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Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouBuilding AI: From Strategy to ImpactAI isn’t the future—it’s the present. But who’s doing it right?In this episode of Global Greek Influence- Giota Pimenidou sits down with Yanni Kalfoglou, a 30+ year AI strategist at Dell Technologies, to uncover the real truths behind AI adoption across industries—from banking and healthcare to public services and capital markets.Discover:Why most AI strategies fail before they startThe #1 misconception about AI leadershipWhat happens when AI meets blockchainThe biggest blind spots in enterprise AI planning🎙️ Whether you’re a tech f...2025-06-0319 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouHydrogen vs. Nuclear: The Race for Clean Super EnergyWe often explore cutting-edge clean technologies with global experts—but in this episode, host Giota Pimenidou flips the script. As a researcher herself, she dives into the global debate between hydrogen and nuclear power.Which one is truly leading the clean energy transition?From banana radiation myths and nuclear geopolitics to investment trends and energy storage breakthroughs, we unpack the science, the politics, and the money fueling both sectors.With China, the U.S., and Europe making bold moves, is hydrogen quietly sprinting past nuclear—or is nuclear simply playing the long game?2025-05-2020 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouFederal Europe: A New Path for the Union?Federal Europe: Bold Vision or Risky Leap?Is Europe on the brink of its next big transformation?In this thought-provoking episode of the Global Greek Influence podcast, Panagiota Pimenidou welcomes Yannis Karamitsios—author of Time for a European Federation and founding member of 'Alliance4Europe'—to explore a future many still find unthinkable: a fully federal European Union.From geopolitics to identity, we ask the questions shaping Europe’s next chapter:🇪🇺 Is the EU ready for the next step into federalism?🧬 Can national identities and...2025-04-2742 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouΗ Κληρονομιά της Επανάστασης : Η Πορεία προς την Εθνική ΟλοκλήρωσηWhile we mostly look to the future in this podcast, today we revisit the pivotal period following the Greek War of Independence to better understand the roots of the modern Greek state.Join host Panagiota Pimenidou in a deep and thought-provoking discussion with historian Marios Koutsoukos (University of Liverpool, Hellenic Open University, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) as they examine the aftermath of the Revolution and the foundational years of the Kingdom of Greece.Watch also the Video premiere on Easter Sunday, 20 April 2025 at 8 p.m. EEST on YouTube: Giota PimenidouWas...2025-04-2028 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouHellenic (Greek) Identity : A Timeless Journey and Enduring Influence"Not even a drop of noble and undiluted Hellenic blood flows in the veins of the Christian population of present day Greece." : Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer While we mostly look to the future in this podcast, today we delve into the past to understand the enduring identity of the Greek people. Join host Panagiota Pimenidou as she welcomes back historian Dr. Marios Koutsoukos (University of Liverpool, Hellenic Open University, National and Capodistrian University of Athens) to confront the misconception that modern Greeks are disconnected from their ancient ancestors.We'll unravel the complex relationships b...2025-04-1335 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe Age of Cell Therapy Innovation : From Bench to BedsideTired of treating symptoms?Dive into the future of medicine with Dr. Panos Chrysanthopoulos (CDO at Morphocell Technologies and co-founder and director of weCANdev Consulting Group Inc. in Canada)! Discover how iPSCs create personalized CAR-T cell therapies for chronic liver failure and explore the potential to phase out diseases like leukemia within the next 5-10 years.Join us as we explore:CRISPR-Cas9: The DNA scissors rewriting the rules of medicine.iPSCs (Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells): The key to personalized, regenerative therapies.CAR-T Cell Therapy: Tailored immune...2025-03-3046 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouInnovation and Strategic Defense: From Vision to RealityJoin me and Mr. Konstantinos Michanetzis, an ex-naval officer who has served as a National Representative to NATO’s Industrial Advisory Group, a technology expert with a wealth of experience in defense (EDVS, European Defense Venture Studio), innovation (Seeders), and co-founder of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Greece.Mr. Michanetzis shares his passion for shaping the future of European security:The impact of defense innovation on European security and strategic autonomy over the next decade.Greece's potential to lead operational excellence within the EU's defense framework.How Greece can position itself as a leader in defense in...2025-03-0926 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouReflecting on Four Years of Global Greek Influence: A Year-End Journey Through Science, Engineering, and Technology- part 2As we wrap up the last part of our season finale at the Global Greek Influence, we have embarked on an enlightening journey through materials science, chemical and mechanical engineering, healthcare, cybersecurity, blockchain, innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership, climate change, sustainable economy, education, and AI. The discussions with distinguished guests have illuminated the profound impact of Greek professionals in these fields, showcasing the intricate tapestry of their contributions to global scientific and engineering research.
Although this marks the end of our current season, it signifies a celebration of a four-year journey, a testament to our dedication to exploring cutting-edge...2023-12-3125 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouJourney Through Genocide: Unveiling Denial, Fascination, and Recognition- Part 1Stefan Ihrig, a Professor of History at the University of Haifa and the director of the Haifa Center for German and European Studies in Israel, has dedicated his career to unfolding the complex tapestry of European and Middle Eastern history. While our discussion might not (seemingly) be of direct interest to Hellenism, we explore what shaped the landscape and our understanding of the late Ottoman Empire and the early days of the Republic of Turkey: the threads that wove through the lives of Greeks during those times. The often overlooked German support to the Ottoman Empire, later to Atatür...2023-12-1834 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouWatts Up with Energy: Behind Rising Prices and Renewable RealitiesLet's explore the details of rising electricity prices, examine the grid's adaptation to renewable energy, navigate the industry's objections through the spectrum of geopolitical shifts and technological advancements, also the prism of work experience vs learning experience.
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Would you care to leave a review? Sharing is caring...2023-12-1019 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouAI Horizons: Forecasting TomorrowWith Professor Dimitris Drikakis, VP for Global Partnerships and Executive Director for Research and Innovation at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus, and the Defence and Security Research Institute President, we explore the frontiers of artificial intelligence (AI) through the fields of safety, the potential environmental impacts of intensified space exploration in the upper layers of our atmosphere, and the transformative intersections of AI with physics and health crises. Occasionally, we drift away by discussing correlation and causation in scientific research and life, nuclear power in geopolitics, and healthcare in politics.
As we draw our discussion to...2023-12-0341 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouFrom Linear to Circular: Policy MattersWith Vasileios Rizos, Research Fellow and Head of Sustainable Resources at CEPS (the Centre for European Policy Studies), Brussels 🇧🇪
We discuss:
1️⃣ The potential of emerging sustainable technologies and their impact on the environment.
