Speaker

G. Kotrotsios has a 42-year career in Research, Technology and Innovation, including more than 17 years in senior executive positions at CSEM, a Swiss technology research and innovation organization, today recognized as a global leader in microelectronics, microsystems and smart digital systems. Elected a member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) in 2015, in recognition of his contribution to Switzerland’s international standing and his role in bridging research and industry, he was been recently re-elected to the Academy’s Industrial Council. He currently serves as Vice President of the Executive Board of the Hellenic Competence Center for Semiconductors (HCCC), Greece’s National Representative on the European Innovation Council (EIC) and European Research Council (ERC), and Chair of the Sectoral Scientific Council for Technology Diplomacy and the Scientific Diaspora. He is also a Technology Advisor to biomedical startups. He has served on international boards, as: - EARTO, European Association of Research Organization, representing Swiss research organizations - the Microelectronics HTA Alliance (Fraunhofer Microelectronics, CEA-LETI, VTT, CSEM), where he served three years as Chair - EREA, the Association of European Research Establishments in Aeronautics - the Task Force for the structuring of the Open Quantum Institute, an initiative of GESDA (Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator)