The 1st European Youth Entrepreneurship Congress will be held in Athens from June 26-28, 2014, focusing on overcoming fragmentation in Europe and creating a common European entrepreneurial identity. The event will feature discussions with distinguished speakers from Europe and beyond, aiming to enhance youth entrepreneurship and improve employment opportunities. Concurrently, the 5th Forum of Greek Startups will address the challenges and opportunities for startups in Greece, including funding and support structures.

1. YES for Europe
Ευρωπαϊκή Συνομοσπονδία Νέων Επιχειρηματιών
ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ
1ο Ευρωπαϊκό Συνέδριο Νεανικής Επιχειρηματικότητας:
Η υπέρβαση του εμποδίου του κατακερματισμού στην Ευρώπη
καθώς και η δημιουργία της κοινής Ευρωπαϊκής
επιχειρηματικής ταυτότητας
Οργανωτές Συνεδρίου στην Ελλάδα:
Υπό την Αιγίδα των:
Ελληνική Προεδρία
Συμβουλίου Ε.Ε. Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή
Δήμος Αθηναίων

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Αθήνα,
23 Ιουνίου 2014
Δελτίο Τύπου
26-28 Ιουνίου στην Αθήνα το 1ο Ευρωπαϊκό Συνέδριο Νεανικής Επιχειρηματικότητας
Στις 28 Ιουνίου το 5ο Φόρουμ Ελληνικών Νεοφυών Επιχειρήσεων
Από την Πέμπτη 26 έως και το Σάββατο 28 Ιουνίου θα γίνει στην Αθήνα το 1ο
Ευρωπαϊκό Συνέδριο Νεανικής Επιχειρηματικότητας, ένας νέος θεσμός που εισήγαγε η
Ευρωπαϊκή Συνομοσπονδία Νέων Επιχειρηματιών - YES και θα πραγματοποιείται ανά
εξάμηνο στη χώρα που έχει την Προεδρία του Ευρωπαϊκού Συμβουλίου.
Οργανωτές του Συνεδρίου στην Ελλάδα είναι ο Σύνδεσμος "Νεανική
Επιχειρηματικότητα", ο οποίος εκπροσωπεί την Ελλάδα στην Ευρωπαϊκή
Συνομοσπονδία Νέων Επιχειρηματιών, το INNOVATHENS - πρωτοβουλία του Δήμου
Αθηναίων για την ενίσχυση της νεοφυούς επιχειρηματικότητας - και το Orange Grove,
θερμοκοιτίδα νεοφυών επιχειρήσεων που λειτουργεί από την Ολλανδική Πρεσβεία
στην Ελλάδα.
Παράλληλα με το 1ο Ευρωπαϊκό Συνέδριο Νεανικής Επιχειρηματικότητας και
συγκεκριμένα το Σάββατο 28 Ιουνίου θα λάβει χώρα το 5ο Φόρουμ Ελληνικών
Νεοφυών Επιχειρήσεων που οργανώνεται από την Ελληνική Ένωση Νεοφυών
Επιχειρήσεων στο INNOVATHENS.
Τη δεύτερη μέρα του Συνεδρίου, Παρασκευή 28 Ιουνίου στο Orange Grove και με τη
συμμετοχή της Αντιπροέδρου της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής κας Neelie Kroes, θα γίνει η
παρουσίαση του Greek Startup Manifesto, ενός σχεδίου δράσης που εκπονήθηκε από
ομάδα Ελλήνων ιδρυτών νεοφυών επιχειρήσεων και σκοπό έχει να αποτελέσει ένα
κείμενο αναφοράς για την ενίσχυση της επιχειρηματικότητας ταχείας ανάπτυξης,
εξωστρέφειας και καινοτομίας στη χώρα.
Τα δυο κεντρικά θέματα του 1ου Ευρωπαϊκού Συνεδρίου Νεανικής
Επιχειρηματικότητας είναι η υπέρβαση του εμποδίου του κατακερματισμού στην
Ευρώπη καθώς και η δημιουργία της κοινής Ευρωπαϊκής επιχειρηματικής ταυτότητας.

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Στη δημόσια αυτή συζήτηση θα συνεισφέρει μεγάλος αριθμός διακεκριμένων ομιλητών
από όλη την Ευρώπη αλλά και από χώρες όπως ΗΠΑ, Βραζιλία, Αυστραλία, Γκάνα και
Αίγυπτος, συνεισφέροντας σε έναν πραγματικά διεθνή διάλογο πάνω στα ζητήματα
αυτά.
Το 1ο Ευρωπαϊκό Συνέδριο Νεανικής Επιχειρηματικότητας θα αναδείξει περιοχές
δυνητικής Ευρωπαϊκής ηγεσίας, όπως το 3D printing, η Βιοτεχνολογία και η
διαστημική επιχειρηματικότητα, με ομιλίες διακεκριμένων επιχειρηματιών και
επιστημόνων στην περιοχή. Παράλληλα θα θιχτούν όλες οι αναγκαίες αλλαγές σε
Ευρωπαϊκό επίπεδο σε τομείς όπως η εκπαίδευση, η νομοθεσία και η φορολογία για
την ενίσχυση της επιχειρηματικότητας ταχείας ανάπτυξης και εξωστρέφειας.
Την Παρασκευή 27 Ιουνίου θα λάβει χώρα συνέλευση των ηγεσιών νεανικής
επιχειρηματικότητας των χωρών μελών της ΕΕ αλλά και άλλων Ευρωπαϊκών χωρών με
σκοπό τη συμφωνία σε πανευρωπαϊκό σχέδιο δράσης για την ενίσχυση και προώθηση
της νεανικής επιχειρηματικότητας ως κεντρική επιλογή για την αύξηση της ποιοτικής
απασχόλησης και τη βιώσιμη έξοδο από την κρίση.
Τέλος, στο 5ο Φόρουμ Ελληνικών Νεοφυών Επιχειρήσεων θα γίνει μια μεγάλη δημόσια
συζήτηση σχετικά με το φαινόμενο των startups στην Ελλάδα και συγκεκριμένα για τις
κατηγορίες του Venture Capital, των Angel Investors και των Incubators καθώς επίσης
και θα γίνει παρουσίαση πετυχημένων ελληνικών νεοφυών επιχειρήσεων. Στο πλαίσιο
αυτό θα γίνει και workshop από την Κοινοπραξία του έργου "Future Enterprise" το
οποίο θα οδηγήσει σε συγκεκριμένες προτάσεις προς την Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή για
δράσης ενίσχυσης της νεοφυούς επιχειρηματικότητας, για καλύτερη σύνδεση έρευνας
και επιχειρηματικότητας και για πιο στοχευμένα και αποτελεσματικά προγράμματα
χρηματοδότησης.
Οι οργανωτές του 1ου Ευρωπαϊκού Συνεδρίου Νεανικής Επιχειρηματικότητας και του
5ου Φόρουμ Ελληνικών Νεοφυών Επιχειρήσεων, θέλουν να ευχαριστήσουν θερμά την
Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή και τους χορηγούς του συνεδρίου, χάρη στην πολύτιμη βοήθεια
των οποίων μπορεί να πραγματοποιηθεί.

