Vassilis C. Karamitsanis is an Athenian citizen and lawyer, Born in Athens, he has studied in Thessaloniki (GR), Rotterdam (NL), Hamburg (D) and Aix-Marseille III (F).  From 2012-2014 he served as counsel to the Greek Minister of Development and, since 2011, is a founding member of the Forward Greece political movement. Since 2004 he has headed Platforma, a not-for-profit organisation, active in the fields of new media & urban culture.