Entrepreneur Week Greece Program

Entrepreneur Week Greece Athens February 23rd – 25th Venue: Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry Akadimias 7, GR10671, Athens Pre‐Conference Networking Events The International Delegations Meet the Hellenic Start‐up Community Tuesday February 21st and Wednesday February 22nd Networking Meetings & Start‐up Presentations Venue: Colab Athens, 18:00 – 21:00 Petraki 28, Athens Hellenic Start-up Association - www.hellenicstartups.gr Entrepreneur Week - www.entrepreneurweek.net

Program rdThursday February 23 – Pre Conference Event: “Hellenic Angels” Venue: Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry Akadimias 7, Athens Workshop on Launching the First Business Angels Network in Greece 10:00 – 10:30 Dimitris Tsigos, Greece President, Hellenic Start‐up Association “Presenting the vision for Hellenic Angels” 10:30 – 12:00 Paulo Andrez, Portugal Vice President at “EBAN – The European Trade Association of Business Angels, Seed Funds and other early stage market players” and Board‐member at “Federação Nacional de Associações de Business Angels”, Portugal. 12:00 – 13:00 Pitching Session Start‐up Pitching sessions in front of the Hellenic Angels founding members and Business Angels from the Entrepreneur Week International delegations Thursday February 23rd – The Entrepreneur Week Greece Conference Venue: Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry Akadimias 7, Athens 13:00 – 14:00 Registrations 14:00 – 15:30 Opening Speeches Constantine Michalos, Greece President, Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry Evangelos Venizelos, Greece(*) Deputy Prime Minister & Mister of Finance Anna Diamantopoulou, Greece(*) Minister of Education, Life‐long Learning and Religious Affairs Yanos Gramatidis, Greece President, American‐Hellenic Chamber of Commerce Theodore Krintas Managing Director, Attica Wealth Management Dimitris Tsigos, Greece President, Hellenic Start‐up Association Hellenic Start-up Association - www.hellenicstartups.gr Entrepreneur Week - www.entrepreneurweek.net

Gary Whitehill, United States Founder, Entrepreneur Week Boris Gajic, Serbia PR Director of the Palilula Entrepreneurship Club 15:30 – 16:30 “Culture, Tourism and Symbolic Capital: Creating an industry of global leadership for Greece” Moderator: Nikos Ververidis, Greece Stratos Safioleas, Greece Communication consultant for candidate Olympic cities, International press expert Nikolaos Maniatis, Greece Scientific Partner Union of Greek Cities with Medieval Castles Anna Achiola, Greece Festival Director‐Producer President of the Medieval Rose Association Owner & Creative Director ‐ Manager at Poeessa Thematic Events & Film Office Dimosthenis Broussalis, Greece General Manager DASC Branding Ellie Panagiotopoulou, Greece Corporate Relations Manager Athenean Brewery s.a. 16:30 – 16:45 Break 16:45 – 18:00 “Media Industry: A collapsing market or an exciting opportunity?” Moderator: Areti Georgili, Greece Sharing the United States Experience ‐ Sergio Fernandez de Cordova Founder, Fuel Outdoor Chairman, Entrepreneur Week ‐ Lauren Perkins Founder, Perks Consulting Hellenic Start-up Association - www.hellenicstartups.gr Entrepreneur Week - www.entrepreneurweek.net

‐ James Allworth Fellow, Forum for Growth & Innovation – Harvard Business School ‐ Nam Bui Co‐Founder & Director, Inc. Magazine’s Business Owners Council Vice President, Quanta Family Office Nikos Andritsos, Greece Journalist, SKAI Nikos Piperis, Greece Journalist, Founder of GoodNews.gr 18:00 – 19:00 “Maritime Uncovered: Towards boosting a dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem around the industry international leaders” Moderator: Fotis Talantzis, Greece Danae Bezantakou, Greece Managing Director, Navigator SA Admiral Nikos Kavallieros, Greece Director General, Hellenic Association of Shipping Companies Maria Malindretou, Greece (Remote Presentation) Architect, Mal‐Vi Architects S.A. 19:00 – 19:15 Break 19:15 – 20:15 “Gastronomy: An industry of global leadership for Greece and its relation to Symbolic Capital & Regional Development” Moderator: Panos Zamanis, Greece Costas Tsingas, Greece Executive Chef and Journalist Maria Vlachou, Greece Founder & CEO Fereikos – Helix / Fereikos – Gefsis Zoe Nowak, Greece Director Cretan Quality Agreement Hellenic Start-up Association - www.hellenicstartups.gr Entrepreneur Week - www.entrepreneurweek.net

20:15 – 20:30 Break 20:30 – 22:00 “Politics and Entrepreneurship – Politicians and Entrepreneurs” Moderator: Dimitris Tsigos, Greece Sharing the United States Experience ‐ Sergio Fernandez de Cordova Founder, Fuel Outdoor Chairman, Entrepreneur Week ‐ Elmira Bayrasli Thought Leader, Global Entrepreneurship ‐ Angela O Connor VP, Market Development – The Incubation Factory Sharing the United Kinddom Experience ‐ Alex Mitchell Chairman of Young Brits, VP of European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs & UK President of G20 YEA Aristos Doxiadis, Greece Economist Dimitrios Bourantas, Greece Professor and Director of the Executive MBA program Athens University of Economics and business, writer Michalis Charalambidis, Greece Sociologist and Political Scientist 22:30 The Entrepreneur Week Creativity Party “Booze Cooperativa”, Kolokotroni 57 th Friday February 24 – The Entrepreneur Week Greece Conference Venue: Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry Akadimias 7, Athens 9:00 – 10:00 Registration 10:00 – 11:00 Opening Speeches Michalis Chrisochoidis, Greece(*) Minister Ministry of Development, Competitiveness & Maritime Hellenic Start-up Association - www.hellenicstartups.gr Entrepreneur Week - www.entrepreneurweek.net