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Περισσότερες πληροφορίες για το συνέδριο:
http://www.youthentrepreneurship.eu
YES for Europe: http://www.yes.be, http://twitter.com/YESforEurope
Σύνδεσμος Νεανική Επιχειρηματικότητα: http://www.neaep.gr
INNOVATHENS: http://www.innovathens.gr, http://twitter.com/innovathens
OrangeGrove:
http://www.orangegrove.biz, http://www.facebook.com/orangegroveathens
Επισυνάπτονται:
1) Λίστα ομιλητών
2) Προφίλ οργανωτών

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ΛΙΣΤΑ ΟΜΙΛΗΤΩΝ
Neelie Kroes (Netherlands), Vice President of the European Commission
Jan Versteeg (Netherlands), Ambassador of the Netherlands in Greece
Kiriakos Mitsotakis (Greece), Minister of Administrative Reform & e- Governance
Georgios Kaminis (Greece), Mayor of Athens
Dimitris Tsigos (Greece), President YES for Europe
Yiannis Giannarakis (Greece), Executive Director HAMAC – Hellenic Association of Mobile
Applications Companies and Σynergies – Connecting Changemakers
Viorel Peca, European Commission - DG CONNECT F2
Philipp Brinkmann (Greece), Co-founder and CEO at Travelplanet24/Tripsta
Varvara Roza (Greece) President, Hellenic Youth Entrepreneurship
Ann Mettler (Belgium) Executive Director Lisbon Council
Josephine Green (UK), Founder at Beyond20:21st Century Stories
Marco Veremis (Greece) Founder & CEO at Upstream, Vice President at HAMAC – Hellenic
Association of Mobile Applications
Maria Pinelli (Italy), Global Vice Chair, Ernst & Young
Dimitris Drakoulis (Greece), Founder & CEO Telesto Technologies, Leader of the Greek
Startup Manifesto Team
Candace Johnson (Luxembourg), President at EBAN – The European Trade Association for
Business Angels, Seed Funds and other Early Stage Market Players
Yigal Erlich (Israel), Founder & Chairm at YOZMA Fund of Funds
Peter Madsen (Denmark), Founder, Copenhagen Suborbitals
Giannis Papadopoulos (Greece), Chairman at the Hellenic Venture Capital Association, CEO
at Attica Ventures
Maxim Lobovsky (US), Founder & CEO at Formlabs
Bastiaan Zwanenburg (Netherlands), Founder at Woodify, award-winning teenage
entrepreneur

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Glynn Pegler (UK), Founder & CEO at Culture Group
Nikolaos Maniatis (Greece) Founder & CEO at Museofabber, Advisor to the Hellenic Start-up
Association
Maria Vlachou (Greece), Co-founder & CEO Fereikos Gefsis
Fotis Talantzis (Greece), CEO at EVNEO and BoD Member at the Hellenic Start-up
Association
George Papadopoulos (Greece) Secretary General at the Hellenic Start-up Association
Pavlos Stampoulidis (Greece) CEO at Psycholate and BoD Member at the Hellenic Start-up
Association
Spiros Kapetanakis (Greece) Founder & CEO at CoLab Workspace, Advisor to the Hellenic Start-
up Association
Apostolos Apostolakis (Greece) Serial Tech Entrepreneur & Early Stage Investor
Sotirios Papantonopoulos (Greece)CEO at MoneyMarket
Jerome Zois (Luxembourg) Managing Director, Europe4Startups, Prinicpal, Data4 Ventures
Victor Soto (Belgium) Vice-President of JADE - European Confederation of Junior Enterprises
Matthieu Schiffmann (Belgium) Communication Manager at Think Young
Mario Paladini(Germany) Founder & CEO at GLOBALS
Luca Donelli (Italy), President Italian Delegation at G20 YEA - Responsible for International
and European Relations at Confindustria Young Entrepreneurs
Alex Mitchell (UK), President at Young Brits
Nils-Erik Jansson (Sweden), President at YEOS
Sándor P. Mohácsi (Germany), President German Delegation to the G20 YEA
Euchar Sultana (Malta), Founder, Young Business Entrepreneurs
Eduardo Platon (Brazil),International Relations Chair, Brazilian Confederation of Young
Entrepreneurs
Hany Elhabibi (Egypt), Head of EJB international relations

