Dr. Georgia Ayfantopoulou, Research Director at the Hellenic Institute of Transport (ΗΙΤ) of CERTH with experience for over 25 years in transport systems planning, management and optimization. Always focusing on new technology implementation, as enabler for transforming transport and mobility systems, her work emphases on: a) ITS, C-ITS for transport demand and traffic management, b) Big Data analytics for mobility, c) modelling and decision support tools for Sustainable Mobility and logistics planning and operation, and d) Ports of the Future technologies (IoT, 5G, AI etc) for enhancing their efficient operation and for achieving sustainable & smart integration in their socio-economic, industrial and urban surroundings. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Thessaloniki Innovation & Technology Center (Thess INTEC);she is coordinator of the Thessaloniki Smart Mobility Living Lab, an ecosystem for data sharing, knowledge creation and innovation uptake in mobility. She is leading the initiative for the establishment of the national Cluster on smart sustainable mobility and city logistics. She is also the Scientific Director of the EIT Urban Mobility Regional Innovation Hub in Greece, and has extended experience in research and industrial projects for supporting interoperability of platforms and services in transport and Logistics.