On Monday, November 20th, Professor Koundouri participated the National Greece Info Day at the National Library of Greece (Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center).
The conference focused on the contribution and contribution of Science – Technology – Innovation (STI) on the way to national adaptation and management of the effects of Climate Change. It aimed to bring together the widest possible group of stakeholders, including representatives of policy-makers, industry, environmental and technological experts and stakeholders in societal impacts, to discuss – each in their own capacity – ETC developments and the critical issues related to energy sustainability and the production model in agri-food in the context of climate change.
Professor Koundouri gave the keynote speech at the National Information Day for the IntelComp H2020 project.
Moreover, Professor led the panel discussion on “Innovation and Advances in Science, Technology, and Innovation,” featuring esteemed speakers.
During the Info Day, ARC organised 2 workshops on Energy and Agri-food, demonstrating the IntelComp tools. It gave the chance to participants to familiarize with the STI Viewer and the STI Participation Portal. The workshops were attended by stakeholders coming from the public sector (General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI), Ministry of Development), the business (DINTELLO Consulting, Ferro, ICL Group, KENICO, MONDELEZ international, Opix, Piraeus Bank, Symbiolabs Circular Intelligence), the mass media (Business Daily.gr, Epixeiro.gr, Insider.gr, Kathimerini.gr), the civil society (Energizing Greece, HELISS, Minoan Energy) and the academia (Agricultural University of Athens, ATHENA RC, Athens University of Economics and Business, Culturepolis, Hellenic Center of Marine Research, Hellenic Mediterranean University, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, National Observatory of Athens, University of Aegean, University of Crete, University of Patras, University of West Attica) in Greece.
Speakers:
IOANNIS EMIRIS, President & Director General, Athena RC
KATERINA KOURAVELOU, Director of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation
PHOEBE KOUNDOURI, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business – Director of Sustainable Development Unit, Athena RC
GEORGIOS-IOANNIS NYCHAS, Member of S.C. of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation
HARIS PAPAGEORGIOU, Research Director at Institute for Language and Speech Processing, ATHENA RC – Head of Intelcomp Project
THODORIS GEORGAKOPOULOS, Journalist, KATHIMERINI – Founding member, diaNEOsis
ARISTOTELIS AIVALIOTIS, Secretary General for Energy & Mineral Resources
VASILIS NIKOLOPOULOS, CTO & Cofounder Avokado
MARIA PAPADOPOULOU, President, Organization for Natural Environment and Climate Change
LYDIA AVRAMI, Research fellow, National Centre for Social Research & Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy
THOMAS BARTZANAS, Vice Rector of Research, Finance & Development, Professor, Agricultural University of Athens
EMMANOUIL PIONIS, Director of the National Observatory of Athens
SOCRATES DALLIS, Continuous Improvement Manager, Mondelez, Lamia Plant
ELLI TSIFOROU, CEO, Gaia Epicheirein S.A.
THANASSIS GENTIMIS, C0-Founder, Symbiolabs Circular Intelligence
NATALIA MANOLA, Co-Founder, OPIX
SPYROS FOUNTAS, Professor, Agricultural University of Athens – Co-Founder, Eden Core
For more information about IntelComp H2020 project: https://intelcomp.eu/