Title: Participation in the European Researchers' Night (NIGHT).
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The 2017 European Researchers' Night in Thessaloniki was organized by CERTH in Megaro Mousikis Thessalonikis. The organizers reserved a special spot for the MSCA fellows to enable them to promote their research and MSCA in general. This was a great experience since we had the opportunity to directly interact with the general public. It was really intriguing to explain research concepts without jargon, but at the same time this was a refreshing experience. The participation of the general public was overwhelming and we really enjoyed it. Thank you very much for the invitation, it was a pleasure. Hope to see you there again next year!

Title: Invited talk in the 11th Summer School in Mathematics.
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The 11th Summer School in Mathematics is organized each year in Greece by the hellenic mathematics society. It brings together high school students independently of age who are interested in mathematics and, in addition have excelled in mathematics during the last year. It constitutes an excellent opportunity and example for outreach activities aiming the younger generation which will to the new generation of scientists.  Consequently, this was a great opportunity to speak not only about CLLassify, but for the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions in general. Within this framework, an oral presentation was given with title “Science and Mathematics”. The venue was the Olympian Bay Hotel at Leptokaria/Pieria, Greece and the presentation took place on July 23, 2017.
The talk was about the MSCA, Marie Sklodowska Curie in person and her biography, a general description regarding CLLassify and its objectives, a short discussion about the application of statistics in vital clinical problems with huge impact in the everyday lives of European citizens at large and a reference at the European’s Researcher’s Night. A questionaire was distributed to all students befor the start and after the end of the talk with questions aiming to evaluate the awareness regarding science, MSC, statistics in medicine, etc. To my surprise, the students systematically interacted with me throughout the talk and the “Q&A” session after the end of the talk lasted for almost an hour. This shows in a clear manner the -most of the times- underrated interest of the younger generation for such events and highlights the fact that informative events regarding science and research can strongly impact and motivate high school students, or even prepare them for a future career.

Title: Invited talk during the “info day” for the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions.
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This was a very interesting scientific event, organised by The Centre for Research and Technology, Hellas (CERTH) and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). The venue was Amphitheatre I of AUTH, Research Committee Building and the event took place on May 30, 2017.
The program included a talk about the “Presentation of “MSCA Individual Fellowships” 2017 Call“, a talk regarding “Proposal Preparation and Writing” and my talk regarding my experience so far as an MSC fellow. It was thrilling to return in such an event as a speaker, since it was an event like this 5 years ago that introduced me to the world of MSCA. I strongly believe that events like this are very encouraging for young researchers and that they should definitely be organized at a regular basis to motivate more researchers to embrace MSC actions.
I would like to thank very much the organizers for inviting me.

Title: Oral presentation in the INAB/CERTH.
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The Institute of Applied Biosciences (INAB)/CERTH organizes each year a series of seminars to enhance the opportunity for osmosis between the researchers and to provide the general public with the opportunity to be informed regarding the latest research developments. This was an excellent opportunity for CLLassify regarding both the dissemination of the WP1 results and (even more) the outreach to the general public. Within this framework, an oral presentation was given with title “Tailored approaches for refined prognostication in chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients“.
The venue was INAB at Thessaloniki, Greece and the event took place on January 27, 2017. This proved to be a great opportunity for fruitful discussions.