Global Greek Influence- Giota Pimenidou

In the past years, the scientific and research communities have been put in this awkward position to apologise for non-experts' spread of misinformation including that scientists are corrupt because their facts do not align with what has been widely disseminated. Either anonymously through social media or well-established show hosts selectively invite a single guest to promote a specific direction...

With Dr Vassilis Inglezakis (PhD, Chemical Engineer, Reader in Chemical Engineering, and Director of Research at the University of Strathclyde, the U.K.), we discuss the case of Lunar and Martian camps for the planets also deep space exploration: the available hydrogen production systems (fuel cells' water electrolysis), carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen capture technologies for energy, fuels and f...

Are we working smarter, not harder, in the era of AI? In the age of artificial intelligence, businesses and organisations benefit from making informed decisions based on artificial intelligence and machine learning. What happens to those hard-skilled scientists and engineers, including researchers? Have they been working smarter, not harder, professionally? A self-reflective episode, also based on...

Professor Phoebe Koundouri (Athens University of Economics and Business- Greece; Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)) speaks to the Global Greek Influence podcast on "Systems thinking of decision making for sustainable development". We discuss: · keys to sustainably financing climate change mitigation & adaptation across the economy and soc...

The Global Greek Influence podcast will continue to bring exclusive guests' master class discussions as free content every two weeks. Starting this Sunday, subscribers will be able to listen to exclusive content by contributing to the podcast, as currently, platforms in Europe do not give you the option of donations. So, you can keep listening for free to the new guest interviews every two Sundays...

Professor Alexandros Psychogios , a Leadership & International HRM Professor and Director of Research at Birmingham City Business School in the UK, discusses · neuroscience advancing leadership and if leadership is for professional managers only, · adaptive leadership and supporting its development, · HR management in NE and SE Europe and brain gain, · the development of dynamic relationships...

Marios Koutsoukos (PhD candidate in History of Religions in the Late Antiquity at the University of Liverpool (UK)) has also been involved in the international metal music scene, writing lyrics and developing concepts for bands in Greece as well as worldwide and a bass player, since 2004. With Marios, we discuss: - Why is metal music inspired by Greek history and mythology, more so by ancient Spar...

The HELC (Hellenic European Leadership Council) was founded to connect and activate Greeks in the diaspora of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa to help on the principle of common purposes and national interests. With Angeliki Tzampazi and Despoina Tripylioti (HELC members, also the Young Leaders Programme organising committee members) and two of the 2022 HELC Young Leaders, Angeliki Martinou and...

With Dr Kostas Stylidis (CEO and Co-Founder of Intended Future, an Associate Professor at University West and part-time associate researcher at the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), we discuss: intentionally planning our future, living the revival of the roaring 1920s in automobility, why researchers and academics are needed now more than ever in the industry? how AI could utilise engine...

The Pontian Greek Youth of Europe ( OSEPE Youth ) connects 50 Pontian Greek Youth Associations youth departments in Europe Vasileios Agathaggelidis, the Secretary-General of the OSEPE Youth speaks to the Global Greek Influence podcast about the reasons for: past and current attempts to reconnect existing Pontic Greek-speaking populations in Turkey with their cultural      ...

Dr Fotis Filippopoulos (PhD), an innovation management expert, a corporate innovation specialist, an advisor at the European Commission in Innovation, with a business footprint in 15 countries and 5 continents, discusses: - entrepreneurship in the so-called 4th industrial revolution, - the hybrid industry and its connection to synthesis research ( https://lnkd.in/e2_uS4Pr ), - “The Αge on Entangle...

In this special episode, Professor Konstantinos Giapis (Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, CalTech) talks about: · how experiments and proving the Eley–Rideal reaction mechanism theoretically describe large scale reaction mechanisms such as those on the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko for the production of molecular oxygen and methanol and · i...

Dr Alexandros Nikitas ( Reader in Smart Transport, Future Mobility Lab Founding Director, Deputy Director of the Behavioural Research Centre, the University of Huddersfield in the UK- 2022- 2025 Chair of the UTSG (Universities' Transport Study Group) discusses the challenges and implications of the #socio-technical transition to #sustainable #future #transportation, the ‘deceit’ of "connected and...