2️⃣ Innovative approaches to transitioning to a more sustainable and circular economic model beyond recycling .
3️⃣ Green transition jobs: Are traditional reskilling methods enough, or do we need alternative approaches?4️⃣ Recent success stories in EU Circular Business Models for inspiration.
5️⃣ Lessons from establishing a sustainable and slave-free battery materials supply chain in the EU.
6️⃣ Gov...2023-11-1248 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouCleaner Skies and Smarter Sensors: Innovations in Aerospace TechnologyTune in to this episode of the Global Greek Influence podcast to learn more about the innovations in aerospace technology and the efforts towards achieving cleaner skies and smarter sensors.
Episode Highlights:
The challenges in aerospace towards energy transition and net zero emissions
The importance of sustainable aviation fuels and improvements in aircraft design and efficiency
The integration of new and emerging technologies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions
The role of advanced sensors in transforming the aerospace industry
The potential of nanotechnology and multifunctional nanomaterials in various fields
The strategic approach of small...2023-10-0824 min
Strategy International FeedSI#21 - Toward A Greener Future (with Dr. Panagiota Pimenidou)On this episode we welcome Dr. Panagiota Pimenidou, an expert in Hydrogen Production. We discuss current and potential global trends in hydrogen production as a real catalyst for sustainable development and a greener future.
Dr Panagiota Pimenidou a Chemical Engineer with a PhD in Hydrogen production from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.
Panagiota combines excellent research development, project and resources management skills to solve complex problems and develop innovative research projects for challenging issues. She is an expert in heterogeneous catalysis systems (chemical looping reforming for hydrogen production, catalytic combustion, modelling of refinery operations, photocatalysis and electrocatalysis...2023-03-1437 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe hybrid innovationDr Fotis Filippopoulos (PhD), an innovation management expert, a corporate innovation specialist, an advisor at the European Commission in Innovation, with a business footprint in 15 countries and 5 continents, discusses:
- entrepreneurship in the so-called 4th industrial revolution,
- the hybrid industry and its connection to synthesis research (https://lnkd.in/e2_uS4Pr),
- “The Αge on Entanglement”,
- disciplined entrepreneurship,
- the future leader,
- researchers who want to become entrepreneurs and
- entrepreneurship in academia.
Music: "Fortitude" by Lance Conrad
Sou...2022-08-0346 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouBonus episode of “Beyond catalysis and into space exploration: the new chemical engineering”In this special episode, Professor Konstantinos Giapis (Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, CalTech) talks about:
· how experiments and proving the Eley–Rideal reaction mechanism theoretically describe large scale reaction mechanisms such as those on the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko for the production of molecular oxygen and methanol and
· if glycine formation, another biomarker met on the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko could be produced abiotically and explained by the Eley–Rideal reaction mechanism.
After all, in Professor Giapis words, we are all cosmic dust.
Musi...2022-08-0318 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouMaximising research innovation in Europe- Entrepreneurship and foresightWhy have the publicly funded EU research and innovation frameworks not reached and diffused in the markets?
Although the EU is a leader in science, it is a weak performer in developing and investing in innovation compared to the US, China, and East Asian countries (Japan, South Korea). What challenges has the EU met over the past 60 years to foster entrepreneurship?
Could the EU “Green Deal” restore economic growth?
How could we mobilise and apply scientific and technological innovations through entrepreneurship while utilising our talents and attracting more international talents?
Music: "Fort...2022-05-0110 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouGreeks in Africa- The torch and the beacon seriesDr Antonis Chaldeos (PhD in History, University of Johannesburg) is an independent researcher and currently affiliated with the University of Johannesburg as a Research Associate. Antonis studied and published his research on the Greek presence in the horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia), Zambia, Tanzania, South Africa, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Burundi and Ruanda, as well as the effects of the French and British colonialism and post-colonialism to the Greek populations in the respective countries, after extensive travelling both in Africa and Europe.
We discuss:
the different streams of Greeks immigration to Africa at various eras,
...2021-10-2435 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe digital cosmos and the integration innovationProfessor Kyriakos Kouveliotis (Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Berlin School of Business and Innovation) is a multifaceted expert and my guest in this episode. Professor Kouveliotis contributes in seemingly divergent areas: European integration, international relations, diplomacy, decision and policy-making, conflict resolution and crisis management, new curricula, programs syllabi and building new global educational networks and partnerships.
We discuss:
The Global degree as a great opportunity in the post-pandemic era.
Could Plato and Aristotle's principles innovate higher education?
How are conflict resolution and crisis management transferred to the decision and policy-making?
2021-10-1742 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe power of negotiations- Special episodeIn this special episode, my guests are Orestis Omran (DLA Piper partner at the Brussels Office), Maria Andrielou (Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications at Plankton First S.A., Head of Marketing and Communication as Advisor to the Danish gMendel) and Dr Vassilis Inglezakis (Reader in Chemical Engineering, Research Director at the University of Strathclyde).
We talk about
· keeping your goals through several rounds of negotiations,
· the importance of communication,
· keeping consistent teams and the dynamics within the team,
· understanding of the people you negotiate with, their commercial particulars and...2021-10-1042 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouChallenges in bridging scientific research and businessesInnovation is publically seen through the eyes of businesses. Research is crucial to the creation of ideas, products and services. Engineering and scientific research are the pillars of our current and future lives.
We now emphasize the synergies or the synthesis of innovation through researchers, research institutes and their spin-offs, and funding research programmes experts.
Featured opinions:
Dr Maria Kitsara (Lead Research Manager, BioG3D – New 3D),
Dr Emmanuel Stratakis (Research Director at IESL-FORTH, founder and CEO of Biomimetic), and
Dr Celia Hadjichristodoulou (Founder and Managing Director of GrantXpert Co...2021-10-0320 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe past defines us: The end of philosophy and the beginning of the middle ages- The ByzantinesMarios Koutsoukos, a fiction author and PhD candidate in History of Religions in the Late Antiquity at the University of Liverpool, discusses the links of #populism with popular opinion and #governance in the late Roman early Byzantine Empire.
Does popular demand and aggression dictate governance or vice versa?
Do politicians follow the crowd to maintain unity or coherence within a society, and then in the distant future, we see in history political decisions as corrupt by the governance?
Did the role of philosophy finish with forming Christianity's theology?
Could philosophy and history show us how to avoid anti-science?
