility funding. Apostolos holds a BA International Business from the University of Brighton and an MBA in Telecoms from AUEB.

Eirini Kaymenaki

UX/UI Designer at HSBC

Eirini Kaymenaki

UX/UI Designer at HSBC

Eirini Kaymenaki is a UI/UX designer at HSBC (UK) where she manages the company’s digital communications portfolio across the Europe, Middle East and Asia markets. She has experience in the fintech and construction industries (Foster+Partners). Her interests at the MSc in Digital Media Design at the University of Edinburgh, include gameful digital user experience design and understanding user behaviour through data mining techniques.

George Kopanias

Enterprise Solutions Consultant at Flexciton

George Kopanias

Enterprise Solutions Consultant at Flexciton

George Kopanias has a degree in mechanical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and an MBA from the University of Cambridge. He has worked for more than 10 years in B2B sales for industries around the world. Since 2018 he has been responsible for business development and solutions consulting at Flexciton, a British startup that develops innovative software to optimize production scheduling.

Yannis Kirimkiridis

Business Development Manager, Pharmacydirect.gr

Yannis Kirimkiridis

Business Development Manager, Pharmacydirect.gr

Yannis Kirimkiridis was born in 1979 in Ioannina, Greece. He has studied International Economics at Athens University of Economics and Business and has an MBA from AUEB and Rotterdam School of Economics. Yannis has created several startups mainly in the music industry such as Themusicase.com, Otherlap.com and BEAM application. Since 2012 he works as an advisor for startups and medium size companies. Yannis is also co-founder of WIDGET, a software development company based in Greece.

Magy Kontou

Co-Founder - Lead Product & UI/UX

Magy Kontou

Co-Founder - Lead Product & UI/UX

Magy Kontou, is the co-Founder and Head of Operations at SimpleApps. It’s a tech startup company that develops mobile apps and offers digital marketing solutions, whose services are awarded in more than eight youth entrepreneurship and innovation contests. During her postgraduate studies she co-founded SimpleApps. She combines a strong engineering background, with her love for UI/UX design and her passion for mobile trends. In SimpleApps she oversees all the creative output of the company across different digital channels. Magy is also a member of Corallia gi-Cluster Governance Council, the biggest gaming cluster in Greece. She is a graduate of Computer Science Department and holds an MSc in Mobile Computing from the University of Hertfordshire (UH), UK.

Harris Kontogiannis

Contract Software Engineer/Architect, Harkon

Harris Kontogiannis

Contract Software Engineer/Architect, Harkon

My name is Harris Kontogiannis and I have worked as a software engineer/architect for multi-national organisations in New York, Boston, Silicon Valley and London, specialising in the fields of banking, finance, real-time payments processing, virtualisation software and more. Throughout my career I have worked with all types of technologies like APIs, micro-services, streaming architectures, big data, machine learning and blockchain. In my free time I'm trading cryptocurrencies.

Giannis Kostakis

Director @ Enkrypta

Giannis Kostakis

Director @ Enkrypta

Giannis Kostakis is a Cyber Security Expert with more than 10 years of experience in the Information Security and Data Protection space. He holds a Master's Degree in Information Security from Royal Holloway - University of London and a BSc in Informatics from Athens University of Economics and Business. He has also been accredited as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and as a Certified Information Security Manager as well as member of the Chartered Institute of Information Security. Giannis has been working in London over the past 9 years for a number of companies in the Banking, Finance, FinTech, Telecoms and E-commerce sector. He has served as advisor on various Committees and start-ups. Currently, Giannis is working as the Director of Enkrypta ltd and he is also the Co-founder of Leo Cybsec, a cyber security consulting start up operating in EMEA.

Evangelos Kotsonis

CEO, Co-Founder @ e-satisfaction

Evangelos Kotsonis

CEO, Co-Founder @ e-satisfaction

Evangelos Kotsonis is the CEO of e-satisfaction, a rapidly growing startup in the field of customer experience management, and Co-founder of Sleed, one of the most known digital agencies in Greece. Evangelos holds an experience in the fields of e-commerce and digital marketing, as he has been working in this field since 2010. Before focusing on e-commerce and digital marketing Evangelos has been working for 4 years as Information Security Consultant and since 2007 he has participated in a number of research projects related to data mining from large data stores, information security, retail, consumer behavior. He graduated from Informatics department of AUEB and holds an MSc in Information Systems from the same department.

Eleftheria Ledaki

Commercialisation Manager

Eleftheria Ledaki

Commercialisation Manager

Eleftheria Ledaki is a candidate Registered Technology Transfer Professional (cRTTP) with a scientific background (BSc in Biology and MSc in Molecular Basis of Human Disease from University of Crete, Greece) combined with studies in Intellectual Property Law (Brunel University of London, UK). She currently works as a Commercialisation Manager for Queen Mary Innovation, the technology transfer (TT) office of Queen Mary University of London, UK where she focuses on the commercialisation of technologies in the life sciences arena. She has been a LifeArc- AUTM fellow in 2018- 2019, she has co- authored a chapter at UK IPO's upcoming book in 'Growing Business Innovation' and has also been an invited speaker in three international conferences (ASTP Proton, Dublin, 2019, UIIN, Helsinki, 2019, AUTM Annual meeting San Diego, 2020). Lastly, she supports the TT community by being a committee member for AUTM small tech transfer offices and mentoring entry level TT professionals (Ximbassador, LifeArc TT fellowship).

Diamantis Lentsios

Executive Director

Diamantis Lentsios

Executive Director

Diamantis Lentsios was an Executive Chairman in Sirecled Ellas SA. He has 22 years of experience in high level management positions (Country Manager, General Manager, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer) with Greek and multinational Groups, some of them listed in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE). These groups were operating in the sectors of Industrial B2B products (natural gas, cement, petroleum products, chemicals) and fast-moving consumer goods (cosmetics, foods and bread products). He has worked in Greece, Italy (8 years) and Nigeria (2 years) and his expertise is mainly the management of distressed companies. Crisis management, restructuring (strategic, operational, financial) and manufacturing are among his professional skills and competencies. He holds a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bologna, a M.Sc. from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) and also a Diploma in Management from Henley Management College (UK).

Katerina Maniataki

Senior Product Designer, Intercom

Katerina Maniataki

Senior Product Designer, Intercom

Katerina Maniataki is a passionate professional User experience and User Interface designer with UI development skills. With over 9 years of experience in various fields, she could define and develop information architecture, interaction design and interface design for multiple platforms and products. Always eager to learn and face new challenges, she keeps herself up-to-date with the latest web trends and CSS techniques. She gets inspired by travelling with friends & listening to music. You may find her having a good time and designing amazing things with her fellow co-workers at Transifex.

Michael Tyrimos

Managing Director | Capacitor Partners

Michael Tyrimos

Managing Director | Capacitor Partners

Michael Tyrimos - MD @ Capacitor Partners, Seed Investor Michael is the Founder and Managing Director of Capacitor Partners, a technology consulting company. He is an active investor in companies such as Kodika.io and Ergodotisi.com, and the co-founder of the NGO Cypriot Enterprise Link / Hack Cyprus. In the past he served as the head of strategy at Digital Tree group, CEO of the e-commerce companies ergodotisi and Deliveryman, and co-founder of Tribal X (former e-logistics platform) in Silicon Valley. He is a graduate of King’s College London, Cambridge University and Oxford University. His focus is on SaaS, e-commerce and API-as-a-Service oriented startups.On his free time he hosts and presents the Future Talks show, where he interviews startup founders, investors, and policy makers in tech and innovation. Μιχάλης Τυρίμος - ΔΣ @ Capacitor Partners, Επενδυτής Ο Μιχάλης είναι ο ιδρυτής και διευθύνων σύμβουλος της συμβουλευτικής εταιρείας τεχνολογίας Capacitor Partners. Είναι επενδυτής σε εταιρείες όπως η Kodika.io και το Ergodotisi.com, και ο συνιδριτής των ΜΚΟ Cypriot Enterprise Link / Hack Cyprus. Στο παρελθόν διετέλεσε ως ο επικεφαλής στρατηγικής του ομίλου Digital Tree, διευθύνων σύμβουλος των εταιρειών ηλεκτρονικού εμπορίου ergodotisi kai Deliveryman, και συνιδρυτής της Tribal X (πρώην εταιρεία e-logistics) στην Silicon Valley. Είναι απόφοιτος των πανεπιστημίων King’s College London, Cambridge και Oxford. To ενδιαφέρον του είναι σε startups που επικεντρώνονται σε SaaS, ηλεκτρονικό εμπόριο, και API-as-a-Service. Κατα τον ελευθερο του χρόνο παρουσιάζει την εκπομπή Future Talks, όπου φιλοξενεί ιδρυτές απο startups, επενδυτές και φορείς χάραξης πολιτικής στους τομείς της τεχνολογίας και της καινοτομίας.

Ioannis Nikolaou

Associate Professor

Ioannis Nikolaou

Associate Professor

Ioannis Nikolaou is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Department of Management Science and Technology of the Athens University of Economics and Business, Director of the MSc in Human Resources Management and Academic Director of the University’s Career Office. He carried out his postgraduate studies at the Manchester School of Management, UK and then worked in the private sector in Greece. He teaches courses in Organizational Behavior / Psychology and Human Resources Management and has extensive experience in providing consulting services and in-house management training programs. More Information: http://about.me/nikolaou.

Ioannis Orfanos

Partner, Arbitrage Real Estate

Ioannis Orfanos

Partner, Arbitrage Real Estate

Ioannis Orfanos is an experienced investment management and commercial advisory professional with more than 15 years of combined track record in real estate and green growth infrastructure. He has originated and structured a series of value-add real estate and sustainable development investments. He has also created benchmarking databases and solutions to assess corporate property portfolios. Ioannis is currently a Partner at Arbitrage Real Estate and he is splitting his time between London and Athens. He works closely with private equity and institutional investors to assess, structure and manage large-scale real estate investments in commercial and hospitality sectors as well as high yield distress real estate opportunities deriving from corporate NPL portfolios in Greece and Cyprus. Since 2015, Ioannis is also a Senior Advisor in Green Value Associates and since 2018 a Funding Expert under Horizon 2020 programme evaluating proposals related to energy efficiency finance and smart cities innovation. He is also a Sounding Board Expert at the Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG). During 2015-2019, he acted as a Commercial & Corporate Finance Advisor to the UK government, initially to the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) and then, after its merge, to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS). He advised predominantly on green finance and clean growth investment matters. Ioannis has been mentoring start-ups in clean tech, energy ICT and sustainable real estate. He was also for 2 years in the Management Advisory Board of Fabriq. In the past 3 years, he is lecturing at a graduate level on energy transformation and policy making to step up green infrastructure investments. In the past, Ioannis worked for Europa Capital in London, where he oversaw development investments valued more than €200m in Europe. He also worked for Deloitte in London, where he undertook advisory roles focusing on real estate management strategies and capital programmes. Ioannis has also worked for Citigroup in Rome. Ioannis has studied Civil Engineering in NTU of Athens and holds an MBA from ESCP Europe in Paris and an MSc from University College London.

