Dr Orestis Georgiou is an author of 6 patents, 2 books, and 100+ academic papers that have been published in leading journals and conferences of Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering and Medicine. He has also been co-awarded R&D grants in excess of €10 million, including a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, and is the recipient of the prestigious 2019 IEEE Heinrich Hertz award. Formerly Head of R&D Partnerships at Ultraleap, where he led multi-partner collaborations and EU-funded projects, Orestis is now R&D Funding Lead at AcoustoFab — a London-based startup developing the world’s first multi-axis acoustic levitation platform for contactless material manipulation. Passionate about haptics, acoustic engineering, and future human–machine interfaces, Orestis works at the intersection of technology, research, and strategic growth, helping to turn bold ideas into reality.