Livia Kalossaka

Head of Deep Tech Strategy and Foresight at HEC Paris / Creative Destruction Lab

Livia Kalossaka is Head of Deep Tech Strategy and Foresight at HEC Paris/ Creative Destruction Lab. She works at the intersection of science, entrepreneurship, and systems transformation, supporting the development and commercialisation of deep-tech ventures while strengthening connections between academia and innovation ecosystems worldwide.

Trained at the Centre for Cellular Bionics at Imperial College London, she holds a PhD at the frontier of materials and bio-hybrid systems. Her experience spans research-intensive environments, startup acceleration, and cross-institutional collaboration across Europe.

Her approach combines scientific rigour with systems thinking, enabling her to bridge disciplines, cultures, and sectors. She contributes to executive education and academic programs, and regularly engages with founders, researchers, and industry leaders to translate emerging technologies into scalable, real-world impact.

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Innovation & Entrepreneurship Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Scaling Deep Tech Depends on Three Levels of Infrastructure

To realize their innovation potential, deep-tech ventures must manufacture the technology, integrate it into industrial systems, and rely on regulatory and financial frameworks that enable deployment.

Livia Kalossaka

The Planetary Challenge Is Now Industrial

Climate technologies, biotech and space provide answers to environmental crises, but they need to move from scientific discovery to industrial deployment that markets and institutions can trust.

Livia Kalossaka

A Roadmap for Clean Tech to Drive Europe’s Net-Zero Strategy


Europe has world-class clean-tech assets, but a new research suggests their impact on the climate transition depends on connecting them through stronger innovation ecosystems.
 

5 minutes
Fernando J. Díaz López, Lillian Manning, Livia Kalossaka
When AI Moves From Software Into the Physical World

When AI Moves From Software Into the Physical World

Physical AI is moving intelligence into machines, factories and medical devices, raising new challenges for computing infrastructure, regulation and industrial sovereignty.

Livia Kalossaka
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