Panagiotis Agis O.

Applied Scientist at Amazon

Panagiotis Agis O.

Applied Scientist at Amazon

Panagiotis Agis Oikonomou Filandras is an Applied Scientist working for Alexa Research in Amazon. He specializes in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Speech Synthesis. He has worked in a number of Tech/AI startups where he has worked in both researching and productionalizing a range of diverse AI products including dialogue assisted technology, indoors localization and vehicle damage assessment. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2016, from the Electrical Engineering Department of UCL, UK. His alma mater is the Democritus University of Thrace in Greece. His research interests also include Cooperative Distributed Systems and game theory.

Ioanna S. Pepelasis

Emeritus Professor at AUEB

Ioanna S. Pepelasis

Emeritus Professor at AUEB

Ioanna Sapfo Pepelasis is an Emeritus Professor at AUEB. She has co-edited three international volumes on entrepreneurship and has published several articles in prestigious refereed journals. She heads the ‘History of entrepreneurship and the Greek corporate sector’ project at AUEB. She has served on the Council of the European Business History Association and on the Board of Directors of the Greek Centre for Planning and Economic Research.

Konstantinos Penlidis

Product Designer

Konstantinos Penlidis

Product Designer

Konstantinos Penlidis (BA, MA) is an awarded digital designer, experienced in application design, interactive advertising, gaming, e-commerce, the web and mobile space. He is proficient in workflow, layout, UX and UI design for websites and apps. Worked for agencies (Tigerspike, OgilvyOne, Tribal WW, Upstream) and brands (Thames Water, Mondelēz/Kraft Foods, Toyota, Vodafone, Cosmote, Coca-Cola, Sprite, BP, Alpha Bank, Piraeus Bank, Pavlides, Mapfre, Interamerican) in various countries.

Fotini Pardali

Finance Analyst at Target Global

Fotini Pardali

Finance Analyst at Target Global

My name is Foteini Pardali, I was born and raised in Athens, Greece and I am currently based in London, UK, since September 2017. My current position is Finance Analyst, for Target Global, a German based Venture Capital firm with offices in Moscow, Tell Aviv, London, Berlin and the lately in Madrid. My current role is split between Fund Financial reporting and accounting support for the London office. Before that I worked for Intercontinental Exchange, an American company that owns exchanges for financial and commodity markets and operates 12 regulated exchanges and marketplaces. I was part of the accounting reporting team with a focus on Financial reporting and Treasury operations. Almost four years ago, I decided to move out of Greece and attend a Master course at the University of Strathclyde, the Finance and Accounting Module. The year 2016-2017 was such an amazing experience as I learnt a lot but at the same time, I met people from around the globe and mostly I got to know better different cultures and habits that they were far away from my personal experience until that point.

Leonidas Kambiselis

Lead User Experience Designer (UED)

Leonidas Kambiselis

Lead User Experience Designer (UED)

Leonidas worked for the top Scandinavian design agencies for over a decade. He has delivered some 200+ projects and developed a RDP (robust design process) which consists of 30 custom techniques crafted specifically for Digital Products. His portfolio includes many global brands such as Panasonic, Microsoft, Nokia, Huawei, as well as startups within the ecosystems of Automotive, Healthcare, and IT industries. Leonidas has been awarded multiple times by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDEA), the International Design Forum of Germany(iF). The mobile apps he has lead designed have been used by over 150 million people worldwide.

Alexandros Roustas

Managing Director, IQbility

Alexandros Roustas

Managing Director, IQbility

Alexandros Roustas runs the program and manages relationships with mentors, partners and investors.He started his career as a research associate in the National Technical University of Athens and he then moved to Attica Telecom. Attica Telecom developed and operated the first private fiber optic network in Greece, disrupting the local wholesale telecom services market. The company was acquired by HoL in 2006 for 50M euros. He then joined Link S.A., a specialized broadband network developer and telecom equipment distributor serving the largest telecom operators in the region. During his career he has served several operations and business roles. Alexandros has also been involved in various consulting projects of the private and public sector. Alexandros holds a diploma in Electrical Engineering and a Master in Business Administration, both from the National Technical University of Athens.

Vangelis Sakelliou

Business Optimization

Vangelis Sakelliou

Business Optimization

Vangelis Sakelliou is a business development professional, that worked over a period of more than 15 years for some of the biggest Fintech companies in the world including SunGard, FIS, Intercontinental Exchange, SuperDerivatives and Bloomberg. He has been responsible for building new markets and bringing new product offering across the globe, consulting clients on complex solutions and signing multi-million dollar deals. He is currently responsible for the creation of an EMEA strategy and presence for FinIQ, an Asian company that offers leading financial technology. He is putting a business development and marketing plan in close cooperation with the founder and the shareholders of the company and he executes it with the objective to increase revenues, profitability and brand awareness. His strategy is market sales and business strategies and building relations with Tier 1 financial institutions. His expertise is primarily financial technology, banking and financial markets, but his interests also include AI and machine learning, Big Data, Sales Strategy and Sales Incentives and Compensation.

Helen Salavou

Member of the Technology Transfer @ AUEB

Helen Salavou

Member of the Technology Transfer @ AUEB

Helen Salavou is currently an Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Athens University of Economics and Business and Director of the Athens MBA. Her main research interests involve entrepreneurship (traditional and social), innovation and strategy of small firms. She is the founding member of the research unit of social entrepreneurship and the scientific director of the education programs titled “Social and Green Entrepreneurship” and “Youth and Adolescent for the Future” at the University. She has published her work in international journals and participated in several national and international research projects since 1997. Parallel to her academic career she has contributed as consultant and mentor in numerous entrepreneurial initiatives.

Aristeidis Souras

Head of Business and Marketing, Vesquad

Aristeidis Souras

Head of Business and Marketing, Vesquad

Aristeidis Souras was born in Athens in 1982. He studied Political Science and Public Administration in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and holds a Master’ s Degree in Marketing & Management form the University of Bradford. From 2008 to 2014, Aristeidis worked at the Marketing & Communications department of Ernst & Young in Greece. Since 2014, he is a key lecturer at the “Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of Developmental Programs” seminars to NGOs executives around Greece, organized by the University of the Peloponnese, with the support of the Stavros Niarchos’ Foundation.

George G. Spanos

Indy Exec Consultant

George G. Spanos

Indy Exec Consultant

George G. Spanos basic studies consist by Humanities & Psychology in Greece, Mech. Engineering in Wales, and Int’l Shipping & Logistics in London. His on-going education includes Terrorism & Counterterrorism in Hague, EU Matters in HEC Paris, and Hellenic Studies in a Harvard & MIT Expertise Course. For more than 20 years, George has been a persistent and dynamic frontline entrepreneur in founding, buying, restructuring, operating and selling shipping & trading companies in Greece, France, China and Colombia. George is an expert in Cultural and Business Diplomacy and has served as the Honorary General Consul of Colombia in Athens, for seven years, enjoying awards and high distinctions from various Greek and Int’l Authorities & Organizations, i.e. UNESCO. He’s also served as President BOD member in various Cultural Foundations and Clubs, as a personal consultant to various MP’s on Shipping & Cultural issues, and as a candidate himself in 2004 National Elections. George Spanos is a Mentor to Start-ups and acts as an independent executive consultant to companies and CEOs, in Growth matters, through his multifarious experiences, but also in Sensitive Personal Affairs Management, e.g. Intragroup Fraud through his expertise of integrating emotional intelligence with recognition and analysis of micro-expressions and body language, understanding hidden emotions and detecting lies. George remains a shareholder in various companies in Greece and NY, as well as a writer and historical researcher bringing to light powerful and inspirational real-life stories. (www.about.me/george.g.spanos)

Dimitrios Spiliopoulos

Internet of Things Strategist

Dimitrios Spiliopoulos

Internet of Things Strategist

Dimitrios Spiliopoulos is a passionate IoT business Strategist. He is Adjunct Professor in the top tier MBA of IE Business School where he offers his business focused Internet of Things course. He is a frequent speaker in IoT Conferences and writer for IoT publishers. He has offered also his services to O2-Telefonica and Vodafone as contractor/IoT consultant and now to Sony, while previously he worked in manufacturing, mining and constructions industries in Middle East and India. He is IoT and business mentor in several accelerators and SME programs. Dimitrios can help companies start their IoT journey by offering training, workshops and consulting around the business subjects related to Connected products and services, Smart Cities and Industry 4.0.

Diomidis Spinellis

Professor of software engineering

Diomidis Spinellis

Professor of software engineering

Diomidis Spinellis is a Professor in the Department of Management Science and Technology at the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. From 2009 to 2011 he served as the Secretary General for Information Systems at the Greek Ministry of Finance. He is the author of two award-winning books, Code Reading and Code Quality: The Open Source Perspective, as well as more than 200 widely-cited scientific papers. He served for a decade as a member of the IEEE Software editorial board, authoring the regular “Tools of the Trade” column. Dr. Spinellis has written the UMLGraph tool and code that ships with Mac OS X and BSD Unix. He holds an MEng in Software Engineering and a PhD in Computer Science, both from Imperial College London. Dr. Spinellis is a senior member of the ACM and the IEEE. From January 2015 he is serving as the Editor-in- Chief for IEEE Software.

