FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY - HELLAS FORTH

FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY - HELLAS

FORTH

9

FORTH RETREAT

Killini, Olympia Riviera Resort

October 9

-10

2009

Friday October 9

2009

9:00 – 9:30 Opening remarks

9:30– 10:45 Presentations by the Institute Directors (Ι)

Session Chair: Vladimiros Nikolakis ICE-HT

 Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH), Alkiviades Ch. Payatakes, Chairman of the Board of Directors

 Institute of Chemical Engineering and High Temperature Chemical Processes (ICE-HT), Costas Galiotis, Director

 Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (IMBB), Josef Papamatheakis, Acting Director

 Institute of Applied & Computational Mathematics (IACM), Vassilios Dougalis, Director

 Biomedical Research Institute (BRI), Theodore Fotsis, Director 10:45 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:50 Session 1: Biosciences: Biomedicine, Tissue Mechanics, Bioinformatics

Session Chair: Androniki Kretsovali IMBB

11:00–11:45 Plenary Speaker: Title (TBA)

Kyriacos Zygourakis, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Univ. of Rice

11:50 How chromosome organization affects gene expression in normal and

malignant cells.

Charalambos Spilianakis. IMBB

12:05 Trailing along the chromatin-nuclear envelope interface. Spiros Georgatos IBE

12:20 Linking signalling with receptor trafficking. Carol Murphy IBE

12:35 Polymorphs of active pharmaceutical ingredients: research challenges

and their importance for the pharmaceutical industry

Christos C. Kontoyiannis, ICE-HT & Univ. Patras 13:00 – 14:15 Lunch

14:30 – 16:15 Session 1 (cont): Biosciences: Biomedicine, Tissue Mechanics, Bioinformatics

Session Chair: Spiros Georgatos IBE

14:30 Analysis and Visualization of Brain Networks, Vaggelis Sakkalis, Vasilis Tsiaras and Ioannis Tollis IP

14:45 Ηigh-throughput and resolution biomolecular analysis at

Maria Klapa, George. Voyiatzis, Spyros Yannopoulos ICE-HT 15:00 DNA damage: at the crossroad between cancer and aging

George Garinis IMBB

15:15 Stress, mitochondria and ageing Nektarios Tavernarakis IMBB

15:30 Stem cell pluripotency and the future of biomedicine. Androniki Kretsovali IMBB

15:45 Application of Ultra-short Pulse Lasers for Materials

Micro/Nanoprocessing and Diagnostics

Emmanuel Stratakis IESL

16:00 Laser Based Fabrication of Micro/Nano 3D Structures for Tissue

Engineering Applications

Anthi Ranella IESL

16:15–16:45 Break

16:45–19:00 Session 2: Environmental, physiological and engineering flows: Computational models and measurements

Session Chair: N. Kampanis ICM

16:45 – 17:30 Plenary Speaker:

Climate change: Models, simulations and impacts on financials sectors (tourism, health)

Andreas Matzarakis, Meteorological Institute, University of Freiburg 17:30 Climate change in Mediterranean with focus in Greece

P. Nastos, ICM

17:45 Air pollution & climate change S. Pandis, ICE-HT & Univ. of Patras 18:00 Tsunami Simulation in the area of Rhodes

E. Flouri ICM 18:15 – 18:40 Break

18:45 Coastal erosion in Greece caused by natural and human reasons S. Poulos ICM

19:00 Development of CFD Methodologies and Applications to Aeronautics and

Biomechanics

Ioannis Ekaterinaris ICM

19:15 Multiphase flows in heterogeneous porous media and applications to soil

remediation technologies

19:30 – 20:30 FORTH Awards

Session Chair:

“ Applied or basic science” Award

- Prof. Dimitrios Vlassopoulos, Collaborating Faulty member of IESL (The award will be presented to him on 10/9).

- Assist. Prof Thedore-Petros Rakitzis, Collaborating Faculty member of IESL

Award for contribution to FORTH:

Georgios Christodoulakis, Supervisor of FORTH’s financial department Award for contribution to Central Administration

- Paraskevaidi Maria - Giannadaki Irene

Award for contribution to ICS - G. Grammenos

- G. Georgalis

21:00 Dinner

09:30 – 20:30 Poster Session Ι.

