DDr. Damianos Sakas is a Professor at the Agricultural University of Athens.

In the past he has served in the Communications Office of the Prime Minister of Greece and was responsible for part of the communication policy related to the media. He has an academic background and experience in SA Companies, in relation to Business Administration. He held a position in large international companies, always as a Decision Maker. His professional experience in management, combined with his academic background, have helped him gain experience which he tries to turn into scientific research.

DDr. Damianos Sakas has published more than 170 papers in scientific journals, collective volumes and proceedings of international conferences and has received more than 2500 citations to his published work. He has participated in a number of funded research projects and programs, which he has successfully coordinated.

His research field concerns Strategic Negotiation, Business Communication, Strategy and Management. His research interests are Business Simulation Models, Computational Methods and Marketing

Responsibilities:

1. Deputy Head Secretary  of the Department of Agribusiness and Supply Chain Management of       Agricultural  University of Athens

    2. Deputy Head Secretary  of the Department of Supply Chain  Management (formerly TEI of Stereas

Elladas) of Agricultural University of Athens

Brief CV:

• Degree of  Pedagogical Department of Primary Education, University of Thessaly

• MSc in Information Management in Libraries, Archives, Museums, University of West Attica  

• Many years of experience in the private sector

• Scientific work

• Participation in training programs

• Excellent knowledge of the English Language

Working hours: 7:15-15:15

Assistant Professor in "Agri-food Supply Chain Management"

Foivos Anastasiadis is an Assistant Professor at the Agricultural University of Athens in the field of "Agri-food Supply Chain Management". He holds a PhD from Imperial College London and an MSc from Wageningen University. He has published more than 40 articles in scientific journals, books and proceedings of international conferences. He has participated in many European and national research projects. He is also a reviewer in various scientific journals.

Research

Indicative national research projects:

• ELIDEK/ΕΛΙΔΕΚ (2018-2021) for postdoctoral researchers (co-PI), TruStFoodS “Development of an Innovative Traceability System for Controlling Food Safety in Sustainable AgriFood Supply Chains” funding from the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) and the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT), under grant agreement No [1786]
• AgroETAK/ΑγροΕΤΑΚ (2014-2015) Postdoc (PI) "Sustainable Development of Botanical Gardens: the case of the Balkan Botanical Garden of Kroussia"

Indicative European and international research projects:

• ECOREADY (2022-2026): Achieving Ecological Resilient Dynamism for the European food system through consumer-driven policies, socio-ecological challenges, biodiversity, data-driven policy, sustainable futures. HORIZON-CL6-2022-CLIMATE-01-04 (Grant Agreement 101084201)
• FP7 REGPOT (2012-2015) Project: GREEN-AgriChains. Innovation Capacity Building by Strengthening Expertise and Research in the Design, Planning and Operations of Green Agrifood Supply Chains.
• Balkan-Mediterranean 2014-2020, Project Proposal with Acronym “SMecoMP” (Ref. No. 2376/ 4/26/2016)
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) «Sustainable Land and Forest Management in Greater Caucasus Landscape, Azerbaijan»
• Transforming India’s Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food Supplies (Tigr2ess), funder: UK BBSRC NMZM/324, RG88282
• Project READY, “Resilient Agrifood Dynamism through evidence based policies” funding from the Collaborative Research Program Grant 2019 – Ministry of Education UAE.

Selected publications

Anastasiadis, F., Manikas, I., Apostolidou, I., & Wahbeh, S. (2022). The role of traceability in end-to-end circular agri-food supply chains. Industrial Marketing Management, 104, 196-211. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2022.04.021

Anastasiadis, F. and Tsolakis, N. (2021). Environmental hotspots analysis: A systematic framework for food supply chains and implementation case in the UK poultry industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 305, 126981. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126981

Archontakis, F. and Anastasiadis, F. (2019). Technology and Innovation during recession: the case of Greek Agri-food sector. International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development 18(1), 17-36. doi: 10.1386/tmsd.18.1.17_1

Anastasiadis, F., & Poole, N. (2015). Emergent supply chains in the agrifood sector: insights from a whole chain approach. Supply Chain Management: an International Journal, 20(4), 353-368. DOI: 10.1108/SCM-08-2014-0259

Dr P. Trivellas is Professor at the Department of Agribusiness & Supply Chain Management (Agricultural University of Athens), internal member of the Council of Administration and Director of the Laboratory of Organizational Innovation and Management Systems (ORIMAS Lab). He holds a MSc-Ing in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. degree in strategic management styles (National Technical University of Athens-NTUA). He has more than 20 years of teaching experience in undergraduate and postgraduate studies (traditional and distance learning).

He has been granted with a patent (OBI no. 1010524/10-8-2023: Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation) for an integrated decision-making tool (Innovative Air Network Optimization System/IANOS-DSS), which synthesizes the requirements and constraints of the core stakeholders (in remote and isolated communities served by Public Service Obligation/PSO routes via a cocreation method), in order to optimize and increase the coherence of the PSO route network, maximizing social & economic impacts and reducing the environmental footprint.