Captain Efstathios Kyriakidis is the Branch Chief Operations Coordination in the EU Military Staff (EUMS) and Deputy Director of the EU Maritime Area of Interest Coordination Cell (MAICC) and whose career spans over four decades. We discuss aspects of the future crises and managing peace by the EU through: · the contribution of the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in Ukraine, · conside...

Given France's leading position in the EU, we discuss, with George Tassiopoulos (PhD in Political Sciences, empirical and theoretical expert in French and European politics and political parties), the influence of the 2022 French parliamentary elections regarding: - sanctions toward Russia, - the presidential (Macron's) "national and European sovereignty" programme and the president's authority in...

Dr Marios Efthymiopoulos (CEO of the Strategy International strategyinternational.org, specialised in policy crafting and decision-making) discusses: how far Russia’s and China’s "revisionism" could go, the lessons China could take from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, how different the Sino-Russian partnership is compared to the 1950s Sino-Soviet alliance, would China want a weakened, dependent a...

Dr Constantine Stratakis (Chief Scientific Officer, ELPEN, Athens, Greece- Director (Res. A'), Human Genetics & Precision Medicine at Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)), a world recognised leader in utilising genetic linkage and other genome-wide tools to identify small molecules responsible for genetic defects causing a number of human diseases, speaks about: · the reaso...

Dr Eleni Diamanti (Senior researcher / Director of Research CNRS  Sorbonne University, Vice Director of the Paris Centre for Quantum  Computing) is a leading expert on experimental quantum cryptography and communication complexity and the development of photonic resources and protocols for quantum networks. Dr Diamanti discusses the near term benefits of existing quantum technologies the...

With Dr Costas Nikiforidis (Associate Professor of Biobased Materials, Wageningen University, the Netherlands), we discuss: nature as a source of inspiration to meet future solutions in agriculture and medicine, 3D printing a blend of vegetable oil and pea protein paste that mimics lard (making healthier food), the prospects of large-scale 3D printed foods' production in a financially sustainable...

Professor Anna Stefanopoulou (William Clay Ford Professor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) and I discuss: the green energy transition in transportation through hybrid systems and optimising internal combustion engines, batteries in hybrid vehicles and the circular battery ecosystem, AI in internal combustion engines and hydrogen fuel cells, r...

Professor Vasilis Katos (Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of the Computer Emergency Response Team at Bournemouth University (BU-CERT)) is my guest in this episode where we discuss: − cybersecurity in the circular economy for sustainability and climate change, − IoT and circularity-by-design, − AI enhancing cyberdefence, − cryptography in freedom of speech against authoritative regimes. Vasilis als...

Peter Stefanidis is the President of the Pontian Federation in Australia, an IT specialist and enthusiast, filmmaker and YouTuber (My Greek TV, Pontos TV) is my guest in this special episode on - federalising the Pontian Associations in Australia, - promoting the Australian recognition of the Pontic genocide through the Joint Justice Initiative (Pontian Federation as a founding member), also - the...

Energy resilience goes through renewable energy and hydrogen between Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, the impactful geopolitics and hybrid alliances in Europe and the TransPacific. Could the energy transformation and hybrid alliances impact geopolitics, disrupt global trade and multilateral energy relations, reshaping the energy market? Featured opinions: Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (Secretary G...

Dr Jake Sotiriadis, Dr Spyros Plakoudas and Dr Marios Efthymiopoulos bring perspective to NATO’s role under the revamped Russia and China through: · Chinese Neo-Confucianism and Russian Neo-Eurasianism, · NATO’s 21st-century functionalization and its US leadership, · EU foreign affairs. Music: "Fortitude" by Lance Conrad Source: Storyblocks

In the second part of the discussion with Dr Kleanthis Kyriakidis (AUE, College of Security and Global studies) we focus on why Russia, China and Iran support the Syrian government and the impact of Russia's, China's and Iran's influence on Syria's existential future (keeping in mind the Romaic and Christian populations in Syria), if Turkey's, China's and Russia's vision of a future, post-civil or...