“Dr. Vassilis Nikolopoulos, is an active Deep Tech entrepreneur, corporate executive, investor & mentor, applied researcher and passionate with technology futurology and Technology transfer. In the last 20 years, Vassilis has been working in applied research, technology transfer and innovation management procedures, focusing on the Big Data problems applied to Utilities and the Energy Sector (Smart Grids). He co-founded the Deep tech Intelen (an outcome of his PhD at NTUA), one of the most successful startups in the digital energy and utility analytics market, having some big utilities as clients (including Protergia, MYT). He is the Head of Applied Research and Development/Innovation at Protergia, Mytilineos SA, leading the corporate Technology Transfer, R&D Innovation Strategy and the conversion process of applied research results into innovative products and services (Protergia Innovation Labs). He has global recognitions in top innovation and entrepreneurship contests (US Red herring, SVASE Silicon Valley, Siemens global smartgrid, OECD eco-innovation, CeBIT top cleantech, etc). He is a mentor at the StartupBootamp accelerator and one of the top-100 Global mentors at the Founder Institute (FI). He is a valedictorian Electrical Engineer from Dundee University, Scotland with postgraduate studies at Imperial College, London School of Economics, Ecole Polytechnique (X) and a PhD from National Technical University of Athens. Also took various courses from HarvardX (Harvard University).”