He has been involved as scientific coordinator or head researcher in more than fifteen funded research projects in the fields of Supply Chain Mgt, Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Mgt, HRM, Multi-actor multi-criteria analysis, e-training, WLB, and skills & competencies.

He has published more than 90 research papers in academic journals and international conferences. His core research interests focus on the areas of Strategic Management, Supply Chain Management, Organizational Behaviour, Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, CSR, TQM, e-learning and Quality in Higher Education.

Assistant Professor. According to Google Scholar, his published work includes 50 publications in the fields of agricultural/rural economics and regional development. His research mainly focuses on maritime economics, investment appraisal in rural areas, economic risk and uncertainty in agricultural production, exploration of socio-economic phenomena and impacts occurring in rural areas, and finally, on the productivity and technical efficiency of agricultural and livestock farms and fishing enterprises. He has 309 citations for his published work, and his research impact index (h-index) is 9. He has participated in 15 research projects funded by European and national programs, of which he is the scientific coordinator for two. He has taught in the undergraduate program of the Department of Agricultural Business Management the following courses: 1) Introduction to Agricultural Economics, 2) Organization and Management of Agricultural Enterprises I, 3) Organization and Management of Agricultural Enterprises II, 4) Microeconomic Theory, and 5) Macroeconomic Theory. Additionally, he has taught at the undergraduate level in other departments the courses: 1) Special Topics in Statistics, 2) Statistics I, 3) Statistics III, 4) Econometrics I, 5) Management and Marketing of Agritourism Enterprises. Finally, at the postgraduate level, he has taught Microeconomic Theory."

Aikaterini (Catherine) Marinagi is a Professor of Software Engineering and Chair at the Department of Agribusiness and Supply Chain Management of the Applied Economics and Social Sciences School of the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. She has published about 60 research papers in international journals, books, and conference proceedings and there are more than 740 citations in her publications. Prof. Aikaterini Marinagi was involved to several European research projects and has coordinated 3 national projects. Her current research interests focus on the areas of information systems in supply chain and logistics, sustainable supply chain, information and knowledge management, and data mining.

Maria Tzifi is Member of Laboratory Teaching Staff specializing in Informatics in Management and in Supply Chain at the Department of Agricultural Business and Supply Chain Systems Management of the School of Applied Economics & Social Sciences of the Agricultural University of Athens.

           She has taught in the laboratories in undergraduate courses such as: Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies, Database Management, Management Information Systems, Logistics Information Systems, Business Resource Management Systems, Geographical Information Systems, Electronic Business, Financial Management, Distribution Systems and Transportation.

           She was participated in business  programs of the  T.E.I.(Technological Education Institution ) of Halkida.

Dr. Foteini Kyriazi is Assistant Professor of Quantitative and Mathematical Methods in the Department of Agribusiness and Supply Chain Management at the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. She is the former Director General of the Regional Directorate for Attica and the Aegean Islands at the Greek Payment Authority of Common Agricultural Policy Aid Schemes. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Forecasting
and Agricultural Economics, and also an M.A. degree in Economics, from the University of Peloponnese, and a B.A. degree in Economics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has published in major field journals, such as the Annals of Operations Research, The International Journal of Forecasting , the IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, and others, in forecasting and applied economics. Her current research interests focus on methodological improvements of adaptive learning forecasting techniques, the analysis of binary time series and the predictability of non-stationary time series.

Associate Professor of Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Giannis T. Tsoulfas is an Associate Professor of “Sustainable Supply Chain Management” at the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. He is also a Tutor-Counselor at the Open University of Cyprus and the Hellenic Open University; hence he has significant experience in distance education. In the past, he was an Assistant Professor at the Technological Education Institution of Sterea Ellada, Greece, a Scientific Associate at the Presidency of the Hellenic Republic and worked as an Independent Contractor / Mechanical Engineer for several design and construction companies and organisations. He holds an integrated master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece. He holds a Ph.D. degree from the Department of Industrial Management and Technology, University of Piraeus, Greece. He has published about 90 articles in international journals, books, and conference proceedings and there are more than 800 citations in his publications (Scopus). He has participated in several research projects funded by European and Greek grants. Furthermore, he has been often invited as a referee for several scientific journals.

Petros Kofakis is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Agribusiness and Supply Chain Management of the Agricultural University of Athens.
He holds a PhD from the Université Paris-Sud (France) with honors, and a D.E.A. from the Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires (INSTN) / Université Paris-Sud (France).
He has worked as a principal investigator and responsible for the coordination of research programs as well as the development / integration of specialized applications and information systems for the private and public sector and has successfully coordinated as a project leader more than 22 large-scale national and European R&D projects.
His research interests include: Information systems in Logistics, industrial informatics, automation systems, IoT, parallel and distributed systems.