2021-09-2643 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouNurturing future entrepreneurshipMarina Hatsopoulos, an entrepreneur in technologies, a director and author of articles, essays, and stories (windystreet.com), discusses:
· if more funding for startups in an ecosystem equates success,
· the initial, critical decisions a startup needs to make,
· the importance of having a diverse team,
· why pivoting is the right word in times of crisis,
· the gap in the academia between fundamental research funding and venture funding,
· where startups can find funding before getting to the point of revenues and
· what women bring in teams and leaders...2021-09-1235 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouConnecting the dots in science and engineeringIn this episode, I share my thoughts with you on
the contributions to various current and future topics personalities have and affect the influences we have,
how we translate such impact our professional and personal life,
what matters to us today,
how these contributions could better inform our future and lead to the future world.
Don't forget to subscribe and review the Global Greek Influence podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Anchor, the podcast's Facebook and Twitter Accounts and contact through the podcast's website globalgreekinfluence.com.
Music: "Fortitude" by Lance Conrad
Source...2021-08-2916 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouWind energy challenges: from Greece to KenyaDr Ioannis Tsipouridis (PhD, University of Leeds), a chemical engineer in renewables since 1978 and I discuss his wind energy journey from Greece to Kenya through his roles as:
C.E.O. of P.P.C. Renewables (100% subsidiary of P.P.C.) from 2010 to 2013,
president of the board of directors of the Hellenic Wind Energy Association (2013- 2017),
the owner and General Manager of REDPro Consultants - Renewable Energy Development Professionals (Greece) since 2014, since 2018 in Kenya as the Director of the Renewable Energy & Climate Change Research Center at the Technical University of Mombasa (RECCReC), where he is also a visiting...2021-08-1543 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouBeyond catalysis and into space exploration: the new chemical engineeringIn this episode, Professor Konstantinos Giapis (Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, CalTech) discusses chemical engineering contributions to renewable energy, utilising CO2 to produce oxygen, cosmology by enriching astrophysics, through surfaces' dynamics studies:
· plasma processing and
· electrospinning hybrid nanomaterials.
Global Greek Influence podcast releases episodes this summer every two Sundays. From September, we will resume the weekly episodes. But next Sunday only will be an exception as a bonus episode with Professor Giapis awaits you.
Music: "Fortitude" by Lance Conrad
Source: Storyblocks2021-07-2534 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouYouth's future vision, inclusion and resilienceProfessor Michalis Kontopodis, the Chair in Global Childhood and Youth Studies and the Director of the ICY: Inclusion, Childhood & Youth Research Centre at the University of Leeds, U.K., in his research and international collaborations addresses the key post-pandemic challenges in #education, namely #global #debt #digitalliteracy #inclusion #marginalisation. We discuss:
- how digital literacy can overcome marginalisation,
- why promoting digital literacy in education is critical,
- how youth's inclusion in the political decision-making is achievable and
- what happens with the educations training of professions emerging in the next 10 years.2021-07-1133 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouPopulism inhibiting progress- Part 2In the second part of the interview with Dr Vasileios Adamidis, Principal Lecturer in Law and the International Manager of the School of Law at Nottingham Trent University, you will listen to:
- the challenges of collaboration among legal systems and laws development despite their divergence,
- the future of democracy and the legal system
- progress as a collective effort
- how one could be prepared to spot populism, given the vast influence of social media on society.
Summer episodes at the G...2021-06-2729 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouPopulism inhibiting progress- Part 1In this episode, Dr Vasileios Adamidis, Principal Lecturer in Law and the International Manager of the School of Law at Nottingham Trent University, is my guest.
We discuss:
the commonalities of populism across the aeons and as an inhibitor to achieving democracy,
the role and impact of populism on the rule of recognition,
the synergy and the antagonism between the will of people and the rule of law,
how historical figures should be treated in today’s context as the psychology and perspective of people differ throughout the centuries.
The second part of the conversation wi...2021-06-2030 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouBuilding towards the future medical nanobiotechnology and 3D printingIn this episode, Dr Maria Kitsara, Lead Research Manager on biomedical applications at BioG3D – New 3D printing technologies, and I discuss:
utilising nanotechnology, micro-fabrication and microfluidics to advance tissue engineering and regenerative medicine for faster and more economical drug development through in-vitro diagnostics as well as for reducing the risk of drug withdrawal after reaching the market,
the benefits of diverse working environments and background experts in developing the necessary soft skills to acquire a holistic approach to scientific research and innovation,
communication and managerial skills are equally im...2021-06-1327 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouChallenges to lead the future environmentHumanity's most significant challenges in the next 30 years will be on the environment, water- food, energy, and health. How could technology, aka engineering and science research and innovation, support them? Should engineers and scientists lead research and innovation beyond geopolitics and businesses? How so?
Music: "Reel" by Adrian Berenguer
Source: Storyblocks2021-06-0609 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouBiomimicking physics in nanomaterials innovationIn this episode, I am with Dr Emmanuel Stratakis, Greece’s Ambassador to the European Innovation Council, the Research Director at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of the Foundation for Research and Technology—Hellas (FORTH), also, leader of the “Ultrafast Laser Micro- and Nano- processing” laboratory and founder and CEO of Biomimetic. We discuss:
· What links #nano- #biomimetics with better #engineering solutions?
· Graphene oxide place in the #renewables energy future of #Greece.
· The future of materials' engineering #research.
· Boosting the research-#industry relationships.
· The European and national #inn...2021-05-3038 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe internationalisation of the Pontic Greeks' genocideDr Kyriaki Sonidou (President and co-founder of the Pontian Society of the United Kingdom. President of the Hellenic Medical Society and the Vice- President of the Greek Society of professionals and scientists in the UK), Kleanthis Kriakidis (Policy Advisor – Negotiator – Public Relations Expert - Political Analyst), George Meneshian (the Middle East and Caucasus Studies. International affairs consultant. Research co-ordinator of the Centre for Russia, Eurasia and Southeastern Europe (Panteion University)) and I, discuss:
· Why does the Greek diaspora not support the internationalisation of the Pontic Greeks genocide as the Armenian diaspora did for the Armenian genocide?
· W...2021-05-2346 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe chemical engineering big- scale nanoworld and future businessIn this episode, Dr Stephanos Nitodas, a chemical engineer, entrepreneur, now member of the Faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering (Stony Brook University, NY), and a specialist in nanomaterial hybrids (carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, polymers) discusses:
· vital aspects of carbon-based novel materials at the nanoscale and their hybridisation,
· nanomaterials importance to the renewables ecosystem by providing superior properties to energy systems,
· engineers becoming entrepreneurs as they are gifted with a can-do attitude, managing projects and solving complex problems, willing to learn and gain customers' trust,
· the benefits of c...2021-05-1634 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouHydrogen and renewables regional hub in Greece?Having a particular personal interest in hydrogen, I wondered how ready Greece is for the hydrogen and renewables future through the LinkedIn articles,
Greece: 2050 Hydrogen and renewables roadmap opportunity, and
the focused 4- parts, “Why the answer to the delignification of Western Macedonia (Greece) is hydrogen?”.
