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Within the collaboration of the Technical University of Crete with the Norwegian University of Agder, a workshop entitled "Days of Innovation 2018" was organized on Friday, April 20, 2018, at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chania in Chania, Crete, Greece.

TUC was represented by the Rector, the Vice Rectors, and several professors of the Institution and the University of Agder was represented by Prof. Martin Wulf Gerdes and International Relations Adviser Dmytro Yakovenko. Mrs Elisabeth Lothe, Deputy Head of Mission represented the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Athens.

You may watch the workshop here.

17:00 Welcome speeches 

• Prof. Evan Diamadopoulos, Rector, Technical University of Crete
• Apostolos Voulgarakis, Vice Governor, Region of Crete 
• Antonios Rokakis, President, Chania Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Spiros Sofianos, President, Technical Chamber of Greece, Department of Western Crete
• Prof. Nikolaos Nikolaidis, School of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete

17:30 "Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at University of Agder"

Dmytro Yakovenko, Division of Research Management, University of Agder

17:50 "e- HealthTechnologies at University of Agder"

Prof. Martin Wulf Gerdes, Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Agder

18:10 "Translating Biophotonics and Spectral Imaging Research to Global Market Products"

Prof. Costas Balas, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, President of the Greek Photonics Association

18:30 "Building an Innovation Ecosystem in Crete"

Dr. Maria Makridaki, Technology Transfer Consultant - ‎PRAXI Network

18:50 "Entrepreneurship, Research & Development, and Innovation: Where do we stand in Crete?"

Prof. Fotis Pasiouras, School of Production Engineering and Management; Scientific Director, Innovation House, Technical University of Crete

19:15  Discussion

The workshop was fully supported via a grant financed by the European Economic Area (EEA) Financial Mechanism 2009-2014 (Bilateral Relations).