Georgios Karamanolis has a strong international presence in startup entrepreneurship, digital transformation, government innovation and financial technologies ecosystem serving for more than 15 years in high and C-level positions both in the private and public sector. He has been involved in a wide range of projects, organizations, institutions and technology based startups in Greece and abroad. During 2009-2012, Georgios Karamanolis coordinated the implementation of major digital transformation & Transparency projects (diavgeia.gov.gr/en), e-government and other initiatives for the Greek Government. He was a member of the Scientific Committee for the Crowdsourcing Platform “labs.opengov”, the Organizational Committee for the Digital Greece 2020 EU Agenda. He is currently the Co-founder and CTO/CIO of Crowdpolicy technology & innovation company which specializes in the design, development and implementation of digital transformation consulting services & technology integration products for the public and private sector in Greece, Cyprus, Albania & Italy. Coordinated by Georgios Karamanolis, Crowdpolicy is a leading company in the fields of civic tech - govtech (innovation in gov and smart city technology), fintech (innovation in financial transactions and banking industry), crowdfunding services, and open innovation programs that accelerate startup entrepreneurship. Georgios Karamanolishas coordinated open innovation initiatives: innovation labs, hackathons and accelerator programs in the fields of smart cities, fintech and insurtech, energy, agrifood etc, with over 400 teams and 3500 developers, supporting the creation of a large startup & developers community in Greece.