Andreas Athanasopoulos, Greece General Director for Retail Banking National Bank of Greece Paulo Andrez, Portugal Vice President EBAN – European Business Angels Network Stelios Stavridis, Greece President Hellenic Entrepreneurship Club Dimitris Asimakopoulos, Greece President Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen and Merchants Nikolas G. Sarlis, Greece General Manager GKFX 11:00 – 12:00 “High‐tech industry in Greece: Success stories, role models and the way forward” Moderator: Spiros Kapetanakis Yorgos Koutsoyannopoulos, Greece Founder & CEO, Helic Inc. President, Hellenic Semiconductor Industry Assocation Fotis Draganidis, Greece General Manager Microsoft Innovation Center Vassilios Makios, Greece General Director at Corallia – Hellenic Technology Clusters Initiative Haris Karonis, Greece CEO Realize SA, BoD Member HAMAC Gregory Yovanof, Greece Associate Dean at Athens Information Technology Hellenic Start-up Association - www.hellenicstartups.gr Entrepreneur Week - www.entrepreneurweek.net

12:00 – 12:15 Break 12:15 – 13:15 “Energy: When Geopolitics and Geoeconomics meet a strategy for sustainable development” Moderator: Vassilis Nikolopoulos, Greece Menelaos Ioannidis, Greece(*) Co‐Founder, Build‐IT SA Yannis Vouyiouklakis, Greece Head of CRES Market Development Panayiotis Panayotakopoulos, Greece Founder CloseTheLoop, Sustainability Expert OECD Representative in Greece Charis Doukas, Greece National Technical University of Athens, Policy Expert 13:15 – 13:30 Break 13:30 – 14:30 “The Battle for Athens Center: Turning a crime zone to a field of creativity” Moderator: Stavros Messinis, Greece Christos Spirtzis, Greece President, Technical Chamber of Greece Alex Mitchell, United Kingdom Chairman of Young Brits, VP of European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs & UK President of G20 YEA Alvaro Cuesta, Spain Presidente Asociacion Jovenes Empresarios de Madrid 14:30 – 15:30 Lunch 15:30 – 17:00 “Education, University and Entrepreneurship: From creativity to start‐up accelerators” Moderator: Pavlos Stampoulides, Greece Sharing the United States Experience ‐ Susan Fonseca Klein Hellenic Start-up Association - www.hellenicstartups.gr Entrepreneur Week - www.entrepreneurweek.net

Founding Member SIngularity University Founder/CEO Women@TheFrontier ‐ Angela O Connor VP, Market Development – The Incubation Factory ‐ James Allworth Fellow, Forum for Growth & Innovation – Harvard Business School Faye Orfanou, Greece Secretary Special for EU Funds Ministry of Education Johan Van den Bossche, Belgium Manager SO Kwadraat vzw Patrik Kovács, Hungary Vice President at YES – European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs and President at FIVOSZ – Hungarian Association of Young Entrepreneurs 17:00 – 17:15 Break 17:15 – 18:15 “Government and Entrepreneurship: Can the State play any role? Fiscal policies/taxation, subsidies and bankruptcy law” Moderator: Athanasios Papandropoulos, Greece Ioannis Papadopoulos, Greece Co‐Founder & CEO, Attica Ventures Omar Al‐Madhi, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Assistant Deputy Governor ‐ Research, Analysis & Councils at Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority Ksenia Khoruzhnikova, Russian Federation G‐20Y Summit IOC Founder/Chair Elias Aravantinos, Greece Professor of Business and Marketing at City Unity College Thanos Tzimeros, Greece Founder of “Dimiourgia Xana!” 18:15 – 18:30 Break Hellenic Start-up Association - www.hellenicstartups.gr Entrepreneur Week - www.entrepreneurweek.net

18:30 – 19:30 “Creating an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: How Entrepreneurship Can Influence & Support the Reassurgence of the Greek Economy” Moderator: George Papadopoulos, Greece The US Experience: Gary Whitehill, United States Founder of Entrepreneur Week Dan Schmitt, United States Founder, The Incubation Factory The UK Experience: Nathaniel Peat, United Kingdom Founder and CEO of The Safety Box 19:15 – 19:30 Break 19:30 – 21:00 Units of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Moderator: Fanis Koutouvelis, Greece Workshop on inspiring entrepreneurial spirit at the Education & Research system Presentations by the Units of Innovation & Entrepreneurship of Greek Universities 1. “Entrepreneurship education in Engineering Schools. The need for promoting Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship” I. Kalogirou and I. Kastelli Professors Unity of Innovation & Entrepreneurship of the National Technical University of Athens 2. “Βarriers to Entrepreneurship” A. Tsanikas Professor Unity of Innovation & Entrepreneurship of the National Technical University of Athens Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research 3. “The institution of «mentor» and the activities through it” Athanasios Belidis Unity of Innovation & Entrepreneurship of the Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki Hellenic Start-up Association - www.hellenicstartups.gr Entrepreneur Week - www.entrepreneurweek.net

4. “University Entrepreneurship Education: Key Issues” G. Neofotistos Manager of Unity of Innovation & Entrepreneurship of the University of Crete 5. “Innovations Intelligent Applications based on RES” S. Kaplanis President of the Technological Educational Institute of Patras 22:00 The Entrepreneur Week Creativity Dinner Saturday February 25th – Post Conference Event Venue: Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry Akadimias 7, Athens 12:00 – 15:00 B2B Meetings between Greek entrepreneurs and members of delegations from US, Russia, UK, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Hungary and Serbia Hellenic Start-up Association - www.hellenicstartups.gr Entrepreneur Week - www.entrepreneurweek.net

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