2nd Symposium
Bridges in Education, Science and Innovation
Friday, July 7 2023
Eugenides Foundation, Athens, Greece
HIAS 2nd Annual Symposium
You are cordially invited to the 2nd annual symposium of the Hellenic Institute of Advanced Studies (HIAS) on July 7, 2023 at the Eugenides Foundation in Athens, Greece.
The HIAS mission is to build scientific bridges between scientists of the diaspora and colleagues in Greece in STEM-related fields.
This symposium will explore themes and actions for creating and strengthening these bridges. We hope for your active participations and input for further developing HIAS plans.
Focused Sessions
90 mins Panel Discussions
Bridges in Education and Research
Coordinators:
A. Boudouvis (NTUA), E. Kaxiras (Harvard U)
Decarbonization
Coordinators:
M. Triantafyllou (MIT), D. Psaltis (EPFL)
Artificial Intelligence
Coordinators:
D. Bertsimas (MIT), L. Kavraki (Rice U)
Bridges in Innovation
Coordinators:
P. Koumoutsakos (Harvard U), Th. Varvarigou (NTUA)
Panelists
Ion Androutsopoulos
Athens University of Economics and Business
Vassilis Antoniadis
Boston Consulting Group, SE Europe
Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas
Harvard Medical School
Dimitris Bertsimas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andreas Boudouvis
National Technical University of Athens
Eleni Chatzi
ETH Zurich
Stratos Efthymiou
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic
Dimitrios Fafalios
Union of Greek Shipowners/Intercargo
Leonidas Guibas
Stanford University
Lydia Kavraki
Rice University
Efthimios Kaxiras
Harvard University
Petros Koumoutsakos
Harvard University
Panos Koutsourakis
American Bureau of Shipping
Costis Maglaras
Columbia University
Georgios Nounesis
NCSR "Demokritos"
Spyros Pandis
University of Patras
George Pappas
University of Pennsylvania
Demetri Psaltis
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Harilaos Psaraftis
Technical University of Denmark
Spyros Raptis
Innoetics Text-to-speech Technologies
Maria Spiropulu
California Institute of Technology
Andreas Stavropoulos
Threshold VC
Michael S. Triantafyllou
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sofia Triantafyllou
University of Crete
Theodora Varvarigou
National Technical University of Athens
Program
Introduction
Panelists
Coordinators
Keynote Speaker
Panelists
Coordinators
Panelists
Coordinators
Panelists
Coordinators
Information
Symposium Format
The HIAS 2nd Symposium will be held in-person only.
Official Language
The official language of the Symposium will be English. No translation facilities will be available.
Registration Fees
Registration to the Symposium is free of charge.
Internet Access
Free Wi-Fi is available in the Symposium auditorium, as well as throughout the Eugenides Foundation premises.
Symposium Photos
Organizing Committee
Andreas Boudouvis
National Technical University of Athens
Petros Koumoutsakos
Harvard University
George Pappas
University of Pennsylvania
Venue
The symposium will take place at the Eugenides Foundation, commonly known in Athens as the “Planetarium”. It is located close to the city centre, close to the sea front where major touristic and cultural sites (such as Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre) and the new pedestrian walk across the sea front exist.
The Eugenides Foundation Auditorium, one of the first conference venues in Greece, was completely renovated in 2016, while still retaining its original architectural features.
With a capacity of 420 people, modern audio-visual equipment and experienced specialized technical support staff, it is the ideal venue for conferences, presentations and official events.
The auditorium extends over two levels: the main seating area located on the first floor and the gallery on the second. The raised permanent stage has a bench with 10 seats for a panel of speakers and a podium. There are also three interpretation booths. If so required, the auditorium may be linked by a two-way image and sound communication system with the adjoining lecture hall, thus increasing the conference capacity to 540 people.
The auditorium is accessible and friendly to people with mobility impairment and the disabled. It has special positions for wheelchair users and a wheelchair lift allowing access to the stage.
Free Wi-Fi is available in the auditorium, as well as throughout the Eugenides Foundation premises.
The Eugenides Foundation operates in full compliance with all safety and protection measures in the field of hosting conferences and events regarding Covid-19 as they are set by the Greek authorities.
How to get to the Venue
- By car
Via Leoforos Athinon:Via Syntagma Square:
Via Glyfada:
- By the Public Transport
Visit the Eugenides Foundation using the Public TransportThe bus lines that serve the Eugenides Foundation are:
550 (P.Faliro-Kifissia) *Eugenides/Planetarium stop
(Kifissia-P.Faliro) *Onaseio stop
B2 (Agios Kosmas-Akadimia) *Eugenides/Planetarium stop
(Akadimia – Agios Kosmas) *Onaseio stop
A2 (Akadimia – Voula, via Amfitheas) *Iasonos stop
(Voula-Akadimia, via Amfitheas) *Iasonos stop
126 (P.Faliro-Syngrou/Fix metro station) *Trapeza stop
229 (Piraeus – Ag.Dimitrios – Dafni metro station) **Onaseio stop
(Ag.Dimitrios-Dafni metro station-Piraeus) **Iasonos stop
E90 (Panepistimioupoli - Peiraias) * Chrisaki stop
(Peiraias - Panepistimioupoli) *** Chrisaki stop
The trolley line that serves the Eugenides Foundation is:
10 (Halandri – Tzitzifies) *Chrisaki stop
(Tzitzifies – Halandri) * Chrisaki stop
*Above lines are served by Syngrou-Fix metro station
**Above line is served by Dafni metro station
***Above lines are served by HSAP N. Falirou train station.
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