TEDxEuropeanSustainabilityAcademy

Speakers

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• Dr. Dawid Hanak

  Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Academic Coach

  Dawid is Senior Lecturer at Cranfield University and Academic Coach at Motivated Academic. He aspires to bring a step-change in fighting climate emergency via academic leadership and coaching future energy leaders.

• Evelyn Bakinta

  Founder Chic Greek Gifts| The Cultural Gift Boutique

  Born and raised in Crete, Evelyn came back to the island after studying and working abroad, to help local agrifood businesses' outreach. Her academic background in marketing and European civilization led her to design the brand Chic Greek Gifts and spreading the Greek culture all over the world.

• Gonca Kara Demir

  Senior Research Officer at MCAST, Hub Manager of EIT Climate-KIC Malta Hub

  Gonca has studied Law and holds an LLM degree from University of Sussex on EU and International Trade Law Programme. During that time, she gained experience and knowledge in EU focused ICT and Intellectual Property Rights Law. She has over 10 years of experience working on EU and National Funding Programmes in particular related to ICT, Smart Cities, Environment, and Digital Skills. She helped scientists and innovators scaling up with International & EU Grants and offered tailor-made coaching in preparing successful grant proposals and winning business pitches. Her specialities include project management in EU funding programmes (Horizon 2020, EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities, SME Instrument, Eurostars, EU Procurement, Int’l R&D and Innovation Grants, Venture Capital, etc.), Dissemination of EU-funded projects, Market Analysis, Business Planning and Coaching on Grant Identification.

• Jo-Anne Godden

  Director- RubyMoon CIC

  After many years working in the unsustainable fashion industry, Jo decided to be part of the solution. An advocate of regenerative manufacturing she has pioneered a 'Circle of Impact' business that contributes to both people and planet- her work with materials lowers carbon and can eliminate waste.

• Kostas Bouyouris

  Soil and sustainable food production expert

  Since 2013, Kostas has been a founding member and COO of 'Local Food Experts'. LFE is a Social Co-operative Enterprise situated in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. It mainly operates in the fields of: • Primary sector organizing • Foodstuffs companies’ organizing and development • Sustainable Tourism activities’ organizing and development During 2016-2019 he was the Chief Project Manager for the project “Crete: First steps towards a Sustainable Food Destination” Between 2004 – 2013: Gastronomic tourism networks on Crete, Kostas created networks among farmers which highlight the importance of Cretan diet. These networks were open to visits by guests and visitors to the island. Kostas studied Agricultural Development & Plant Production in the Agricultural University of Athens (1983-1990). He continued with a MSc degree in Ecological Agriculture in Wageningen Agricultural University in the Netherlands (1992-1993). 2004 he travelled to USA to be trained in Biointensive Farming by John Jeavons.

• Michael Spanos

  Founder & Managing Director of Global Sustain Group

  Michael is an Expert Advisor to the European Commission on the Sustainable Development Goals, a member of the founding secretariat of the United Nations Global Compact Network Hellas, member of the Board of Directors of the CEO Clubs, Greece & of the Sustainability Advisory Council of FMC Corporation (USA). He leads projects in sustainable finance, strategy, non-financial reporting, sustainability activities and ESG performance. He speaks at international events and produces global publications on responsible investments, sustainable leadership and innovation. Collaborating with organisations such as PRI, Global Compact, GRI, TCFD, Social Value, European Commission and Parliament, EBRD and EIB. He has held senior positions in a venture capital firm, an investment fund and in the ICAP Group consulting firm. He is a visiting lecturer on the International MBA program AUEB, the Cyprus International Institute of Management and the Maastricht School of Management (Kuwait).

• Prof. Phoebe Koundouri

  Professor of International & European Economic Studies

  Professor Koundouri holds a PhD and MPhil in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Cambridge (UK). She is Chair of Sustainable Development at the School of Economics, Athens University of Economics (AUEB) and Business & President of the European Association of Environmental &Natural Resource Economists. She is listed in the 1% of most-cited women economists in the world, with 15 published books and more than 250 published scientific papers. Prof. Phoebe Koundouri is also the Founder and Scientific Director of the Research laboratory on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability at AUEB and an affiliated Professor at the ATHENA Research and Innovation Center where she directs EIT Climate-KIC Hub Greece. She is also the co-chair of the UN Sustainable Development Network Greece, chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Centre for Research on the Environment and the Economy and of the scientific advisory board of the EU Forest Institute.

• Prof. Theocharis Tsoutsos

  Sustainable Energy & Mobility Systems

  Professor (Environmental Eng School,TU Crete), Member, School Management Committee (2013-2017); Director, Graduate Programme "Environmental Engineering" (2014-2017); Founder & Director, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Lab (ReSEL) (2005-). Chem. Eng. (NTUA,1984); Economist (NKUA,Law School,1990); PhD (NTUA,1990) Head, Development Dept (Centre for Renewable Energy Sources & Energy Saving-CRES-,1992-2005) Adjunct Prof. (Heriot-Watt, W.Attica, Kingston, UK Open,1998-2004) (Energy, Management of Energy Systems, Adv. Ιndustrial& Μanufacturing Systems); Tutor (Greek Open Univ,2001-2014) Member, Management Council (RMEI -réseau méditerranéen des ecoles d'ingénieurs et de management, 2018-) Member, Steering Committee RHC (2018-, European Technology Platform - Renewable Heating-Cooling) Editorial Board Member: Sustainable Cities & Society; Int. J. of Sust Built Environment (Elsevier); Energy Efficiency; Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports (SpringerNature); Energies (mdpi); Energy (AIMS)

• Sofia Yialama

  ESG reporting and sustainable finance

  Senior Sustainability Analyst at DCarbon, Cairo, Egypt. Team Leader at Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc.

• Vee Bougani

  CEO/Co-Founder Sustainable Food Movement Greece | Food Sustainability Expert

  Vee is a social entrepreneur and a Sustainable Culinary Arts Consultant. Her mission is to tackle food waste and promote sustainability in the Culinary Arts Industry. She studied Cultural & Creative Industries at King’s College London and has worked in the Cultural Industry over 10 years in Greece and the UK. She trained and worked as a chef since her early 20s and from 2012 as a Culinary Arts consultant & freelance Food & Travel Editor for platforms such as Time Out Group, Lonely Planet, Forbes Travel Guide, CN Traveller, the Londonist & the Thrillist. Her greatest passion has always been food and her focus is sustainability in the culinary and hospitality industry. While living in London she worked as a Food Sustainability Expert in diverse culinary projects in Europe, USA and the Middle East. She is a social entrepreneurship mentor at the Prince’s Trust International and Founders Nation in Greece, a EIT Food Associate Member for South Europe & a GSTC Certified Practitioner.