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Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah (Ghana) Ghanaian Entrepreneur & Broadcaster
Socratis Ploussas (Greece) Vice President at the Hellenic Start-up Association
Panos Zamanis (Greece), Vice President at the Hellenic Start-up Association
Vangelis Antoniadis(Greece), Co-founder at Cytech
Nadia Cheng (US) Director of Research and Development Empire Robotics
Stewart Youngblood (US), ex. Program Director, Tech Wildcatters incubator, Dallas
Nathaniel Peat (UK) Founder at The Safety Box Ltd
Michael McGeary (USA), Co- founder and Chief Political Strategist, Engine
Nick Gonios (Australia), Pollenizer Startup Studion

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Keynote Speakers
Neelie Kroes
Vice-President of the European
Commission
I was born 1941 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where I also
attended school and helped to build my family's transport
business. I studied economics at Erasmus University, before
working there for six years as an Assistant Professor.
My political career started on the Rotterdam Municipal
Council, and in 1971 I was elected as a Member of the Dutch
Parliament for the liberal VVD party. From 1982-1989 I
served as Minister for Transport, Public Works and
Telecommunication in the Netherlands.
After politics I was appointed President of Nyenrode
University from 1991-2000, and served on various company
boards, including Lucent Technologies, Volvo, and P&O
Nedlloyd.
My charity work included advising the Nelson Mandela
Children's Fund and World Cancer Research Fund, and I have
an ongoing interest in mental health issues.
Since 2004, I have worked for the European Commission, as
one of the 27 Commissioners working to maintain a peaceful
and prosperous Europe. From 2004 to 2009, I was
Competition Commissioner, responsible for ensuring a level
playing field for business in Europe, and fair prices and wide
choice for consumers.In 2010, I became Vice-President of
the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda
for Europe. This portfolio includes the information and
communications technology (ICT) and telecommunications
sectors. For example: ensuring trust and security for the
Internet and new technologies; ensuring competitive
communications, such as in the mobile roaming market;
building world-class European research and innovation in
this sector; and above all getting every European Digital,
with access to fast broadband, so we can make the most out
of the Internet to support our economy and society.
My current role is Vice President of the European
Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda for Europe.

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Georgios Kaminis
Mayor of Athens, Greece
Mr. Kaminis was elected Mayor of Athens in November 2010
and re-elected to a second term in May 2014.
Prior to his election as a Mayor of Athens, Mr. Kaminis
served as Greek Ombudsman. From 1998 to May 2003, he
was Deputy Ombudsman for Human Rights at the Greek
Ombudsman. In 2003, he was unanimously elected Greek
Ombudsman by the Greek Parliament, and he was re-elected
for a second term in 2007. In August 2010, Mr. Kaminis
resigned from the post of the Greek Ombudsman in order to
stand as an independent mayoral candidate for the City of
Athens. In the 1990s Mr. Kaminis worked as a lecturer and
assistant professor of constitutional law in the Faculty of Law
at the University of Athens.
Mr. Kaminis studied law at the University of Athens, and
holds a doctoral degree (Doctorat d’ Etat) from the
University of Paris II. He was born in New York City and he
has also lived in Osaka, Paris, Madrid and Heidelberg. In
addition to his native Greek language, he speaks fluently
English, French, Spanish and German. Mr. Kaminis is married
and has two children.

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Josephine Green
Founder at Beyond 20:21st
Century
Stories
Through refreshing terms and paradigms, Josephine explores
and articulates this dramatic period of transformation that
we as a human society are experiencing. Using her
frameworks of Pyramids to Pancakes and Scarcity to
Abundance, she challenges us to think and to act differently.
Josephine regularly delivers international presentations and
is an advisor to European Futures and Research platforms.
She is Visiting Professor at the University of Northumberland
in the faculty of Art and Design and Social Sciences and she
lectures at a number of European Universities and Design
Schools.
Josephine was appointed Senior Director of Trends and
Strategy at Philips Design, in the Netherlands, in 1997.
Philips published her manifesto ‘Democratizing the Future’ in
2007. She left Philips in 2009 to return to the UK and her
company, Beyond20: and 21st
Century Stories explores our
present Change of Age. She has lived in the UK, Italy Holland.

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Ann Mettler
Executive Director of The Lisbon
Council
Ann Mettler is executive director and co-founder of the
Lisbon Council, a Brussels-based knowledge economy think
tank and innovation policy network. In addition, she serves
as executive director of the European Digital Forum, a new
think tank spearheaded by the Lisbon Council and Nesta, in
collaboration with the Startup Europe Partnership and the
European Commission.
From 2000-2003, Ms. Mettler worked at the World Economic
Forum, where she last served as Director for Europe. Prior to
this appointment, she was responsible for the World
Economic Forum’s activities in the United States and Canada.
From 1997-2000, Ms. Mettler held positions on the
Governmental Affairs Committee of the United States
Senate, a strategic advisory firm in Washington, DC and the
Foreign Policy Division of the European Commission,
Brussels.
Ms. Mettler is widely published and quoted in key media
outlets, such as the Financial Times, The Economist, Wall
Street Journal Europe, International Herald Tribune, Business
Week and Newsweek. She has provided analysis of current
affairs on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and BBC, and is a frequent
speaker at high-level conferences across Europe. Ms. Mettler
is also a member of the
World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Europe
and serves on the international advisory boards of the
Telefónica 'Think Big' initiative and the Flemish Council for
Science and Innovation. In 2006, she was named a young
leader by the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt.
A dual citizen of Germany and Sweden, Ms. Mettler has lived
and worked in Greece, the United States, Switzerland and
Belgium. She holds Masters degrees in political science and
European law and economics, and graduated with distinction
from the University of New Mexico, USA, and the Rheinische
Friedrich-Wilhelms-University in Bonn, Germany.
http://be.linkedin.com/in/annmettler

