Uni Systems SA (UNI), Luxembourg/Greece
Uni Systems is one of the most reliable European Information and Communication Technology companies that delivers a wide range of products and services, helping its customers adapt and excel in a rapidly changing and challenging business environment. Uni Systems is a long-standing strategic partner to financial institutions, public organizations, telecom operators, enterprises and institutions in the European region. It has a proven track record of successful large scale, complex and critical ICT projects in more than 26 countries through its business entities in Athens, Brussels, Bucharest, Luxembourg, Milan and Barcelona, in tandem with on site or remote project teams.
Website: www.unisystems.com
Contact person (Luxembourg): George Garofalakis
Email: garofalakisG@unisystems.eu
Contact person (Greece): Eleftheria Tsourlidaki
Email: tsourlidakiE@unisystems.gr
IASIS NGO (IASIS), Greece
The Civil Non-Profit Company IASIS NGO was founded in 2005. From 2005 until today at the center of IASIS NGO is the human. The main objectives of the organization are to provide psychosocial support, to combat the social exclusion of vulnerable groups of the population, to provide psychological and counseling services, to create equal opportunities and new perspectives for vulnerable groups of the population, to promote mental health, to provide psychiatric care in the Community based on the principles of Social Psychiatry and Psychosocial Rehabilitation, provision of specialized psychiatric services and psychoeducational interventions to the standards of Psychiatric Reform and the World Health Organization.
Website: www.iasismed.eu
Contact person: Marianna Anagnostopoulou
Email: marianna.anagnostopoulou@iasismed.eu
Center for Social Innovation (CSI), Cyprus
We are a team of professionals with over 50 years of collective experiences in the fields of Education, System Rationalization, Information & Communications Technologies, Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, Global Health Process – Life Sciences, Business Forensic Intervention, Youth Development & Motivation, and Resource Realignment with Goals and Objectives. Our Team is focusing on developing and introducing disruptive solutions to systemic social, education and economic problems. The disruptive solutions to the systemic problems that we identify are developed through various layers of interaction with stakeholders. The interaction at the stakeholder layer is achieved through brainstorming, field research and focus groups and at the scientific level is done through literature and scientific research reviews. Our purpose is to systematically and systemically have an impact in the social fabric of our society to allow, encourage and facilitate a better quality of life for as many people as possible.
We believe that Quality of Life improves when the process of Social Innovation is leveraged to attain Social Justice, to solve Systemic Problems and develop solutions that may provide opportunities for individuals and organizations.
Website: csicy.com
Contact person: Katerina Theodoridou
Email: katerina@csicy.com
University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany
The University of Duisburg-Essen (German: Universität Duisburg-Essen) is a public research university in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the university was awarded 194th place in the world. It was originally founded in 1654 and re-established on 1 January 2003, as a merger of the Gerhard Mercator University of Duisburg and the university of Essen. It is based in both the cities of Duisburg and Essen, and a part of University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr.
With its 12 departments and around 40,000 students, the University of Duisburg-Essen is among the 10 largest German universities. Since 2014, research income has risen by 150 percent. Natural science and engineering are ranked within the top 10 in Germany, and the humanities are within the top 20 to 30. Especially, the physics field is ranked in the top 1 in Germany.
Website: https://www.uni-due.de
Contact person: Irene-Angelica Chounta
Email: irene-angelica.chounta@uni-due.de
Science Communication (SciCo), Greece
SciCo (Science Communication) is a non-profit organisation, focusing on scientific engagement and empowerment, through innovative, interactive, and entertaining means. It was founded in 2008, and consists of scientists, academics, educators, artists, and people with an interest in everyday science. Today, it operates as a social enterprise.
Through numerous high-impact outreach activities, such as science festivals, digital platforms, and workshops, SciCo has reached more than 400.000 people all over Greece. It has also reached audiences outside Greece by expanding some of its own projects internationally and by participating in EU Programs and Networks.
Website: scico.gr
Contact person: Maria Vlastara
Email: mvlastara@scico.lgr
Konnektable (KT), Ireland
Konnektable Technologies is a software technology firm, based in the Republic of Ireland. Our vision is simple – to create connections – through technology, through the practical application of research, and through collaboration. Konnekt-able’s principals have extensive experience in research work and in following that work through to the commercial marketplace.
Konnekt-able’s Software Engineers, Analysts and Programmers keep abreast of all major technology innovations and developments that can add value to our business activities.
We are using a series of development platforms, chosen on the basis of their suitability, adaptability, scalability and flexibility, to successfully design and implement custom-built solutions, which meet complex customer requirements under strict Service Level Agreements where applicable.
Website: konnektable.com
Contact person: Kallia Angelaki
Email: kangelaki@konnektable.com
University of Patras (UPatras), Greece
The University of Patras was founded in the city of Patras in 1964 and started to operate in the academic year 1966-1967. The University of Patras is the third largest University in Greece in terms of students, faculty members, administrative personnel, number of departments and degrees awarded.
The University of Patras includes 35 Departments covering a wide range of disciplines. It also hosts 161 laboratories and 17 fully equipped clinics.
Besides its distinguished path in education, the University of Patras excels in various fields of basic and applied research. The University of Patras has acquired international prominence in research areas such as Health, Environment, Biotechnology, Mechanics, Electronics, Informatics and Basic Science. A number of its academic Departments, laboratories and clinics have been recognized as centres of excellence on the basis of international assessment. The University of Patras has acquired a reputation for producing quality and innovative research and for taking part in a plethora of research projects, scientific organizations and research groups.
