Speakers

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  Christos Frangonikolopoulos Professor of International Relations in the Department of Journalism and Mass Media at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  

  Christos Frangonikolopoulos

  Professor of International Relations in the Department of Journalism and Mass Media at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

  Christos Frangonikolopoulos is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Journalism and Mass Media at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a Jean Monnet Chair in Journalism of European Integration. He studied Politics and Governance and earned his PhD in International Relations from the University of Kent (Canterbury, UK).

  He is the author of EU: The Inevitable Challenge of Democratic Legitimization (Epikentro, 2017), The Global Role of Non-Governmental Organizations (Sideris, 2007), The Democratization of Global Governance: An Introduction to Cosmopolitan Democracy (with F. Proedrou, Sideris, 2010), “National Issues” in the Whirlpool of the Media (with G. Pleios, Sideris, 2011), and International Conflicts: Management and Resolution (with A. Heraclides and G. Kostakos, I. Sideris, 2004). He has also edited or co-edited volumes including Media, Society and Politics (I. Sideris, 2005) and The Present and Future of Greek Foreign Policy (I. Sideris, 1995).

  He has published more than 40 book chapters and articles in leading journals such as Global Society, The Round Table, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, Diplomacy and Statecraft, and Global Discourse, among others. He is also co-editor of Transnational Celebrity Activism: Changing the World? (Intellect / University of Chicago Press, 2011).

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  Achilleas Gravanis CEO ReNeuroCell Thearapeutics
  

  Achilleas Gravanis

  CEO ReNeuroCell Thearapeutics

  Achilleas Gravanis, former Professor of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, and Researcher at the Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (IMBB), FORTH (Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas). He is an Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at the School of Pharmacy, Northeastern University, Boston.

  He has served as a member of the European Commission’s Biomedical Research Programme Committee, a member of the Council of the Hellenic Authority for Higher Education Quality Assurance (HAHE), and President of the Sectoral Scientific Council of Life Sciences of the National Council for Research & Technology (NCRT).

  He has also served as a member of the Scientific Council of the Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation (HFRI), responsible for Life Sciences, and as an Associate Principal Investigator at Emulate, a spin-off of the Wyss Institute/Harvard Medical School.

  He is a co-founder of the biotechnology spin-off companies Bionature SA and ReNeuroCell Therapeutics, which are engaged in the development of new therapies for neurodegenerative diseases and brain injury.

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  Anna Diamantopoulou President of the think tank “DIKTYO,” Former EU Commissioner, Former Minister
  

  Anna Diamantopoulou

  President of the think tank “DIKTYO,” Former EU Commissioner, Former Minister
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  Lilian Mitrou Professor of Law, Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean
  

  Lilian Mitrou

  Professor of Law, Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean
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  Giorgos Chatzivasileiou PhD in Philosophy of Technology, Author of Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Columnist
  

  Giorgos Chatzivasileiou

  PhD in Philosophy of Technology, Author of Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Columnist