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