Friday, October 11 2024

14th FORTH Retreat Programme.pdf

Registration & Light Lunch (foyer of IOA Conference Center)
All sessions of the day will take place in the Dimitrios Vikellas Amphitheatre

14:45 – 14:55

Welcome – Opening Remarks
Dr. Maria Klapa, ICE-HT Research Director
Chair of the 14^th FORTH Retreat Organizing Committee

14:55 - 15:15

President’s Address
FORTH – How to stay young after 40
Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis, Chairman of FORTH Board of Directors

15:15 - 16:15

DIRECTORS' PRESENTATIONS: SESSION I
BEING A 40+ RESEARCH INSTITUTE: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES
Moderator: Alexandros Lappas, IESL

• Prof. Vasilis Ntziachristos, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL)
• Prof. Ioannis Vontas, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB)
• Prof. Dimitris Plexousakis, Institute of Computer Science (ICS)
• Prof. Charalambos Makridakis, Institute of Applied & Computational Mathematics (IACM)
• Prof. Gelina Harlaftis, Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS)
• Dr. Theophilos Ioannides, Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT)

16:15-16:25

Stavroula Ntoa, Principal Researcher, ICS
Accessibility and User Experience in Digital Applications and Services

16:25-16:35

Panagiotis Moschou, Collaborating faculty member, IMBB
Associate Professor, University of Crete
Limited proteolysis mechanisms in plants for selective protein translation to improve heat tolerance

16:35- 16:45

Konstantina Kalfa, Post-Doctoral Researcher, ΙΜS
The apartment building in the Eastern Mediterranean: a project funded by the ERC Starting Grant 2024

16:45- 16:55

George Vasilakis, Principal Researcher, IESL
Quantum Science & Metrology

16:55- 17:05

Maria Georgiadou, Assistant Researcher, BRI
The road to studying the impact of matrix stiffness to lung cancer cell treatment response

17:05- 17:15

Katerina Nikiforaki, Collaborating Researcher, ICS
Magnetic resonance imaging: Probing information at a sub-anatomical level

17:15 - 18:00

POSTER & DEMO SESSION I: PITCHING PRESENTATIONS
Areas: 1. Nanotechnology/Materials/Microelectronis & 2. Humanities/ Geoinformatics
Chair : Evina Gontikaki, IG

Saturday, October 12 2024
Morning Sessions
All presentation sessions will take place in the Dimitris Vikellas Amphitheatre

08:45 - 10:00

WORKSHOP I
FROM THE RESEARCH RESULT TO PRODUCT EXPLOITATION
Moderator: Maria Klapa, ICE-HT

Panelists
Kostas Vavekis, Director, PRAXI NETWORK
George Papamichail, Director, Science & Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C)
Electra Gizeli, Deputy Director IMBB, Professor Dept. of Biology, U. of Crete, Co-Founder BIOPIX DNA TECHNOLOGY (GR) and AWSensors Dx (ES)
Panos Trahanias, CRO & Co-founder of ORamaVR, Collaborating Faculty Member and Lab Head at ICS, Professor of Computer Science, U. of Crete
Nikolaos Kyriazis, Co-Founder of SceneOpsis
Giannis Zacharakis, Principal Researcher IESL, Co-founder and CEO of KYMATONICS
Achilleas Gravanis (via zoom), Co-founder & CEO of ReNeurocell Therapeutics / Co-founder & BoD Member of BioNature, Collaborating Faculty Member IMBB, Professor of Pharmacology, Medical School, U. of Crete

10:00 - 10:30

DIRECTORS' PRESENTATIONS: SESSION II
BEING A YOUNG INSTITUTE AT FORTH: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES

Moderator: Stavroula Ntoa, ICS

• Prof. Vasilios Charmandaris, Institute of Astrophysics (IA) - via zoom
• Prof. Savvas Christoforidis, Biomedical Research Institute (BRI)
• Prof. Ioannis Yentekakis, Institute of Geoenergy (IG)

10:30 - 10:45

THE GREEK INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENOMICS: THE VISION OF NEWCOMER
Prof. Panos Deloukas, Director, Greek Institute of Human Genomics (GIHG)

10:45 - 10:50

Group Photo (at the foyer of the Conference Centre)

10:50 - 11:45

POSTER & DEMO SESSION I EXHIBITION (1st floor) & Coffee Break

11:45 - 14:30

Ancient Olympia Archaeological Site & Museum tour

14:30 - 15:30

Lunch

Afternoon Sessions

All presentation except the Parallel sessions will take place in the Dimitris Vikellas Amphitheatre

15:30 - 16:20

PRESENTATION SESSION II
FORTH PARTICIPATION IN INFRASTRUCTURES & MISSIONS: FLASH TALKS
Chair: Ioannis Kamarianakis, IACM

• Precision Medicine, Emmanouela Linardaki, IMBB (via zoom)
• BioImaging, Ioannis Zacharakis, IESL
• Hybrid Molecular Imaging Unit - HMIU, George Papadakis, ICS
• ELIXIR-GR, Maria Klapa, ICE-HT
• HDHC, smartHEALTH, PRECISEU: Flagship projects & initiatives addressing digital challenges of the health ecosystem, Dimitris Katehakis, ICS
• AI/HPC Computational Infrastructure, Antonis Chazapis, ICS
• IESL in Infrastructures (LASERLAB, NFFA, RIANA, HELLAS-CH, INNOVATION-EL, EUSMI, ACTPHAST, IPERION HS), Emmanouel Stratakis, IESL
• Air Quality Monitoring Infrastructure, Spyros Pandis, ICE-HT

16:20-16:35

PRESENTATION SESSION III
Regional Development Plans of Crete and Western Greece
Chair: Maria Klapa, ICE-HT

• Eleni Maraki-Mpeladaki, Regional Consultant in the field of Education and Lifelong Learning,
  Region of Crete
• Dr. Nikos Thomopoulos, Head of Programming Unit, Managing Authority of Western Greece

16:35 - 17:45

POSTER SESSION II: PITCHING PRESENTATIONS
Areas: 3. Life Sciences & 4. Mathematical Methods/Informatics/Robotics
Chair : Achilleas Tsortos, IMBB

17:45 - 18:45

POSTER & DEMO SESSION II Exhibition (1st floor) & Coffee Break

18:45 - 20:45

PARALLEL SESSIONS ON INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS IN SEARCH OF SYNERGIES
Panel Discussions

Room 1: Ketseas Room (Ground Floor)

18:45 - 19:45

Bioinformatics/Precision Medicine

Moderators: Irini Fundulaki , ICS; Mathieu Lavigne, IMBB; Maria Klapa, ICE-HT

19:45 - 20:45

Agrobiotechnology

Moderators: Ioannis Vontas, Panagiotis Moschou, IMBB

Room 2: Diem Room (Ground Floor)

18:45 - 19:45

Smart Cities

Moderator: Costantine Stephanidis, ICS

19:45 - 20:45

Natural sciences & Engineering for the Protection of Cultural Heritage

Moderators: Paraskevi Pouli , IESL; Nasos Argyriou ,IMS

Room 3: Amphitheater “D.Vikellas”

18:45 - 19:45

Materials and Methods for Energy & Environment,
Moderators: Emmanouel Glynos, IESL; Christos Aggelopoulos, ICE-HT; Emmanouel Stamatakis, IG

19:45 - 20:45

Integrated Processes for Energy & Environmental Challenges

Moderators: Stavros Pissadakis, IESL; Maria Daletou, ICE-HT; Spyros Bellas, IG

21:30

Gala Dinner in “Αmbrosia" Restaurant in Ancient Olympia town