{"id":7846,"date":"2024-09-26T22:45:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T19:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tedxathens.com\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=7846"},"modified":"2024-10-04T12:24:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T09:24:10","slug":"dr-lazaros-polymenakos","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/tedxathens.com\/speaker\/dr-lazaros-polymenakos","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Lazaros Polymenakos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<!-- NVM TEXT -->\n\n<div class=\"nvm-text text nvm-text-columns-desktop-1 nvm-text-columns-tablet-1 nvm-text-columns-mobile-1\">\n    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Lazaros Polymenakos (Diploma NTUA &#8217;89, MS MIT &#8217;92, Ph.D. MIT \u201995) is a Partner for Ernst &amp; Young Technical Consulting and the EMEIA Consulting Artificial Intelligence Leader. 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