Dr. Eng. Evangelos Markopoulos is an expert, entrepreneur and scholar on Process and Project Management, Enterprise Engineering, Knowledge Management and Innovation & Entrepreneurship. He holds a BA on Computer Science, an MSc on Computer Science with concentration in Artificial Intelligence, and a PhD on ICT Project and Investments. As a Computer Scientist, he worked mainly in the USA and at ΙΒΜ, at Siemens and at Bell Laboratories of AT&T. In his Academic career he taught (Mathematics, Computer Science and Business Management) in the US, UK, Finland and Greece such as University College London, Queen Mary University of London, Brunel University, City University of New York, Turku University of Applied Sciences, and the University of Piraeus. He has 90+ publications in international journals and conferences. Dr. Markopoulos emphasizes on bridging the industry and academia with practical research and industrial opportunities, projects and initiatives.His teaching is based on the Applied Philosophy concept he created by integrating in class the thinking and reasoning of major philosophers, through which he achieves high student achievements, satisfaction, engagement and retainment. He is a classic Y-Theorist with demonstrated track record on social innovation and shared value innovation in organizations and the society. He invented the Company Democracy Model, the WhyNotLabs, the World Innovation Stock Exchange, and the Ariadne Project Management Methodology.