We are very pleased to invite you to attend our team member's, Zacharoula Papamitsiou, defense of her Ph.D. thesis, entitled: "Supporting learners’ Capacity for Autonomous Decisions using Learning Analytics". The thesis will be publicly defended on Wednesday, August 29th, at 10:00 a.m. in the eLearning Room of the University of Macedonia (Building C-D, 1st floor), Egnatia 156, Thessaloniki. We all are proud of Zacharoula's work, we would like to congratulate her for the thorough research and the significant contribution, and we wish her all the best in her professional career.