TEDxNTUA

Speakers

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• Chara Kontochristou

  Chara Kontochristou is a content creator who first became known through her POV vlogs and is now involved in a range of different content projects. She is the host, producer, and co-creator of the series “Architecture for Your Ice Cream”, ensuring the content fits social media platforms.

• Dimitris Barmpas

  Dimitris Barbas (Mr. Music) is a music content creator, vocal coach, and host of the Home Studio Podcast. He creates content centered on music, storytelling, and vocal expression, featuring interviews and in-depth analyses of artists from Greece and abroad, while also approaching music as a powerful tool for inspiration and personal growth.

• Dimitris Samolis

  "Dimitris Samolis is an actor, singer and songwriter. A graduate of the National Theatre of Greece Drama School as well as the Athens Law School, he has participated in numerous productions, including performances at the Epidaurus Festival and the National Theatre, as well as television series such as ""Agries Melisses"" and ""Floga kai Anemos"". He has released four personal music albums: one in English: ""Popetry"" (2015), and three in Greek: ""Ena Siban Sta Metra Sou"" (2017), ""Pinokio"" (2020), and ""To Epos Tou Chorismou Mou Tha Eprepe Na Didasketai Sta Sxoleia"" (2025). He wrote and stars in his first theatrical play titled ""Strakastroukes"", which is now in its third consecutive year, touring theaters across Greece."

• Elena Papadimitriou

  Elena is a journalist. She studied Journalism at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a Master’s degree in Political Science and Sociology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has been working for 25 years, mainly in television and radio, focusing on news and current affairs programmes. She has covered elections, referendums and humanitarian crises through journalistic assignments outside Greece. In 2025, she received an award from the Athanasios V. Botsis Foundation for the Promotion of Journalism.

• Eleni Kavvada

  "Eleni Kavvada was born and raised in Athens. She studied fashion design in Milan and Florence. She has completed an internship at the fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo and spent six years working alongside designer Giorgos Eleftheriades. In 2021, she founded the brand 240791, known for the unconventional silhouettes and volumes of its creations. She has presented her collections twice at Paris Fashion Week and once at Milan Fashion Week, while also participating in fashion shows in Athens."

• Nassos Katsamanis

  Nassos Katsamanis is a researcher and entrepreneur in the field of artificial intelligence, with a focus on voice technologies and human-machine interaction. He is the co-founder of Auxilis AI, where he develops voice-based digital assistants aimed at improving access to healthcare. He also holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and serves as Director of Research at the "Athena" Research Center. His work focuses on leveraging cutting-edge artificial intelligence in solutions that create meaningful real-world impact.

• Nora Drakou

  "Nora Drakou is a swimmer who has competed in four Olympic Games. She is a two-time European medalist and a finalist at the World Championships in 2013 and 2024. In addition, she has won nine Mediterranean medals and holds forty Greek national records. She has recorded the most victories in Greek National Championships in the history of Greek swimming. She has been a member of the Greek National Team since 2008, and in 2027 she will celebrate twenty years competing at the highest level. For the past two years, she has served as the athletes’ representative on the Hellenic Olympic Committee. At the same time, she is studying Philology at the University of Patras. She loves everything related to sport and art. In her free time, she enjoys reading and taking long walks with her dog. The phrase that has followed her since the early years of her career is: “Don't waste the time that you have created.”"

• Stergios Vakalis

  Stergios Vakalis is an Assistant Professor of Energy Processes at the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens. His work focuses on energy analysis, thermochemical biofuel production, and energy systems modeling. His research also emphasizes the energy transition of island regions and the development of sustainable, “green” island systems. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal Nature Scientific Reports (Springer).

• Thanos Ioannidis

  Thanos Ioannidis is an architect and co-founder of the design-build practice Erion Workshop. Through his studio, he creates architectural narratives that he follows from the first sketches to their construction. At the same time, together with Chara Kontochristou, he created the series “Architecture for Your Ice Cream”, with the aim of bringing architecture back into public discussion and closer to social media platforms.

• Yannis Daglis

  Yannis Daglis is a Professor at the University of Athens, a Member of the International Academy of Astronautics, and Greece’s National Representative to international space-related organizations. He served as the first President of the Hellenic Space Center (2020–2025). He has been invited as an expert and evaluator by NASA, the European Commission, and numerous national funding agencies.