Amalia Agathou has more than 10 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. Agathou is an active mentor and advisor at several entrepreneurial communities and accelerator programs like Blooming Founders, NEF and Techstars.
Currently working with Creative Entrepreneurs, https://creativeentrepreneurs.co, joining its mission to support entrepreneurial creatives to build impactful businesses.
An engineer and fine arts graduate, Amalia also has her own streetwear line, Grecé Nouveau, clothes for thought. On her free time she works on her YouTube channel (amalucky), her podcast Start Over and an Instagram account curating diverse Internet creators, New Vanguard.
Projects
- 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 ‘88165
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