"Can Private Equity, Venture Capital and Startups
be one of the Solutions
to the Problematic Greek Economy"

Agenda

First Day: 21st of June 2012

Private Equity

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
 
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
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
 
Panel I - 1st Part:
"Greek Companies Competing in the Global Arena.
Dynamics, Challenges and Opportunities!"

Coordinator: Kiritsis Constantine, Ph.D, Entrepreneur
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
 
14.00 "Social Media & Entrepreneurship in Greece" Gogos Roberta Product Design, Marketing, Gnostix
Charami Despoina Online Marketing, Gnostix
 
Panel II - 2nd Part:
"Greek Companies Competing in the Global Arena.
Dynamics, Challenges and Opportunities!"

Coordinator: Tsigos Dimitris, Founder & CEO of Virtual Trip
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 2012

StartUps

9.15 - 9.40 Registration
9.40 Welcome notes
9.45 Conference Opening Spirtounias Elias Executive Director, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
 
Round Table II - Discussion
"Applying International Successful Methods in the Greek Startups Market"

Coordinator:
Skrekas Nick, Ph.D, Author, Economic Analyst and International Lawyer
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
 
Panel I:
"Greek Startups and Entrepreneurship"

Coordinator:
Constantinou Andreas, Ph.D, Managing Director of VisionMobile
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
 
Panel II:
"Which countries are the most appropriate ones to set up a Startup?"

Coordinator:
Rizopoulos Yannis, Journalist of Pathfinder
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
 
14.30- 14.40 "Understanding disruption in the mobile industry" Andreas Constantinou, Ph.D Managing Director of VisionMobile
Panel III:
"Greek Startups and Entrepreneurship in the Mobile Arena"

Coordinator:
Kolovou Vicki, Entrepreneur
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