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, in the episode “The future and leadership of the hydrogen economy in Europe”, and Orestis Omran, in “Law, Energy and Connecting the Future- Part 1”, talked about the need and potential of Greece becoming a hydrogen and renewables regional hub.
Music: "Fortitude" by Lance Conrad
Source: Storyblocks2021-05-0912 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouCombating climate change in an urban environmentMat Santamouris, the Anita Lawrence Professor of High-Performance Architecture at the University of New South Wales in Australia, is my guest this week.
Professor Santamouris discusses combating urban climate change through the synergy of research and perceptions, science and politics:
Enhancing communication of fragmented urban policies and activities between the different sectors.
The measures to overcome energy poverty, a problem for developing and developed countries.
The positive integration of nanoscale photonics with quantum dots, as part of the tremendous revolution in material science.
Boosting the environmental quality of local climate change by making novel materials accessible...2021-05-0247 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe future of hydropowerProfessor Michael Bernitsas, the Mortimer Cooley Chair of Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is Director of the Marine Renewable Energy Laboratory and Chief Technology Officer of a start-up engineering company, Vortex Hydro Energy.
Professor Bernitsas and I discuss how the vortex-induced vibrations, mostly known for damaging structures, but less known as part of the mechanism of propulsion of schools of fish, can be utilised in a bladeless technology to produce hydropower.
We also talk about:
the multidisciplinary and exodisciplinary engineering enabling the Blue Economy,
not to shy away from problems by...2021-04-2542 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouEngineering future entrepreneurs and leadersDr Celia Hadjichristodoulou, a specialist in Entrepreneurship and Management of SMEs, both from a practical and an academic perspective, founder and general director of GrantXpert, discusses vital aspects of fostering entrepreneurship and leadership across education, innovation and businesses:
Through the emphasis on sustainable practices and becoming more humane.
How consultants and trainers could help businesses, organisations, and individuals identify the most appropriate funding scheme, be prepared, and execute a funded project.
The challenges of the future generation in entrepreneurship and leadership in the EU.
How to overcome the high rate of failure of start-ups by the right skillset...2021-04-1838 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouStrategy and policies of the emerging East Asia marketsProfessor Andrew Delios of the Department of Strategy & Policy and the Vice-Dean of MSc Programs of the NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS) discusses:
the interaction of the society needs and government policies in East Asia as a result of culture affecting politics and consequently geopolitics,
the synergy and direct investments of Japan to the first steps of the economic growth of China,
the APEC dependence of the Belt and Road and TransPacific initiatives,
the future of globalisation,
the dual circulation economy by China vs China plus one strategy,
the diversification of entrepreneurship and fostering innovation...2021-04-1152 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe future of education and learningWhy are education and learning so important? Education is a lifelong experience defined by society's changes, the economy, science and politics. Education should remain current to foresee changes and shape humanity.
Do we need futurists in education? How will the barriers of the established mechanisms that made education the sleeping giant be lifted?
Coming guests announced at the end of the episode.
Contact the Global Greek Influence through the podcast's website globalgreekinfluence.com.
Music: "Fortitude" by Lance Conrad
Source: Storyblocks2021-04-0406 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouSuccess: the future of the presentFinding the courage to lead is through the human nature attached to specific thoughts and neural pathways. Success is all about changing our perspective, ourselves and part of our evolution to sustaining our continuation, remaining current, dreaming, hard work and having a vision.
Featured opinions at the Global Greek Influence podcast:
Orestis Omran (DLA Piper): Law, Energy and Connecting the Future- Part 2.
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (Hydrogen Europe): The future and leadership of the hydrogen economy in Europe.
Dr Memnia Theodorou (Courage to Lead): Redefining our future.
Music: "Fortitude" by Lance...2021-03-2813 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe future and leadership of the hydrogen economy in EuropeJorgo Chatzimarkakis, the permanent Secretary-General of Hydrogen Europe, who has also been an active German politician and ambassador-at-large for the Greek government, talks about:
· Hydrogen becoming an enabler of other technologies.
· 2x40 Gigawatts Green Hydrogen Initiative.
· Europe’s advantage to lead the global hydrogen economy.
· Overcoming the “electrification religion”.
· Bringing together the industries and governments towards an integral hydrogen economy.
· Engineering politics.
· Greece becoming a renewables geostrategic player in its region.
As Jorgo says: “Stick to your dreams!” (but remember, it’s also hard work!).
2021-03-2142 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouEnergy meets Equality and building the FutureDr Valentini Pappa, the Assistant Director for Education in the Texas A&M Energy Institute, leads Texas A&M on the Clean Energy Education and Empowerment Initiative.
We discuss:
· the synergistic strategies aimed at the water-energy nexus as part of the circular economy,
· the effect of the pandemic on redesigning undergraduate studies,
· the post-pandemic post-graduate studies,
· the sex bias in research and post-graduate studies,
· Equal opportunities, Equal Pay, Equal Leadership (3Es) to women in energy.
Music: "Fortitude" by Lance Conrad
Sourc...2021-03-1441 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouRedefining our futureDr Memnia Theodorou talks us through the lessons of her journey from dentistry through sailing to psychology and gives us a taste of how to live our lives.
We also discuss:
· the importance of mentorship and networking
· the pandemic as a collective trauma
· being “rich” as the people who surround us
· why we don’t follow our dreams
· the human nature attached to specific thoughts and neural pathways
· overnight success
· entrepreneurship and making smart decisions
#internationalwomensday #IWD2021
Music: "For...2021-03-0752 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe big pictureOver a year ago, I started the Global Greek Influence podcast. The podcast explores the fragmental notions glued together by my guests' personalities and the solo episodes, along with the guests’ synthesise what this podcast is about and what it represents. Why Aristotle brings together education, politics, history, technology, engineering, science and business through the Global Greeks?
Amazing guests are coming, and a surprise that will connect us further will be revealed soon!
Music: "Fortitude" by Lance Conrad
Source: Storyblocks
2021-02-2805 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouConstructive disruption at the Eastern MediterraneanDr Spyros Plakoudas, Assistant Professor at Rabdan Academy in Abu Dhabi, and I discuss the constructive disruption Greece, Cyprus, the EU, and NATO could bring to the Eastern Mediterranean, where existing and new hydrocarbon resources that largely contribute to the global economy are at play and stake.
