Vaggelis Marinakis

Scientific committee

Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens

Vangelis Marinakis is an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), where he also graduated as an electrical and computer engineer and completed a doctorate on decision support systems for sustainable energy planning. His research focuses on designing and developing advanced methods and decision support systems that use cutting-edge technologies (IoT, AI, Big Data, Data Spaces) for the smart management of energy in buildings, cities and micro-grids, as well as on energy efficiency, the integration of renewables and climate resilience strategies for cities and regions. He has 20 years of professional experience in these fields and has served as coordinator or project lead in more than 45 European and national co-funded research projects. Since January 2024 he has chaired major development organisations of the City of Athens, including DAEM S.A. and Athens Development S.A. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the international journal “Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy” and the author of more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, of the books “Energy Management and Environmental Policy” and “Artificial Intelligence for Energy Systems: Driving Intelligent, Flexible and Optimal Energy Management”, and of numerous book chapters and conference papers.