Mr. Giannis Skiadaresis is the Area Coordinator for Disaster Resilient Societies (DRS) and Strengthened Security research and Innovation (SSRI) in the Unit on Security Research and Innovation of Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME) in European Commission. Mr. Skiadaresis holds an MA in EU International Relations and Diplomacy, from the College of Europe in Bruges where he was a laureate of ENP-EU scholarship awarded by the European Commission. He has also graduated from the Leadership programme of Harvard Kennedy School and from the Strategic Innovation Programme of University of Oxford. He has worked in the Cabinet of Commissioner Avramopoulos on Migration, Home affairs and Citizenship and in other posts at DG HOME in the European Commission. His experience also includes Industrial Policy, New Technologies and Innovation, International relations, security and crisis response policy, business development and coordination of EU-funded Projects.