Christina Teodoraki

Asst Professor Entrepreneurship & Strategy

Christina Teodoraki

Asst Professor Entrepreneurship & Strategy

Christina Theodoraki is Assistant professor in Entrepreneurship & Strategy at TBS - Toulouse Business School. She publicly defended her thesis entitled “Towards an Ecosystem Approach to the Strategy and Performance of Incubators” on November 28, 2017. Her thesis received two Best Dissertations Awards from the AEI academy and the AIREPME research association. She is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Strategies at SPEA at the University of Indiana and Business Development Manager of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research Network (EERN). Her teaching areas are Management, Strategy, Business Plan and Entrepreneurial Support. Her areas of research include entrepreneurial ecosystem, entrepreneurial support, and inter-organizational strategies with a focus on business incubators. Twitter: https://twitter.com/C_Theodoraki. You may find here a video talking about entrepreneurial ecosystems and some of my work on business incubators worldwide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI3KXKxtIBQ&feature=youtu.be. I send you also an article about building entrepreneurial ecosystems: https://icsb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Gazette-37.pdf

Ilias Sousis

Co- Founder, Wikifarmer

Ilias Sousis

Co- Founder, Wikifarmer

Ilias Sousis is the CEO and Co-Founder of Wikifarmer.com, a global platform on a mission to empower and educate farmers across the world whilst also connecting them with the open market to sell their products at fair prices. He was the Head of Domestic Market, Agencies and YouTube at Google Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta and before that a Senior Business Development Manager at Google Ireland for the Southern European and African markets. Earlier, he worked in Advertising and founded his own clothing startup. He studied Economics at the Athens University of Economics and Business and has an MBA from INSEAD.

Artemis Tonikidou

Marketing tutor and Research Assistant

Artemis Tonikidou

Marketing tutor and Research Assistant

Artemis Tonikidou (MSc, MBA) is an Economist working as mentor-consultant, especially for small enterprises and startups, in the fields of tutoring, New Product Development and the preparation of business and marketing plans. She holds an MBA from ALBA Graduate Business School and a Masters degree in Economics from AUEB. During the last years she has been working as a business consultant for EkinisiLab of SEV and INNOVATHENS. In the meantime, she offers pro-bono services to iforU.

Panagiotis Trapatsas

Data Engineer at Facebook

Panagiotis Trapatsas

Data Engineer at Facebook

Panagiotis Trapatsas is a data engineer on the Community Integrity team at Facebook, where his role is to build and deliver analytics solutions that enable the AI detection systems to better detect malicious content and support the human review systems used by thousands of community operations agents worldwide who help care for our community. Previously, Panagiotis was developing data-driven solutions for automated revenue management and intelligent pricing systems used by online travel agencies in Greece. Other areas of interest include utilizing Blockchain technologies for B2B solutions and building cloud-based data architectures.

Stelios Tsoukias

Snr Mgr Subscriber & Marketing Analytics at Warner Bross Discovery Inc

Stelios Tsoukias

Snr Mgr Subscriber & Marketing Analytics at Warner Bross Discovery Inc

Stelios Tsoukias was born in Athens and was raised in Exarcheia. He studied Statistics and Mathematics in Samos, where he received a degree with honors, and he holds a master’s degree in Applied Economics & Finance from the Athens University of Economics & Business. He worked for 2 years in Greece for Accenture, in the Analytics department, before his move to London, where he worked for months in the digital department of Lloyd’s Bank, before starting working for Amazon, in the Video department. Today, he is still working for Amazon, as a Senior Commercial Insights Manager and he divides his time between London and Athens, with his primary base being in Greece, since he is also following his big love for music (more specifically for singing), having recently released his first album and holding live concerts in a famous music hall of Athens (Stavros tou Notou).

Vassilis Trapezanoglou

Founder, President & CEO at DISC SA

Vassilis Trapezanoglou

Founder, President & CEO at DISC SA

Mr. Vassilis Trapezanoglou is President and Founder of DISC SA – Digital Innovation Services Center, Executive Advisor at Viva Wallet SA. He has studied Mathematics (Salonica), Applied Informatics (Grenoble, France) and post-graduate Regional Development (Panteion, Athens). During his career he has assumed the responsibilities of IT Manager at Oil Refineries (ELPE, Motor Oil) and Xiosbank, of General Manager for Retail Banking, Electronic Banking (Winbank), IT & Organization at Piraeus Bank and of Executive Counsellor at Eurobank (IT and e-Business). He has served as Chairman and/or CEO of IT and Services companies (LogicDIS, e-Solutions, Business Exchanges, e-Vision, Exodus, Piraeus Direct Services, ABC, Multifin, Sigma Securities). Member of BoD at DEH (2000-2004), Vice-President of TESYP, member of Investment Committee of TANEO and member of Executive Jury for European ICT Prize during 13 years. Member of BoD and President of EPY, the Greek Association of IT Scientists (1997-1986). He has undertaken several innovative initiatives in the digital area and he is the author of the e-book “Innovation and Technology: The role of ICT for extrovert and customer focused business models” (2010, available at www.think-act.gr). Since 2011 he supports, as a mentor, evaluator or judge, several initiatives and institutions promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship, such as incubators, accelerators, innovation competitions (Egg of Eurobank/Corallia, ACEin and e-nnovation of Athens University of Business & Economics, Innovathens of Technopolis). He is a member of ICT Steering Committee at General Secretary Research & Technology. Born in Sochos, Salonica (1947).

Panos Tsakos

Marketing Manager VIVA.gr

Panos Tsakos

Marketing Manager VIVA.gr

Panos Tsakos works for Viva Group of Companies since 2001. He is the Chief Marketing Officer in Viva Wallet Holdings, Viva Payments and Viva Online Services. He holds the responsibility for the Group’s corporate image, communication and marketing strategy that the Group implements across the different markets its services / products target.

Isiodos Tsigos

Founder, WeAreTravelers

Isiodos Tsigos

Founder, WeAreTravelers

Isiodos Tsigos is Senior Product Manager at Upstream. He has been in Product Management, Project Management and Operations Management roles since 2004, designing industry-leading products and spearheading teams to several of the largest and most successful projects in mobile marketing. Earlier he worked as a Software Engineer and he is a graduate of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens.

Spiros Vossos

Strategic Alliances | International Business Development

Spiros Vossos

Strategic Alliances | International Business Development

Spiros Vossos is an entrepreneurial professional with extensive business experience in the fields of Management Consulting, Cleantech, Efficiency, Sustainability, Green Buildings, Real Estate Development & Construction, Building Materials, Retail, and Strategic Alliances. During his career he has served in top managerial positions at various international organizations where he developed expertise in the areas of general management, investment management, sales & marketing, retail, project development, sector re-engineering, start-ups, niche markets, and global business development. He holds a BSc in Physics from National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and an MSc in Management Engineering from LIU, New York, USA. Currently, he is Country Director for Greece & Cyprus at ALX Group and Partner at Novel Horizons Consulting.

Stergios Voskopoulos

CEO at Kanoo Capital

Stergios Voskopoulos

CEO at Kanoo Capital

Mr. Stergios Voskopoulos is the CEO of Kanoo Capital, the Investment Division within YBA Kanoo, one of the largest and oldest family conglomerates in the Middle East. As CEO of Kanoo Capital, Mr. Voskopoulos is responsible for the active management of direct and indirect investments regionally and globally. Mr. Voskopoulos has worked in the Gulf Region for over 10 years, and has over 20 years of global experience in the areas of Asset Management, Private Equity and M&A, including AIG Global Investment Group, Barclays, Investcorp and Seera Investment Bank. Mr. Voskopoulos has also been a serial entrepreneur himself and a speaker in several global summits in topics around investment management, family offices, global affairs and business. He has an MBA in Finance & Investments from Zicklin School of Business in New York and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Athens and speaks six languages having lived and worked in seven countries.

Irini Voudouris

Assistant Professor at AUEB

Irini Voudouris

Assistant Professor at AUEB

Irini Voudouris is an Associate Professor at the Department of Management Science and Technology of the Athens University of Economics and Business. She has contributed in a number of initiatives aiming to boost entrepreneurship at the national and international level. She has participated in competitive research programs and acted as management consultant and advisor in private and public sector organizations. Her research interests revolve around innovation and entrepreneurship, new ventures’ growth, and sustainable development.

Gregory S. Yovanof

Managing Director at Silver-DOT

Gregory S. Yovanof

Managing Director at Silver-DOT

Gregory S. Yovanof, Ph.D. is α Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Athens Information Technology (AIT), and a former Associate Dean of the AIT. His professional career includes a twenty-year tenure in the high-tech industry in the greater Asia-Pacific region, where he has worked at the Research Labs of Eastman Kodak and Hewlett-Packard. He has also led the development of several award-winning ICs for the DVD market as a co-founder and executive manager at two start-up companies in Silicon Valley. Dr. Yovanof has served as member of the Board of Hellas Online. He currently offers strategy consultancy services to a number of start-up companies and clusters of innovations in the ICT, Biotech and Maritime sectors.

Georgia Zacharaki

Digital Strategy & Innovation Director, Tempo

Georgia Zacharaki

Digital Strategy & Innovation Director, Tempo

Georgia Zacharaki is the Digital Strategy & Innovation Director at Tempo OMD, the biggest media and marketing performance company in Greece. A serial award winner professional – 30+ awards in the last 3yrs - and a qualified digital marketing trainer, with 20 years of experience in advertising and marketing. Well positioned to serve clients’ evolving communication needs to a broad range of brands in a wide range of sectors. Acquiring deep knowledge of consumer behavior and habits as a researcher professional enables her to apply with an “insight eye” a holistic digital communication approach helping clients to build their brands and grow their businesses in the rapidly changing communications landscape. Studied Statistics & Marketing in Athens University of Economics and Business.

Isabel Zoulinaki

Product Designer at Google

Isabel Zoulinaki

Product Designer at Google

Isabel Zoulinaki is a multidisciplinary designer based in London, focusing on product design, visual communication and concept development. She has collaborated with businesses ranging from start-ups to global corporations including Google, Microsoft, Tech Mahindra, Vivartia, Bank of China, as well as several NGOs. Isabel has earned Masters in International Management from the University of Glasgow and in Design Innovation from the Glasgow School of Art. She also holds a BA degree in Graphic Design. She has received more than 15 national and international awards including the Greek Design & Illustration Awards as well as the Adobe Design Awards.

Georgios Glymidakis

Senior Consultant at Splunk

Georgios Glymidakis

Senior Consultant at Splunk

Georgios is an experienced IT professional with a strong technical background. He has held various technical consulting positions in software development companies in the UK for the past 8 years. Georgios is truly passionate about technology and has solid experience of the latest industry trends, such as Data Analytics, Cloud Computing and Machine Learning. In his current role as a Senior Professional Services Consultant for Splunk, a global leader in the field of Big Data Analytics, he works closely with companies to ensure their successful adoption of Splunk’s technology and assist them in gaining value from their data. He specialises in advanced Cybersecurity and Machine Learning projects. Prior to this, he worked for several software vendors ranging from small start-ups to large corporations. He has delivered software solutions to organisations across a broad variety of sectors (Finance, Telecommunications, Energy, Education, Healthcare, Public Sector and more). Georgios holds an MSc in Informatics specialising in Advanced and Scientific Data Analysis from the University of Edinburgh and a Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens.

