Author name: Mary Psilou

On June 19 and 20, 2023, the matchmaking event took place between Port Organizations, municipal port funds, marina managers and shipping companies from Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Spain with the start-ups selected from all over Europe and Asia in the framework of the MENA Maritime Accelerator programme. The goal of the MENA Maritime Accelerator is

On Thursday, June 8th, Professor Phoebe Koundouri was invited to give a lecture in the 19th edition of the I.S.E.O. Summer School in Economics held in Iseo, Italy. The I.S.E.O Summer School is a renowned international summer course that focuses on current economic discussions. The theme of the 19th edition was “The World After: Challenges

The 4th Siena Conference on the Future of Europe took place from June 8th to 10th, 2023 in Certosa di Pontignano, Siena (Italy) and it was organized by Vision Think Tank in partnership with the University of Siena and involved various think tanks and European political foundations. The conference focused on four key areas: defense

On Thursday 8th of June, a webinar on “Empowering Sustainability Competences: Utilising the GreenComp Framework for Training Programs” was organised by the IECE with the support of the ETF Community of Innovative Educators, in the framework of the European Week of Skills. During the event, the participants discussed how to apply the GreenComp Framework during

On Thursday 8th of June, a webinar on “Empowering Sustainability Competences: Utilising the GreenComp Framework for Training Programs” was organised by the IECE with the support of the ETF Community of Innovative Educators, in the framework of the European Week of Skills. During the event, the participants discussed how to apply the GreenComp Framework during

Last Friday, June 2nd, Professor Phoebe Koundouri deliver an invited lecture titled: “Strategic and Financial Approaches for the Joint Implementation of the 17 SDGs and the European Green Deal” at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán UADY in Mexico. Professor Koundouri, shared her invaluable knowledge and expertise on how we can effectively tackle global challenges by

This workshop focused on “Agri-food: Indicators, Trends, Publications and Innovation” and took place on Tuesday, 6th of June 2023. The workshop was organized by ATHENA RC and is part of the Adaptation to Climate Change Living Lab. It gave the chance to participants to familiarize with the STI Viewer, an Interactive AI-assisted, data and visualization

From the 30th of May until the 1st of June 2023, the second project meeting of the ERASMUS+ CATALYST project took place in the premises of ISCTE in Lisbon, Portugal. AUEB was represented by Ms Lydia Papadaki (Researcher, PhDc at AUEB) and Ms Eleni Toli (Senior researcher). In this meeting, the partners discussed the development

On Monday 29th of May, the 8th “Blue Growth Piraeus” Innovation Competition for the Blue Economy was organized by the Municipality of Piraeus, the University of Piraeus, and the Center for the Promotion of Young Enterprises of the Municipality of Piraeus. Ms. Lydia Papadaki (Researcher, Athens University of Economics and Business, ATHENA RC) participated as

On Tuesday, May 23, Prof. Phoebe Koundouri gave a keynote speech at the “Search Matters” seminar organized by the European Patent Office (EPO). This seminar serves as a platform for lectures and workshops focused on patent application searches. This year’s theme was ‘Searching for Sustainability’. During her speech, entitled “Science-based Solution Pathways for Climate Neutrality”,