Yannis Charalabidis is Full Professor of Digital Governance and Entrepreneurship at the University of the Aegean, based in Samos, Greece. He is heading the MSc on Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He has more than 25 years of experience in designing, implementing and managing complex information systems, 10 of which as general manager in Singular Group, leading company expansion in Greece, Europe, Asia and the US.  He has published more than 10 books and 300 papers in international journals and conferences, and actively participates in international scientific and policy making bodies. Yannis has been teaching as an invited professor at UC Berkeley, TU Delft, Stevens Institute NY, State University NY, University of Washington, City University Hong Kong, Swinburne University Melbourne, Wollongong University Australia and Thapar University in India, Montreal and Laval Universities in Canada. In 2018, he was included in the “100 most influential people in Digital Government”, by the Apolitical Group. In 2022, he was ranked as the 6th most prolific author in Digital Governance, among 10,000 authors, by the Washington University survey.