Pantelis Katharios
Dr. Pantelis Katharios is a Research Director at the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research. His research field is the study and control of diseases in aquaculture. He has worked with pathologies affecting novel aquaculture fish species and the new emerging diseases. He emphasizes on the understanding of the molecular mechanisms determining the virulence of pathogenic microorganisms and their interaction with the fish. He has worked extensively with the use of bacteriophages as a means of prevention and treatment and with the development of autogenous vaccines. He has participated in a big number of national and international research projects either as a principal investigator or as a coordinator. He has published 75 research articles in peer reviewed journals.
He is the founder of Aquatic Biologicals, spin-off company of HCMR and the first marine biotechnology company in Greece with an exclusive focus on the health of aquaculture.
Charlene Collison
Charlene heads Forum for the Future’s Challenge Lab on Sustainable Value Chains, which works to make value chains of key land-based commodities regenerative and distributive. Charlene leads initiatives to scale sustainable and regenerative agriculture, provide decent livelihoods and use fair, transparent business models through agricultural commodity value chains. She leads multi-stakeholder collaborative initiatives across a range of sectors and themes, including directing the Cotton 2040 initiative. Charlene also leads strategy projects with a range of brands, particularly in apparel, with a focus on using futures tools to diagnose and act on emerging systemic challenges.
Charlene is a facilitator on Forum’s School for Systems Change, and supports Forum’s thought leadership on systemic and collaborative change processes. She has over 20 years’ experience in futures, systems thinking, and organisational and societal change for sustainability.
