Speakers

Athanasios Kalogeras holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece. He currently holds the position of Research Director at the Industrial Systems Institute of the Athena Research and Innovation Center.

His research interests include cyber physical systems and their sub class industrial control systems, industrial internet of things (IIoT), flexible manufacturing systems, collaborative manufacturing, industrial integration and interoperability. Research in the above research sectors can be applied in diverse application areas including the manufacturing environment, critical infrastructure protection, smart cities, smart buildings, smart energy, tourism / culture.

He has extensive over 25 years of experience in the implementation, management and coordination of European and national funded projects, and has been involved in over 45 projects with roles ranging from member of the project team, to technical manager, to project manager, and project coordinator.

He has over 80 scientific publications in journals, book chapters and conference proceedings. He has participated as a member of the program committee in more than 30 conferences and has served as reviewer in several conferences and scientific journals.

He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece and a Senior Member of IEEE.