Loucas Papantoniou

Senior Product Designer at Shopify

Loucas Papantoniou

Senior Product Designer at Shopify

Loucas Papantoniou is a Brussels based, product designer with 10 years of experience in designing products that respect and put people first. Throughout these years he has helped startups, scale-ups, and enterprises succeed by making sure they are designing the right product for their customers. Loucas currently works for Rydoo, a leader in travel and expense management, leading the design for its mobile application end-to-end from research, to design, prototyping, fine-tuning and testing. When he's not designing, you'll find him playing with his daughter, or doing one of his favourite sports: climbing and running. You can contact him in Twitter at @loucaspapa or in Linkedin. He is specialised in end-to-end Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence solutions. He studied Production Engineering and Management, he has a MSc in Operational Research from the University of Edinburgh and studied a bit of Cognitive Science. Recently he completed a self driving car nanodegree.

Haris Kampouris

Product @ TikTok

Haris Kampouris

Product @ TikTok

Τheocharis (Haris) Kampouris is based in London and he is currently a Director of Product Management at Wandera, the leading enterprise mobile security vendor. He started his career as a software engineer in Silicon Valley and the past 10 years, as a product manager, he has led product launches in various industries such as academic publishing, ticketing and more prominently mobile and cloud security. He received his Bachelor's degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a Masters degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania.

Thomas Milionis

Manager, Digital Solutions @ PHD

Thomas Milionis

Manager, Digital Solutions @ PHD

AUEB Marketing Alumni with Master’s degree from Tilburg University. Digital Marketing Consultant based in London specialising in Strategy, Planning & Innovation in Digital Media focusing on campaign performance optimisations. He has worked with leading brands like HSBC, Porsche, P&G, Europcar, HP and received the awards ’Best Use Of Data’ (Search Awards), ’Innovation In Media’ (Internationalist) and ’Best Global Lunch’ (Twitter) in New York.

Nikos Zachariadis

CCO, Lancom & Battlenet Gaming Stations

Nikos Zachariadis

CCO, Lancom & Battlenet Gaming Stations

In his professional career so far, for about 22 years, Nikos promotes and strengthens formal sales people to people who produce profitable work, with respect and commitment to their collaborators and customers. Nikos does not like numbers. Numbers are just a result that is easy to come, if people can overcome the concept of “opposite” and move on to the concept of “together”. In the last 6 years he is living the dream of his life, applying his whole experience, devoting all his energy and enjoying every minute of the day at Lancom as Chief Commercial Officer.

Lorenzo Campanis

Founder/CEO, Emvelia Technologies & Artlimes

Lorenzo Campanis

Founder/CEO, Emvelia Technologies & Artlimes

Lorenzo Campanis is the founder and CEO of Artlimes, where he continues to lead Artlimes realise its vision of creating innovative solutions that connect humans with technology. Artlimes is an Innovation Technology company building state-of-the-art solutions for the Healthcare, Manufacturing, Shipping, Finance, Sound & Acoustics and other eco-friendly sectors. In addition to his ongoing work at Artlimes, Lorenzo is focused on advising, mentoring and helping to ensure company value is created through technology with new and more sustainable energy efficient solutions. Lorenzo also currently resides as Non Executive director on the Board of That Figures UK, a company that revolutionises the Healthcare industry through AI and its positional technology, and is a mentor at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation of the University of Economics and Business of Athens. Prior to founding Artlimes in 2016, Lorenzo co-founded PureUnity, a digital agency in Soho Square, London, with clients such as the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBSG), Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) and Sainsbury’s. Throughout his career, Lorenzo has delivered digital products used by millions of users for clients such as the BBC, Transport for London (TFL), Harrods, Reckitt Benckiser (RB), Bournemouth University, the Mayor of London and was a finalist at the 2010 SXSW Awards in Texas, presented by Adobe. Prior to that, Lorenzo managed technical teams in New York, Cairo and Kuwait for Cracked.com, which was acquired by Demand Media and later as Director of Web Services for its parent company Teshkeel Media, he led the company’s digital strategy. He also delivered the platform for the National Center for Computer Animation in the UK back in 2005. --- For more information visit: http://artlimes.io https://artlimes.com

Agapitos Diakogiannis

Founder & CEO @Seafair

Agapitos Diakogiannis

Founder & CEO @Seafair

Agapitos is the founder & CEO of Seafair, a venture-backed startup in maritime crewing. Prior to Seafair, he worked at FJ Labs, the Boston Consulting Group and foodpanda (acquired by Delivery Hero). Ο Αγαπητός είναι founder & CEO της Seafair, ενός venture-backed startup στη ναυτιλία. Πριν τη Seafair, εργάστηκε στους FJ Labs, την Boston Consulting Group και τη foodpanda (εξαγοράστηκε από τη Delivery Hero).

Dr. Nikos Minas

European Patent Attorney & IP strategist

Dr. Nikos Minas

European Patent Attorney & IP strategist

Nikos is a European Patent Attorney and an IP strategist at Hanna Moore & Curley, where he works closely with companies and academic institutions to protect their innovative solutions. Nikos specialises in the fields of electronics, telecommunications, semiconductor and computing with a particular focus in Artificial Intelligence, cloud computing, Blockchain, digital health, Big Data, and IoT. He is an Electrical/Electronic engineer (BEng Hons), with postgraduate studies (MSc and PhD) in Microelectronics. Upon completion of his PhD, Nikos moved to Belgium to work at IMEC, at first as a senior researcher in the design of 3D- Stacked Integrated Circuits (3D-SIC), and later as a patent portfolio manager. It was this work that sparked his interest in IP and the role it plays in enhancing the commercial value of research output. Ο Νίκος είναι European Patent Attorney και IP strategist στο γραφείο της Hanna Moore & Curley στο Δουβλίνο, όπου και συνεργάζεται στενά με εταιρείες και ακαδημαϊκά ιδρύματα για την προστασία των καινοτόμων εφαρμογών που αναπτύσσουν. Ο Νικος ειδικεύεται στους τομείς της ηλεκτρονικής, των ημιαγωγών και πληροφορικής με ιδιαίτερη έμφαση στην Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη, cloud computing, Blockchain, digital health, Big Data, και IoT. Eίναι Hλεκτρολόγος/Hλεκτρονικός μηχανικός (BEng Hons), με μεταπτυχιακές σπουδές (MSc και PhD) στην Μικροηλεκτρονική. Μετά το διδακτορικό του, μετακόμισε στο Βέλγιο για να δουλέψει στην IMEC, αρχικά σαν ερευνητής στην σχεδίαση τρισδιάστατων κυκλωμάτων (3D-IC), και αργότερα σαν Patent Portfolio Manager. Ήταν η εμπειρία του στην IMEC που το κίνησε το ενδιαφέρων στον τομέα τις βιομηχανικής ιδιοκτησίας και το ρολό που διαδραματίζει στην αξιοποίηση τις ερευνητικής παραγωγής.

Panos Tomadakis

General Manager at ORIANI

Panos Tomadakis

General Manager at ORIANI

Panos Tomadakis is a Business Development Professional with more than 14 years’ Global Maritime and Telecom Business development experience across blue-chips, start-up and his own business ventures. After a successful track record at Safebridge GmbH; a global leader in online Maritime Training, where he assumed global business development responsibility, he joined Oriani as the GM of the company. Oriani assists global Shipping companies to unlock their full potential by using efficiently data & user-friendly analytics. In his free time, Panos uses aerial (drones) video and photography to help businesses promote their products & services. He holds a Marketing with E- Commerce degree from University of Portsmouth. Ο Πάνος Τωμαδάκης έχει εμπειρία πάνω από 14 χρόνια στο χώρο της ανάπτυξης επιχειρήσεων και των εταιρικών πωλήσεων τόσο στην Ελληνική αγορά Τηλεπικοινωνιών αλλά και στην παγκόσμια Ναυτιλιακή αγορά. Ακολουθώντας μια επιτυχημένη πορεία στη Safebridge GmbH (παγκόσμιος ηγέτης στο χώρο της τηλε-εκπαίδευσης ναυτικών), στην οποία ήταν υπεύθυνος για την παγκόσμια στρατηγική και ανάπτυξη της εταιρείας στο χώρο της ναυτιλίας, ο Πάνος ανέλαβε καθήκοντα γενικού Διευθυντή στην Oriani, εταιρείας που δραστηριοποιείται σε καινοτόμα ψηφιακά προϊόντα για ναυτιλιακές εταιρείες. Στον ελεύθερό του χρόνο, ο Πάνος, χρησιμοποιεί εναέρια/ες (drones) βίντεο και φωτογραφίες για να βοηθήσει επιχειρήσεις να προωθήσουν τα προϊόντα τους. Είναι κάτοχος μεταπτυχιακού τίτλου σπουδών στο Μάρκετινγκ με Ηλεκτρονικό Εμπόριο από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Πόρτσμουθ.

A. Poulymenakou

Associate Professor

A. Poulymenakou

Associate Professor

Angeliki Poulymenakou is Associate Professor in the Department of Management Science & Technology of the Athens University of Economics and Business. Prior to this, she has served as Lecturer in Information Systems at the Information Systems Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science. She holds a first degree in Mathematics (University of Athens), and MSc and PhD degrees in Information Systems both from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research interests over the years have addressed advanced knowledge analysis and management methods (PhD), inter-organisational networks, IT enabled organisational change and new methods of work, business processes level implications of ERP, e-learning particularly in workplace contexts, e-government (studies in Brazil and Greece), and implications of digital entrepreneurship (China). She has published 25 papers in international journals, 50 papers in peer reviewed international conferences and two books (by Springer Berlin and Kluwer Academic Publishers). Currently she serves on the editorial board of three international journals, while she has served on the program committee and as associate editor for international information systems conferences for multiple years (ICIS, ECIS, IFIP). She has been program co-chair and organising chair for the IFIP WG 8.2 & 9.4 conference (Athens, 2003), program chair for MCIS (Athens, 2009) and programme and organising chair for IFIP WG 9.5 (Athens, 2009). She has acted as research coordinator in 20 EU and national funded Research and Development projects most of them involving collaboration with academic and industrial partners across Europe. Since 2001 she is the Director of the Organisational Information Systems Research Group first in the ELTRUN and then in the ISTLab of the Department of Management Science and Technology of the AUEB.

