Mario Chatzidamianos

Mario has 20 years of experience as a senior political editor and arm conflicts correspondent, specialising in international diplomacy and policymaking. Since 2011, he has distinguished himself as a designer, implementer and evaluator of European co-funded programmes (NSEF, EEA, EURES, ESF), regional European (We are all citizens, INTERREG, Erasmus+) and international programmes (CIN EuroMENA, APIF, Better Together Challenge Korea), including the European Youth Capital - Thessaloniki 2014, which became a global Best Practice. In 2018, he took over the management and communication responsibility of the Knowledge Brokers' Forum, overseeing a network of 700+ researchers in 70 countries, where he was distinguished as the only Hellene Interdisciplinary Expert and Knowledge Broker in Social and Solidarity Economics (SSE), User and Attention based Economics, and Deep Technology for Creative and Cultural Industries. His has co-authored the 'Prospect Researcher Guide to Fundraising' and 'Voices of Culture: re-engaging Digital Audiences', and he is completing a new monograph on the ethical approach to data use and artificial intelligence. He represents international brands at major conferences as a cultural ambassador and, his talks are hosted in global forums. He serves as an international judge for the CMSWire-CXO Impact Awards in the US, and in 2021 was named global ambassador for the Regulatory Authority for Creative and Cultural Industries. Furthermore, he is a member of the European Capitals of Culture Network pool of experts, and newly appointed to the ELSI Advisory Board of EIT CC. Whilst, he is fulfilling his studies at the United Nations system Staff College in the field of sustainable development goals, just technological transition and the right to development.