EURECA-PRO

Igniting Innovation:
The EURECA-PRO Flagship Debut

At the Language Centre of the Technical University of Crete | Chania
25 Sep, 2025
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The “Igniting Innovation: The EURECA-PRO Flagship Debut” event marks an important milestone for the EURECA-PRO Alliance. It will highlight the key achievements of the first Core Groups and officially present and establish the first EURECA-PRO Flagships.

Open to all researchers (Professors, Post Docs, PhD Students) of EURECA-PRO Partner Institutions, the event will take place both onsite and online on the 25th of September 2025 at The Language Centre of the Technical University of Crete, in Chania, Crete. 

Target audience:

  • Academics who are already involved in an emerging Flagship, as this will be an opportunity for them to exchange with other academics interested to contribute to its co-construction.
  • Academics who are interested to join the EURECA-PRO momentum and would like to present new ideas or perspectives in relation to the EURECA-PRO strategic challenges for the emergence of new core groups.

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Event type: Hybrid

Registration Start Date: 1 July, 2025

Registration End Date: 31st August, 2025

Other information: Will be provided to the selected participants via Moodle

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Benoit Grasser

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Noni Maravelaki

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EURECA-PRO Strategic Challenges and Flagships

10:30-11:30

Α. Presentation of the general process for the emergence of flagships
The EURECA-PRO strategic descriptors, concept and development of flagships, flagship as a backbone in a long-term view of the European University, Status of emergence process.
Β. Moving forward towards Flagships Proposals
Share and present research identified in the REVIEW WEEK (Nancy), strengthening networks between academics and moving forward towards the establishment of the first Flagships Proposals.

Eleni Mylona

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Afroditi Fotiou

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Connecting Flagships and the EURECA-PRO I&E Programme

12:00-12:30

Noni Maravelaki

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Wouter Schroeyers

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Marcin Gorski

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Eryk Goldmann

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Michail Galetakis

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Nikos Skoutelis

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Klimis Aslanidis

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Dia Andreouli

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Workshop: Sustainable building materials

12:30-13:30

Full programme

  • 9:30-10:00
    Registration
  • 10:00-10:30
    Welcome
    Presenter: Welcome and presentation by TUC Vice Rector of Research and Innovation Prof. Konstantinos-Alketas Oungrinis
  • 10:30-11:30
    EURECA-PRO Strategic Challenges and Flagships
    Presenters: Benoit Grasser (UL), Noni Maravelaki (TUC)
  • Α. Presentation of the general process for the emergence of flagships
    The EURECA-PRO strategic descriptors, concept and development of flagships, flagship as a backbone in a long-term view of the European University, Status of emergence process.
  • Β. Moving forward towards Flagships Proposals
    Share and present research identified in the REVIEW WEEK (Nancy), strengthening networks between academics and moving forward towards the establishment of the first Flagships Proposals.
  • 11:30-12:00
    Coffee Break
  • 12:00-12:30
    Connecting Flagships and the EURECA-PRO I&E Programme
    Presenters: Eleni Mylona (TUC) and Afroditi Fotiou (TUC)
  • 12:30-13:30
    Workshop: Sustainable building materials
    Presenters: Noni Maravelaki (TUC), Wouter Schroeyers (UH), Marcin Gorski (SUT), Eryk Goldmann (SUT), Michail Galetakis (TUC), Nikos Skoutelis (TUC), Klimis Aslanidis (TUC), Dia Andreouli (MIRTEC)
  • 13:30-14:30
    Light Lunch
  • 14:30-16:30
    Flagship proposals presentations
    Presenters: Researchers from the different partner institutions who are present at the event showcase their proposals.
  • 16:30- 18:00
    Parallel Sessions (five Strategic Challenges)
    • Strategic Challenge A: led by Noni Maravelaki (TUC)
    • Strategic Challenge B: led by TBD
    • Strategic Challenge C: led by TBD
    • Strategic Challenge D: led by Nikolaos Diangelakis (TUC) & Lefteris Doitsidis (TUC)
    • Strategic Challenge E: led by TBD
  • 18:00
    Wrap-up from the EURECA-PRO team
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Konstantinos-Alketas Oungrinis

Director of Start-up network Saxeed (TUBAF)

His expertise is in the application of modern technologies and the development of methodologies that create a participatory, human-centered research and application framework, aiming to enhance everyday life and to change the paradigm in contemporary society. Modern technologies are understood as an interface between man and space, at all levels, from concept to experience. He has developed two specific approaches for the successful implementations of IT in design titled Spatial Economy and Sensponsive Architecture. His thematic areas of study are interdisciplinary, rooted in the field of architecture and from there on branching out mainly into the domains of psychology, neuroscience, interactive media, robotics, and computer science. In particular, in the field of applications in education and the educational space, his work investigates the participatory process of improving the spatial imprint of social activities, the integration of new technologies in every-day living, and the interdisciplinary synergy in social innovation, promoting the enhancement of the experiential impact of the “space”, transforming it to “place”. Its contribution to applied research is presented through the implementation of 51 main and 31 pilot research projects, completed or in progress. He is the author of 2 books, has edited 4 books and has 86 scientific publications. He has 17 national and international awards, including the Europe 40 under 40 Architecture Award (2008). 

