The Scientific Manager of the training program is Mr. Anastasiadis Panagiotis,
Professor of Lifelong and Distance Education at the Department of Primary Education of the University of Crete, Director of the EDIVEA org. 

Panagiotis Anastasiades is currently Professor in E-learning & Lifelong Learning in the Department of Education at the University of Crete. He is also   Director of the eLearning Lab.

 Since 2004 he is a Tutor Counsellor at the Hellenic Open University. He has additional papers published in Journal of Computers and Education, Computers in the Social Studies Journal, ACM Special Interest Group on Computers and Society (ACM SIGCAS), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, etc.

Since February 2012 was vice-president of   the Pedagogical Institute of Greece and has the scientific responsibility of the “National Teachers Training Project”

His current research emphasis focuses on Creativity, Lifelong and Distance Learning via Advanced Learning Internet Technologies and Interactive Videoconferencing, Social & Educational Informatics, ICT & Creativity, Artificial Intelligence.