Together with its educational and research work, the vibrant campus life of the University of Patras attracts many students every year as their first and foremost choice for Higher Education studies.
Website: www.upatras.gr
Contact person: Vassilis Komis
Email: komis@upatras.gr
Novelcore (NVCR), Greece
Novelcore is a technology driven consultancy, established in Greece in 2019, that specializes in research and innovation. Novelcore offers an environment that facilitates the dialogue for continuous evolution, collaboration and exploration of new and promising solutions for product development as well as fundamental and applied research.
Combining strong technology know-how, hands-on research skills and business approaches, Novelcore delivers research inspired solutions and novel concepts to support our clients.
Novelcore explores novel horizons through a mix of creativity, cultural vitality and sustainability; bridges academia, research and industry by developing exploitable assets and technological strategies; and promotes multidisciplinary research activities, through the establishment of collaborative hubs, building and maintaining a multi-actor stakeholder ecosystem.
Website: novelcore.eu
Contact person: Dimitris Charalampakis
Email: charalampakis@novelcore.eu
Environmental Ambassadors for Sustainable Development (EASD), Serbia
Environmental Ambassadors for Sustainable Development (EASD) is a non-for-profit professional association focusing work on education, as well as on research and science (professional and citizens) promotion, in the areas of sustainable development and environment/climate change, through the consultancy, expertise, innovation, capacity building, evidence-based advocacy, promotion of natural and culture values, global equality and environmental/climate justice.
On an international level, EASD works in collaboration with many networks (global, pan European, European). The EASD has a track record of effective regional coalition building and partnerships (towards regional environmental cohesion).
At national level, EASD network comprises, among others, more than 150 Eco-Schools, targeting more than 10000 individuals and Forum of friends (EASD Club), with more than 1000 interested individuals. At the grassroots level, EASD ensures an effective complement to direct evidence-based advocacy and mobilization.
Website: ambassadors-env.com
Contact person: Andjelka Mihajlov
Email: anmihajlov@gmail.com
Université Côte d’Azur (UCdA), France
Université Côte d’Azur was created in January 2020 as an experimental university. It has been awarded the major national label of « IDEX » initiative of excellence, which positions it among the 9 French « IDEX » universities with intensive research and strong international influence.
Structured into innovative internal components with increased responsibilities for greater agility, Université Côte d’Azur backs all of its training and innovation missions with the excellence of its research. Its strong roots in the Côte d’Azur region make it one of the driving forces behind its growth model.
As a founding member of the Ulysseus European alliance, as the holder of one of the four French Interdisciplinary Institutes for Artificial Intelligence (3IA) and with major partnerships with the major national research players, Université Côte d’Azur intends to position itself among the best European universities and thus consolidate its international dimension.
Website: univ-cotedazur.fr
Contact person: Margarida Romero
Email: margarida.romero@unice.fr
Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania
KTU is a leading Lithuanian university mission is to provide research-based studies at international level; to develop and to transfer knowledge and innovative technologies for sustainable development of the State and development of innovations; to create an open creative environment which inspires talents and leaders.
KTU provides a wide range of studies and cooperates closely with business. The University provides studies of engineering, technologies, physical and social sciences, humanities and arts. The research groups working at KTU contribute to the global scientific knowledge by conducting cutting edge interdisciplinary research on the most important questions of current time.
Website: en.ktu.edu
Contact person: Panos Kostakos
Email: panagiotis.kostakos@ktu.lt
Austrian Centre for Peace (ACP), Austria
The ASPR is an independent, non-profit and non-partisan organisation. It is engaged in research, education/training and practical conflict transformation. The work of ASPR has given them the status of UN “Peace Messenger” and a UNESCO “Prize for Peace Education”.
In recent years, the environment and context for international actors engaging in violent conflict have changed considerably. The ASPR research agenda aims to consider these changes and to focus on understanding possible consequences and shaping outcomes. ASPR’s research is also the basis for policy consulting. ASPR’s Education/Training department focuses on two core areas: Peace Education and the training of civilian experts for peacebuilding and conflict transformation, who are or will be deployed in crisis regions. Every year more than 1,000 pupils participate in ASPR’s peace education programmes, and hundreds of civilian experts are trained within their various training programmes. ASP also runs the Peace Museum, with the aim to promote global values for a culture of peace, and organizes the annual Summer Academy, which is open to all. In addition, ASPR offers a safe space for conflict parties to engage in dialogue, and supports peace mediation processes. ASPR also engages in crisis regions to mediate between conflict parties. Through their work, ASPR developed a particular approach in conflict transformation, focusing on working first with conflict parties separately, in order to prepare them for genuine dialogue with other conflict parties.
Website: www.ac4p.at
Contact Person: Monika Psenner
Email: psenner@ac4p.at
Mission-X (MSX), United Kingdom
Mission-X is an all in one platform powered by artificial intelligence used to manage projects and automate the workflow. The software provides seamless coordination of projects, people, and spending from one platform as it learns from the past and predicts the future to help the user improve as they go. Users can get out of the box dashboards driven by real-time project data as they can find people, track budgets and view the data within the context of strategic goals. Mission-X helps its users to visualize progress, predict issues, track spendings and pool resources to find the right people with the required skill sets at the right time. The A.I. auto-generates real-time progress and budget insights and works with the team members to keep the plan on track and updated while notifying issues before they turn into problems. The software enables individuals to control and own their data and use it to work better, faster and with less stress.
Website: missionx.ai/web
Contact Person: Makis Spyratos
Email: makis@missionx.ai