Dr Alexandros Nikitas ( Reader in Smart Transport, Future Mobility Lab Founding Director, Deputy Director of the Behavioural Research Centre, the University of Huddersfield in the UK- 2022- 2025 Chair of the UTSG (Universities' Transport Study Group) discusses

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Captain Efstathios Kyriakidis is the Branch Chief Operations Coordination in the EU Military Staff (EUMS) and Deputy Director of the EU Maritime Area of Interest Coordination Cell (MAICC) and whose career spans over four decades. We discuss aspects of the future crises and managing peace by the EU through:

· the contribution of the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in Ukraine,

· considering the CSDP extension from conflict prevention to a security actor,

· the "EU Strategic Compass" as (i) the platform for the EU's future role in global security, (ii) the implementation tool to transform the EU military Strategy

· the Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMP) ensuring future Maritime Areas security, the international collaboration and partnership at Sea,

· the EU's role in the Indo-Pacific region,

· the level of independent control of the EU military missions by the EU Military Staff regarding NATO.

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Given France's leading position in the EU, we discuss, with George Tassiopoulos (PhD in Political Sciences, empirical and theoretical expert in French and European politics and political parties), the influence of the 2022 French parliamentary elections regarding:

- sanctions toward Russia,

- the presidential (Macron's) "national and European sovereignty" programme and the president's authority in foreign policy,

- the reality about Mr Mélenchon (NUPES) and Mrs LePen (Rassemblement National),

- the synergies between the presidency and the newly elected national assembly (parliament),

- the lessons we take from the French parliamentary elections about our maturity as EU citizens of democracies.

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Dr Marios Efthymiopoulos (CEO of the Strategy International strategyinternational.org, specialised in policy crafting and decision-making) discusses:

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Dr Constantine Stratakis (Chief Scientific Officer, ELPEN, Athens, Greece- Director (Res. A'), Human Genetics & Precision Medicine at Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)), a world recognised leader in utilising genetic linkage and other genome-wide tools to identify small molecules responsible for genetic defects causing a number of human diseases, speaks about:

· the reasons gene therapy is more important than the current treatment of diseases,

· the steps towards personalised diagnostics for prevention and treatment options to become the rule and not the exception,

· why the predictive human immune system response could be crucial for upcoming pandemics,

· how nanoparticles could become key to functionalise and targeting tissues,

and that there is no single path to follow based on your preferences and wishes.

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Dr Eleni Diamanti (Senior researcher / Director of Research CNRS  Sorbonne University, Vice Director of the Paris Centre for Quantum  Computing) is a leading expert on experimental quantum cryptography and communication complexity and the development of photonic resources and protocols for quantum networks.

Dr Diamanti discusses

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Why 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?

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With Dr Costas Nikiforidis (Associate Professor of Biobased Materials, Wageningen University, the Netherlands), we discuss:

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Professor Anna Stefanopoulou (William Clay Ford Professor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) and I discuss:

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Professor Vasilis Katos (Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of the Computer Emergency Response Team at Bournemouth University (BU-CERT)) is my guest in this episode where we discuss:

− cybersecurity in the circular economy for sustainability and climate change,

− IoT and circularity-by-design,

− AI enhancing cyberdefence,

− cryptography in freedom of speech against authoritative regimes.

Vasilis also leads the flagship ECHO pilot, part of the European network of Cybersecurity centres and competence Hub for Innovation and Operations.

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