Despoina Petsani

Research Associate at Lab of Medical Physics and Digital Innovation, PhD Candidate in Medical Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Despoina Petsani is a researcher and innovation leader at the intersection of digital health, assistive technologies, and Living Labs. With a background in Electrical and Computer Engineering and an MSc in Medical Informatics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, she is focusing on digital tools and machine learning for transitional care. She is a Research Associate in the Assistive Technologies and Silver Science Research Group at the Lab of Medical Physics and Digital Innovation, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and serves as Chief Innovation Officer at Xeeti, driving strategic direction and technological innovation. Since 2017, she has led and contributed to numerous EU-funded projects, including VITALISE (H2020), where she coordinated Living Lab harmonization and transitional care research across Greece, Spain, and Canada and the EVOLVE2CARE Horizon Europe project where she is Mission Coordinator. Actively engaged in the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), she co-chairs the Living Lab Harmonization Working Group and the Health & Wellbeing Working Group. She was a member of the Organizing Committee of the Health and Wellbeing Living Lab Symposium in 2024 and 2025.