The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub of the Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens – INNOVATHENS and the Research and Entrepreneurship Interconnection Structure of NTUA-EPI.noo organized, on Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 19:00, a discussion on the topic “The role of the state in technological and entrepreneurial development: Myths and realities”. The discussion took place on the occasion of the Greek edition of the book “The entrepreneurial state” by Marianna Mazzucato by KRITIKI Publications. Marianna Mazzucato is Professor of Economics of Innovation at the University of Sussex and a researcher at the SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit), the oldest research center in Europe dealing with policies for Research, Technology and Innovation. The following participated in the discussion:

• Christos Dervenis, Coordinator-Director of the Surgical Department of “Agia Olga” Hospital, President Elect European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
• Yiannis Kalogirou, Professor and Scientific Director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit of the NTUA, editor of the Publication
  Nektarios Kozyris, Professor of the NTUA, Vice President of the Free Software & Open Source Software Association (EELLAK), responsible for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Vassilis Maglaris, Professor of the NTUA, former Secretary General of Research and Technology, former President of the Policy Committee of the European Research and Education Networks.
• Achilleas Mitsos, former Director General of Research of the European Commission, Professor at the University of the Aegean
• Moderated by Aris Tolios, journalist, Head of the central magazine “The Stand of 2” on R/S Athens 9.84.

The press release of the event is here.

You can also watch the discussion here: