Ioannis Hatzopoulos is an agronomist with extensive experience in both the food industry and agriculture production and in the implementation of innovative actions in the agricultural sector and is certified in the systems integrated management. He also has a degree in environmental science class A of the Y.P.E.H.O.D.E.

Advisor to the University Property Management Company of the University of Thessaly (University olive grove - Pau Argalasti Monastery of Pelion).

Consultant in agricultural matters of the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi of Mount Athos. For 20 years he owned an agricultural store of agricultural supplies.

His agricultural experience includes large cultivation, industrial plants, arboriculture, viticulture, winemaking in a privately owned winery, medicinal plants, etc. Also, conducting studies improvement plans for farmers and young farmers, programs to reduce nitrate pollution, the dense planting the olive and the new varieties of kiwi.

He is the coordinator of the VITVIN project, with the company TSANTALI, according to which a medicine will be produced for venous insufficiency from residues of winemaking and viticulture as well as external partner in the HOLEA project, with which a system will be created to deal with its counterfeiting olive oil, in the context of Research-Create-Innovate.

Consultant at the University of Thessaly Networks and Informatics Laboratory on Agricultural issues Precision and in a multitude of proposals concerning innovation in agriculture.

Consultant to the company Klados Elias with the aim of providing research and consultancy services development in innovation in agricultural sciences.

He has recently published the book "On the beautiful roads and places of the olive tree", in which he describes them Greek olive varieties.