Tsiavos Prodromos

Dr. Prodromos Tsiavos is the Head of Digital Policy and Development at the Onassis Group and a Senior Research Fellow at The Media Institute (TMI), London. He is currently teaching and researching on the issue of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Data Science at the Athens University of Economics and Business and Athena Research Center. Prodromos has worked for the National Hellenic Research Foundation (National Documentation Centre), the European Commission, Oslo University and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He read law and Information Systems in Athens and London and holds a PhD in Law and Information Systems from the LSE. Prodromos has worked as an adviser for the Greek Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks, the Special Secretary for Digital Convergence, as well as public sector bodies and private companies in the cultural and creative industries. In particular, he has provided legal advice for multiple European e-infrastructures and research infrastructures, including the setting up of the OpenAIRE Legal Entity, CLARIN, META-SHARE, EOSC, DARIAH, HELIX (Greek Digital Infrastructure for Research) etc. He has over 120 publications and talks on legal and business aspects of openn technologies, digital content, IPR and innovation policy and strategy. Prodromos is the Chair of the Administrative Council of the Greek Industrial Property Organisation (OBI) and of the Supervisory Board of the European Patent Academy (EPA).