As part of the parallel events of the exhibition “160 years Made in Greece. Industry, Pioneering, Innovation”, hosted at Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens and the Industrial Gas Museum , an event dedicated to the role of the human factor was organized by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub of Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens INNOVATHENS, on Wednesday 7/3/2018, in order to inform the public about the new trends in the educational process and how they can lead to better preparation of future employees.

The subject of the event was “The role of the human factor. Engineers, technicians, employees and their education” and in this context, representatives from academia and industry presented their views on issues concerning developments in the educational process of engineers and technology graduates and how they relate to the requirements and needs of modern Greek industry. Among the representatives of academia, the presence of Assistant Professor of NTUA A. Tsakanikas stood out, who spoke about the ways in which the education of young engineers serves as a prerequisite for the productive reconstruction of the country.

The speakers who spoke at the event included:

• Yiannis Nikolaou, Professor of UBA, Education in the modern management of production units
• Angelos Tsakanikas, Professor of NTUA, The education of engineers as a prerequisite for productive reconstruction
• Prodromos Tsiavos, OBI, Creating the conditions for the development of Industrial Property in Greece
• Representative of SEV, The role of education in the development of new skills
• Case study from Mytilineou Group entitled: Education and experience of executives: Engineers in Practice Programme

The presentation by Professor of NTUA, G. The presentation of G. Kalogeros, Professor G. Kalogeros, can be found here (pdf file).

The presentation by Assistant Professor of NTUA, A. Tsakanika can be found here (ppt file).

Professor Yannis Kalogirou, Professor of NTUA, as a guest speaker, presented a speech at the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub of Technopolis INNOVATHENS on 15 February 2018, entitled “160 years of Greek industry: a historical review of the critical turning points and its evolution”, the presentation entitled “The evolution of Greek industry and industrial policy (1974-present): what happened, what we learned and what can be done”.

In more detail, at INNOVATHENS three academics -among them Christina Agriantoni, who is the scientific editor of the exhibition- gave an overview of Greek industrial history. Starting from its beginnings, a few years after the foundation of the new Greek state, they went through its major turning points, linked to open national fronts, wars, bankruptcies and successive emergencies, analyze the brilliant period of post-war boom until the beginning of the deindustrialization of the 1970s, which affected the entire Western world, and conclude with a rough assessment of its current situation.

The invited speakers were.

– Christina Agriantoni – Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Thessaly
– Chrysafis Iordanoglou – Assistant Professor, Panteion University
– Yannis Kalogirou – Professor, School of Chemical Engineering – National Technical University of Athens

You can see here the presentation of Mr. Kalogeros.

You can see the presentation of NTUA Professor Yannis Kalogirou in a Special Session at the “15th Globelics International Globelics Conference” held on 11-13 October 2017 at NCSR Demokritos here.

Professor Yannis Kalogirou, Professor of NTUA, as a guest speaker, presented a speech at the SEGM 2017 Conference “The Consulting – Consulting Industry in a Changing World”, held at the Electra Palace Hotel Thessaloniki, 29-30 September 2017, entitled “Research – Innovation: The role of the consulting sector in the knowledge production and utilization chain”.

During the conference, the issues that concern Greek consulting companies, the prospects of the domestic market, the challenges and opportunities for extroverted activity, the modern requirements and trends in international markets, as well as synergies with other sectors of the economy were analyzed and discussed. Distinguished speakers from Greece and abroad participated in the Conference with presentations and lectures.

More specifically, on Friday, the first thematic section was analysed from 11:00 to 14:00: Internal Market – Situation and prospects with speakers, in the first part, Nikos Vetta, Akis Skertsos, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Georgios Tziallas and moderators Konstantinos Kalergis, Panagios Toniolos and, in the second part, Nikolaos Antonoglou, Andreas Loukatos, Zoe Papasiopis, Georgios Katapodis, Ioannis Kitsos, Ioannis Kalogeros and moderated by Ioanna Xanthopoulou.

From 15:00 to 18:30 the second section was analysed: International Environment – Extroversion with speakers, in the first part, Theodoros Axilithiotis, Ines Ferguson, Giorgos Kremlis, Dimitrios Halepidis and moderator Spyros Papagrigoriou and, in the second part, Ilias Xanthakos, Ioannis Fotinos, Panagiotis Antonaropoulos and moderator Despina Kalliidromitou. In the evening, the official dinner of the conference followed.

On Saturday, from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 12:30 to 14:00 the next two thematic sessions were discussed: Major Infrastructure Projects and Modern Requirements & Tools. The speakers of the first one were Yannis Mylopoulos, Sergios Lambropoulos, Vassilios Chalkias, Ioannis Karnessis, George Syrianos and the moderator was Panagiotis Toniolos and the speakers of the second one were George Koutinas, Petros Kavassalis, Panos Hadjipanos, Kostis Kangelidis, Eva Agapaki and the moderator was Theodoros Tsialas.

The conference ended with an open discussion in relation to all the above topics where the following conclusion was drawn, among others: development of the country with solid foundations, development of the country with prospects cannot exist with the consulting sector in recession.

You can see Mr Kalogeros’ presentation here.

Professor Yannis Caloghirou of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), as an invited speaker, delivered a presentation at the PR.PAIDEIA Evening Seminar, which was held in the Bank of Greece’s Event Hall. The seminar was titled: “Universities, Research, Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Development”, and his presentation was titled: “We innovate by researching and we do business by innovating: The development challenge of Greek polytechnic schools and universities.”

Specifically, the conference began on Tuesday, May 23, at 14:00. From 14:00 to 14:50, the first thematic session was held:
University – Research: Issues of Institutional Problems and Academic Quality,
moderated by Marny Papamatthaiou, with speakers Socrates Katsikas, Theodoros Fortsakis, and Stavros Thomadakis.

From 14:50 to 16:30, the second thematic session followed:
University – Research: Innovation – Entrepreneurship – Development,
with contributions from Panos Tsakloglou, Yannis Caloghirou, Alexander Roggenkamp, Nikos Drandakis, Aristos Doxiadis, Kostis Hatzidakis, and Giannis Maniatis, moderated by Petros Kavasalis.

At 16:40, the third session began:
The Positions of the Political Parties,
with former Prime Minister Kostas Simitis. The discussion was moderated by Argyris Papastathis, and speakers included Niki Kerameus, Angelos Tolkas, Giorgos Mavrotas, Theodora Megalooikonomou, Anna Diamantopoulou, as well as a representative of the Ministry of Education.

Finally, from 18:30 to 19:50, a roundtable discussion was held on the fourth thematic session:
Connecting Universities, Research Centers & Businesses in Greece: Present and Future,
moderated by Paschos Mandravelis, with speakers Ioannis Stournaras, Haris Kyriazis, Nikos Paizis, Achilleas Gravanis, Evangelos Kalousis, Georgios Doukidis, and Kostas Kaltsas.

You can view Professor Caloghirou’s presentation here.