Born and raised in Greece, Dr Lilian Dogiama soon discovered her love of living abroad after gaining a scholarship to go to Berlin for a few months. Since then, she has lived in Canada, Turkey and the UK. Lilian is a trained archaeologist and has worked on several excavation projects in Greece and Turkey. She taught archaeology at universities in Canada and Turkey while completing a PhD in Anthropology on a full scholarship. Her first book was based on her doctoral research, and it was recently published by British Archaeological Reports International. Lilian is also an accomplished publishing and assessment professional having worked as a translator, copy-editor, editorial consultant and assessment manager for 15 years, the last 8 of those at Cambridge University Press & Assessment. She recently made yet another career change to take up her current role as Head of Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging for International Education which combines her knowledge of education with her studies in anthropology.

Eleni is the Managing Director of WE LEAD, a nonprofit organization founded by Libra Philanthropies in 2023 to empower women to shape the future of everything, starting with the tech industry. With the vision of a world where all women - cisgender and transgender - have equal opportunities to enter, grow, and lead in the technology sector, WE LEAD offers a holistic career development program that gives participants the tools and knowledge they need to succeed. Prior to her current role, Eleni worked as a Head of Marketing and Communications at Dialectica, a fast-growing information services company with offices across the world. Before that, she was leading the global communication strategy of Blueground, a real estate tech company that re-invents the way people experience big-city living. She started her career at PR agencies when she was working with big corporations on their communications strategies. Eleni holds a diploma in Negotiations and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Athens University of Economics and Business.

IT Chapter Head at Siemens in Headquarters and IT In-Country Manager at Siemens in Greece. Mechanical Engineer of Information Systems that specialize in web development. She holds a Master’s degree in Digital Transformation programs. She has more than 25 years of experience in the field of Information Technology. She owned her own multimedia company in the early 2000s and later worked for various companies. For the last 20 years, she has been working for Siemens in the IT department.

Dr. Zefi Dimadama is a Teaching Staff at the Department of International, European and Regional Studies at Panteion University and she holds a Doctorate (PhD) and Postgraduate Diploma (Msc) in the field of “Regional Economic Development and Environmental Policies”.