The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Units of the National Technical University of Athens, the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Athens University of Economics and Business, the Technical Institute of Athens, and the Agricultural University will participate in a joint discussion, giving the audience the opportunity to learn about their actions and future plans. The discussion is entitled “How is research connected to entrepreneurship? Does innovation create opportunities?” and will be held at the “Technopolis” of the Municipality of Athens on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, from 18:00 to 21:00.

The discussion is moderated by Antonis Economou, project manager of the INNOVATHENS Entrepreneurship and Innovation Hub of the Municipality of Athens.

Heads of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Units (IU):

• Yiannis Kalogirou, Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering, NTUA
• Spyros Lioukas, Professor at the Department of Administrative Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics
• Panagiotis Petrakis, Professor at the School of Law, Economics and Political Sciences, University of Athens
• Athanassios Nasiopoulos, Professor at the Department of Electronics, TEI of Athens
• Stylianos Rozakis, Associate Professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Development, Agricultural University