Antony Kaladis

Business Relationship Mgr @Heineken

Antony Kaladis

Business Relationship Mgr @Heineken

Antonis is a software engineer at heart with a passion for bridging the gap between proof-of-concept and business innovation. In his current role as IT Business Relationship Manager Commerce at Heineken Greece, he is responsible for evaluating and delivering the technologies required to bring innovative customer-driven ideas to market. He takes an interest in all things digital, with a keen eye for market trends and a strong focus on customer experience.

George Skiadopoulos

Digital Marketing & Analytics

George Skiadopoulos

Digital Marketing & Analytics

In 2014, George graduated from the Department of Management Science and Technology of Athens University of Economics and Business with a major in “E-Commerce and Innovation” with a distinction whereas in 2018 he graduated from the MSc in International Tourism Management of the University of Surrey (UK) also with a distinction writing a thesis about the Destination Marketing Image of Rhodes, Greece. He has been working as an eCommerce Consultant in over 40 eCommerce consulting projects for 4 years in Convert Group, a Greek eCommerce Consultancy based in Athens. Hence, he has been an Instructor in many Digital Marketing Training Programs in Hospitality industry, talking about digital marketing strategy, social media & email marketing in many tourism seminars. After his MSc studies, George had re-joined Convert Group as Growth Analytics Manager for eMarket Intelligence BU, being responsible for creating and reporting KPIs and also extracting and translating raw data into meaningful insights. Now, after 8 years of experience in Digital Marketing and Analytics, he made his next career step, joining the Marketing Department and leading the Digital Department for one of the biggest hotel groups in Rhodes, Greece, Atrium Hotels & Resorts being responsible for the whole online presence of the hotels, the (digital) marketing campaigns, & the analytics. In his spare time, he composes music and also writes digital marketing themed articles for his “digitalforhotels” blog.

Stergios Anastasiadis

General Partner with Genesis Ventures, Angel Investor, Software Developer

Stergios Anastasiadis

General Partner with Genesis Ventures, Angel Investor, Software Developer

Technology guru 🧑‍💻. Investor in technology startups💰. Disruptive Innovator 🚀. Over 30 years of Software Development experience. Experience with Big Data, Machine Learning, and Infrastructure, in the consumer and enterprise spaces. Led organizations up to 300 peeps and across geographies. 6 technology startups; 1 IPO & 3 acquisitions; 5 angel investments

Konstantina Papagiannopoulou

Head of Customer Success, Convert Group

Konstantina Papagiannopoulou

Head of Customer Success, Convert Group

Η Κωνσταντίνα αποφοίτησε το 2016 από το Τμήμα Διοικητικής Επιστήμης και Τεχνολογίας του Οικονομικού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, έχοντας ως κατευθύνσεις το «Ηλεκτρονικό Επιχειρείν» και τα «Πληροφοριακά Συστήματα». Κατά τη διάρκεια των σπουδών της συμμετείχε ως Research Assistant στο Εργαστήριο Ηλεκτρονικού Εμπορίου και Ηλεκτρονικού Επιχειρείν, ELTRUN, ενώ το 2017 συμμετείχε στο τριμηνιαίο πρόγραμμα εξειδίκευσης Business Analytics & Big Data του Πανεπιστημίου. Το 2016, η Κωνσταντίνα ξεκίνησε την εργασία της στην Convert Group με το ρόλο του eBusiness Analyst, υποστηρίζοντας με data και insights τόσο πολυεθνικά Brands όσο και online λιανεμπόρους στον κλάδο του καλλυντικού και των FMCGs. Το 2019, ανέλαβε το ρόλο του Consumer Insights Leader, διευθύνοντας μία ομάδα έξι αναλυτών και ένα portfolio με πάνω από 30 FMCG Brands σε 3 χώρες, με στόχο την ανάλυση δεδομένων πωλήσεων και πλοήγησης και τη μετατροπή τους σε βασικά KPIs και αναφορές για την καθοδήγηση των Brands ως προς την καθιέρωση τους στο ψηφιακό ράφι και την ανάπτυξη των μεριδίων τους. Έπειτα από 6 χρόνια εμπειρίας στο Customer Success και τα eBusiness Analytics, η Κωνσταντίνα ανέλαβε το 2022 το ρόλο του Head of Customer Success στην Convert Group, διευθύνοντας 10 ταλαντούχους επαγγελματίες και πάνω από 80 Brands σε περισσότερες από 10 χώρες, παρέχοντας τους όλη την απαραίτητη καθοδήγηση μέσα από πρακτικά insights για την επίτευξη των ποιοτικών και ποσοτικών τους στόχων. Η Κωνσταντίνα έχει συμμετάσχει ως εισηγήτρια σε εκπαιδευτικά σεμινάρια γύρω από το eCommerce, εκπαιδεύοντας επαγγελματίες του κλάδου των online φαρμακείων και των FMCGs πάνω σε μεθοδολογίες αξιοποίησης των δεδομένων στη λήψη αποφάσεων και τη στρατηγική τους. EN Konstantina graduated in 2016 from the Department of Management Science and Technology of Athens University of Economics and Business, with a major in "eBusiness" and "Information Systems". During her studies she participated as a Research Assistant in the E-Business Research Center, ELTRUN, while in 2017 she participated in a 3-month Executive Program about Business Analytics & Big Data at AUEB. In 2016, Konstantina started working in Convert Group as an eBusiness Analyst, supporting through data and insights both global Brands and online retailers in the online beauty and FMCGs industry. In 2019, she took on the role of Consumer Insights Leader, leading a team of six analysts and a portfolio of over 30 FMCG Brands in 3 countries, with the goal of analyzing sell-out and navigation data, converting them into KPIs and reports to guide the Brands on how to win on the digital shelf and grow their market shares. After 6 years of experience in Customer Success and eBusiness Analytics, in 2022 Konstantina took over the role of Head of Customer Success in Convert Group, leading 10 talented professionals and over 80 Brands in more than 10 countries, guiding them through meaningful and actionable insights and helping them achieve their desired outcomes and goals. Konstantina has participated as an instructor in training seminars about eCommerce, training professionals of the online pharmacy and FMCG industry on how to make data-driven decisions leveraging data and insights.

Aimilios Athanasiadis

Group Strategy and Corporate Development

Aimilios Athanasiadis

Group Strategy and Corporate Development

Aimilios is a strategy professional currently working at Lloyd’s Register Group, after working as a consultant for KPMG. On his current role, he supports the Execute Leadership team to develop and execute strategies for group-wide corporate strategy matters. Throughout his time at KPMG and now with Lloyd’s Register, He has mentored numerous startups in the wider Industrial and Maritime Tech space. Lastly, Aimilios is also a DE&I ambassador and passionately promotes workplace inclusion. He is currently the Co-Chair of Lloyd’s Register LGBT+ network, and he was previously the Ally Lead of KPMG’s UK LGBT+ network.

Eleni Georgopoulou

Communications Manager \ Business Coach

Eleni Georgopoulou

Communications Manager \ Business Coach

I am an Experienced Communications and Brand Manager and a certified Life and Business Coach. In my 15+ years career, I've worked in Music, Radio & Entertainment industry, Media, Advertising and Cultural Events delivering Brand Campaigns and Sponsorships. I am lucky to have worked alongside people who have deeply inspired me. I hope I can be a person who helps transform Brands and motivates people's lives.

Harry Tsokanis

Vice President at JPMorgan, Payments team

Harry Tsokanis

Vice President at JPMorgan, Payments team

Harry Tsokanis is a Vice President at JPMorgan within the Payments team. During his career in New York and London, he has held several roles within Investment Banking, Treasury Services and Payments, working for Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan. Harry is a strategic thinker with an ability to work in a collaborative and innovative manner in fast paced environments. He is also serving as mentor and advisor for a few UK FinTechs. Harry holds a BSc Economics from University of Piraeus and a Msc Investment & Risk Finance from University of Westminster, London.

Panos Charos

Deals Advisory, PWC London

Panos Charos

Deals Advisory, PWC London

Panos is an experienced business professional and chartered accountant, currently based in London. He is currently a Senior Associate within PWC’s Deals Advisory team, focusing primarily on the delivery of complex and bespoke financial and non-financial models to drive value during live deals and to assist in the development of clients’ strategy. Previously, he worked as a Senior Auditor with EY, where he gained considerable experience in assessing the viability of large public companies while also leading various transformation projects using SQL and Alteryx. Finally, he has experience over identifying and mitigating business risks, with a focus on financial risks. Panos graduated in 2018 from Lancaster University with a BSc (Hons) in Economics, ranking 1st in his cohort. He has also completed a year abroad in Purdue University (4.0 GPA, Dean’s List, 2017).

Kimon Angelides

Executive Chairman at Stealth .. health

Kimon Angelides

Executive Chairman at Stealth .. health

founder of six healthcare companies: EarlyBird Pharmaceuticals, Merlin LifeSciences, Vivante Health, EosHealth, renamed Livongo, the leader in digital health which went public in July 2019 (NASDAQ: LVGO) with a $3.4B IPO, the largest in digital health, and was acquired in October 2020 by Teladoc for $18.5B. In 2004 I founded DiabetesAmerica, a network of diabetes centers that pioneered bundled payment models, and in 2002 mAbGen, a cancer biotech company that partnered with MDAnderson Cancer Center and was acquired by Valeant Pharmaceuticals. In 2005 I was an early entrant into digital health and introduced a number of new applications and approaches in digital health and devices.

Vassilis Danias

Co-Founder & CEO @ Bitloops

Vassilis Danias

Co-Founder & CEO @ Bitloops

Vasilis Danias is the General Manager of Greece at Beat (formerly known as Taxibeat), since 2018. Beat is part of the leading European mobility provider, FREE NOW, a joint venture of the BMW Group and Daimler Mobility. He has previously worked in operations at Uber in Athens and Singapore, as a consultant at Accenture in Athens, as an analyst at UBS Investment Bank in London as well as in various startups in Greece and the UK. Vasilis holds a B.Eng. with honours in Artificial Intelligence & Software Engineering from the University of Edinburgh and an MBA in Strategy from HEC Paris.

