The Versatilist

Episode 414: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Despoina Tsiafaki 08.07.2026 32min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.  In this episode, I speak with Despoina Tsiafaki about her work on THRACE-CONNECT (Full Title: Unraveling Connections between Aegean and inland Thrace via the Rhodope mountains, through archaeological exploration and spatial technology, can be found at https://thraceconnect.athenarc.gr/en/main-page/).  This project is implemented in the framework of H.F.R.I call “3rd Call for H.F.R.I.’s Research Projects to Support Faculty Members & Researchers” (H.F.R.I. Project Number: 23755).” To connect with the project, its LinkedIn is https://www.linkedin.com/company/thrace-connect

Episode 413: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Thomas Varelas 07.07.2026 30min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.  In this episode, I speak with Thomas Varelas about his company Griffenware (https://griffinware.gr/en/).  To connect with Thomas, his LinkedIn is https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-varelas-18844a83/

Episode 412: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Aristos Protopsaltis 05.07.2026 30min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.  In this episode, I speak with Aristos Protopsaltis, the CEO of DisruptEd.  For more information about Aristos, check out his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aristidis-protopsaltis/.  Also, check out one of the projects he's working on: SENSES - Science Education through Novel Teaching Strategies for Environmental Sustainability - https://www.sensesproject.eu/

Episode 411: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Markos Mentzelopoulos 04.07.2026 31min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.  In this episode, I speak with Markos Mentzelopoulos about his work building an immersive AI-infused game to support students.  If you want to see an example of the Virtual Markos in action, check out the slide at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1InzDusmMsTBwLh4ysLburAclXGSAt390/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116559213144539179221&rtpof=true&sd=true.

Episode 410: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Greg Agriopoulos 03.07.2026 29min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.  In this episode, I speak with Greg Agriopoulos who's company Haptikos is doing some amazing work with mapping human hand movement through exoskeleton technology.

Episode 409: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Dimitra Zacharia 02.07.2026 33min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.  In this episode, I speak with Dimitra Zacharia about her project to use immersive escape rooms to foster empathy.

Episode 408: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Tassos Mikropoulos 01.07.2026 31min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.  In this episode, I speak with Tassos Mikropoulos about his views on immersive learning technologies.

Episode 407: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Georgia Polia 30.06.2026 33min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.  In this episode, I speak with Georgia Polia about her work at VR Planet, particularly in regards to autism and alzheimers.  For more information on her work, check out the links below:https://vrplanet.gr/https://youtube.com/@vr_planet?si=Qv7v5ovtw4iQNaLghttps://www.facebook.com/share/14w4oZbbEbW/

Episode 406: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Yiannis Hondrokoukis 29.06.2026 32min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.  In this episode I speak with Yiannis Hondrokoukis about his work with the Theater on the Move program (among other of his projects).

Episode 405: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Ioanna Ntavlourou and Ilias Stouraitis 28.06.2026 32min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.  In this episode I speak with Ioanna Ntavlourou and Ilias Stouraitis about their work with Homo Ludens, a really inventive company that's re-imagining what it looks like to tell stories connected to the city (https://homoludens.org/en/).

Episode 404: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Kelly Papadopoulou 27.06.2026 35min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.  In this episode I speak with Kelly Papadopoulou about her work at Pi-Tech.  For more information about their work, check out the following video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VBhisSWOFPsA9TH8brkeepDJ8mhixuaJ/view

Episode 403: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Stavros Katsaridis and Dimitris Tolis 26.06.2026 35min

In this episode, I spoke with Dimitris Tolis  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitristolis/ CEO of Human Asset,   https://www.humanasset.com/ and Stavros Katsaridis  https://www.linkedin.com/in/stavroskatsaridis/, General Manager of DOTSOFT,  https://dotsoft.gr/en/

Episode 402: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Effie Halivopoulou 25.06.2026 38min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.  In this episode I speak with Effie Halivopoulou about her work "The Body Ego in the Digital Age"

Episode 401: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Angelos Amditis 24.06.2026 32min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.  Today I speak with Angelos Amditis about his work leading the CirculAR App.

Episode 400: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Athanasios Christopoulos 23.06.2026 31min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.  Today I talk with Athanasios Christopoulos about his work with gamification and AR.

Episode 399: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Hellenic IT Museum 22.06.2026 29min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.  Up today are the leadership team of the Hellenic IT Museum.

Episode 398: Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization - Jon Richter 21.06.2026 32min

In conjunction with the ILRN conference, which starts later this week in Athens, I am hosting a limited series I'm calling "Immersive Learning in the Cradle of Western Civilization."  I'll be talking with educators, developers, business leaders, museum leaders, and others from across Greece to highlight all of the amazing things that are happening in immersive learning in and around Greece.

Episode 397: Versatilist with Maria Besiou 14.06.2026 30min

In this episode, I speak with Maria Besiou about her work "IMMERSIVE LEARNING IN HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS THROUGH A VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATION"

Episode 396: Versatilist with Daniella Terson de Paleville 07.06.2026 32min

In this episode, I speak with Daniella Terson de Paleville about her work "Virtual Reality for Reinforcing Neurophysiology Concepts among Graduate and Dental Students"

Episode 395: Versatilist with Geoffrey Nguyen 31.05.2026 33min

In this episode, I speak with Geoffrey Nguyen about his work "The Use and Perceptions of Virtual Reality Simulator Training for Ophthalmological Surgical Education." Follow Geoffrey on Instagram at @heygeoffrey 