Kostis holds a Diploma in Architecture and a Master’s Degree in Architecture. He holds a PhD in Architecture and Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1994) with a PhD thesis at the same University on Structural Morphology and Mobile Structures in Changing Spaces (2009). Between 2004-2006 he was a Visiting Research Associate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design [GSD].

Noni Maravelaki

Director of Start-up network Saxeed (TUBAF)

Pagona Noni Maravelaki, PhD, Chemist, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Full Professor at the School of Architecture, Founder and Head of the Lab Materials for Cultural Heritage and Modern Building (MaCHMoB) of the Technical University of Crete, Greece, with a 35 years’ experience in materials and techniques used for building renovation and monument conservation. 

She has published more than 180 journal, chapters in books and conference articles, Scopus Author ID: 6603617131, ORCID: 0000-0002-8776-6695, Number of citations: 4069, h-index=33, i10-index=63 (Google Scholar). She has served as Editor and Guest Editor of 3 Books dealing with nanomaterials for Buildings and Conserving Stone Architecture with MDPI and Springer Editions, respectively. She has participated in national and European research projects as project leader (25), principal investigator (15) and as a member of the project team (9). She is member and WP coordinator of the RILEM Technical Committee “LHS-Specifications for testing and evaluation of lime-based repair materials for historic Structures”, and she is serving as Expert in the RILEM Technical Activities Committee, Cluster E: Masonry, Timber and Cultural Heritage. 

She is included in the top 2% Scientists worldwide for her overall research work according to the classification of Stanford University.

Eleni Mylona, Ph.D.

Director of Start-up network Saxeed (TUBAF)

Eleni Mylona joined the TUC-EURECA-PRO team in October 2022. Eleni has been an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Maryland Global College (2010-2020), an Adjunct Scientist (2006-2010), following a Post-Doctoral Fellow position (2005-2006), at the Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, FORTH, Greece, and a Post-Doctoral Fellow position at the Dept. of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology at Emory University School of Medicine, USA (2003-2005). 

Eleni earned her Doctoral degree in Applied Physiology, with a minor in Cell/Molecular Biology and her Master degree in Exercise Science, both with distinction, from the Department of Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Toledo, USA, in 2003 and 1998, respectively. Her undergraduate degree (B.Sc.) in Physical Education and Exercise Science was completed with distinction at the Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, in 1996. Eleni’s research focused on the cellular and molecular mechanisms that dictate cell movement in skeletal muscles inflammation and repair as well as the mechanical and chemical cues that affect cancer cell metastasis. Eleni has taught a number of lectures and laboratory classes in Biology and Physiology, both at the undergraduate and graduate level at The University of Toledo, Emory University, and the University of Maryland Global Campus. She has received the “Outstanding Teaching Award” for three consecutive years (2019 to 2022) as well as nominated for the “Drazek Teaching Excellence Award” for faculty at UMGC (2013). Her published research work includes 10 journal papers and according to Google Scholar, has been cited more than 800 times by other researchers (h-index: 11). 

As a member of EURECA-PRO, Eleni collaboratively and actively designs and implements courses, mainly in the area of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E).

Afroditi Fotiou

Director of Start-up network Saxeed (TUBAF)

Afroditi Fotiou is a Civil Engineer (M.Sc.) with academic and professional background in sustainable construction and cultural heritage preservation. A graduate of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA, 2007), she further specialized with postgraduate studies in Energy Efficiency in the Building Sector (Technical University of Munich, 2010) and the Integrated Protection of Historically Built Environment (Technical University of Crete, 2018). 

Since 2014, she has been a Research Associate at the Technical University of Crete (TUC), contributing to European and national research projects in energy efficiency, renewable resources, and traditional/innovative building materials for both cultural heritage conservation and modern sustainable construction.

As an active member of the EURECA-PRO TUC team (since 2021), she has played key roles in education, research and innovation, serving as Academic Coordinator in Phase 1.0, while also driving Capacity Building initiatives and contributing to the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Programme in Phase 2.0.

Wouter Schroeyers

Director of Start-up network Saxeed (TUBAF)

Prof. dr. Wouter Schroeyers is Full Professor for Nuclear Technology at Hasselt University. 

He is the head of the educational management team for Nuclear Technology and researcher at the Nuclear Technology research group (NuTeC) of the Centre for Environmental Sciences (CMK). He has over 15 years’ experience in researching the radiological and environmental aspects of residue recycling and waste management. Formerly, he was the chair of the COST Action NORM4Building (2014-2017). 

Currently, he is PI for UHasselt for the H2020 RadoNORM project. His main research interests are the recycling of NORM, characterisation of residues during nuclear decommissioning and immobilisation of radiological residues in cementitious binders.

