The event and discussion with Mariana Mazzucato, centered on her book The Entrepreneurial State, was successfully completed on Thursday, May 19, 2016, at the National Research Foundation.

The book has been successfully translated into Greek by Professor Yannis Caloghirou of NTUA, who was responsible for the introduction and editing, and by Petros Papazachariou, who did the translation.

The event was open to the public and co-organized by the Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics, the National Documentation Centre, and Kritiki Publications.

The discussion was opened by Kostas Fotakis, Deputy Minister of Research and Innovation, followed by key contributions from the speakers:

• Yannis Caloghirou, Professor of Technological, Economic, and Industrial Strategy at the National Technical University of Athens

• Kostis Vaitsos, Emeritus Professor at the University of Athens

• Evi Sachini, Director of the National Documentation Centre

The central speaker, Mariana Mazzucato, continued the discussion with an impressive and captivating lecture, followed by questions and remarks regarding the author’s points.

Mariana Mazzucato is a Professor of the Economics of Innovation, holding the RM Philips Chair at the University of Sussex and SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit), Europe’s first interdisciplinary research center focusing on Research, Technology, and Innovation policies, founded 50 years ago by innovation studies pioneer Professor Chris Freeman.