First Day: 21st of June 2012Private Equity
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9.15 - 9.40 |
Registration |
9.40 |
Welcome notes |
9.45 |
Conference Opening |
Panayotopoulos Litsa |
Partner Boston Hamilton Executive Search Services and Treasurer & President of Innovation and Education Committee American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce |
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Round Table I - Discussion
"Can Private Equity, Venture Capital and Startups be one of the Solutions to the Problematic Greek Economy?"
Coordinator:
Goudinakos Stratos, Chief Risk Officer, ATE Insurance
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9.50 |
Participation to the Round Table Discussion |
Pilitsis Loukas |
Head of VC-PE Group Piraeus Bank, CEO Piraeus Equity Advisors |
10.00 |
"Private equity has always been opportunistic" |
Koulis Nicos |
Head Private Equity of Eurobank Equities |
10.10 |
Participation to the Round Table Discussion |
Papadopoulos Giannis |
Co-founder and CEO Attica Ventures |
10.20 |
Participation to the Round Table Discussion |
Athanasopoulos Dimitrios |
Group Managing Director, Axia Ventures Group Ltd |
10.30 - 11.30 |
Round Table Discussion |
11.30 - 12.00 |
Coffee Break |
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Panel I - 1st Part:
"Greek Companies Competing in the Global Arena. Dynamics, Challenges and Opportunities!"
Coordinator: Kiritsis Constantine, Ph.D, Entrepreneur
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12.00 |
"What is the microeconomic development model that will expedite Greece's exit from the macroeconomic slump it has fallen into?" |
Koutsoyannopoulos Giorgos, Ph.D |
Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of HELIC |
12.10 |
"Biovista: Leading the emergence of a new sector in the life sciences and healthcare industry" |
Persidis Andreas, Ph.D |
CEO of Biovista |
12.20 |
Topic will be announced soon |
Sanchez-P. Jorge-A., Ph.D |
Director, Strategy and Development of Corallia Clusters Initiative |
12.30 - 13.00 |
Q & A |
13.00 - 14.00 |
Light Snack |
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14.00 |
"Social Media & Entrepreneurship in Greece" |
Gogos Roberta |
Product Design, Marketing, Gnostix |
Charami Despoina |
Online Marketing, Gnostix |
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Panel II - 2nd Part:
"Greek Companies Competing in the Global Arena. Dynamics, Challenges and Opportunities!"
Coordinator: Tsigos Dimitris, Founder & CEO of Virtual Trip
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14.10 |
"Is a laptop with Internet connection all you need?" |
Papadopoulos Panos |
Founder & VP of BugSense |
14.20 |
"NanoMaterials Made in Lavrion?" |
Theoharakis Vasilis Ph.D |
Chairman of the Board of Nanophos |
14.30 |
"Building an international technology company in Greece" |
Veremis Marcos |
President and Founder of Upstream |
14.40 - 15.20 |
Q & A |
15.20 |
End of Forum |
Second Day: 22nd of June 2012StartUps
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9.15 - 9.40 |
Registration |
9.40 |
Welcome notes |
9.45 |
Conference Opening |
Spirtounias Elias |
Executive Director, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce |
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Round Table II - Discussion
"Applying International Successful Methods in the Greek Startups Market"
Coordinator:
Skrekas Nick, Ph.D, Author, Economic Analyst and International Lawyer
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9.50 |
Participation to the Round Table Discussion |
Mallios Kostas |
Vice President at Intellectual Ventures |
10.00 |
Participation to the Round Table Discussion |
Pilitsis Loukas |
Fund Manager of PJ Tech Catalyst |
10.10 |
"Innovative Private Equity Investment in the Making of Global Market Leaders" |
Krokidis Xenophon, Ph.D |
Founding Partner of I&GS Capital |
10.20 |
"Global expansion with base Silicon Valley" |
Papaioannou Dimitris, Ph.D |
Country Manager Greece & Cyprus at US Market Access Center |
10.30 - 11.00 |
Round Table Discussion |
11.00 - 11.20 |
Coffee Break |
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Panel I:
"Greek Startups and Entrepreneurship"
Coordinator:
Constantinou Andreas, Ph.D, Managing Director of VisionMobile
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11.20 |
"CleanTech Investments: Fundraising and entrepreneurial strategies in the Smart Grid sector by Intelen" |
Nikolopoulos Vassilis, Ph.D |
CEO and Co-Founder, Intelen |
11.30 |
"Innovating in Greece. Is it possible? A Fashinating case study" |
Ballas Alexis |
Co-Founder, Fashinating Ltd. |
11.40 |
"Going from 0 to 1" |
Drandakis Nikos |
Founder of TaxiBeat |
11.50 - 12.15 |
Q & A |
12.15 - 12.45 |
Coffee Break |
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Panel II:
"Which countries are the most appropriate ones to set up a Startup?"
Coordinator:
Rizopoulos Yannis, Journalist of Pathfinder
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12.45 |
"Small country BIG BUSINESS" |
Palandjian Onic |
General Manager, Europa Aluminum Systems |
12.55 |
"The appropriate place for a startup to setup and how to move forward" |
Kokoni Zoe |
Director, International Business Services Division, Eurofast Taxand, Cyprus |
13.05 |
Speaker will be announced soon |
13.15 - 13.45 |
Q & A |
13.45 - 14.30 |
Light Snack |
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14.30- 14.40 |
"Understanding disruption in the mobile industry" |
Andreas Constantinou, Ph.D |
Managing Director of VisionMobile |
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Panel III:
"Greek Startups and Entrepreneurship in the Mobile Arena"
Coordinator:
Kolovou Vicki, Entrepreneur
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14.40 |
Topic will be announced soon |
Manglis Aggelos |
President and Managing Director of Atlantis Consulting |
14.50 |
"Enabling Leading 3D Mobile Game Development" |
Kikidis John |
Chairman and CEO of Eyelead Software |
15.00 |
"Turning weakness to strength: The future of Mobile Marketing" |
Nikolaidis John |
Co-Founder of Niobium Labs Ltd |
15.10 |
"Creating Value from Day one: Trends in the Entrepreneurship Industry" |
Voulgaris George, Ph.D |
coLab Igniter MD/co-Founder |
15.20 - 15.45 |
Q & A |
15.45 |
End of Forum |