Professor Yiannis Kalogirou and Asst. Professor Angelos Tsakanikas participated in the annual conference of the Technology Transfer Society held in Dublin (28-30/2015), where they presented the following three (3) research papers:
1. Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship and engineering graduates in Greece (Full presentation here) by Yannis Caloghirou, Aimilia Protogerou, Aggelos Tsakanikas, Ioanna Kastelli
2. The role of University – Industry R&D collaboration in innovative and export performance in the midst of a crisis: empirical evidence from Greece (Full presentation here) by Yannis Caloghirou, Ioannis Giotopoulos, Aggelos Tsakanikas, Eythimia Korra
3. What drives the decision of SMEs to collaborate in R&D? (Full presentation here) by Yannis Caloghirou, Ioannis Giotopoulos, Aggelos Tsakanikas
More information about the Conference here: http://www.t2s2015.com/
A workshop was held on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at the Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens on the topic: The needs of society in the service of technology (Technology Helps Society).
The meeting was an initiative launched by the Association of Mobile Application Companies of Greece (SEKEE), in collaboration with the Free Software/Open Source Software Association (EELLAK), with the support of INNOVATHENS, the innovation and entrepreneurship hub of the Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens, an initiative that aims to assist the utilization of “mobile technologies” by the bodies of the Local Government.
The head of the INFOSTRAG team of the EELO/NTUA, Professor Yiannis Kalogirou, gave a speech at the Workshop.
View the Meeting Presentations
The start of this meeting was very positive, as a dialogue was opened between the Local Government executives and the companies of the ΣΕΚΕΕ, which develop innovative applications for the international market. The change of the existing logic of the custom development of special-purpose applications, which is time-consuming and inefficient, was discussed, with the model of using existing software where municipalities can use applications, share them, evaluate them. Also, the need to promote open data in practice was discussed so that the information created by the bodies can be reused and the services provided can be developed even further. At the same time, many interesting applications for systems for optimizing the management of Municipal services were presented, from waste collection to the management of social benefits (environment, cemeteries, etc.). Also, the new electronic payment services that allow citizens to pay their obligations to Municipalities but at the same time provide Municipalities with the ability to reward citizens’ consistency.
The Industrial and Energy Economics Laboratory participated in the 27th Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy in Genoa.
Specifically, the following papers were presented in alphabetical order:
D. DIAKOULAKI, D. KOPIDOU, A. TSAKANIKAS: Exploring industry dynamics and their environmental and social implications in selected European countries. (You can read the text here)
I. KASTELLI, S. ZOGRAFAKIS: Improving competitiveness of the Greek industry. Truth and illusions.(You can read the text here)
A. PROTOGEROU, Y. CALOGHIROU, F. MARKOU: Young Entrepreneurial Ventures in the Creative Industries: a Case Study Approach. (You can read the text here)
A photo from the Conference:
The laboratory of the National Technical University of Athens, LIEE, was represented at the 10th Panhellenic Scientific Conference on Chemical Engineering, held in Patras from 4 to 6 June 2015, by Doctor Evangelos Siokas and Doctoral Candidate Georgios Siokas. A total of 3 papers were presented in the areas of Energy, Environment and Education. The abstracts and full texts of the papers follow.
Title of the paper (P0289):
The research networking of Greek organizations in the field of energy in the European Framework Programs
Authors:
Angelos Tsakanikas, Georgios Siokas, Evangelos Siokas
Abstract and Full Paper
Title of the paper (P0290):
The research networking of Greek organizations in the field of environment in the European Framework Programs
Authors:
Angelos Tsakanikas, Georgios Siokas, Evangelos Siokas
Abstract and Full Paper
Title of the paper (P0291):
The presence of Chemical Engineering schools in EU research networks
Authors:
Yannis Kalogirou, Evangelos Siokas, Emilia Protogerou, Georgios Siokas
Summary and Full Paper
Professor Angelos Tsakanikas of NTUA delivered a lecture titled “What comes after the crisis? Entrepreneurship and sustainable development – Promoting Greece’s economic recovery without exclusions: Advancing innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises and combating youth unemployment” at an event organized by the EIB Institute and ELIAMEP.