Antonios Fiorakis

CEO Protio | Investor Seedcamp

Antonios Fiorakis

CEO Protio | Investor Seedcamp

Antonios Fiorakis is a second-time entrepreneur, with his previous startup, online marketplace incrediblue.com, he raised over $2m in funding from leading UK & European investors, built a world-class product & team and the company was acquired in 2018. Antonios holds an MBA from IE Business School and a BSc in Business Administration & Entrepreneurship from The American College of Greece. He is a keen mentor, speaker and has received numerous awards.

Giannis Kalpakidis

Digital & Innovation Value Partner

Giannis Kalpakidis

Digital & Innovation Value Partner

Vasilieios Katranidis

CEO of CARV3D

Vasilieios Katranidis

CEO of CARV3D

Vasilis is the CEO of CARV3D, working on novel technology for 3D facial animation and other generative ML applications. He holds a PhD in Chemical and Process engineering from the University of Surrey and MCs in innovation management. Previously, he did research on space propulsion, materials and developed software for aerospace manufacturing. He enjoys puzzles and sailing. Ο Βασίλης είναι ο CEO της CARV3D, όπου δουλεβει σε νέες τεχνολογίες για 3D facial animation και generative ML εφαρμογες. Εχει διδακτωρικό στη χημική μηχανική από το πανεπιστήμιο του Σάρρευ και MCs στη διαχηρήση καινοτομίας. Στο παρελθόν, έκανε έρευνα σε νεα συστηματα προώθησης για το διαστιμηκές αποστολες, μηχανική των υλικών και ανέπτυξε λογισμικό για την αεροδιαστημική βιομηχανία. Του αρέσουν τα πάζλ και η ιστιοπλοία.

Lucy Xu

Founder & CEO of The Port Global

Lucy Xu

Founder & CEO of The Port Global

Lucy Xu is Founder & CEO of The Port Global, an international marketing and business consultancy enabling startups in Greece and similar emerging tech markets to realize their highest potential.

Nikolas Smyrlakis

Co-founder @ Roots Spirits

Nikolas Smyrlakis

Co-founder @ Roots Spirits

Dr. Nikolas Smyrlakis is an electrical engineer turned to spirits entrepreneur. After graduating from NTUA, working at the European Space Agency in the Netherlands and finishing his PhD at Bocconi University in Milan, he went back to his roots in Greece and co-founded Roots Spirits, an innovative premium spirits range, with exports in more than 20 countries (Stelios HajiIoannou Awards for Young Entrepreneurs in Greece 2016) and Nomada Honey Soda (Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award, Libra group / Envolve 2017). O Δρ. Νικολας Σμυρλακης είναι ηλεκτρολόγος μηχανικός που στράφηκε στην επιχειρηματικότητα με αλκοολούχα αποστάγματα. Μετά τις σπουδές του στο ΕΜΠ, ένα πέρασμα απο την Ευρωπαική Υπηρεσία Διαστήματος στην Ολλανδία και αφού τελείωσε τις διδακτορικές τους σπουδές στο πανεπιστήμιο Bocconi στο Μιλάνο, επέστρεψε στις "ρίζες" του στην Ελλάδα και συνίδρυσε την εταιρεία Roots Spirits, μία καινοτόμο σειρά premium αποσταγμάτων, με εξαγωγές σε πάνω απο 20 χώρες (Βραβείο νεανικής επιχειρηματικότητας Στέλιος Χατζηιωαννου, 2016) και την εταιρεία Nomada Honey Soda (Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award, Libra group / Envolve 2017)

Nikolaos Georgantas

Co-founder & CPO @ OneRoof

Nikolaos Georgantas

Co-founder & CPO @ OneRoof

Nikolaos Georgantas is the Co-founder of the OneRoof app (www.oneroofapp.com), a hyper-local social network, connecting people who live in the same building to have a fun, supportive, and resourceful community. In 2022, he was selected as one of the Forbes "30 under 30" for Consumer Tech. He previously Co-founded a start-up called Knock Knock City, which got acquired by LuggageHero. Before that, he worked as a Senior User Experience Designer for IBM on products such as the IBM Cloud and IBM Training. His studies include Industrial Design from Pratt Institute based in NYC. Currently lives in Miami, FL.

Ioannis Papadopoulos

CFO, Ladder.io

Ioannis Papadopoulos

CFO, Ladder.io

Yiannis is the CFO and Board Director of Ladder.io, a technology-backed creative agency, and has led the growth and scale of the operations in more than four countries. Contributed to developing a unique growth benchmark platform where users can log in, find relevant metrics/KPIs, and compare with the industry or similar companies. Earlier in his career, he highly impacted the car industry revolution in 2016 via a VC-backed startup, leading the finance and operations department of the 3rd company worldwide and the 1st in Europe selling cars explicitly online. He successfully led and raised investment rounds of over £5 million throughout his career. He also founded his fintech startup. He used all his experience mentoring startups from operations to finance and HR, how they can grow and scale.

Zina Mavroeidi

CEO e-Fresh.gr

Zina Mavroeidi

CEO e-Fresh.gr

Η Ζήνα Μαυροειδή σπούδασε επιχειρησιακή έρευνα και μάρκετινγκ στο Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών και στο Warwick Business School. Ξεκίνησε την καριέρα της σαν ερευνητής big data αναλύοντας panel, loyalty και media data της βρετανικής αγοράς. Στην συνέχεια εργάστηκε σε Big 4 συμβουλευτικές εταιρείες στο Λονδίνο, αναλαμβάνοντας διεθνή transformational project πολυεθνικών εταιριών με έμφαση σε IT και big data analytics καθώς και θέματα στρατηγικής. Επέστρεψε στην Ελλάδα το 2015 για να ξεκινήσει την e-Fresh.gr. Βρίσκεται στην λίστα επιχειρηματικών των 40 under 40 του περιοδικού Fortune τα τελευταία τρία χρόνια ενώ έχει συμμετάσχει σε δεκάδες ελληνικά και διεθνή συνέδρια αναλύωντας θέματα ηλεκτρονικού εμπορίου και επιχειρηματικότητας. Η e-Fresh.gr έχει βραβευτεί περισσότερες από 20 φορές στο πρώτα χρόνια λειτουργίας της, ενώ υπολογίζεται ότι έχει παραδώσει πάνω από 1εκ παραγγελίες χαρίζοντας ευκολία και χρόνο σε χιλιάδες νοικοκυριά. Η Ζήνα αγαπάει το ηλεκτρονικό εμπόριο και την επιχειρηματικότητα. Έχει γεννηθεί στην Αθήνα και είναι μητέρα δύο παιδιών. Bio στα αγγλικά Zina is the CEO of e-Fresh.gr, a technology driven on line supermarket. She looks after daily operations for all departments of the company and sets up the future strategic objectives. E-fresh.gr is a fast growing on line retailer. It is known for utilizing technological innovations such as artificial intelligence and warehouse automations to offer a comprehensive service to the Greek consumer. Since e-fresh.gr started trading in the end of 2016, it has successfully delivered more than one million on line grocery orders to thousands of Greek households. Prior to her current role, Zina was a big 4 strategy consultant specializing in big data and working equally with the technical, analytical and strategic aspects of customer insight and data intelligence areas. She holds an Msc in operational research and management science from Warwick Business School and a bachelor degree in marketing and OR from Athens university of Economics and Business. A “40 under 40 entrepreneur”, she is passionate about entrepreneurship, e-commerce and the Greek potential. Zina is married and a mother of two.

Dimitris Papadimitrioy

Co-Founder @ The Flow Partners

Dimitris Papadimitrioy

Co-Founder @ The Flow Partners

Dimitris Papadimitriou is the co-founder of The Flow Partners – Krauthammer, a Leadership and Sales Training Company and Partner & international Senior Consultant with Krauthammer, an international top – 20 training industry company. He is also the founder and Managing Director of The Startup Elevator, a personal development initiative for Startup Founders of mature Startups in Leadership skills. In addition he is an HR consultant to various companies in the financial sector in Greece. He is an expert, consultant and coach in Management skills, Leadership, Innovation leadership, Service Design, Sales and Communication skills (Effective Presentations and Pitching) as well as Personal Branding, mainly through training and coaching. He implements and facilitates innovation workshops with the use of collective intelligence tools, such as Service Design, 6 Thinking Hats, World Cafe etc. He has a significant experience of 15 years in multinational financial institutions which he utilizes to transfer theory into practice and the daily life of the trainees. He has also co-founded two startups in the field of Education. Ο Δημήτρης Παπαδημητρίου είναι συνιδρυτής του Εκπαιδευτικού Οίκου σε θέματα Ηγεσίας και Πωλήσεων The Flow Partners και Partner & Senior Consultant του πολυεθνικού Eκπαιδευτικού Οίκου Krauthammer. Παράλληλα είναι ιδρυτής της The Startup Elevator, μίας πρωτοβουλίας εκπαίδευσης των ιδρυτικών στελεχών ώριμων Startups σε ηγετικές δεξιότητες. Επιπλέον είναι σύμβουλος HR σε διάφορες εταιρείες του χρηματοπιστωτικού τομέα. Εξειδικεύεται στην ανάπτυξη δεξιοτήτων Διοίκησης, Ηγεσίας, ηγεσίας της Καινοτομίας, Service Design, Πωλήσεων και Επικοινωνίας (Αποτελεσματικών Παρουσιάσεων και Pitching) καθώς και Προσωπικής Επιρροής (Personal Branding), κυρίως μέσω εκπαιδεύσεων αλλά και coaching. Υλοποιεί και διευθύνει workshop καινοτομίας με εργαλεία συλλογικής νοημοσύνης, όπως Service Design, 6 Thinking Hats, World Cafe κ.α. τα οποία συνδέει παράλληλα με ανάπτυξη δεξιοτήτων ηγεσίας της καινοτομίας. Διαθέτει μία σημαντική εμπειρία 15 ετών σε πολυεθνικούς χρηματοπιστωτικούς οργανισμούς την οποία αξιοποιεί για να μεταφέρει την θεωρία στην πράξη και την καθημερινότητα των εκπαιδευόμενων ενώ έχει υπάρξει συνιδρυτής δύο startups στον τομέα της Εκπαίδευσης.

