Emmanuel Koukios Editor

Dr. Emmanuel Koukios is an Emeritus Professor at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Dr. Koukios is by formation a Chemical Engineer, a Bioresource Technologist, a Biomass Economist, and a Regional Development Scientist. His research group BIOTOPOS at NTUA is active in areas such as the engineering of biological systems, energy and chemicals from biomass, and technology management and strategy, with emphasis on the emergence of bioeconomy and biosociety. His relevant activities include chairing the Advisory Group of the European Commission’s FP7 Theme 2: KBBE (Knowledge-Based BioEconomy); coordinating the National Technology Foresight exercise in Greece; collaborating with the STAR*AgroEnergy Research Unit at the University of Foggia, Italy; and carrying out bioeconomy foresight research at the Institute for Sustainable Technologies at Radom, Poland.    

Dr Anna Sacio-Szymańska is an analyst and strategic accounts manager at Warsaw-based corporate foresight company 4CF. During her academic career of 15 years she was working at the Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute for Sustainable Technologies where she gained extensive knowledge and experience in the public sector research, sustainability and innovation management, and technology foresight activities. She has published on foresight-informed decision-making in public policy planning, in the business sector and in career development. She has been a scientific reviewer for the Horizon 2020 calls for proposals on Supporting the Development of Territorial Responsible Research and Innovation. She is a Vice-President of Foresight Europe Network, a Member of the Polish Node of The Millennium Project and a Member of the Polish Society for Futures Studies. In her recent foresight assignments she contributes to the research on the technology foresight on biometrics for the future of travel; and she develops a methodological approach to enhance the individual capability of Futures Literacy through the method of poetry-writing.