Tech Talks Central

Dr. Constantinos Potamitis is a PostDoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation. In his interview, he talks about Virtual Screening, a computer simulation technique used as the first step in the medicinal drugs discovery process. Virtual Screening reduces the need for the costly and resource-intensive manual lab experiments which determine the effects of linking/combining molecules and proteins. Current research done in the Lab of Molecular Analysis, focuses on how to improve the accuracy of existing models. Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks Central.

Air pollution remains a major environmental issue, with many implications in several aspects of our life and the environment we live in. Dr. Evangelia Diapouli talks about the efforts of her team, at the Environmental Radioactivity Lab in the Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety at NCSR Demokritos, the measurements they take daily at their research station in Athens (another one is being built at Mt. Chelmos, of the Peloponnese) and the impact of the results in our lives. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central.

Dr. Garyfallia Drossopoulou explains in simple terms what neural stem cell development from the human olfactory mucosa(in the nose) means for patients with spine injuries and other related health problems. She dwells into the purpose of cultivating such cells in order to get concentrated populations but also capable of multiplying & self-renewing. She explains the ‘olfactory’ term and the solution it entails to finding the right tissue without ethical boundaries. Ending, she gives us her own insights on whether young students should follow her footsteps in medical research and what they should expect from the science. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.

Valerie Westerduin, HR Recruiter from Booking.com join us at Tech Talks Central to discuss the skillsets that developers should possess, how booking.com helps employees evolve professionally, and share insights on what it’s like to work for booking.com. Interviewed by Tina Miteko for Tech Talks Central.

Sakis Triantafyllakis, Co-Founder and CEO of PanelSensor (previously SpeakerZen), gets into the shoes of presenters and speakers and talks about getting reliable and objective feedback from the audiences in the quest for the wow-factor zen. He also gives the early stage startup perspective of MWC: what are the expectations and what the opportunities. Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks Central.

Maria Argyti, International Business Development Manager for SoftOne talks about enterprise resource planning, the Soft1 mobility platform, and when to choose a hosted vs. on premise solution. Interviewed by Tina Miteko for Tech Talks Central.

Maria Papadopouli is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at University of Crete with global distinctions by companies including IBM (Faculty Awards in 2004 and 2005) and Google (Faculty Award 2013). Maria is leading a team of researchers at the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) developing CoRLAB & u-map, a portfolio of sophisticated solutions for multi-modal collection and intelligent, actionable, business-driven analytics of mobile network user experience. Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks Central.

We chat with Magnus Ekenheim and Anna Aleryd from Sony Mobile about the opportunities Internet of Things (IoT) presents for application developers, the Sony Smart Eyeglasses and Smart Watch, and how they see IoT affecting consumers in the future. Interviewed by Tina Miteko for Tech Talks Central.

John Lunn, Lean Evangelist for EMEA PayPal, covers their major Mobile World Congress 2014 announcements; the Samsung Galaxy S5 which will allow payments with your fingerprint and the collaboration on the Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 Watch. How PayPal is more interested in making our lives more convenient and not only secure. Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks Central.

Muki Kulhan talks about Jiggster, a Zap Venture, which is an online free video console game trading marketplace. A mobile app that allows mass gamers or just fans to trade for free with close proximity users or ever broader out, their old games. Muki talks about expansion and monetization. Interviewed by Tina Miteko for Tech Talks Central.