Marios Ioannidis

Director of Start-up network Saxeed (TUBAF)

Marios Ioannidis has a degree in Digital Systems from the University of Piraeus. He graduated from the School of Applied Arts “Ornerakis” with a scholarship in animation. In 2020 he finished the postgraduate degree “Design of Digital Cultural Product”, with a scholarship, at the University of the Aegean.

He is pursuing a PhD related to storytelling methodology in immersive Virtual Reality games. He is an external researcher at the Laboratory of TIE Lab (Technical University of Crete) and the Laboratory of Image, Sound and Cultural Representation (University of the Aegean). He has participated in many research projects, including developing Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Projection Mapping, etc.

Efstathios Bikos

Director of Start-up network Saxeed (TUBAF)

Stathis Bikos holds a degree in Production & Management Engineering from the Technical University of Crete. He is active in the fields of prototype production, research and development, innovation, rapid prototyping, and industrial 3D design. For many years, he has collaborated with the Spatial Information Systems research group (SenseLAB) of the Laboratory of Geodesy and Geoinformatics at the Technical University of Crete, under the direction of Professor Panagiotis Partsinevelos. The SenseLAB research team at the Technical University of Crete, in addition to scientific publications, has received European and international awards in the fields of innovation and unmanned aerial vehicle systems. Specifically, the team achieved first place worldwide in the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC), organized by the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA), with Drones2GNSS—a complete system capable of rapidly mapping locations even outside satellite coverage. 

Additionally, the team secured first place in Europe and third place globally in the “Drones for Good – International Award” competition with the SaveME Project—the first mobile phone-drone, a valuable tool for emergency situations.

Dr. Michael Galetakis

Professor at Technical University of Crete
School of Mineral Resources Engineering

Dr. Michael Galetakis received his Diploma in Mining Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and his PhD Degree in raw materials exploitation from the Technical University of Crete, School of Mineral Resources Engineering. He is the director of the Research Unit of Quality Control – Health and Safety in the Minerals Industry and he has taught several courses in both undergraduate and graduate programs as well as in invited lectures. He has supervised 40 Diploma and 16 Master thesis, one PhD and he is supervisor of 4 ongoing PhD thesis and member of the advisory committee of five PhDs. He has received the outstanding teaching award for the academic year 2015-2016. Dr. Michael Galetakis has coordinated 20 European and national research projects and has been involved as researcher several others. 

He is a member of the editorial board and reviewer in scientific journals and has participated in the scientific or organizing committee of several conferences. Dr. Michael Galetakis is an accredited mining and metallurgical engineer, a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece and of several European scientific organizations. His research interests include diverse topics in raw material exploitation as well as in mineral by-products and wastes utilization in building industry.

Nikos Skoutelis

Nikos Skoutelis – Professor in the School of Architectural Engineering of the Technical University of Crete. Born in Heraklion of Crete (1962). Graduated from I.U.A.V. – Venice (1987). Phd N.T.U.A. (2006) He worked in collaboration with Flavio Zanon, in Venice from July 1987 and in Heraklion since 1993 on public and private projects.

Key works: Eleftherias Square Heraklion (1993-99) National Resistance Monument in Damasta – Heraklion (1996) Grypareion cultural center, Mykonos(2002-04) and Main restoration projects: “Restoration and reuse of the western Venetian arsenals” in Heraklion (1994-96), “Restoration of the villa Ariadne of sir A.Evans in Knossos” (1994-96), “Protection shelters for the roman villa Dionyssus in Knossos” (1996-98), “Restoration and new uses for the Frangokastello fortress” in Sfakia’ Crete (2015-16), “Restoration and reuse of the venetian shipyards in Chania” Crete (2021-23), ), “Restoration and reuse of the venetian shipyards in Heraklion” Crete (2022-23).

His theoretical works concern: landscape, architecture and the city of the renaissance; the theory of restoration and the contribution of history as a tool in architectural design.

Klimis Aslanidis

Klimis Aslanidis studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens and continued with an MA in Conservation Studies at the University of York and a PhD at the University of Patras, where he also conducted post-doctoral research. He has designed and supervised various conservation projects for buildings of different dates and scales as an architect at the Greek Ministry of Culture (Athens, ancient theatre of Dionysos) or as a free-lancer. Projects range from small-scale buildings, such as the 8th century Hagia Kyriaki on Naxos, which received the Grand Prix of the European Heritage -Europa Nostra Awards in 2018, to larger constructions, such as the 19th century Athens Cathedral. 

Since 2018, he has been a faculty member at the School of Architecture of the Technical University of Crete, where he teaches architectural design and conservation of historic buildings. As a co-founder and member of the Laboratory for the Documentation and Conservation of Historic Buildings and Sites of the same faculty, he is involved in large-scale conservation projects, such as the Venetian shipyards of Chania and Heraklion in Crete, which are exhibited at the Greek Pavilion of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (2025), the castles of Mytilene and Molyvos on Lesvos, the castle of Methoni in the Peloponnese, the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes and the earthquake-stricken church of the Panagia on Samos. 

He is co-editor of the book series “Notebooks of Architectural Conservation”, published by the same laboratory.