09:00 - 10:15

PRESENTATIONS OF FORTH INSTITUTES
Chair: Dr. Konstantina Georgiadi, IMS

• Presentation of FORTH, Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis, Chairman of the Board of Directors
• Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (ΙESL), Prof. Spiros Anastasiadis, Director
• Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (ΙΜΒΒ), Prof. Ioannis Vontas, Director
• Institute of Computer Science (ΙCS), Prof. Dimitris Plexousakis, Director
• Institute of Applied & Computational Mathematics (IACM), Prof. Charalambos Makridakis
• Institute for Mediterranean Studies (ΙMS), Prof. Gelina Harlaftis
• Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Dr. Vassilios Burganos, Director

11:00 - 11:35

Chair: Dr. George Tzagkarakis, ICS

Keynote speech
"Perfecting Brain Scans: New Horizons"
Dr. Philippe Ciuciu, Research Director, Co-Head of the Inria-CEA MIND Team, CEA Saclay, NeuroSpin, France

11:35 - 12:15

FORTH PRESENTATIONS

• "Dissecting pathogenesis of emerging respiratory infectious diseases: a bench to bedside approach"
  Prof. Georgios Chamilos, Professor, University of Crete, Affiliated Researcher, Fungal Immunology, IMBB
• "Electronic plants as an innovative platform for reducing environmental health risk factors"
  Dr. Eleni Pavlopoulou, Assistant Researcher, Hybrid Nanostructures Group, IESL

13:45 - 14:20

Session II - Climate, Environment, Energy, Sustainability
Chair: Dr. Christos Aggelopoulos, ICE-HT

Keynote speech
"Sustainable Water Management: Global and Regional Challenges and Opportunities"
Prof. Dionysios (Dion) Dionysiou, Graduate Studies Director, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati

14:20 - 15:20

FORTH PRESENTATIONS

• "Unraveling the elusive Oxygen Reduction Reaction electrokinetics and energetics in PEM Fuel Cells"
  Dr. Stylianos Neophytides, Research Director, Energy - Environment, ICE-HT

• "High-pressure technologies for the study of the deep marine biosphere"
  Dr. Evina Gontikaki, Assistant Researcher, Environment & Circular Economy, IG

• "Earth Observation for Urban Climate and Resilience"
  Dr. Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Research Director, Head of the Remote Sensing Lab, IACM

15:50 - 16:25

Session ΙΙI - Cultural Heritage & Education
Chair: Dr. Georgios Nikolopoulos, IESL

Keynote speech
"Science in Art Conservation and Education: the role of analysis in understanding and treating paintings"
Dr. Austin Nevin, Head of the Department of Conservation, The Courtauld, UK

16:25 - 17:45

FORTH PRESENTATIONS

• "Photonics for heritage science. Expanding the infrastructure, widening synergies"
  Dr. Paraskevi Pouli, Principal Application Scientist, Photonics for Heritage Science Group, IESL

• "Digitization and preservation of traditional crafts"
  Dr. Xenophon Zabulis, Research Director, Computational Vision and Robotics Laboratory, ICS

• "Astronomy education at IA-FORTH: the sky is not the limit!"
  Panagiotis Evangelopoulos, Public Outreach Officer, IA

• "FORTHistory 1983-2023: The Project"
  Dr. Spyros Tzokas, Postdoctoral Researcher, History of Technology, IMS

09:00 - 10:10

PRESENTATIONS OF FORTH INSTITUTES & UNITS
Chair: Dr. Georgios Nikolopoulos, IESL

• Institute of Astrophysics (ΙΑ), Prof. Vassilios Charmandaris, Director
• Institute of Geoenergy (IG), Prof. Nikolaos Pasadakis, Director
• Biomedical Research Institute (BRI), Prof. Savvas Christoforidis, Director
• Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C), Dr. George Papamichail, Director
• PRAXI Network, Panagiotis Karniouras, Director
• Crete University Press (CUP), Dionysia Daskalou, Director
• Mathesis, Dimitris Voudouris, Communication Specialist

10:10 - 10:45

10:45 - 11:20

Chair: Dr. Carol Murphy, BRI

Keynote speech
"Ultra-high sensitivity mass spectrometry workflows for basic biology and biomedicine"
Dr. Matthias Mann, Director, Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany

11:20 - 12:20

FORTH PRESENTATIONS

• "Polygenic risk scores for complex diseases"
  Prof. Evangelos Evangelou, Associate Professor, University of Ioannina, Affiliated Researcher, BRI

• "The evolution of allosteric networks. How do polypeptides function?"
  Dr. George Gouridis, Principal Researcher, Structural Biology, Biophysics - Nanobiotechnology, IMBB

• "Learning treatment effects from multiple data"
  Prof. Sofia Triantafillou, Assistant Professor, University of Crete, Affiliated Researcher, Data Science, IACM

12:20 - 13:10

FORTH Synergy Grants 2020

• "Advanced spectro-bathymetric mapping of shallow seafloor using UAV imagery and deep learning techniques (ACTYS)"
  Dr. Dimitrios Alexakis, Assistant Researcher, Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS, IMS

• "Agile Data Acquisition: Record Polarimetry & Quantum Optics measurements (AGILDA)"
  Dr. Stefanos Papadakis, Research Staff Scientist, Telecommunications and Networks Lab, ICS

• "Animal Limb Morphogenesis (ANILIMO)"
  Dr. Anastasios Pavlopoulos, Assistant Researcher, Developmental Morphogenesis Lab, IMBB

• "Reconstructing the Magnetic field of the Milky way via Astrophysical Techniques and Numerical Simulations (MAGMASIM)"
  Dr. Georgios Pavlou, Postdoctoral Researcher, IA

• "Modelling neurological disorders using graphene-based neurovascular organoids derived from pluripotent human cells (NEUROPHENE)"
  Dr. Christos G. Gkogkas, Principal Researcher, Neurobiology, BRI

"Theodore Papazoglou" FORTH Synergy Grants Evaluators Panel Discussion
Chair: Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis,Chairman of the Board of Directors, FORTH

• Euripides Stephanou, Professor Emeritus, University of Crete, Department of Chemistry, Coordinator of the 1st Call of the Theodore Papazoglou FORTH Synergy Grants
• Spyridon Agathos, Professor Emeritus, Catholic University of Louvain, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Coordinator of the 3rd  & the 4th Calls of the Theodore Papazoglou FORTH Synergy Grants
• Anthony Ephremides, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus & Cynthia Kim Eminent Professor Emeritus of Information Technology University of Maryland College Park, ECE Department and Institute for Systems Research
• Phaedon Kyriakides, Professor, Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics
• Nikos Kyrpides, Senior Scientist, Berkeley Lab, Microbiome Data Science Group Leader, DOE Joint Genome Institute