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Maria Pinelli
Global Vice Chair
Strategic Growth Markets at EY
Global, London, United Kingdom
Maria Pinelli is Global Vice Chair of Strategic Growth Markets for
EY Global. She oversees EY’s business unit that is the world leader
in advising, guiding and recognizing entrepreneurs and high-
growth companies. She advises clients who are focused on
accelerating growth and achieving market leadership. Having more
than 25 years of experience providing professional services to both
private and public companies, Maria has led more than 20 IPOs in
three continents.
Maria has briefed members of the G20, The World Economic
Forum, the London Stock Exchange, the US Senate Banking
Committee and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, as
well as the US, Russian, European Union and African governments,
on the trends that are driving global activity in the IPO market,
entrepreneurship and innovation, and economic growth. She has
also testified before a subcommittee of the US House Financial
Services Committee about the key findings of EY's annual Global
IPO Trends Report. Maria has been quoted in publications such as
The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Financial Times, as
well as news services such as Reuters and Dow Jones Newswires.
She has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg and other related
television stations to discuss her viewpoint on the economic
climate. She has authored several reports and White Papers
including leading EY’s renowned EY G20 Barometer 2013 Report,
which ranks the G20 countries on their ability to foster
entrepreneurship.
Maria is truly passionate about supporting entrepreneurs and is
heavily involved in creating a support network for such business
enterprises and founded the Strategic Growth Forum which
convenes high-growth companies to share insight and expertise of
the market. She also oversees EY’s renowned Entrepreneur Of The
Year
®
program worldwide and founded EY’s Entrepreneurial
Winning Women
™
program in 2008, designed to accelerate the
growth of high-potential female entrepreneurs.
At the World Economic Forum (WEF), Maria is a Member of
Advisory Board, WEF Global Growth Companies, and a member of
the Steering Council, WEF Fostering Entrepreneurship. She also
supports Endeavor as a Senior Advisor. EY is a Strategic Partner to
Endeavor. Maria is Chair of the Board of NFTE – Network For
Teaching Entrepreneurship – which is committed to helping youth
develop an entrepreneurial mind-set.

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Marco Veremis
Founder & CEO at Upstream, Vice
President at HAMAC – Hellenic
Association of Mobile Applications
Marco is Upstream’s CEO and co-founder and has been
Chairman of the Board since 2002. Marco sets Upstream’s
strategic direction and spearheads business development as
the company continues its expansion into new geographical
and product areas. As an experienced marketing strategist at
leading advertising agencies Grey Advertising, McCann-
Ericsson and DDB in London, Marco developed global and
Pan-European communications strategies for brands such as
Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Sony and SmithKline Beecham. Marco is a
mentor at Endeavor and Openfund, Vice-Chairman of the
Hellenic Association of Mobile Application Companies
(HAMAC) and an angel investor and board advisor to
Workable HR. Marco holds a Bachelor’s degree in Politics
and International Studies from Warwick University and a
Master’s in European Studies from Oxford University.

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Viorel Peca
Head of Innovation Unit
European Commission
DG CONNECT F2
Viorel Peca is Head of the Innovation Unit with the European
Commission, DG Connect. His unit's mission is to develop
and inspire a new vision on ICT innovation and
entrepreneurship. This addresses, in particular,
entrepreneurship and innovation support actions and
policies, access to finance, inducement prizes, innovation
procurement, ICT innovation vouchers and coordination of
standardisation activities (including the ICT multi-
stakeholder platform).
He joined the European Commission in 2008 and DG Connect
in 2011 as Head of Unit for Networked Media; previously he
was Project Manager and Chief Business Analyst for the eFP7
team of DG DIGIT.
Viorel started his career in R&D at Alcatel Romania in 1996,
and then moved to Belgium in 2000 where he worked for
several Alcatel products spanning all the layers of the
network. Later he worked as feature development team
leader, then as IPTV project manager.
Viorel holds an MSc in electronics and communications from
University "Politehnica" from Timisoara, Romania and has a
Master in Industrial Management from KU Leuven
University, Belgium.

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Nadia Cheng Ph.D.
Director of Research and
Development Empire Robotics, Inc
Nadia Cheng is the Director of Research and Development at
Empire Robotics, a hardware startup in Boston,
Massachusetts, USA. Empire Robotics is developing a highly
adaptive robotic gripper for industrial automation.
Nadia received her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical
Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
and a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the
University of California, San Diego. She was also a National
Defense Science and Engineering Research Fellow, has
worked at the MIT Media Lab, and has held internships at
various government and private institutions. Nadia has
publications in robotics, air traffic management, tangible
user interfaces, and nature-inspired cocktail garnishes, and
has also worked in areas including medical devices, assistive
technologies, and 3D printing.
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/nadia-cheng/61/53a/14a

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Maxim Lobovsky
Co-Founder at Formlabs
Maxim launched a successful career as an entrepreneur and
start-up founder by age 23. As a master’s student at MIT’s
Media Lab, Lobovsky enjoyed access to three-dimensional
printers to create necessary components for his projects,
designed and printed to spec. Lobovsky could see the
potential applications of 3D printing for designers, architects,
engineers, and other small businesses; however, the
machines he used were prohibitively expensive.
After graduating, Lobovsky worked with two of his friends to
create the first small-scale, affordable 3D printer
for prosumers and thus was born his start-up, Formlabs.
Once they had a prototype, called the Form 1, Lobovsky and
Formlabs’ co-founders began a Kickstarter campaign, using
the power of crowdsourced funding to finance the
production of commercial models. Formlabs raised nearly $3
million overall—30 times their
original fundraising goal. Formlabs has since raised $19
million in venture funding and continues to lead the high-
resolution desktop 3D printing market.
http://formlabs.com/
@maxlobovsky

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Bastiaan
Zwaanenburg
Founder at Woodify
Bastiaan (17 yrs) started his first company when he was 9
years old. He sold bottles of sauce from his dad's company
via a website he made by himself. He continued making
websites for tens of clients, including one of the biggest law
firms in The Netherlands, and a telecom provider for
youngsters, which is actually being run by youngsters: bliep.
At bliep, he met Robert, who was marketing manager at the
time.
Together, they started Woodify, a webshop in which they
sell Wooden Sunglasses, purely just to find out what it takes
to start a webshop. It went quite well, they sold almost 5000
pairs of glasses in 2013, generating €200,000 in revenue.
Besides from that, he advises the Dutch government on
topics concerning the internet. He visited the IGF (Internet
Governance Forum, organised by the UN) in Bali, Indonesia
in 2013, as part of the Dutch Delegation. He also advised EU-
Commisioner Neelie Kroes on young entrepreneurship.

