Vassilis Charalambidis is a founding member and the artistic director of BIOS, a cultural center for art and new media, and of Romantso, the first Greek Creative Industries Hub. Since founding BIOS in 2001, he has been curating numerous events and performances concerning urban culture, new media and various expressions of contemporary artistic creativity. As a designer, he has received numerous Greek and European awards and distinctions. He has devoted himself to pioneering a creative based approach to social entrepreneurship, best practices and policy, with his main focus currently being social inclusion and regeneration in the creative industry sector.

14:00 – 15:30
Creative Hubs: Creating resilient ecosystems to secure creative entrepreneurship (Round table discussion EN)
With Ronnie Garattoni (Warehouse Coworking Factory, Italy), Vassilis Charalambidis (Bios, Grece), Lieza Dessein (Brussels Art Factory/Smart)