Open Innovation | Vassilios Makios | TEDxNTUA

Vassilios Makios received his Electrical Engineering degree from the Technical University in Munich, and the Ph.D from the Max Planck Institute for Plasmaphysics. He is an honorary research professor of Carleton University. From 1977 he was a professor of Engineering in the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Patras. He has published over 150 papers and numerous patents. He has received the silver medal and the golden medal of the German Electrical Engineering Society (VDE).

He has served as President of the Research Center Athena. In 2006, he co-founded the Hellenic Technology Clusters Initiative-Corallia. He plays an instrumental role in the design and implementation of interventions introduced by Corallia with a vision “to sustain a Greek environment with the right framework conditions to allow sciences, innovation and entrepreneurship to flourish again” and ultimate goal “to establish the brand Innovation Designed in Greece”. Vassilios Makios received his Electrical Engineering degree from the Technical University in Munich, and the Ph.D from the Max Planck Institute for Plasmaphysics. He is an honorary research professor of Carleton University. From 1977 he was a professor of Engineering in the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Patras. He has published over 150 papers and numerous patents. He has received the silver medal and the golden medal of the German Electrical Engineering Society (VDE).