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Eduardo Platon
Founder and President at BBOSS
BBOSS founder and president. Graduated in Business
Administration from UFBA in Brazil with MBA in Finance &
International Business and Academic Masters in Political
Philosophy from Tulane University in the United States.
Eduardo Platon lived 12 years in the U.S. working for the
Louisiana International Trade Center, World Trade Center,
and World Affairs Council of New Orleans as its Executive
Director where he developed a global network with talented
people. Upon return to Brazil, Platon worked at the
Odebrecht Foundation in charge of international relations
and planning for large and small enterprises.
Current Chairman of the World Affairs Council of Brazil, Head
of Innovation and international services of Rotary
International District 4550, international relations chair of
CONAJE - Brazil National Confederation of Young
Entrepreneurs, Eduardo has provided advisory services to
private, government, and NGO initiatives. Member of the
Brazil American Chamber of Commerce, Portuguese
Chamber of Commerce, Eduardo Platon aims at creating a
global platform of services based on solid business principles
to support investors, management teams, partners, and
clients to do business in Brazil. Eduardo is a Yoga practitioner
and enthusiast of a simple, healthy, and prosperous lifestyle.

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Stewart Youngblood
ex. Program Director, Tech
Wildcatters incubator, Dallas
Stewart Youngblood is a 27 year-old entrepreneur, mentor,
and speaker based in Dallas, Texas. He has been heavily
involved in the creation and growth of the Dallas startup
ecosystem since 2009, during which time Dallas has
leapfrogged many other metro areas to now be recognized
as one of the fastest growing startup ecosystems in the
United States.
Stewart was most recently Program Director of Tech
Wildcatters in Dallas, TX. Tech Wildcatters is a Forbes Top
Ten-ranked seed fund and startup accelerator that has
graduated over 40 companies since 2010. Stewart has
presented to crowds of over 500 attendees on topics such as
startup ecosystems, investor pitches, mobile development,
and many more.
While at Tech Wildcatters, Stewart was responsible for and
accomplished:
- Raising a $600k+ investment fund from individual angel
investors each year (no government or university funding)
- Supporting the graduate companies in raising over $3mm in
follow-on funding
- Helping companies to land over $1.5mm in customer deals
while still in the program
- Being the go-to resource for companies during the program
(help with biz dev strategy, operations,
talent/customer/fundraising pipeline)
- Analyzing company applications to get into the program
(hundreds of applications for 10-15 spots)
- Running the mentorship program (over 75 mentors and
experts)
- Adding new key mentors from Dallas and beyond
- Adding new resources and relationships (Sponsors, freebies
such as free hosting from Amazon, etc)
- Expanding awareness for Tech Wildcatters in the press
- Defending startups and technology companies from
unnecessary government intervention (Uber, Lyft, and more)
- Being a voice for the Dallas startup community both within
Texas and at industry events worldwide
http://www.linkedin.com/in/stewyoungblood

20. 20
Philipp Brinkmann
Co-founder and CEO at
Travelplanet24/Tripsta
Philipp is half German half Greek and he was born in 1980
close to Munich. After receiving a Diploma in International
Business Administration from the Munich Business School in
2005, he decided to move to Greece to co-found
travelplanet24.com with Kristof Keim. Currently he is still
acting as the CEO of Tripsta/travelplanet24.
The company started in 2005 as one of the first “Online
Travel Agencies” (OTAs) in Greece.
In 2010 in the middle of the financial crises in Greece, the
company set the goal to expand abroad and to become one
of the five leading OTAs in South-Eastern-Europe.
Travelplanet24 currently employs more than 160
professionals working in several departments (Development,
Design, Marketing, Operations, Finance, HR,..) in its three
offices in Athens, Bucharest & Sao Paolo.
• Since September 2012, he is a member of the board
of PETAGA (Greek Union of Air Travel agencies)
• Since July 2013, he is a member of the board of
Spitogatos.gr a Greek website for real estate ads
He loves his work; he is a tech enthusiast, an optimization
junkie and a good old wine lover.

21. 21
Peter Madsen
Founder of Copenhagen
Suborbitals
Peter Madsen is one of a kind submarine and space
entrepreneur. Peter Madsen's story is about pursuing a
childhood dream against all odds. It is about starting out,
with scarse resources, but a lot of healthy ideas and
succeeding with them. Furthermore it is about cutting
corners to an extreme extent in order to make something
happen that normally would seem completely impossible. In
other words it is about extreme innovation, visions and
dynamics, that makes realizing a dream possible.
Peter Madsen will take you from your everyday live, deep
into his dream, underwater, and ultimately into space.

