Dr Nikolaidis and Prof. Ketikidis at the ‘Education, Innovation, Entrepreneurship’ Conference

The Conference the ‘Education, Innovation, Entrepreneurship’ took place successfully with Dr Dimitris Nikolaidis, Head of BAED participating as speaker and Prof. Panayiotis Ketikidis, Vice Principal of the International Faculty as coordinator of two panels. The event was organised by Alexander Innovation Zone S.A. and the Greek-American Chamber of Commerce and took place on 27 April 2015 at NOESIS Technological Museum.

The conference brought together experts from the fields of innovation, education and business and offered an excellent opportunity for a productive public forum on the connection between education, innovation and entrepreneurship.

Dr Nikolaidis participated in the panel ‘Connecting Education and Entrepreneurship’ and discussed the importance of building and maintaining strong links between educational institutions and the industry for mutual benefits. Dr Nikolaidis and Prof. Ketikidis communicated the International Faculty’s stance towards the relation of the two, to inform teaching and support experiential education with input from the business world as well as provide education outputs for the benefit of the industry.  

The event’s panels hosted representatives of local administration, business, educational institutions and concluded with interesting remarks from participants.