The 7th Meeting of SEERC’s International Advisory Board (IAB) in Thessaloniki

The International Advisory Board (IAB) of our research centre, SEERC, held its annual meeting on 11^th September 2015 in Thessaloniki.

Baybars Altuntas, a global entrepreneur from Turkey and best-selling author, participated for the first time in the meeting as he was recently appointed as Advisory Board member to contribute to SEERC’s strategic orientation and efforts to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem in South-East Europe. Mr. Altuntas is EBAN Vice President & TBAA President & World Entrepreneurship Forum’s Ambassador to South East Europe & JCI Ambassador.

The newly appointed members of the IAB who participated in this meeting are:

Mr. Baybars ALTUNTAS, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Author, Turkey.
Ms. Zoya DAMIANOVA, Programme Director, Applied Research and Communications Fund (ARC ), Bulgaria.
Mr. Ognen FIRFOV, Chief Sales Director at Makedonski Telekom/Magyar Telekom/Deutsche Telekom Group, F.Y.R. Macedonia.
Prof. Enver HOXHAJ, member of parliament ex Minster of Education and Foreign affairs, Kosovo.
Prof. Sergei IGNATOV, Head of the Bulgarian Institute of Egyptology, New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria.
Prof. Dimitris KERIDIS, Associate Professor of International Politics, Panteion University, Greece Senior Advisor, The Konstantinos G. Karamanlis Foundation Director, Navarino Network & Olympia Summer Academy Deputy Director, Institute of International Relations, Greece.
Prof. Dragan LONCAR, Associate Dean, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Ms. Elitsa PANAYOTOVA, Executive Director, Sofia Tech Park, Bulgaria.
Prof. Slavo RADOSEVIC, Professor of Industry and Innovation Studies, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UCL, UK.

This year's meeting reviewed achievements and discussed new ideas and plans for the near future. The members suggested new directions and opportunities for research and commented on the research projects that SEERC undertook or were recently completed.

The mission of the International Advisory Board is to consider all strategic issues and actions necessary to support and develop the achievement of SEERC goals. Members, joining forces from different sectors and countries of South East Europe and the UK provide guidance and insight with regard to the research priorities of the region, funding opportunities and networking with researchers, policy makers, business leaders, and potential funders.

View the full list of IAB members.