Are global foreign affairs' players still playing in the field of the past century?
Self-destructive EU foreign affairs with Turkey, Russia and China and their impact on EU integration.
Why Turkish nationalism does not assist NATO and an inclusive Eastern Mediterranean collaboration with the EU.
The short and long term direction...2021-02-2137 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota Pimenidou200 years (from the 1821 War of Independence of the Hellenes)Marios Koutsoukos discusses the roots of the War of Independence of the Hellenes marked in 1821, about individual antiquarians binging the national heritage of Greeks in an occupied by Ottomans land, the role of the Philhellenes and the Big Powers of those times, the impact of classicism and that of philhellenism of the 19th century to the post War of Independence Greece.
Marios latest publication is translated in English from a Greek book about his Great- grandfather’s, Panagiotis Koutsoukos, journal “History, Traditions and Legends of Koroni”.
Subscribe, like and review the Global Greek Influence podcast on App...2021-02-1448 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouEntrepreneurship: from governments to international businesses through super-connectorsEntrepreneurship is a multi-faceted aspect of the world today but not new to it. The terms and conditions under which entrepreneurship happens now, compared to the past, have only started to take structures and formats stemming from the governments, business and capital ventures.
Is an entrepreneur born or made?
What makes a great idea and a business plan of a startup to get to the stage of reaching out to venture capital firms?
What does it take to turn scientific talent into entrepreneurship and exclusive startups?
Featured opinions at the Global Greek Influence podcast episodes:
Prof...2021-02-0724 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouArtificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data meet Agriculture and Climate ChangeIn this episode, Professor Ioannis Athanasiadis, Personal Chair of Artificial Intelligence & Data Science at Wageningen University (Netherlands). talks about:
. how automation and machine learning help big data,
· why Artificial Intelligence and Big Data alone can not bring more food and avert climate change but can help us make more informed decisions,
· how farmers can benefit from Artificial Intelligence and how these products will look like,
· Artificial Intelligence and Greek agriculture; the example of CYBELE project,
· how Artificial Intelligence for digital twins can close the nitrogen cycle in agriculture, machine lear...2021-01-3136 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouPast and future perceptions of a sustainable technologyHow ready are we to produce groundbreaking technology beyond the nature that surrounds us and what our planet offers?
· Is our space exploration going to give us a better outlook on what is out there?
· Are we missing out on some of the mechanisms of physics?
· Are we doomed to fail as long as we are bombarded with technology that already surrounds us?
· How easy is it to energy transition or shape future technology on a blank canvas?
Music: "Fortitude" by Lance Conrad
Source: Stor...2021-01-2404 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouLaw, Energy and Connecting the Future- Part 2In the second part of this two parts' episode, Orestis Omran, Partner in the Brussels Office of DLA Piper and the Head of EU- Greek Practice, an expert in EU regulatory matters in the energy, banking and infrastructure sectors and co-founder of the initiatives Brain Gain and Consensus, joins me to discuss:
· How reviewing the industry legislation with the direct involvement of the industry and launching market development programs can boost and sustain the energy economy in Greece.
· Orestis opinion as co-founder of the initiatives of Brain Gain and Consensus on extending the coordination of th...2021-01-1722 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouLaw, Energy and Connecting the Future- Part 1In the first part of this two parts' episode, Orestis Omran, Partner in the Brussels Office of DLA Piper and the Head of EU- Greek Practice, an expert in EU regulatory matters in the energy, banking and infrastructure sectors and co-founder of the initiatives Brain Gain and Consensus, discusses:
· The current status of renewables in Greece
· the oil and gas industries future in the EU,
· the feasibility of the EU Green Deal to the eyes of the investors,
· the delignification of the Western Macedonia region,
· if Hydrogen is in the p...2021-01-1022 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe past defines us- the Romans and propaganda vs the Hellenes (Part 2)In the second and last part of the episode “The past defines us”I am with Marios Koutsoukos, a PhD candidate in History of Religions in the Late Antiquity at the University of Liverpool.
Marios talks briefly about how we perceive religion and faith. Is it in the same as our ancestors did?
If Romans manipulated philosophy and history as we read it today.
How Plotinus, a famous Roman philosopher marked the end of logos and the beginning of faith, as we understand today.
What unique events we broadly know such as t...2021-01-0331 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe past defines us- the Romans and propaganda vs the Hellenes (Part 1)In this two parts episode, I am with Marios Koutsoukos, a PhD candidate in History of Religions in the Late Antiquity at the University of Liverpool (School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology).
In the first part of this episode Marios and I discuss the crucial role of the Roman Empire where today’s misconceptions of reality, everyday life find their roots, Roman manipulation of the Greek (Hellenic) culture, how principles of the ancient Greek culture are used and applied today and were distorted by the Romans:
· how propaganda serves as a tool to survive an emp...2020-12-2828 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe torch and the beaconWhy an engineer is not defined only by technology, today?
Why are we privileged now?
Why is this the era of self-actualisation and not just of the 4th and soon to be, the 5th industrial revolution?
Why are we both students and teachers in life?
Music: "Fortitude" by Lance Conrad
Source: Storyblocks2020-12-2008 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouSustainable Energy, Innovation and Policy transcending Climate ChangeSustainability coupled with Climate change is a topic that transcends sectors of the economy, the society and continents. We might wonder what it should take to reach a sustainable environment and technologies in our everyday lives.
What could bring together communicators, policymakers, politicians and academics to deliver a sustainable environment and technologies, benefiting the society and the economy?
Featured opinions at the Global Greek Influence podcast episodes:
Maria Andrielou (Head of Marketing and Corporate Communication of Plankton First S.A. (Nano Algae Solutions AG)): "Bioeconomy and its implementation in the Greek energy roadmap"
Dr P...2020-12-1320 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouSustainable Energy, Innovation and Policy transcending Climate ChangeSustainability coupled with Climate change is a topic that transcends sectors of the economy, the society and continents. We might wonder what it should take to reach a sustainable environment and technologies in our everyday lives.
What could bring together communicators, policymakers, politicians and academics to deliver a sustainable environment and technologies, benefiting the society and the economy?
Featured opinions at the Global Greek Influence podcast episodes:
Maria Andrielou (Head of Marketing and Corporate Communication of Plankton First S.A. (Nano Algae Solutions AG)): "Bioeconomy and its implementation in the Greek energy roadmap"
...2020-12-1320 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouSelling and Achilles' heel points of the Chinese strategic cultureThis episode showcases some of the views of the Global Greek Influence guests based on their specialisation and what they see as key to China’s strategic plan globally.
