Dr. George Kyriakarakos is an Agricultural Engineer, holds an MSc in the field of “Energy Systems and Renewable Energy Sources” and a PhD in the field of “Renewable Energy Autonomous Polygeneration Smartgrids optimized with Soft Computing Techniques”. He has over 20 years of research and consulting experience in the renewable energy, energy efficiency, rural industrialization and climate action sectors. He focuses on the use of artificial intelligence approaches for the design, sizing, management, and control of complex energy systems as well as for developing decision support systems for energy policy planning and climate action. He has worked as an expert for the European Commission and AfDB as a senior energy policy expert, the European Investment Bank in the field of climate change mitigation, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as a renewable energy expert and for GIZ investigating the use of sustainable biomass in green hydrogen and Power-to-X pathways. He is currently collaborating with farmB in the field of digital agriculture and carbon farming.