Andreas Persidis has a phd in Artificial Intelligence from the British University of  Strathclyde. In the 25 years since his graduation, dr. Persidis has founded and directed  departments for technological advancement in European businesses focused on engineering, software development and mobile communication. As a co-founder of Biovista, he was head of the team, which designed the company’s technological platform and been awarded funding from the EU to develop this particular technology. He has served as inspector and advisor of the EU and the Austrian Ministry of Development in the fields of informatics and the life sciences, while he is frequently invited to speak at international conferences.