Featured opinions at the Global Greek Influence podcast:
Themis Zanidis (political analyst, international affairs): “Strategic changes in global affairs- Culture and history in diplomacy”
Dr John Nomikos (Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS)): “Academic- intelligence, national security and the coronavirus”
Dr Jake Sotiriadis (Global Futurist I Intelligence & Geopolitical Risk Expert I Policy Advisor I Speaker I Transforming Futures Thinking in Defense, Tech, & Government): “Futurism as disruption”
...2020-12-0615 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouFuturism as disruptionLieutenant Colonel Jake Sotiriadis (PhD) Chief of Strategic Foresight and Futures at US Air Force Headquarters at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, talks about his Greek connection, his choice of having a military career. We also discuss:
· futurism
· disruption in ground-breaking innovation
· redefining globalisation
· trend analysis as a tool for historical analysis
· the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East
· why we should expect to see more intervention by NATO
· networking ideologies: the Chinese Neo-Confucianism and Russian Neo-Eurasianism
· democratizing technology and the social contract
·...2020-11-2933 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe disruption of renewables to the economy and businessDuring the past months, I could not help but ask based on guests’ expertise what the current and future situation could be in the energy and renewables sector and the innovation business.
Featured opinions at the Global Greek Influence podcast:
· Evangelos Karambelas (Middle River Power LLC, CELI): Hellenic-American civic engagement and energy deals- new opportunities
· Prof. Emmanuella Plakoyannaki (University of Vienna): International business, arts, entrepreneurship and disruptive innovation
· Maria Andrielou (VIO Chemicals AG): Bioeconomy and its implementation in the Greek energy roadmap
· Dr Vasilis Inglezakis (University of Strathclyde): Leadership in Techno...2020-11-2229 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouBioeconomy and its implementation in the Greek energy roadmapMaria Andrielou works with the Chemical Industry for over 10 years. Having a background in linguistics, became a communicator in cross-cultural and international relations led by her insensitivity to injustice. She was working for the European Chemical Industry Council in Brussels when she realised that everything around us and inside us is Chemistry, while communicating Bioeconomy to stakeholders, policymakers and the institutions. She has led the first-of-its-kind, in Greece, investment in large-scale production and biorefinery of microalgae biomass in Thessaloniki. Now, she is the Head of Marketing and Corporate Communication of Plankton First S.A. (Nano Algae Solutions AG). Maria...2020-11-1523 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouFamily, Culture, Archaeology, Psychology, Politics, Business and being a Hellene- part 2In the last part of this episode, with Elly Symons, we discuss:
the Return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece coinciding in #2021 with the 200 years anniversary of the #independence revolution of the #Hellenes from the Ottoman Empire
her activity with:
the World Hellenic Interparliamentary Association #WHIA for the #diaspora
and
the #Justice for #Cyprus movement,
Turkey’s future based on current aggression towards Greece and Cyprus.
Finally, as Elly says: "We are not here forever".
Music: "Reel" by Adrian Berenguer
Source: St...2020-11-0836 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouFamily, Culture, Archaeology, Psychology, Politics, Business and being a Hellene- part 1Elly Symons, with her Greek and Cypriot heritage, embodies the title of this two-part episode's content: a woman as a multidimensional soul.
We discuss:
How setting a balanced life model with milestones and having expectations can overcome a life-threatening disease, disability, and economic hardship.
Psychology and archaeology- where and how we came from; as a continuous narrative as the relationship between parents and children; what shaped our parents' decisions and their values, consequently ours; helping parents on how their children should become independent.
How does it feel to be a...2020-11-0134 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouEducational and Renewable Energy approaches in Chemical Engineering- Part 2In the second and last part of the interview with Dr Konstantinos Kakosimos, associate professor of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University in Qatar, we discuss:
The split of mechanical and chemical engineering in the 1930s and the future of the disciplines,
Chemical Engineers role in #airpollution prevention and mitigation,
The beauty of applied and fundamental #research is not to forget why you do research,
that professor is a job description, having a PhD is a title,
the philosophy of competition in #renewableenergy,
the social experiment in Qatar, twenty years ago, to make the country a multiversity...2020-10-2528 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouEducational and Renewable Energy approaches in Chemical Engineering- Part 1In the first part of "Educational and Renewable Energy approaches in Chemical Engineering", Dr Konstantinos Kakosimos from the Texas A&M University in Qatar joins to discuss:
how augmented reality mixes with Chemical Engineering,
the IChemE Hutchison Medal awarded for both practical and wide-ranging, philosophical or thought-provoking published papers,
the inner peace of professional achievement, and,
that learning is the most important thing in choosing a career path.
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Music: "Ambient chill background corporate music" by Volodymyr Piddubnyk
Source: Storyblocks2020-10-1825 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe collective subconsciousHow does Carl Jung's "Collective unconscious" link to gut bacteria and COVID-19? Chemical Engineering playing with the psychology terminology and the current denial of science.
Music: "Fortitude" by Lance Conrad
"Epic trailer" by Ihor Vitsinskyy
Source: Storyblocks2020-10-1107 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouEnergy policy and roadmaps- Part 2Today, you are listening to the second and last part of the interview with Dr Popi Konidari, Head of the Climate Change Policy Group (CCPG) of the Energy Policy and Development Centre at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens.
We discuss:
The past government’s market and economic connections among (i) research innovation in the Greek academia and the Energy Policy and Development Centre of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, and (ii) the real economy.
Can an expert in renewable energy technologies become an energy policymaker?
How can decision tools promote renewable energy to the pu...2020-10-0429 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouEnergy policy and roadmaps- Part 1In this episode and next Sunday, in "Energy policy and roadmaps- Part 2", I am with Dr Popi Konidari. Dr Konidari is Head of the Climate Change Policy Group (CCPG) of the Energy Policy and Development Centre, whose acronym in Greek is KEPA, at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens.
In this first part of "Energy policy and roadmaps", we discuss:
Why energy policy and in particular policy regarding renewables, is not implemented as quickly as possible based on the synergy among the policymakers, companies and local societies?
Why does Greece lack a roadmap on energy...2020-09-2729 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouBecoming an academic in chemical engineeringA little bit about becoming an academic in chemical engineering and wondering what would be the steps or the environment that would allow especially engineers, scientists and future entrepreneurs to pinpoint their uniqueness and individual talent and potential?
