George Arampatzis is a Professor at the School of Production Engineering and Management (PEM) of the Technical University of Crete (TUC), teaching “Heat Transfer” “Rational Energy Management in Production Systems” and “Fluid Mechanics”. He received his Diploma in Chemical Engineering in 1991 and his PhD in 2000 from the National Technical University of Athens.

His research interests are formed around four axes, which are the drivers of Sustainable and Resilient Development: Circular Economy, Smart Digital Technologies Process Engineering and Management of Energy & Environmental Systems. A central pillar of his research project is the application of emerging Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the development of innovative solutions for various production and distribution systems and services, focusing on industry (Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0).

He is the Principal Investigator of 13 European (Horizon), 2 Interreg and 2 National ongoing research projects, and Project Coordinating for 3 of them. His research activities have resulted in 50 publications in peer-reviewed international scientific journals, 87 peer-reviewed conference proceedings, 6 educational books and 5 chapters in edited books.

He is the founder and scientific coordinator of the Digital and Industrial Innovations Research Group (indigo) (https://www.indigo.tuc.gr/) of the Technical University of Crete, involving more than 20 researchers (faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, PhD candidates and students). He is a founding member and Coordinator of the “In-Crete” Innovation Alliance (https://www.in-crete.eu), bringing together all academic/research institutions of Crete and private enterprises, with the aim of promoting circular economy actions in Crete. He is a member in the European networks CCRI Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (https://circular-cities-and-regions.ec.europa.eu/), ICT4Water Cluster (https://www.fiware4water.eu/ict4water), BRIDGE European Commission Initiative (https://www.h2020-bridge.eu/) and ECOSYSTEX European CoP for a Sustainable Textile Ecosystem(https://www.ecosystex.eu/). He is responsible on behalf of the Technical University of Crete for the Lighthouse Mission Process Automation and Industry 4.0 of EURECA-PRO (partnership of 7 European Universities for responsible consumption and production) (https://www.eurecapro.eu/).