In September I moderated a fireside chat with Michael Kratsios at Tech Olympus Summit, a TED-style, tailor-made one-day conference hosting conversations in the areas of innovation, technology, creative industries, and civic engagement. Its inaugural edition is supported by the US Embassy in Greece, on the occasion of the 83rd Thessaloniki International Fair.

Michael is the Deputy Assistant for Technology Policy to the President and Deputy US CTO at the White House. He previously was Chief of Staff and Principal at Thiel Capital and before that he worked in banking.

(Fun trivia: when I visited Thiel Capital HQ and met with Peter back in 2011, Michael was in New York.)

We covered a lot of ground—from regulating emerging technologies, to 5G, space, drones, the President’s technology agenda, & Greek–US tech interoperability on both G2G and industry levels.

You can watch our discussion below via Youtube courtesy of Found.ation.