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Music: "Epic success story" by Mario Lucian Andreano
"Fortitude" by Lance Conrad
Source: Storyblocks2020-09-2109 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouResearch, Innovation and Technology in GreeceIn this episode, my guest is Dr Christos Dimas, the deputy minister of Development and Investments, in charge of Research, Innovation and Technology.
Christos talks about developing an effective innovation-ecosystem and a long-term development strategy in linking development and investment with research. Pre-requisites are (i) the improvement of the regulatory and business environment and (ii) a reform of the Greek R&D system, which the current government addresses but has not been done as intensively in the past, through:
Re-organising the National Council of Research, Technology and Innovation.
The Innovation District in Athens and ThessIntec 4th...2020-08-3034 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouGeopolitics at the Eastern Mediterranean- Part 2In the second part of the episode “Geopolitics at the Eastern Mediterranean” recorded on the 27th of July 2020, Kleanthis Kyriakidis (AUE- American University of Emirates) talks about #Turkey and #Russia mixing #politics with #religion, the #delimitation of #maritime boundaries between #Greece and Turkey, the #EU and its lack of support to its member states, #Greece and #Cyprus based on #Turkey ’s provocations, #illegitimate and #unlawful actions, the role of the new government and that of France in the Geopolitics at the Eastern Mediterranean.
Music: "Reel" by Adrian Berenguer
Source: Storyblocks2020-08-2330 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouGeopolitics at the Eastern Mediterranean- Part 1I met again Kleanthis Kyriakidis, Associate Professor at the American University of Emirates #AUE, Department Chair of the BA in #Security and #Strategic Studies and recorded this episode on 27- July-2020, before the #EEZ #agreement between #Egypt and #Greece. In the first part of the episode, we talk about #Turkey ’s #revisionism at the Eastern Mediterranean, the #arabworld and the role of #Qatar, Greece and Egypt relations, #Putin and #Erdogan in #Syria and #Libya. Next Sunday, on 23-August-2020, in the second part of the episode, we talk about the #EU and its lack of support to its member states, #Gr...2020-08-1630 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouFrontiers in Chemical EngineeringProfessor Greg Stephanopoulos, the Willard Henry Dow Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology in the School of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), talks about:
· biotechnology and metabolic engineering;
· sustainability and the chemical industry;
· what chemical engineers bring to biotechnology and metabolic engineering;
· weblabs in chemical engineering programmes;
· the role models and mentors;
· how academic Institutions can power economic growth;
· the academia as a stakeholder in entrepreneurship;
· sustaining personal and professional excellence and high standards;
· lessons for making Greece a...2020-08-0238 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouStrategic changes in global affairs- Culture and history in diplomacyThemistoklis Zanidis, a retired officer of the Hellenic Navy, author at hellenicdailynewsny.com, a news blog for the Hellenic Diaspora in US, Canada, and the World, now a research intern at the Institute of International Relations in Greece, studied Cultural Studies (of Hellenic Civilization) and soon to start Masters on Global Policies and UN at Rutgers University in the US, is our episode's guest.
We talk about:
the importance of culture and history in diplomacy,
the selling and Achilles heel points of the Chinese strategic culture,
the pitfalls for the African...2020-07-1931 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouInternational business, arts, entrepreneurship and disruptive innovationHow Pablo Picasso and George Braque, who revolutionised modernism by developing cubism can inform collaboration in international business? Is an entrepreneur born or made? What is the key to women entrepreneurship? How risky is innovation considered for international businesses?
Professor Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki is an extrovert, internationally oriented individual, a citizen of the world who absorbs the positive aspects picking up at different locales and a visual person researching the synergy between arts and international business. She is Chair of International Business at the University of Vienna, in Austria and Visiting Professor at Leeds University Business School, in...2020-06-2152 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouCO2 emissions- Expectations and realityA monologue on CO2 emissions, transportation, the oil industry, the biofuel industry, governments, the UN, the EU, the academia, research and innovation and the lack of groundbreaking technologies.2020-06-0710 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouA psychologist’s entrepreneurial journey: From Greece to the NetherlandsVivian Chiona is a psychologist specialised in Child and Adolescent Psychology and Health Psychology. Vivian is the founder and CEO of the expatnest.com. We talk about:
- why it is important to have someone who trusts you and lifts you up;
- the importance of acknowledging our achievements and be equally happy for those of others;
- the significance of being appreciated professionally;
- that our time is short and precious to be wasted in a toxic work environment or a relationship;
- the steps to identify the...2020-05-3129 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouMedicine, Culture and History: From Pontus to the worldDr Kyriaki Sonidou is a doctor specialised in Cardiology and a graduate of Law, co-founder and President of the Pontian Society of the United Kingdom, President of the Hellenic Medical Society of the UK, Goodwill Ambassador and Head of Health Diplomacy in the UK of the Hellenic Institute of Cultural Diplomacy. Dr Sonidou talks about COVID-19, the obstacles to overcome for the internationalisation of the Pontian Genocide, why women still face challenges professionally, how success comes by following the flow and if one kicks you down is a push forward.2020-05-2451 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota Pimenidou19 May 2020- Remembrance Day of the Pontic (Greek) GenocideWhat would the present and future be, if we did not carry within us, the past as lessons, the lessons of life? History is the lessons of life; our own lives and the lives of others, of whom we are descendants.2020-05-1907 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouBecoming an entrepreneur and super- connecting Technology in the UKHow did Kosta Mavroulakis at the age of 16 realised he wanted to become an entrepreneur, in his early 20s the Digital Development Director of the National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs (NACUE) securing £3.5m from the UK Government’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills and now super connecting the Technology industry?2020-05-1151 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouBeyond time and technologyI meet again with Marios Koutsoukos to talk about pandemics in fiction novels and reality, as experienced by the human mind, regardless of time, space, social and technological achievements. “The Last Man” vs “The masque of the red death”: revealing our true selves and our finding our purpose vs being consumed by events.2020-05-0337 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouLeadership in Technology: Science or Politics?Vasileios Inglezakis, a fellow chemical engineer, with miles of experience in research business and the academia, talks to the Global Greek Influence from Kazakhstan, about the magic of zeoponics and their importance to the following Mars mission, that technology has been lobbied but should remain the creative field of a researcher, the future of humanity is found in the bio- and info- technology and why the latter should not compromise the freedom of humanity, which remains our number one value. 2020-04-1243 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouHellenic-American civic engagement and energy deals. New opportunities?Evangelos Karambelas, born in Greece, raised in Canada, currently living in the US and senior analyst for an investment platform focusing on US power generation assets talks about how the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) establishes and secures energy deals in the East Meditteranean between Greece, Cyprus, Israel and the US, his fellowship with the Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI), why it is a good time to invest in renewable energy infrastructure during the pandemic and the difference between being constantly curious and aimlessly curious, as a constant distraction. 