Keynote & Invited Speakers
Leading researchers and clinicians from institutes across Europe, the United States and Japan join GeNeDis 2026 to share the latest advances in genomics, neuroscience, therapeutics and data innovation.
Constantine Lyketsos
MD, MHS — Professor
Johns Hopkins University & Johns Hopkins Bayview
Vasiliki Machairaki
MSc, PhD — Associate Professor
Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Haroon Burhanullah
MD, FAPA — Assistant Professor
Division of Geriatric & Neuropsychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Dimitrios Kapogiannis
MD — Senior / Clinical Investigator; Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins
Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging (NIA/NIH), Baltimore
John Sotiropoulos
PhD — Researcher C, Group Leader
Institute of Biosciences & Applications, NCSR Demokritos
Christina Dalla
PhD — Professor of Pharmacology
Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Vibe Gedsø Frøkjær
MD, PhD — Professor
Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen
Ornella Corazza
PhD — Professor
University of Hertfordshire
Samuel Danso
PhD — Senior Lecturer & Fellow
University of Sunderland & University of Edinburgh
Costas Demetzos
PhD — Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology
Department of Pharmacy, University of Athens
Georgios Skretas
PhD — Director & Associated Researcher
Institute for Bio-innovation, BSRC “Alexander Fleming” & NHRF
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Arno Villringer
MD — Professor & Director
Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute (MPI CBS)
Clifford Kentros
PhD — Professor
Kavli Institute of Systems Neuroscience, NTNU
Stavros Taraviras
PhD — Professor & Director, Stem Cell Lab
Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Patras
Christos Yapijakis
MS, DMD, PhD — Associate Professor
1st Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Athens
Panteleimon Giannakopoulos
MD — Medical Direction
University of Geneva Hospitals & University of Geneva
Stathis Velivasakis
Country Information Technology Manager
Affidea
Stelios Pantelopoulos
Head of Maggioli Greek Branch
Maggioli
Taisuke Tomita
PhD — Professor
Laboratory of Neuropathology & Neuroscience, University of Tokyo
Konstantina Skolariki
PhD
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Benjamin Wolozin
MD, PhD — Professor of Pharmacology & Neurology
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Katerina Akassoglou
PhD — Professor of Neurology & Senior Investigator
Gladstone Institutes / University of California, San Francisco
Zoi Lygerou
PhD — Professor of Biology
School of Medicine, University of Patras
Savvas Christoforidis
PhD — Professor of Biological Chemistry
BRI-FORTH, Ioannina & Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina
Alexandra Touroutoglou
PhD — Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital
Artemis Tsitsika
Assoc. Prof. of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dimitrios Vlachakis
Assoc. Prof. of Genetics
Agricultural University of Athens