Professor Yiannis Bakouros
PhD in Management and Administration including thesis on Offshore Pipeline Reliability Prediction, B.Sc H Honours degree in five years course of Chemical Engineering. Yiannis L. Bakouros is an Associate Professor at the University of Thessaly, School of Industrial Engineering. He has worked as a visiting Lecturer at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Engineering and as an external consultant of consultant companies responsible for the transfer and implementation of technology to the industry in major European and National programs. He was the Head of the Management Unit of the Regional innovation Programme-RIS of the Region of Thessaly, Greece and he currently manages the Hellenic-American Initiative for Technology Cooperation with the Balkans-ITCB. He has published a series of Academic Lectures Notes and is the author of the ‘’Reliability and Maintainability’’ book for the Open University. Main Research Interests: Reliability Prediction using discriminant analysis, Technology Transfer, Innovation Management, Project Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policies in Europe and Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Strategies.