MISSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
The Scientific Committee is composed of mentors and plays a key role in supporting the teams that join Light Hub.
The Scientific Committee (Advisory Board) and has an advisory role. Its purpose is to provide support to the Management Board through feedback from the evaluation of the structure’s activities. At the same time, it is responsible for ensuring the transparency and meritocracy of the admission of beneficiaries to the structure, as it will be responsible for selecting from the list of mentors at least three (3) suitable evaluators for each application for admission.
MEMBERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Nikos Panayiotou
Member of the Scientific Committee
Associate Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Journalism and Media, Head of DCN Global
Petros Soukoulias
Head of Scientific Committee
Digital Transformation & Technology Innovation Specialist, Board Member SEEMS P.C.
Georgios Atsalakis
Member of the Scientific Committee
Associate Professor, Technical University of Crete, Laboratory of Data Analysis and Forecasting
Prof. Panagiotis Ketikidis
Member of the Scientific Committee
Vice President of Research & Innovation CITY College, EBAN Board Member
Ioannis Kessanlis
Member of the Scientific Committee
Economist, registered evaluator of funding proposals
Thodoris Spiliotis
Athonite Management Founder, Author
Author of the book The Monk Who Became CEO - 1000 Years of Athonite Management, inventor of Athonite Management, scientific collaborator at the Institute of Continuous Training of the Hellenic Armed Forces.
MENTORS - JURORS
Leading professionals, thought leaders and experts with international awards and experience participate as mentors in the Light Hub.
They are the heart of the support structure. They provide practical guidance to the teams, act as assessors for the transition to the 2nd stage of support. At the same time they provide important support and guidance to the steering committee and coordinators with the aim of improving the functioning of the structure.
Peter Economides
Global Brand Strategist
Peter Economides is an internationally renowned brand strategist. He is the Founder of Felix BNI and is the former Executive Vice President & Worldwide Director of Client Services at McCann Erickson Worldwide and Head of Global Clients at TBWAWorldwide.
Marika Lambrou
Business Consultant, Author
Marika Lambrou is an author, business consultant, board member of DEPA, Entersoft and Focus Bari. She has more than 30 years of successful executive experience in major Greek and multinational companies (BSH, HP, Microsoft, SingularLogic, Intersys, KAYKAS), as General Manager and CEO.
Marina Hatsopoulos
Entrepreneur & Writer (windystreet.com), Speaker, Tedx
Marina Hatsopoulos is an entrepreneur in the technology sector and participates as a financial expert on the boards of companies, both public and private, and is a member of the MIT Corporation's Mechanical Engineering Visiting Committee and the advisory board of MIT Enterprise Forum Greece.
Steve Vranakis
Global Creative Director
Executive Creative Director at Google, an award winning creative who has worked on the launch of the iPhone and Amazon in the UK with NASA (Space Lab), The UN, UNICEF.
Thanasis (Tom) Katsioulas
Business & Ecosystem Strategist
Thanasis (Tom) Katsioulas from Silicon Valley, has extensive operational and business experience in high technology for Fortune 50 companies and startups. He is president of the Global Semiconductor Alliance Trusted IoT Ecosystem Security (TIES).
Leda Karabella
Corporate Reputation Strategist, Leadership / Performance Coach
Leda's career spans over 25 years of global executive-level experience in international management, public affairs and strategic philanthropy, leading projects at Stanford Business School and working with Fortune 50 companies such as BP and Microsoft, with physical and virtual teams in multiple countries.
Vasilios Makios
Head of the Corallia Unit, Professor Emeritus, University of Patras
Professor Jeff French
Global Thought Leader on Behavioral Influence
Professor Jeff French is a world-renowned thought leader in the fields of behavioural influence, social marketing, social communication and program planning and evaluation. He has published over ninety academic papers, five books and several guides and tool kits on his subject.
Angela Makris
International Social Researcher
Phd Cand University of South Florida
Maria Bozoglou
Founder of ITALY LINES
Maria was born in Thessaloniki in 1961, studied and worked in Italy in the field of international transport and returned to Greece in 1991 where she founded ITALY LINES.
Elias Kyriakakis
CIO, Former Board Member of Grecotel
He was born in Rethymno, Crete, was a professor of Computer Science and was a manager in key positions of high responsibility in Greek and international industries and Director of Public Limited Companies and Organizations (BrainWare SA, Akropolis Technopolis SA, IFS Hellas SA, etc.), CIO and member of the Board of Directors of Grecotel SA.
Prodromos Monastiridis
Head of Marketing & Sponsorship - Thessaloniki Concert Hall.
Head of Marketing & Sponsorship - Thessaloniki Concert Hall. Author of the book "MARKETING, INNOVATION & CULTURE"
Dr Fiori A. Zafeiropoulou
Social Entrepreneur & Academic
Director of Fashion Ethics Management Projects, Athens University of Economics and Business, Founder of SOFFA & Fashion Revolution Greece
Nikos Christakis
Managing Director, Greece and Cyprus at HP
Award-winning Senior Business leader with over 20 years of experience in IT sales.
Anastasios Tzikas
President of TIF, President of TECHNOPOLI THESSALONIKIS S.A.
Anastasios (Tasos) Tzikas graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and was one of the founders of Singular Northern Greece SA. He is President of TIF - HELEXPO SA since 2011 and of the High Technology Business Park "Technopolis Thessaloniki" since 2001.
Giannis Kalogerakis
Instructor - Business Executives Trainer
Dr. Kalogerakis, founder of JMK Training, was born in Crete in 1957. He teaches the people-centred approach and has worked in various management positions for national and multinational companies in the UK, Middle East, Greece and Cyprus.
Dimitrios Giannakopoulos
IT Enterprise Architect & Consultant
Dimitris Giannakopoulos is an IT Enterprise Architect & Consultant and President of ADEKA, LLC, with many years of experience in architecture and development of IT applications in the U.S.A.
Michel Van Den Berg
Serial Intrapreneur | Digital Transformer | Innovator
Two decades of Strategy and Tech Consulting, Entrepreneur & Startup Founder & Executive. Specializing in building and leading brands and product teams to achieve digital/mobile superiority.
Mahi Simeonidou
CEO Agroapps
Mahi Simeonidou is a PhD from the Faculty of Agriculture of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, founder and CEO of Agroapps, a leading Greek company in the field of smart agriculture.
Dimitris Skourogiannis
Expert in Multidisciplinary Design Innovation / Unique Experience Enhancement / Effective Learning Journeys Generator
Calliope Kavalari
HR Training Manager
Kalliopi Kavalari is a leading HR executive with many years of experience in the hospitality industry. She is HR Training Manager, at Marriott International, Costa Navarino.
George Veroulis
ELINOIL Group Public Relations Officer
Dr Fotis Filippopoulos
Corporate Innovation Specialist
Dr. Fotis Filippopoulos is a corporate innovation specialist with a 20-year track record and professional footprint in 15 countries on 5 continents.
George Manolis
Managing Partner ONELITY
He is an engineer with more than 15 years of work experience in IT project management for leading companies, a founding member of TECHSALONIKI, and runs the European smart shoring company ONELITY.
Konstantinos Karamanis
Technical Coordinator - Enterprise Europe Network Hellas
Georgios Atsalakis
Member of the Scientific Committee
Associate Professor, Technical University of Crete, Laboratory of Data Analysis and Prediction.
Nikos Zachariadis
Lancom, Group Chief Commercial Officer
Nikos Zachariadis with 25 years of experience in business, sales and management, has been working for the last 7 years as Group Chief Commercial Officer at Lancom Group.
Artemis Gregoriadou
Lancom, Communications & Marketing Manager
Artemis is an Economist and Marketing & Communications Manager at Lancom.
George Kokkas
Director of Entrepreneurship Center - American College of Thessaloniki
George Kokkas is the Director of the Entrepreneurship Center at the American College of Thessaloniki (ACT). He has more than 25 years of experience in business development, start-ups, regional development.
Charis Kalliaras
E-Trikala - Special Assistant to the Mayor of Trikala
Strategic & Operational Planning
Gregory Gregoriadis
CEO ITALY LINES
Chief Executive Officer at ITALY LINES International Transports-Logistics SA
Dimitris Karakoulas
Business Consultant, Leadership & Change Management Specialist
Dimitris has many years of experience as a senior leader, having held senior management positions in some of the world's most popular companies (Porsche, Rolls Royce, GM, BMW, Audi, WV, Fiat, Renault and Ford).
Kostas Dermousis
Business Growth Interventionist, Author
Partner of Wilson Learning SEM and Master Trainer of Wilson Learning Europe in innovation, sales, negotiation and management training programs. He has trained executives in Greece, Cyprus, Belgium, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon and the Balkans. At the same time, he is Training Design Director at interFRONTIERS-interKNOWLEDGE (Cy).