Saturday October 10

2009

09:00 – 09:45 Presentations by the Institute Directors (ΙI)

Session Chair: Maria Klapa, ICE-HT

 Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL), Costas Fotakis, Director

 Institute of Computer Science (ICS), Constantine Stephanidis, Director

 Institute of Mediterranean Studies (IMS), Christos Hadjiiosif, , Acting Director

09:45-10:00 Polymers: New challenges for a mature science

Prof. Dimitrios Vlassopoulos IESL

10:05 – 10:50 Session 3: New Materials – Nanotechnology for innovative applications Plenary Speaker: Title (TBA)

Prof. Th. Kaxiras.

Department of Physics, Harvard University 10:50 - 11:05 Break

11:05 – 12:35 Session 3: New Materials – Nanotechnology for innovative applications

Session Chair: A. Siokou ICE-HT

G.Tsoukleri, K. Papagelis, J. Parthenios and C. Galiotis, ICE-HT

11:20 New High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membranes and their Fuel Cell

Performance

J.K. Kallitsis, S.G. Neophytides, ICE-HT & Univ. of Patras 11:35 Development of advanced multifunctional textiles

G. Voyiatzis, ICE-HT

11:50 Epitaxial Nanostructures of III-Nitrides Semiconductors Eleftherios Iliopoulos, IESL

12:05 Polymeric Systems - from Synthesis to Hierarchical Structures Ulrich Jonas, IESL

12:20 Magnetically Responsive Photonic Nanocrystals Alexandros Lappas, IESL

12:35 -12:50 «Technology transfer brokerage by Diktyo PRAXI/ HELP-FORWARD

Network: Progress – success stories - perspectives»

V. Tsakalos, Diktyo PRAXI/ HELP-FORWARD Network 13:00– 14:15 Lunch

14:30 – 16:15 Session 4: Smart Environments and Ambient Intelligence: Research Directions, Technologies and Applications

Session Chair: Dimitris Tsakiris ICS

14:30 – 15:15 Plenary Speaker:

Security and Privacy Challenges in Ubiquitous Human Monitoring

Filia Makedon, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington,

15:15 Programme on Ambient Intelligence Constantine Stephanidis, ICS

15:30 Approach and initial results of the FORTH-ICS RTD Programme on

Ambient Intelligence

Antonis Argyros, ICS

15:45 Interactive Applications in the AmI Environments of ICS-FORTH Dimitris Grammenos, ICS

16:00 Human Body Localization and Pose Estimation based on a Camera

Network

Xenophon Zabulis, ICS 16:15 – 16:45 Break

Management

Session Chair: A. Lyberatos

16:45 – 17:30 Plenary Speaker:

“Technology in the Service of Art ”

Th. Kalpaxis, Dept. of History and Archaeology, University of Crete

17:30 Digital treatment of unpublished information on the social history of

Rethimno (first half of 20th century).

(Research Program: History of the Eastern Mediterranean and Balkan Cities, 18th-20th c.)

Spyros Dimanopoulos, IMS

17:45 Web & Web_GIS applications in Archaeology and Culture

Lena Kokkinaki, Giorgos Papadakis, Aris Kidonakis, Paraskevi Seferou & Apostolos Sarris, (Laboratory of Geophysical-Satellite Remote Sensing & Archaeo-environment).

18:00 Virtual Reconstruction of Monuments and Sites

Spilios Theodoropoulos & Apostolos Sarris, Laboratory of Geophysical-Satellite Remote Sensing & Archaeo-environment.

18:15 THz Time-domain Spectroscopy and Imaging in Cultural Heritage

Applications and Beyond Stelios Tzortzakis, IESL

18:30 A formal theory for reasoning about knowledge, action and time in dynamic

and uncertain environments

Theodore Patkos, Dimitris Plexousakis, Grigoris Antoniou, Ioannis Tsamardinos, IP

18:45 – 19:00 Break 19:00 - 19:30 Title (TBA)

Dr A. Mitsos

Session Chair: A. Lappas IESL

19:30 – 20:30 Discussion Session Chairs:

 Alkiviades Ch. Payatakes, Chairman of the Board of Directors  Representative of Researchers

20:30 Final Remarks

21:00 Dinner