The Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics (LIEE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) organized a conference in the context of the completion of the research project “Greek Participation in European Research Networks and its Impact on Innovation and Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship” (NETonKIE), which was funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI).

The conference was conducted on December 14, 2023, in the Multimedia Amphitheater of the NTUA Library.

The Conference included the presentation of the project’s research results as well as a series of organized discussions (panels) with various types of actors (research groups of universities & research centers and business firms) participating in the European research Framework Programmes as well as policy actors.

More specifically, the topics of the organized discussions were the following:

1. The expectations and benefits of start-ups from their participation in the Framework Programmes
2. The Framework Programmes as a lever for enhancing innovation and technological upgrading of firms
3. The importance of Framework Programmes for the research activity of Universities and Research Centers
4. Public policies and business strategies for the better utilization of European Programmes

See the program (in Greek) of the conference here.

See the invitation (in Greek) of the conference here.

The Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics of the School of Chemical Engineering at NTUA (LIEE-NTUA) is glad to be a part of the 10th Anniversary celebration of Women Entrepreneurship Week, an initiative held with the participation of more than 140 universities worldwide.

On this occasion, LIEE-NTUA hosted the online event “Nurturing female-led innovation and entrepreneurship” on October 19, 2023, from 17:30 to 19:30 EEST.

This year’s event focused on the role of Technology Transfer Offices in empowering women in science and research, and highlighted innovative knowledge-intensive ventures from different sectors of economic activity.

Keynor Ruiz Mejías, Professor and Associate Researcher at the International Centre of Economic Policy for Sustainable Development (CINPE) of the National University of Costa Rica, carried out a full-time secondment from 13/2/2023 until 13/4/2023 at the Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in the context of the Horizon 2020 CatChain project (GA n. 778398).

In the context of his secondment, Prof. Ruiz Mejías made a seminar titled “Costa Rica: Export diversification and some GVC lessons from a small country” on April 4, 2023. The presentation of Prof. Ruiz Mejías was followed by a discussion in which the members of LIEE-NTUA took part.

The Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) organized a successful workshop on women entrepreneurship for the fourth consecutive year in the context of the global initiative “Women Entrepreneurship Week 2022”.

This year’s workshop entitled “Knowledge-intensive Women Entrepreneurship: Opportunities and Challenges” was organized online on October 20, 2022. The event highlights various aspects of female entrepreneurship, focusing on innovative knowledge-intensive ventures. At the same time, it gives emphasis on significant challenges and emerging opportunities in the Greek business ecosystem.

The workshop was coordinated by Aimilia Protogerou, Assistant Prof. (elected) at the Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics (NTUA), and is available on LIEE-NTUA’s youtube channel.

The Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics (LIEE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) is pleased to invite you to the online event “From research to market: promoting high technology women entrepreneurship”, organized as part of the Weekly Women Entrepreneurship initiative, on October 25, 2021 from 17:00 to 19:00. This global initiative was started by the Universities of New Jersey in the USA dealing with Entrepreneurship. This year it is held for the 8th year with the participation of more than 140 universities around the world (among them Babson, University of Michigan, UNC, Princeton, Cornell, University of Iowa, SetonHall, Georgetown etc.)

From Greece, for For the third consecutive year, the NTUA and the Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics of the School of Chemical Engineering participate in collaboration with the EPI nodule incubator of the NTUA. The aim of the event is to highlight important aspects of women’s entrepreneurship in our country. In our event we will host both women from the academic field with a strong research presence who are also interested in utilizing the results of their research, but also women with a strong research profile who try to turn their research into specific products and services of knowledge and technology intensity. In addition, we will try to highlight the need to strengthen women’s entrepreneurship through the institution of personalized coaching.