Vassilis Papakonstantinou is the Co-founder and Chairman of the MIT Enterprise Forum Greece the local chapter of MITEF Global, a network inspired by MIT and open to the world with a mission to inform, connect, coach and accelerate technology entrepreneurs enabling them to rapidly transform ideas into world-changing companies. He is also the co-founder of Mobiltron Inc, that is developing patent pending AI technology and a partner in Sylipsis Inc that is helping researchers move their ideas from lab to the market. He consults the Board of the Eugenides Foundation on issues related to technology and science and represents the Foundation on the Board of VIORYL, a chemical engineering company, and Fasmatech, a startup developing original technology in the field of mass spectroscopy. He holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Systems Management respectively from NTUA and MIT.