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
- The Creative Entrepreneur by Carolyn Dailey“The Creative Entrepreneur” tells the untold entrepreneurial stories of ten of the world’s most inspiring creative icons across music, fashion, art, film & TV, design, gaming, cuisine and more. OUT IN UK FEB 6: https://amzn.eu/d/hTEjPaq OUT IN US MAR 4: https://a.co/d/1BuFgh3 FEATURED: Nile Rodgers, Co-Founder, The Chic Organization Roksanda Ilincic, Founder, fashion label Roksanda Yinka Ilori, Founder, Yinka Ilori Studio Andy Harries, Founder, Left Bank Pictures (The Crown) Priya Ahluwalia,
- 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 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
- 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
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Projects credited in
- 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 ‘88166
Work history
Visiting FellowLondon South Bank University
London, United KingdomFreelance
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