Menia Voevoda

Hospitality Consultant | Entrepreneur

Menia Voevoda

Hospitality Consultant | Entrepreneur

Menia is owner and board member of two five-star hotel properties in Greece with a total capacity of 340 beds. She has been involved in various positions in the hospitality industry, working up through the ranks of Rooms Division, Resort Operations, Revenue & Sales department, and F&B operations. In the past she has worked first as an Operations Manager and later as a General Manager at the multi-awarded, member of LHW, Katikies Group. In addition to this, she was selected by Katikies Group and Nikki Beach Global to lead the opening of the flagship Nikki Beach Resort in Santorini as a General Manager. Menia has worked in the Advisory & Hotel Management department of company “HotelBrain Group” overseeing the hotel investments and development section. During her tenure, she has taken part in various hotel investment projects providing consulting services that covered all aspects of project’s development cycle. Prior to developing her own boutique hotel brand with a team of internationally acclaimed professionals, she worked as a Business Development Director at Phaedrus Asset Management. Menia holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from University of Macedonia, a Μaster’s in Management from Cass Business School in London and an MBA from Strathclyde Business School in Glasgow. Furthermore, she graduated from German School in Thessaloniki and speaks fluently German, English and Greek. She is a mentor in Prince’s Trust International Enterprise Program in Greece and a licensed member of Economic Chamber of Greece.

Giannis Rousopoulos

Founder of cryptonomist.gr | Advisor @ Hellenic Parliament.

Giannis Rousopoulos

Founder of cryptonomist.gr | Advisor @ Hellenic Parliament.

Giannis Rousopoulos is the Founder and Editorial Director of cryptonomist.gr, Policy Advisor and Research Fellow at Hellenic Parliament, Scientific Associate at Hellenic Financial Literacy Institute, MSc (c.) in Blockchain and Digital Currency at UNIC, Certified Data Analyst from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Greece/Cyprus Scholar and Fellow at Digital Euro Association (DEA). He holds a BA in Political Science and History and a MSc in International in European Economics with Honours.

Vasileios Stoidis

Founder, CEO @ 7L & MassiveGrid

Vasileios Stoidis

Founder, CEO @ 7L & MassiveGrid

Vasileios M. Stoidis is the Founder and CEO of technology companies with international clientele. He is now founder and CEO of 7L International Inc and MassiveGrid Inc, which provide Software Development Services and Cloud Services respectively with offices in Manhattan, New York. During his business career, he has started companies with activity in the areas of Software Development, Cloud services, Network installation and management services, IT systems management services and Entertainment services from which has gained deep knowledge in various strategic positions. He has been a mentor to entrepreneurs of startup companies in Greece and abroad since 2017. Born in Kavala, Greece and a graduate of the of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of the Technical University of Crete (TUC).

Antonis Mitropoulos

Co-Founder @ HOMLI

Antonis Mitropoulos

Co-Founder @ HOMLI

Antonis is Co-Founder at HOMLI, a NY-based proptech startup. Prior to launching HOMLI, he worked at McKinsey and SoFi. He holds an MBA from MIT, and an MEng in Computer Engineering from NTUA.

Nikolas Molyndris

Product @ Decentriq

Nikolas Molyndris

Product @ Decentriq

Nikos Molindris is a graduate of the University of Piraeus in the department of Business Organization and Administration, with a master's degree from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland in Strategy and International Management. Specializes in positioning and product management in Fintech, Cybersecurity & Privacy, Machine Learning & Data Science products and companies.

Katerina Petraki

Head of New Business, Alibaba US

Katerina Petraki

Head of New Business, Alibaba US

Katerina is a Strategic Partnerships and Business Development Executive with 13+ years of experience in building and scaling businesses globally across sectors with a focus on marketplaces and B2B SaaS. She is an expert at translating visions into reality with a proven track record of helping companies expand into new markets and grow revenue through scalable growth strategies and strategic partnerships. Her consulting background has equipped her with the frameworks and skillset to solve problems and deal with challenges and opportunities in fast- changing, complex, and culturally diverse environments. As a key member of North America’s Alibaba Leadership team, Katerina currently leads the international expansion of Alibaba.com, developing and executing the strategic roadmap for the B2B marketplace in the US from inception to multi-billion-dollar GMV through partnerships, investments, and ecosystem development. This has led to the transformation of the business from a listings' directory to the largest global B2B trading platform, growing revenue 4x in 4 years. Prior to joining Alibaba, Katerina worked for Deloitte’s Strategy Consulting practice, helping Fortune 500 companies transform their strategy and business models. She also worked with Thomson Reuters as part of their leadership development program relocating to a different country and role every 6 months; and spent three months in Mumbai working with 2 NGOs focused on children and women’s rights in rural slums. She started her career as a founder of a biodiesel start up in Greece after quitting professional ballet dancing with the Greek National Opera. Katerina holds an MSc degree in Behavioral Economics from London School of Economics and a BSc degree in Economics and Game Theory from Athens University of Economics and Business. She has lived and worked in over 10 countries in 5 continents, and in her free time she loves travelling, scuba diving, mentoring, and investing in startups. She was born and raised in Crete and today you will find her somewhere between NY and China.

Sakis Triantafyllakis

Product Growth & Strategy

Sakis Triantafyllakis

Product Growth & Strategy

Sakis has an entrepreneurial background (failed with his 1st start-up) and is currently leading strategic and product growth initiatives at Orfium. Prior to Orfium, he was at Endeavor Greece, supporting some of the best Greek-led tech scale ups like Blueground, Workable, Softomotive, Orfium, Hellas Direct, Matternet and others. He is the organiser of Product 360, an event series around Product management & leadership.

Maria Vdokaki

Legal Counsel, Business & Corporate Attorney

Maria Vdokaki

Legal Counsel, Business & Corporate Attorney

Maria is an attorney and legal consultant. She provides legal consultancy to international and local companies, advising on business strategy matters, funding and corporate legal issues. She is an expert on intellectual and industrial property, as well as on European law, capital markets, real estate market and competition legislation. She attends before the Greek Courts, representing foreign and local businesses on commercial, administrative and criminal cases. She holds a bachelor Degree in Law by the faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, a LLM Degree in International Business by the Cardiff Metropolitan University, as well as an MBA Certificate by the London School of Economics. She is currently studying Computational Science on the Harvard University Post-Graduated Programs and Blockchain Economics at the Panteion University of Athens. She is a certified Compliance Officer and DPO Officer, having deep knowledge of anti-money laundering control policies and commitments. Her recent work includes legal research on cryptocurrencies, writing frequently on legal press.

Aristeidis Tsitiridis

Principal Computer Vision Researcher

Aristeidis Tsitiridis

Principal Computer Vision Researcher

Aristeids is an experienced computer vision professional with well over a decade in related machine learning research. He graduated in 2004 from the University of Leeds and earned a BEng(Hons) in Electrical/Electronic Engineering. He then acquired in 2007 his MSc in Telecommunications from the University of South Wales and in 2011 he received his PhD in biologically-inspired machine vision. Aristeidis has more than 30 publications in machine vision, is a regular peer reviewer in many journals and conferences (Neurocomputing, ECCV, mdpi etc). He has accumulated work experience in both university (Universidad de Rey Juan Carlos-Spain, Swansea university-UK and others) and industry roles (Darvis-USA, Huawei-Ireland, various start-ups in Spain and others) as a researcher. He is based in Athens,Greece currently working as a Principal Computer Vision Researcher at Darvis,USA and academically collaborating with the University of Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid as a Visiting Research Fellow.

Mary Prevezanou

Founder @ Dizzy Agency

Mary Prevezanou

Founder @ Dizzy Agency

Founder & CEO @ Dizzy Agency. A 360 digital agency providing a holistic approach to each business. With 13 years of experience in Digital Marketing and Ecommerce, she has undertaken over 1500 projects in Greece, Europe & USA. She trains young entrepreneurs facing today's challenges and introduces young people to the Digital and Entrepreneurship world. Specializes in business development.

Maria Slamari

Senior People Strategy Consultant

Maria Slamari

Senior People Strategy Consultant

Maria is a Senior Consultant in the Advisory division of an international consulting company. She specializes in People Analytics projects, Organizational Design and Strategic Τransformation projects. In the past she has worked in several startup companies and her vision is to help each of them create a unique value proposition through their people and their skills.

Panagiotis Bechrakis

Marketing & Innovation Consultant

Panagiotis Bechrakis

Marketing & Innovation Consultant

Panagiotis Bechrakis is a growth driven CPG/FMCG marketer transforming Brands and Organizations through Innovation, Change Management and End-to-End strategy. A commercial afficionado with 14 years of experience; 9 years in Brand Management with 5 of them devoted to Global Innovation, and 5 years in Sales.

He holds an MBA from Ross School of Business at University of Michigan, with emphasis in Marketing and International Business. He spent 10 years in the US where he held multiple positions in Brand Management at Reckitt and Godiva. His latest role while in the US was Global Marketing Director for Godiva where he focused on Global Innovation leading the development of products and sub-brands that reached consumers in more than 100 countries and almost every distribution channel.

At both Reckitt and Godiva, his hands-on approach and relationship building mentality allowed him to become an essential member of the broader commercial team and to expand his scope beyond marketing specific tasks, making him a well-rounded commercial leader with strong knowledge of trade across multiple countries.

Before moving to the US, he spent 5 years in Greece working in multiple sales roles including Business Development Manager for Auto-France, Export Sales Executive for DOMUS SA and Organized Trade Sales Rep for Cadbury Hellas. In addition to his MBA, he holds an MSc in Marketing from Athens University of Economics and Business and a BA in Finance from the University of Piraeus.

In 2022 Panagiotis became a US Scholar of the Marketing Academy, a highly selective leadership development program for 30 carefully selected marketers from all the United States. He also holds a Diploma in Restaurant Entrepreneurship from New York University – School of Professional Studies and a Diploma in Export Management from IST Studies.

Since returning from the US in December of 2022, Panagiotis has been working as a freelance Marketing & Innovation consultant while making his first entrepreneurial endeavors in Hospitality and Real Estate.

Alexandros Kostakis

UX Designer Quintessential SFT

Alexandros Kostakis

UX Designer Quintessential SFT

Alexandros Kostakis is a UX Designer based in Athens,Greece. His studies in Computer Science at the University of Piraeus helped him combine both his technical and creative skills in order to achieve the best result in every project he has been involved. With over 5 years experience in various fields, he is always eager to learn new technologies and face new challenges. Currently designing some cool stuff for Quintessential SFT.

