Dr Dimitrios Salampasis is an award-winning and globally-recognized, thought leader, educator, researcher, and sought-after speaker, passionate about innovation and business strategy, global affairs and geopolitics, digital economy (FinTech), sustainability and emerging technologies nexus.
He is an Associate Professor of Emerging Technologies and FinTech and FinTech Capability Lead at the Swinburne University of Technology. Dr Salampasis is a Visiting Professor of FinTech at the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance, Visiting Professor of FinTech at the University of Québec at Rimouski, Canada, Blockchain and FinTech Fellow at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, Visiting Faculty at the School of Management in Fribourg, Switzerland, and Academic Council Member of the Global FinTech Institute.
Dr Salampasis is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) Fellow, Digital Economist Senior Executive Fellow (2024-2025), DEC Institute Research Fellow, member of the Singapore Institute of Directors, member of the Chartered Association of Business Schools, member and contributor to the Diplomatic Courier’s World in 2050 global think-tank and member of the CPA Australia Digital Transformation Centre of Excellence. He is regularly involved in international advisory work with leading private, public, and governmental stakeholders.
Dr Salampasis has a strong international thought leadership presence publishing forward-thinking insights, points of view and informative contributions in international peer-reviewed academic journals and books. His work is regularly presented in major international conferences, leading industry forums, knowledge networks, communities of practice, executive education masterclasses and invited keynotes around the world furnishing strategic guidance and shaping business demand by synthesizing analysis, trends, and insights from research across various innovation and emerging technology domains. His research interests and international thought leadership presence revolve around the organizational, human, geopolitical and ESG sides of innovation and open innovation in emerging technologies and FinTech.
Dr Salampasis is a trusted partner to C-Level Executives, CEOs and Board of Directors of leading corporations, start-ups, policymakers and government officials, worldwide, helping them harness FinTech and emerging technologies, shaping transformative strategies across business, government, and society. Dr Salampasis has been playing an instrumental role in shaping Australia’s FinTech innovation policy and advocacy agenda. He has received international recognition and awards for his global perspective, creative research and thought leadership approach for thinking about innovation and the evolution of the financial technologies landscape.
Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Speaking
Travels From: Melbourne, Australia
Speaking Topics: Emergence and development of FinTech-enabled business models (incl. open banking, open finance and ethics of programmable money). Artificial intellig