22. 22
David Beijer
Founder & CEO at Dignify
After a bachalor's degree in Electrical engineering, David got
his Master's degree in Systems & Control Engineering. He did
his graduation research at Epyon, a Dutch start-up active in
fast-charging of Electric Vehicles. After graduation he did
global sales support for EV chargers at ABB (which had
acquired Epyon by then) for about 2 years. He co-founded
Dingify together with two of the former Epyon founders.
During his studies he held various board positions at NPO's.
nl.linkedin.com/pub/david-beijer/10/912/38/

23. 23
Dimitris G.E. Tsigos
President of YES for Europe
Founding Chairman of HSA
CEO at StartTech Ventures
Dimitris Tsigos is the President of YES – European
Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs (www.yes.be), the
Brussels-based organization representing young
entrepreneurs of the European Union. YES also represents
the EU at the G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance
(www.g20yea.com), the international network of young
entrepreneurs from the G20 Countries. An Athens-based
serial tech entrepreneur and early stage investor, he also is
the Founding Chairman of the Hellenic Start-up Association
(http://hellenicstartups.gr) and a Board Member at EBAN –
The European Trade Association of Business Angels, Seed
Funds and other Early Stage Market Players
(http://www.eban.org). Having co-founded Virtual Trip
(http://www.vtrip.net), the first student start-up in Greece,
and then co-founded or invested in a dozen of high-tech
companies, he currently is the CEO of StartTech Ventures
(http://www.starttech.eu), a next generation venture
incubator in Athens, Greece. Dimitris is an active citizen
strongly believing in faster and deeper European integration.

24. 24
Alex Mitchell
Founder, Causarma
Co-Founder, Young Brits Network
Co-Founder, Kit Us Out
UK President, G20 Young
Entrepreneurs Alliance
UK Representative, European
Confederation of Young
Entrepreneurs
Alex is the Founder and Director of Causarma (a social
enterprise agency that works with organisations to develop
their enterprise strategy), Co-founder and Director of the
Young Brits Network (a social enterprise focused on
prompting the views and interests of young entrepreneurs
from Britain internationally), he is the current UK President
of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance (a global network
of young entrepreneurs and the organisations that support
them) and he is the UK representative on the European
Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs (the major
association of young entrepreneurs throughout Europe).
Alex is also Co-founder and Director of Kit Us Out, a charity
setup during the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games
with a focus on providing key sports equipment to
Paralympic athletes from developing nations.
Additional roles Alex currently holds is a Leadership Mentor
for the Commonwealth Secretariats Asian Alliance for Young
Entrepreneurs (creating a platform for entrepreneurs from
Commonwealth countries in Asia to share best practice and
develop trade ties), a Member for the Institute of Directors
London Committee (the IoDs largest region with the
committee representing over 6,000 business leaders in the
capital) and he is a member of the Advisory Board for
Tasksquad by Vinspired (the UKs national youth volunteering
charity).
Prior to setting up on his own, Alex held senior roles at the
Institute of Directors (Europe's largest professional body for
company directors) the Confederation of British Industry
(Europe’s leading independent employers' organisation) and
the Association of MBAs (the international impartial
authority on postgraduate business education).
You can follow Alex on Twitter here:
www.twitter.com/AlexDMitchell
You can visit Alex’s blog here: www.mynameisalex.co.uk

25. 25
Luca G. Donelli
President Italian Delegation at G20
YEA - Responsible for International
and European Relations at
Confindustria Young Entrepreneurs
Born in 1982, he graduated in International Economics and
Management at Bocconi University in Milan. After an
experience in McKinsey&Co. as a Business Analyst, Luca has
started working with his family business, incorporated in
1911 and specialized in coating, maintenance & finishing
services for Oil&Gas, industrial plants and building
construction.
Luca joined Confindustria Y.E. Alto Milanese Chapter, where
he has held the VP position and he is now President. As part
of the International Relations Committee, Luca has
contributed to the establishment of MAME YE Network, a
network of Young Entrepreneurs of Mediterranean, Africa
and the Middle East. From 2011 to 2014 he served as Sherpa
of the Italian delegation at G20 Young Entrepreneurs’
Alliance (@G20_YEA). He has recently joined the
Confindustria Young Entrepreneurs Presidency team in
charge of “International and European Relations – Strategic
Alliances”.
His decision to become an entrepreneur took place from a
mix of sense of responsibility and willingness to have a
riskier, but more rewarding life. He is learning how to be a
fourth generation entrepreneur. He is reshaping part of the
concept of the company through internationalization,
establishing branches in the Balkans, and innovation,
introducing energy saving services and more
environmentally friendly technologies. His next challenge is
to further introduce and promote the use of an innovative
technology, already identified and currently being tested,
which would revolutionize the way the company carries out
maintenance projects offshore. Ad astra per aspera is his
motto as well as that of the State of Kansas, where Luca was
an exchange student in High School.

26. 26
Euchar Sultana
Founder & CEO at Young Business
Entrepreneurs
Euchar Sultana is a graduate in the Bachelor of Science in
Business and Computing and Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.)
Management from the University of Malta. His main stream
of specialisation are Information and communications
technology and Management with great interest on
Entrepreneurship. He is currently also reading for a Masters
degree in Creativity & Innovation at the Edward De Bono
Institute for the design and development of thinking at the
University of Malta.
Euchar is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Young
Business Entrepreneurs, a non governmental organisation
based in Malta that work towards empowering and assisting
young adults to develop their ideas into business
opportunities. He is also the founder of Vaultspot, a web
based start-up company. Euchar’s main interest include
youth entrepreneurship, start-ups, health care, web business
opportunities and EU public affairs in relation to
entrepreneurship and trade.
Euchar’s Quote: “Determination is the motivation that
keeps every Entrepreneur going”
Email - euchar.sultana@gmail.com
Twitter - @eucharsultana

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Nils – Erik Jansson
President at YEOS,
Founder of Jansson & Norin
Alongside serving as president of Young Entrepreneurs
of Sweden Mr Jansson is the founder of Swedens
leading tech-driven law firm Jansson & Norin.
Passionate about automating and disrupting the very
industry he is a part of Jansson has built a firm
renowned for challenging traditional fee arrangements
and addressing transparency whilst being the go-to guy
for some of the the hottest startups out of Sweden.
Bridging the gap between Sweden and scaling on a
global level Jansson has founded the legal-tech startup
Precisely to create a lean way for companies to handle
legal documents and contracts and as a result cutting
costs and thus making legal advice for startups more
accessible.
Serves as President and on the board of several high-
growth companies both as co-founder and advisor
including Überhead, Bitcoin.se, Keycrunch, Metapic and
Oddwork but also with a focus on sustainability at
Global Focus and Unleash.