2020-04-0543 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouAcademic- intelligence, national security and the coronavirusYannis (John) Nomikos, a sociologist, specialised in business intelligence consultancy regarding security issues in the Balkans, North Africa and Mediterranean region, founder and director of the ThinkTank Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS) (www.rieas.gr) talks about national security, the tensions in the Greek- Turkish borders and Dr Shohan's (former senior analyst in Israeli Defence Forces- IDF military intelligence and the Ministry of Defence, a specialist in chemical and biological warfare in the Middle East and worldwide) article titled "China and Viruses: The Case of Dr Xiangguo Qiu".2020-03-2957 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouThe pre- birthday podcast: Reflection by self-isolationMy thoughts on the coronavirus, “From the Earth to the moon” and the American Space Program, the flu pandemics, Democritus “atom theory of the Universe” and Aristotle, "pleonexia" and David Icke.2020-03-2210 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouChallenged living abroad and craving to change your career?How to successfully navigate the challenges and opportunities associated with discovering a dream career and adapting to a new country? Dominika Miernik, career coach and business idea generator discusses how motivation, rewarding, permission to allow flexibility to ourselves, plunge into the local culture when living abroad will enable us to make significant changes to our professional and personal lives.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/panagiota-pimenidou/message2020-03-0943 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouOutspoken on temporary newsA solocast on the past 48 hours events taking place at the borders of Greece-Turkey. All humans are political beings, and as such, I express my personal opinion by reading about the events, not the news published and statements as non-expert but solely conveying my opinion as a democratic civilian who seeks the truth. On Turkey, Syria, Greece and the bully Sultan (aka dictator) Erdogan.2020-03-0212 min
The Expat Career LifestyleHow To Stay Motivated While Living Abroad. Interview With Panagiota PimenidouLife abroad is challenging whether you're moving for a short assignment or you want to build your career or life in another city. You can feel unmotivated, out of balance or confused about your professional or personal goals. In our new episode of The Expat Career And Lifestyle podcast, I'm interviewing a very special guest, Panagiota Pimenidou, a lecturer in Chemical Engineering at the University of Bradford. Born and raised in Greece, she has been living in the UK for 13 years. You will learn: how Panagiota started her international experience and crafted her academic career as...2020-02-2433 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouA Greek in the Middle East: from the Hellenic Navy to the Academia- History and PoliticsKleanthis Kyriakidis, proud of his Pontic and Islandic ancestry, an assistant professor at the American University in UAE and former captain of the Greek (Hellenic) Navy, talks about the Middle East, misconceptions, objectivity through history and priorities in life.2020-02-2355 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouBelief in engineering and be true to oneselfDimitris Ipsakis, Assistant Professor, at the School of Production Engineering and Management, talks about renewable energy, God's place in science, and what part of our character is decisive to choosing our profession or specialisation to feel more powerful.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/panagiota-pimenidou/message2020-02-1639 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouStoicism in the engineering academia and living abroadI met Tassos Natsakis to talk about what it means living without nationality; that different cultures are alternative perspectives of universal human values, stoicism bringing mindfulness and that "the grass is not greener on the other side". Tassos was born in Thessaloniki, lived in Belgium, now located in Romania with his wife and son. As a mechanical and biomedical engineer, he works in the field of robotic rehabilitation2020-02-0741 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouMeeting other than Greek ex-pats (part 4)- Nelson Zambrano: from the US army and going back to Colombia, to "Invest in America" and collaboration with "Global Greek Influence"In this episode, Nelson Zambrano collaborated with Global Greek Influence. Nelson was born in the US by Colombian parents, moved briefly to Colombia during his childhood. He talked about his life lessons in the US army when he revisited Colombia, the impact 9/11 had in his decisions, how he got into the Real Estate business and his podcast "Invest in America", and why our actions determine our feelings.2020-02-0753 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouMeeting other than Greek ex-pats (part 3)- Victor Osioh: From Nigeria to the UK and the Diaspora ChiefsMeeting with Victor Osioh of the "Diaspora Chiefs" podcast: "We are all connected in search of happiness". "Happinness is infectious and a choice, connecting to people is a choice". "Resilience comes from owneship of ourselves". "Success is about being happy of the path we choose". 2020-02-0634 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouMeeting other than Greek ex-pats (part 2)- Marijana May: From Croatia to Thailand and withinMarijana took control of her life by identifying her own needs and not others expectations. She now introduces us to "Busyness for Happiness". We are most productive by focusing on our ourselves and entrepreneurship is about our self-expression.2020-02-0538 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouMeeting other than Greek ex-pats (part 1)- Matilda Tavanian: An Armenian born in Iran becoming internationalMatilda talks about her ex-pat story: how strangers can enlighten our lives, becoming a PR expert after studying law and now a podcaster with "Coffee with Matilda- A journey to self", connecting us to our true selves which reflects our professional journey. Things happen for a reason; what we perceive as bad moments can save us from disasters.2020-02-0233 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouA Greek, young academic living and working abroadDr Dimitrios Kontziampasis talks about how he meets challenges in the academic environment, the Greek academia vs UK university, and how persistence, respect and values give one perspective in multidisciplinary engineering.2020-01-2744 min
Busyness to HappinessHow to Recall Happy Moments in Difficult Times - Interview with Panagiota PimenidouIn new podcast episode Marijana speaks with Panagiota Pimenidou, successful academic and beautiful woman from Greece that is living in UK. She loves fiction, history and other peoples stories, and she recently started her own podcast called Global Greek Influence. In this episode you will discover importance of storytelling and imagination; how to recall happy moments when you feel angry and why emotions are not arguments. Also, you will learn useful tips for everyday life that will bring you more happiness and self-control. 2020-01-2354 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouChallenges in entrepreneurship of Communicating ScienceWhat if you decide to quit active research and communicate Science instead? Theo Anagnostopoulos, the founder of SciCo, talks about his journey and challenges he meets personally and professionally.2020-01-1919 min
Global Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouBattles in life and history: no regretsMarios Koutsoukos, an author of fantasy, historical fiction and non-fiction and lyrics writer of Greek and international extreme heavy metal bands, talks about how history inspires fantasy and vice versa, turning history and fantasy into lyrics and books. Motto: Die with no regrets.2020-01-1637 minGlobal Greek Influence- Giota PimenidouKept inspiredI always thought there is more to having a career. Life is about dreaming and dreaming brings creation.2019-12-2804 min