Amalia Agathou

Amalia Agathou

Artist, Consultant | Open Innovation & Entrepreneurship Programmes in the Cultural and Creative IndustriesUnited Kingdom
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Amalia Agathou

Amalia Agathou

Artist, Consultant | Open Innovation & Entrepreneurship Programmes in the Cultural and Creative IndustriesUnited Kingdom
About me
Amalia has more than 15 years of experience in the European startup ecosystem and the creative industries as an entrepreneur and innovation consultant. A firm believer in innovation fuelled by cross-border and and cross-industry collaboration, Amalia has designed and worked on numerous international projects that merge various industries with the world of startups, like EDF Energy's Pulse Awards, Global Fashion Battle and CFE's Fashiontech accelerator. An Information & Communication Systems Engineering and Fine Arts graduate, Amalia has co-founded e-skafos.gr, worked for Conde Nast, London College of Fashion, The Next Web, Studio XO and more. Most recently she helped set up and led as Head of Innovation, Havas UK innovation hub, Havas X, that looks 18 months ahead of the curve at emerging trends across media, tech, culture and data science. Active mentor and advisor at several entrepreneurial communities and accelerator programs like Blooming Founders, NEF and Techstars. Journalist covering entrepreneurship, fashion and culture. Experienced public speaker and event producer at high profile events like Decoded Fashion, Digital Shoreditch, Pioneers Festival, Art & Fashion Forum Poznan, Wearable Futures, Hackers on The Runway and more.
Projects
  • Art for Palestine
    Art for PalestineI believe art is a powerful channel for change and understanding and I’m very happy to participate in the initiative Flyers for Falastin https://www.instagram.com/flyers_for_falastin/ with posters including oil pastel, watercolor and acrylics artworks I created for the Palestinian cause. Flyers for Falastin is a Belgium based initiative to spread awareness about the massive destruction and occupation of Palestine. The posters can be downloaded ready for print or can be found in the provided p
  • Marie Claire Power Trip: NFTs panel
    Marie Claire Power Trip: NFTs panelThis October I had the pleasure to be part of the 4th Marie Claire Power Trip as one of the speakers for the NFT panel, along with Galia Loupan, Content director Marie Claire International, Bruno Ver, founder Niftify and Marina Raphael, entrepreneur and designer at Marina Raphael, co-founder of NFT collection Marina Raphael x Venyx world by Eugenie Niarchos. you can watch the whole event, including my panel in English https://amaliaagathou.com/blog/marie-claire-power-trip-nfts-panel
  • Online Studio: Art Webiste & Store
    Online Studio: Art Webiste & StoreHere you can find original art and limited edition prints you can buy, explore my NFT artworks, get to know more about me, read my thoughts around my artistic journey and more. https://amaliaagathou.com
  • Gorgon Mosaics NFT Collection
    Gorgon Mosaics NFT CollectionInspired by Greco-Roman decorative motifs, this handmade NFT collection combines simple, clean, geometric designs with the transformative use of colour. The viewer always puts in the last piece of the mosaic as the emotion it elicits changes depending on their disposition. Find out more: https://amaliaagathou.com/gorgon-mosaics
  • Creative Entrepreneurs digital community
    Creative Entrepreneurs digital communityA first-of-its-kind online community connecting and empowering creatives to grow successful businesses.
  • Global Fashion Battle
    Global Fashion BattleA global competition and incubation program for fashion/tech startups. GFB helps foster collaboration between developers, creatives, industry insiders and entrepreneurial individuals. We are building bridges between technology and creative hubs around the world.
Projects credited in
  • This International Women’s Day 2019, meet 100 trailblazers redefining the creative industry
    This International Women’s Day 2019, meet 100 trailblazers redefining the creative industryDiscover our 2020 list here This International Women’s Day, we’ve launched our latest ‘10x10’ – asking 10 influential industry icons to each nominate 10 trailblazing women and non-binary people who they believe are redefining the creator landscape. The result? An incredible list of 100 trailblazers inspiring change. Our list will be accompanied by a takeover on The Dots – look out for brilliant profiles and projects on the platform as we aim to inspire, as important as ever when considering ‘88
Work history
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    London South Bank University logo
    Visiting FellowLondon South Bank University
    London, United KingdomFreelance
    Blooming Founders logo
    Blooming Founders logo
    AdvisorBlooming Founders
    London, United KingdomFreelance
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Skills
  • Fashion
  • Events
  • Marketing PR
  • Storytelling
  • Start UPS
  • Tech
  • Community Building
  • Strategy
  • Innovation
  • Writing
Education
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    Information and Communication Systems EngineeringUniversity of the Aegean
     - Greece
    University of the Aegean Bachelor's Degree, Information and Communication Systems Engineering Department 2007 · Participated in the Hungarian- Greek student exchange program in the summer of 2004. · Attended the 3rd Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Conference (2004). · Attended the European Intensive Program on Information Security Management and Technology, IPICS 2005, The Sixth Winter School at the University of Oulu Publications The Role of Data Mining in Intrusion Detection Technology(Link) Idea Group Reference 2008 Co-author of: “The Role of Data Mining in Intrusion Detection Technology”. (Agathou and T. Tzouramanis) In D. Garson and M. Khosrow-Pour (eds.): “Handbook of Research on Public Information Technology”, Idea Group Reference, 2007, in print, after judgment.
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    DiplomaCorfiot School of Fine Arts
     - Greece