Rebrain Team
Dimitris Panopoulos
Head of the Department of Research and Documentation of Labor Policies of the Directorate of Collective Agreements/ General Directorate of Labor Relations, Occupational Health and Safety & Integration, Ministry of Labor & Social Security
I work as a Labor Market Data Analyst, Head of the Labor Market Analysis and Documentation Department of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, while at the same time I exercise the responsibility of Coordinator of the National Committee for the Promotion of Digital Innovation Hubs, I perform duties as a public accountant in NSRF projects, and I have been a member of the Central Competitions Committee of the Hellenic Employment Organization (OAED) for 5 years.
Official and professional activity: I am an Expert of the Digital Skills and Jobs Expert Group, DG CONNECT, I participate as an executive of the Digital Single Market expert Group, Directorate-General for Digital Economy and Telecommunications (DG CONNECT) of the European Commission (EU) and national representative of the EMCO group of the European Commission. Additionally, this year I took on the role of Athens Digital Ambassador in the European Digital Society, while at the same time I am a member of the European Committee of High-Level Experts of the EU in the fields of Industry Digital Skills (Project e-skills 2030/ the initiative “Skills for Industry – Fostering New Service Growth and Job Creation”. I have participated in the Transnational Group of Scientists of the Directorate-General for Digital Economy and Telecommunications (DG CONNECT) of the European Commission to study the impacts of digitalization on the labor market, as well as as an evaluator of a series of European institutional digital education actions (Woman 4IT/Malta All digital etc.). Furthermore, I have participated as a technical expert in the team creating the Digital Transformation Bible in the digital skills section.
I am the Operational Coordinator of the National Initiative REBRAIN GREECE, a founding member of the Scientific Committee of the Digital Innovation Hub REBRAIN_WESTERN GREECE.
Studies: Graduate of the University of Piraeus, Department of Economics, 2-year Master’s degree in Economic and Business Strategy, PAPEI., MS on IS&Data Management (Univ. Hertfordshire), holder of 2 micromasters (OLC) from MITx of MIT.
Publications-studies-scientific activity : A multitude of scientific publications in scientific conferences and journals, and in professional international journals, as well as participation in international research groups (examples: ΙICE GV 2020, Politeia International Conference, European Business Review, Member of ALL DIGITAL (EU), Member of DigiComP 2.2. Working Group etc., 7th TECHNOLOGY FORUM, DIGITAL TRNASFORMATION CONFERENCE, DELL Global Extensive Workshops, European Business Digital Transformation. At the same time, I act as a mentor and policy innovation strategist in university and research groups in entrepreneurship, innovation and development of new ideas competitions.