Dimitris Konetas: Secretary of the board of directors of the Greek Union of Computer Scientists, received his diploma and 1st Master from the Computer Engineering & Informatics Department of the
University of Patra. A Master in Education (M.Ed.) from the Hellenic Open University, a diploma from the School of Instructors for Vocational and Technical Training (ASPAITE) and his candidacy as a PhD candidate at the ICT and Distance Education Laboratory of the Preschool Education Dept. of the University of Ioannina followed.
He has been working as an Information Technology consultant as a System (Librarian) Administrator as well as in a variety of E.C. projects and personnel training programs. His main scientific interest and publications focus upon educational technology, Social network analysis, NP-complete problems, Graph Theory, Object Oriented Programming and environmental education. He has been teaching Computer Science in Secondary Education of Ioannina, in Johns Hopkins’ University Greek Centre for Talented Youth as well as in the Department of Computer Engineering of the School of Applied Technology, of the Technological Educational Institution of Epirus. As a teacher in the Secondary Education he has coordinated more than 80 national and international projects (e.g. multilateral, bilateral, Assistantship, Leonardo, Interreg, Erasmus & Grundtvig) dealing mainly with European citizenship, refugee flow, volunteerism, biodiversity, addictions, Innovation, Human rights, STEAM and Theatre.
Currently (2021) he is elected as Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network.