Ilias works on maximising the positive impact of digitalisation on the green transition. He initiated the European Green Digital Coalition -www.greendigitalcolaition.eu - whose members have committed to work on science-based methods to estimate the net environmental impact of digital solutions supported by the European Parliament Pilot project.

He also works on the Digital Product Passport as introduced in the Eco-design for Sustainable Product Regulation and as explored in the EU project CIRPASS 2 . The aim is to accelerate the transition circular economy through digitally enabled sustainable business models.

Before 2017 Ilias has contributed to the EU Agenda of eHealth and ICT for Active and Healthy Ageing for over 20 years. Areas he pioneered include digitally supported Integrated Care, 'Virtual Physiological Human’ (Patient Digital Twin)', Personal Health Systems and Electronic Health Records.