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Yiannis Kotsis –
Giannarakis
Executive Director HAMAC –
Hellenic Association of Mobile
Applications Companies and
Σynergies – Connecting
Changemakers
Yiannis Kotsis-Giannarakis is an entrepreneur, active in
electronic publishing and digital content since 1985. He was
one of the founding members of the Greek leading internet
portal www.in.gr where he acted as Managing Director for
the first five years, from conception till its establishment as a
major media factor. Among others he was Director of the
Greek edition of National Geographic books and videos,
newspaper collumnist and editor of various electronic and
paper publications. He is founder and shareholder at
Magenta Ltd. Born 1959 in Alexandria, he studied Biology in
Athens, never finished his PhD in Bioinformatics, and spends
some weekends hiking and mountain-top communicating
with very low power in radiowaves. He is currently General
Manager at Hellenic Association of Mobile Application
Companies (HAMAC-SEKEE).

29. 29
Socratis Ploussas
Vice President at the Hellenic Start-
up Association, founder and CEO of
MELLON Advisory
Socratis Ploussas is the founder and CEO of MELLON
Advisory, an investments advisor firm with international
presence and a holding company for global brands that enter
the East Med market like HORWATH, Hickey & Associates,
FANS etc. Also, he is Managing Partner in IPMC Partners, an
international business development company. He is also co-
founder in a start-up that is launching equity crowdfunding
site.
He is active in the fields of Food and Beverage, technology,
Energy and tourism.
He is also founding Vice-president in Hellenic Start-up
Association and member or Hellenic Business Angels
Network.
He has been working in the commercial departments of
Greek multinationals – Hellenic Bottling Company (Coca Cola
licensee for 26 countries) and Fourlis group (master
franchisee of IKEA and Intersport and sole distributor of
SAMSUNG). For the last years, he is advising companies that
go global and is raising money for investments, especially at
the Eastern Med area.
His bachelors’ degree is from DEREE in business and his MBA
in International business from HENLEY management school,
where along with other Alumni academics, he initiated
HENLEY Emerging Markets and International Business Forum.

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Nathaniel Peat
Founder of The Safety Box Ltd
Nathaniel is serial Entrepreneur and man of many talents and
achievements, his most compelling trait being his dedication to
helping young people rise above crime and make a positive
difference in their own lives as well as in the lives of others in their
community. He is the Co-founder of Gennex - an innovative
renewable energy company, he is the Chairman of Jamaicans
Inspired UK (Jamaica Diaspora Future Leaders ) and is also the CEO
of the multiple award winning enterprise, The Safety Box Youth
Services, which since 2006 has since grown the company from
strength to strength with ambitions to reach schools worldwide. In
2007 he was the first double award winner of the Enterprising
Young Brits competition. 2008 saw him feature on the BBC’s The
Last Millionaire TV series, which took 12 of Britain’s most
successful young entrepreneurs and dropped them into six of the
world’s most exciting and demanding cities, to make money from
scratch in just five days. Nathaniel was very successful and created
a business in Egypt starting with only 30 Egyptian pounds that by
the end of the week had made a profit of nearly 3,000 Egyptian
pounds making him and his business partner the winners for that
week.
In 2009 Nathaniel was drafted into the Courvoisier Observers
Future 500 Next Generation List and later that year he travelled to
Jamaica along with 30 young people from the UK where he spoke
at Jamaica’s first Youth Diaspora conference which was attended
by former Prime Minister Bruce Golding. In 2010 Nathaniel
represented Great Britain as a youth delegate for the G20 Toronto
Young Entrepreneur’s Summit in Canada and was also featured in
the under 40’s section of the 2011 JP Morgan / Powerful Media T h
e Black Power List of Britain’s most influential black people.
In July 2011 Nathaniel received an honourary medal from Brunel
University as the Alumnus of the year for outstanding
achievement. In 2012 Nathaniel’s business networking skills was
mentioned in Sir Richard Branson’s book “Like a Virgin, the secrets
they don’t teach you at business school”. In 2013 he was invited to
become a Fellow of The Royal Society for the Encouragement of
Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, later that year he was awarded
the Precious Man of the Year Award and the UN/UPF Youth
Achievement Award for his company Gennex. In 2014 Nathaniel
became the youngest Trustee to the Ernst and Young Foundation.
As a qualified pilot, engineer, entrepreneur, martial arts expert,
professional speaker, mentor and academic his life continues to
inspire many wishing to further themselves in life.

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Nick Gonios
Director / Investor / Advisor/
Corporate Vetnuring
Nick Gonios, currently the Head of Corporate Venturing
Program at Pollenizer, resides in Sydney, Australia and is an
experienced executive, advisor and early stage investor with
over 22 years in the online & technology markets
internationally. He has extensive corporate experience
working in large multinationals including Gartner Group,
OpenText, Microsoft and Fujitsu globally, has been the
cofounder of several technology startups and has worked
with executive teams that have subsequently raised over
$58m in early stage funds over the last 13 years.

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Micheal McGeary
Co-founder and Chief
Political Strategist, Engine
Michael McGeary is the co-founder and Chief Political
Strategist of Engine Advocacy, a non-profit based in San
Francisco, working to connect startups with government to
effect change on issues important to high-growth
entrepreneurial tech businesses. Previously, he worked with
Silicon Valley startup TuneIn as their social brand
ambassador and evangelist, as well as stints with two
Presidential campaigns, and work with a leading California
law firm specializing in political compliance and disclosure. A
Gloucester, Massachusetts native, he holds a bachelor's
degree in political science from Tufts University, and resides
with his wife, Sarah, and son, Jack, in Alameda, California.

