Keynote & Invited Speakers
Leading researchers and clinicians from institutes across Europe, the United States and Japan join GeNeDis 2026 to share the latest advances in genomics, neuroscience, therapeutics and data innovation.
Constantine Lyketsos
MD, MHS, Professor
Johns Hopkins University & Johns Hopkins Bayview
Vasiliki Machairaki
MSc, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Haroon Burhanullah
MD, FAPA, Assistant Professor
Division of Geriatric & Neuropsychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Dimitrios Kapogiannis
MD, Senior / Clinical Investigator; Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins
Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging (NIA/NIH), Baltimore
John Sotiropoulos
PhD, Researcher C, Group Leader
Institute of Biosciences & Applications, NCSR Demokritos
Christina Dalla
PhD, Professor of Pharmacology
Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Vibe Gedsø Frøkjær
MD, PhD, Professor
Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen
Ornella Corazza
PhD, Professor
University of Hertfordshire
Samuel Danso
PhD, Senior Lecturer & Fellow
University of Sunderland & University of Edinburgh
Costas Demetzos
PhD, Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology
Department of Pharmacy, University of Athens
Georgios Skretas
PhD, Director & Associated Researcher
Institute for Bio-innovation, BSRC “Alexander Fleming” & NHRF
Arno Villringer
MD, Professor & Director
Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute (MPI CBS)
Clifford Kentros
PhD, Professor
Kavli Institute of Systems Neuroscience, NTNU
Stavros Taraviras
PhD, Professor & Director, Stem Cell Lab
Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Patras
Christos Yapijakis
MS, DMD, PhD, Associate Professor
1st Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Athens
Panteleimon Giannakopoulos
MD, Medical Direction
University of Geneva Hospitals & University of Geneva
Stathis Velivasakis
Country Information Technology Manager
Affidea
Stelios Pantelopoulos
Head of Maggioli Greek Branch
Maggioli
Taisuke Tomita
PhD, Professor
Laboratory of Neuropathology & Neuroscience, University of Tokyo
Konstantina Skolariki
PhD
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Benjamin Wolozin
MD, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology & Neurology
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Katerina Akassoglou
PhD, Professor of Neurology & Senior Investigator
Gladstone Institutes / University of California, San Francisco
Zoi Lygerou
PhD, Professor of Biology
School of Medicine, University of Patras
Savvas Christoforidis
PhD, Professor of Biological Chemistry
BRI-FORTH, Ioannina & Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina
Alexandra Touroutoglou
PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital
Artemis Tsitsika
Assoc. Prof. of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dimitrios Vlachakis
Assoc. Prof. of Genetics
Agricultural University of Athens
Stelios Kympouropoulos
Psychiatrist; Former Member of the European Parliament
Greece
David A. Wolk
Professor of Neurology; Co-Director, Penn Memory Center
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Haralampos Karanikas
Associate Professor of Medical Informatics and eHealth Systems
Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, University of Thessaly
Kostis Kaggelides
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Gnomon Informatics S.A.
Nektarios Tavernarakis
Professor of Molecular Systems Biology; Research Director
University of Crete; Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH
George Chrousos
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and Endocrinology
School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Maria Anagnostouli
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroimmunology
School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Aeginition Hospital
Vasilis Gorgoulis
Professor of Histology and Embryology
School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Panagiotis Alexopoulos
Professor of Psychiatry
School of Medicine, University of Patras
Notis Paraskevopoulos
Vice Chair, HIAAD; Co-Founder, thāllo
Hellenic Initiative Against Alzheimer's Disease
Nikos Scarmeas
Professor of Neurology
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Columbia University
Spyridon Konitsiotis
Professor of Neurology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina
John Kakkos
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of West Attica
George Matsopoulos
Professor of Biomedical Information and Biocomputing Technologies
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens
Ilias Maglogiannis
Professor; Director, Computational Biomedicine Laboratory
Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus
Vassilis Plagianakos
Professor of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics
University of Thessaly
Christos Diou
Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Department of Informatics and Telematics, Harokopio University of Athens
Georgia Lytra
Co-Founder
Altrovia
Maria Kyrana
CRO Operations Director
CORONIS Research S.A.
Stavros Stavrinides
Professor of Physics
Department of Physics, Democritus University of Thrace