Keynote Speakers

Ilias KATSAGOUNOS  

Training Manager
(e-Learning & Communications)
EEAS/ESDC          

Dr. Ilias KATSAGOUNOS is a National Expert from Greece, currently working at the European Security and Defence College as a Training Manager.  He is also a certified Instructor on  Project and Risk Management (PMP, RMP, PM2) providing his services, for more than 10 years, at various public and private sector companies as an instructor and/or consultant. 

Ilias's key responsibilities include:

• The creation, establishment and management of all e-learning courses provided under ESDC, both for CSDP and Cyber related trainings
• The college's communication strategy and engagement
• The support of the European Doctoral Scholl on CSDP

Dr. Ilias KATSAGOUNOS is a graduate form the Hellenic Military Academy,  holds a Master's Degree in techno-economic systems and currently he's engaged as a Ph.D. researcher, focusing on a hybrid approach of judgmental forecasting as a facilitating tool of risk management, in support of the decision making process.

Dr. Ion Roceanu served as the Director of the Romanian Advanced Distributed Learning Department of the "Carol l" National Defence University since its founding in 2005 until 2013, and assumed responsibilities for the Romania ADL Partnership Center in 2009. In 2004, professor Roceanu founded eLearning and Software for Education - eLSE conference.

Prof. Dr. Ion ROCEANU

 "Carol l" National Defence University

Dr. Ion Roceanu is a professor at the "Carol I" National Defense University with an experience of over 20 years of study and research in military science, information and security. He published books, scholarly studies and courses on various subjects and has been a PhD supervisor in "Information and Security" field since 2007. He was pro-rector for scientific research for a mandate between 2012-2016.

Dr. Ion Roceanu is especially concerned with computer science and the applicability of information technology in the military, as well as cyber security and security for eLearning applications. He has initiated and led several research projects at national and international level, both in programs funded by the EU or NATO.

Ioana Andreea STEFAN 

Project Manager
Research and Innovation Department at Advanced Technology Systems

Ioana Andreea STEFAN, PhD, is the project manager of the Research and Innovation Department at Advanced Technology Systems. Her research focuses on software ecosystems, knowledge management, decision support systems, game-based learning, reuse, standards, interoperability, and creative learning.
 

She has a PhD in Computer Science at the Romanian Academy, Information Science and Technology Department, Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
She has been involved in the technical development and management of national and international RDI initiatives: the European Game and Learning Alliance (GaLA) Network; Serious Games for Computer Aided Engineering and Product Prototyping; Game-Enhanced Learning (GEL); Serious Games Development Environment (DESiG); BEACONING (H2020, 2016-2018).