Dr. Konstantinos Lagouvardos is Director at the National Observatory of Athens (NOA). He has a Ph.D. in Dynamic Meteorology (University Pierre et Marie Curie, 1992). Since 2002, he has joined the National Observatory of Athens. He has authored or co-authored more than 160 papers published in international journals. He is an expert in the fields of dynamic meteorology, numerical weather prediction, weather monitoring networks, and the development of early warning systems for civil protection and private sector needs (including the energy sector, through wind and solar energy forecasting). He is also the President of the Sectorial Scientific Council on the Environment of the National Council for Research & Technology. He is responsible for the operational weather prediction at NOA and of related activities and of the National Observatory of Athens Automated Network of surface weather stations (NOAAN, 550 stations). He has coordinated and participated as project manager and principal investigator in a large number of national and European projects, while he also has extensive experience attracting funding from the private sector.