Maria Zarotiadou

Managing Director at Plan of Business

Maria Zarotiadou

Managing Director at Plan of Business

Maria Zarotiadou is Managing Director at Plan of Business. She has been an Advisor on gender equality issues at the General Secretariat of Family Policy and Gender Equality. She is a Certified Business Coach, Mentor, Women's' Entrepreneurship Facilitator and Strategic Marketing Specialist with a Bachelor's (B.A. in Business Administration) in Business Administration, and a Master's (M.Sc. in Marketing) in Marketing and Gender Equality.
She has training in Women's Social Entrepreneurship and holds the WISE4Women certification of the corresponding training program of the European Union.
Maria is a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council. She is a mentor to young entrepreneurs at Women on Top, at Women Do Business and at Foundit by Prince's Trust International and Bizrupt. Her seminars and workshops are presented, among others, at the actions of Women Do Business, Skywalker and Plan of Business. Maria is a Certified Workshop Facilitator in the #IamRemarkable by Google program.
Her articles are published at www.epixeiro.gr, at www.planofbusiness.eu and at www.talentedladiesclub.com

Lemonia Kalaitzi

Co-owner at FARMA BLOCK

Lemonia Kalaitzi

Co-owner at FARMA BLOCK

Lemonia Kalaitzi received her bachelor’s degree in Biology at AUTH (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) and then pursued a professional master’s degree in Marketing and Management of Health Care Industry at IMIS (Institute de management des industries de la santé), in Lyon, France. She did her internship at a startup skin cosmetics company (Laboratoire Vita – Screen) as a product manager of an after sun product of the “Care” line. When she returned to Greece she started working at FARMA BLOCK, a small craft company that produces animal feed supplements. As a co – owner of this company, her goal is to create and maintain an internally healthy and balanced situation, develop the company by cultivating each individual department and follow a strategic plan designed according to the company’s principles and values. As a pharmaceutical marketeer she enjoys acting as a conductor between Regulatory affairs, R&D, Product design, Quality assurance and Promotion. She has attended Hyphen SA’s Roiedu Business program and is a certified Project Manager (PMP – PMI). She loves new challenges, gaining new knowledge and constantly adding new tools to her tool box. She draws her inspiration from nature, theatrical improvisation and fantasy creative writing.

Thrasos Kipourgos

CIO & Co-founder @ Protio

Thrasos Kipourgos

CIO & Co-founder @ Protio

Thrasos develops expertise on investments in the built environment and currently builds the new way to invest in real estate at Protio. With experience in finance, engineering and government he has worked at PSP Investments, Credit Suisse, European Commission and Jacobs in Athens, London and Brussels. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MEng Civil Engineering from Imperial College London. He is passionate about finance, strategy and data analytics.

George Kourakos

Director of Innovation - Kaizen Labs

George Kourakos

Director of Innovation - Kaizen Labs

George is a serial innovator and VR/AR/Blockchain evangelist.

He studied Computer Information Systems in ACG and started his online career 18 years ago as a UI designer. Some years later he saw early the potential of online video and started working extensively on this area. Among others he created 2 online video start-ups and co-produced the 1st interactive web series globally. He continued his journey in the entertainment/sports industry in various roles related to project management and online product. In 2009 he co-presented a LIVE TV tech show on Greek national television.

In 2012 he joined Kaizen Gaming where he led the product design and Innovation department. During the last 10 years he was fortunate enough to lead many talented teams under various roles. One of the most challenging but exciting roles was to create a CX department from scratch and build teams and CX culture across the organization.

His latest role is group Director of Innovation. Even though the last 10 years Kaizen's talented product teams launched many global award winning projects (first in the industry) such as: Voice Betting, Social Sharing, Smart Notifications and the world's first Sportsbook and Casino for Mixed Reality Kaizen wanted to take this initiative to the next level. That's why we created Kaizen Labs. Kaizen labs is a corporate incubator/accelerator that works with startups, universities and big tech organizations. Our main focus is to utilize open innovation frameworks in order to innovate in iGaming by using immersive technologies such as AR/VR, Blockchain, Computer Visions and AI/ML.

His free time is shared between Cross-fit, Tennis and technical/fundamental analysis on Blockchain projects.

Alexandra Plessa

Business Consultant|Biochemist-Biotechnologist

Alexandra Plessa

Business Consultant|Biochemist-Biotechnologist

Alexandra is an interdisciplinary professional (MBA, MSc), with business acumen and scientific training in Biochemistry and Biotechnology. She has international working experience of 9+ years in business development, management, and communication roles (Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, Engineering, and Marketing industries) and 2+ years in cutting-edge research laboratories (Harvard, Bayer, etc.). She leads projects with a focus on operational efficiency and strategic communication. Her soft skills and interdisciplinary competencies have been manifested in complex roles and career decisions in the course of time. Prior to relocating to Athens, she lived and worked in The Netherlands, The United States, Belgium, and Germany. Outstanding performance through quality is what she stands for; therefore she followed an MBA in Total Quality Management. Her professional direction and interests are towards Consulting (Strategy), Total Quality Management systems, Technology Transfer and Innovation Management. She is already supporting a startup as a consultant, and has previously been a mentor to younger professionals. Based on her experiences from exemplar countries and innovative environments, she aims to support more Greek entrepreneurs as a mentor.

Christina Anthoulaki

Product Management & Strategy Lead

Christina Anthoulaki

Product Management & Strategy Lead

Christina Anthoulaki is a Product Management & Strategy lead with experience in building innovative solutions primarily in regulated sectors. Having worked in financial services for most of her career, she had the opportunity to work with organisations across different growth stages and help embed sustainable growth strategies, while also working with founders and leaders to deliver large scale digitisation programmes. She is passionate about FinTech, LawTech and RegTech innovation, and through her work aims to promote social and technological innovation that improves shared value for organisations and customers.

Nikos Stavropoulos

Sales & Business Development

Nikos Stavropoulos

Sales & Business Development

Nikos Stavropoulos has worked for more than 20 years as Sales, Product, Account and Business Development Manager for various ΙΤ brands (e.g., HP, Dell, Epson, LG, Samsung, Canon) in top Distribution and System Integration Companies. His main responsibilities aimed at the development of the business through the recruitment of new customers and partners in vertical markets, the development of resellers’ network, the training of the resellers, and pre-sales to major accounts of the public and private sectors. Nikos has also worked in B2B/B2C e-Commerce companies, being responsible for the business online strategy, product management, IT portfolio development, and managing and training of the e-Commerce team. He has received several international awards and distinctions for his contribution in sales growth of various tech products in Greece and EMEA.

Nikiforos Papadopoulos

Management Consultant & Co-Founder

Nikiforos Papadopoulos

Management Consultant & Co-Founder

Nikiforos is an Associate Consultant at Bain & Co., one of the world's leading management consulting firms. With a background in accounting and finance, Nikiforos has held positions at top firms including Deloitte and PwC. In addition to his professional experience, he has also co-founded and served as the head of Young & Curious, a non-profit organization focused on fostering curiosity and community engagement. Nikiforos holds a BSc in Accounting & Finance and an MSc in Finance from the University of Macedonia. He is passionate about using his skills and resources to drive positive change in the business world and beyond

Maria Perrou

Marketing Manager at Lacoste

Maria Perrou

Marketing Manager at Lacoste

Maria is a creative and resourceful marketer with an e-commerce background and a demonstrated history of working in the premium retail industry (fashion, cosmetics, homeware). Strategic and result-oriented with proven capabilities in building effective marketing and communications strategies fostering brand identity and providing sustainable growth.

She holds a Bachelor and MBA degree from Athens University of Economics and Business, and she currently leads the role of Marketing Manager at Lacoste.

Her free time is shared between travelling, volunteer projects, cinema and meditating through yoga and archery.

Ariana Polyviou

Assistant Professor, University of Nicosia

Ariana Polyviou

Assistant Professor, University of Nicosia

Ariana Polyviou is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the School of Business of the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. She is also a fellow at the Center of Entrepreneurship at the University of Cyprus and an Adjunct Professor at IE Business School, Madrid. Her teaching and research work focuses on the business and social impact of technology including human-centered AI, metaverse, cloud computing and blockchain emphasizing on digital business strategy, digital transformation, technology policy, digital entrepreneurship and technology adoption. Her work has been published in leading journals in the field of Information Systems and Systems Sciences. She has received several awards and scholarships for her research, including a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship. She has served as a attracted funding and participated in 20+ research projects funded by the European Union (FP7, H2020, Horizon Europe) and she is currently the Principal Investigator of the MSCA Doctoral Network on Metaverse’s business and social value. She also leads Cyprus’ national participation in Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and a member of the national committee of Cyprus' Digital Championship.

Bertrand Pellegrin

Senior Strategist

Bertrand Pellegrin

Senior Strategist

Bertrand Pellegrin is the founder and director of b. on brand Consulting, LLC. He has consulted for such clients as Louis Vuitton (LVMH), Lotte Shopping Group, Bank of America, The North Face, Yum Brands, and the San Francisco International Airport, among many others.

Previously he was a senior retail strategist with the San Francisco office of Gensler Worldwide. Mr. Pellegrin’s expertise draws heavily from his formal background in cultural anthropology, as well as his research in consumer environments, mass media, popular culture, and social and cultural trends. He is also a veteran of U.S. network television, developing, producing, and directing numerous award-‐winning news and entertainment programs for which he has received over a dozen national awards including three Emmy Awards for excellence.

Mr. Pellegrin is the author of Branding the Man: Why Men are the Next Frontier in Fashion Retail (Random House/Allworth 2009). He received a B.A. degree in Sociology and Anthropology from Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, and an M.F.A. in Fashion Merchandising from the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California.

Panos Kalogiorgas

Strategy and M&A Consultant, Deloitte

Panos Kalogiorgas

Strategy and M&A Consultant, Deloitte

Panos is a Manager in Strategy and M&A Consulting at Deloitte, a world-leading professional services firm. In the past, he has also held positions as Corporate Finance Manager at Upstream, Management Consultant at Octane, and Tax Consultant at Deloitte in Greece and the Netherlands.

Panos has vast experience in strategic and business planning, financial modeling and reporting as well as business valuation and M&A support. He has also served as Business and Finance mentor for several startups, as part of innovation programs by European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) and Greek-based incubators among others.

Chris Balotis

Digital Strategy and Growth Director

Chris Balotis

Digital Strategy and Growth Director

Chris Balotis is an experienced and certified digital marketing professional, and since 2017 he has been consulting SMEs on how to leverage ads tech to improve their digital presence and increase their monthly revenue.
He is data driven, automation enthusiast and expertises in designing effective strategies to deliver results based on KPIs.
For over a decade he was the owner of a local media company and the last years he works as Digital Strategy and Growth Director at digital marketing agencies acting as key-contact person between brands and internal divisions of the agencies.