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Kojo Oppong-
Nkrumah
Ghanaian Entrepreneur &
Broadcaster
Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah is a Ghanaian Entrepreneur.
He holds a Bachelors of Commerce Degree, an MBA in
Marketing, an LLB and is a Fellow of the Henry Crown
Fellowship of the Aspen Institute.
Kojo started his career as a treasury analyst at British
American Tobacco. Between July 2006 and December 2013,
he took up a broadcasting job at JOY-FM in Accra-Ghana,
hosting flagship programs including the Super Morning
Show, Newsfile and the 2012 Presidential and Vice-
Presidential debates of Ghana.
In January 2014, Kojo was appointed as Chief Operating
Officer of Investment and Advisory Firm - Brownstone
Capital. BROWNSTONE operates three (3) subsidiaries and
offers Business Coaching Services to scores of other
entrepreneurial ventures in Ghana. The company’s vision is
to become one of Africa’s leading indigenous Investment
firms, building profitable businesses that solve problems,
create jobs and deliver sustainable value for Africa.
Prior to this appointment, Kojo had served as a resource
person to many corporate organizations including Standard
Charted Bank Ghana, Barclays Bank Ghana, Friedrich Ebert-
Stiftung Foundation, The University of Missouri, TIGO Ghana,
Enterprise Life, the Springboard Roadshow Foundation and
TED Talks.
He consults on Business Process Modeling, Sales, Marketing
and Performance Management.
He is married to Akua Oppong-Nkrumah and has two
children Kwaku and Afua.

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Glynn Pegler
Founder & CEO at Culture
Group
Glynn is the founder and CEO of Culture Group, a strategy
and content company whose clients include Google, Virgin
Group, Red Bull and Comic Relief.
Glynn serves as a Business Champion for the Welsh
Government and sits on an Editorial Advisory Board for BBC
Worldwide. He co-founded Young Brits as a social enterprise
to champion young business talent from the UK to the rest
of the world and is a UK Ambassador for the European
Cultural Parliament's Youth Network. He is the UK’s Lead
Entrepreneur delegate at the G20 Summits and served as a
Director of UnLtd - a £100m Foundation for social
entrepreneurs - for six years.
Glynn works across private and public sectors; producing &
marketing formats that entertain, inform and inspire.
He started his career by establishing a leading youth
consumer magazine at the age of 15. His content initiatives
have been consumed by millions of print media readers, by
tens of millions of television viewers and over a billion
internet visitors. Glynn has worked with a 'who's who' of the
entertainment industry and his core areas of expertise span
entrepreneurship, youth market engagement and brand
development.
Twitter: @GlynnPegler
Website: www.CultureGroup.co.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/glynnpegler
Biography: www.GlynnPegler.com

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Sándor Mohácsi
German President at G20 YEA
Managing Director at commlab
GmbH
Born in 1980, he graduated in Business Administration at St.
Gallen in 2004. Sándor made his first experiences in
Management and economy when he was still at school. It
was his former decision to become an entrepreneur. His
willpower and awareness, that he can only change anything;
Sándor started his own business at the age of 18, when he
founded his first business for movie and television
production. He was responsible for Business Development
and especially of the Business Unit „Corporate Film“. Since
2004 he is the owner and Managing Director of commlab
GmbH – a international production company for film, online
and events.
Over the past 10 years he has taken the responsibility for
several enterprises. At the same time he has enhanced the
commitment of his volunteer activities. Sándor was national
president of JCI Germany – Wirtschaftsjunioren Deutschland
- the largest association of young entrepreneurs. Sándor
accompanied the campaign "Youth strengths: 1000 chances"
to encourage disadvantaged young people to make a high
school diploma and to get a perspective for their future
career. In 2012 he became the President Germany at G20
Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance. His aim is to use the
synergies between the Member States for example in order
to counter the shortage of skilled workers.
Entrepreneurship is a mindset.

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ΟΡΓΑΝΩΤΕΣ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΟΥ
YES
Η Ευρωπαϊκή Ομοσπονδία Νέων Επιχειρηματιών στεγάζεται στις Βρυξέλλες και είναι ο
κύριος οργανισμός των νέων επιχειρηματιών σε όλη την Ευρώπη εκπροσωπώντας
40.000μελη και με σκοπό να υποστηρίξει και να βελτιώσει τις οικονομικές και
κοινωνικές επιδόσεις των νέων επιχειρηματιών στην Ευρώπη. Με άξονα αυτή την
πολιτική το YES επεκτείνει το φάσμα των δραστηριοτήτων του σε όλα τα επίπεδα της
κοινωνικής και επιχειρηματικής ζωής στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση με στόχο να προωθήσει
λύσεις όσο αφορά την πρόσβαση των νέων επιχειρηματιών σε κεφάλαια, στις αγορές,
την προώθηση της επαγγελματικής κουλτούρας και την υπερκέραση των νομικών
εμποδίων.
ΝΕ
Η οργάνωση Νεανική Επιχειρηματικότητα αποτελεί μέλος της Ευρωπαϊκής
Συνομοσπονδίας Νέων Επιχειρηματιών και απευθύνεται σε όλους τους νέους και
μελλοντικούς επιχειρηματίες της Ελλάδας. Ο στόχος της είναι να φέρει
σε επαφή νέους ανθρώπους που επιχειρούν ή θέλουν να επιχειρήσουν σε κάποιον
τομέα έτσι ώστε να ανταλλάξουν τις απόψεις τους για διάφορα θέματα γύρω από την
επιχειρηματικότητα καθώς και να δημιουργηθούν νέες καινοτόμες ιδέες και
συνεργασίες μέλη της μπορούν να λάβουν μέρος σε πλειάδα από δράσεις όπως
σεμινάρια , ημερίδες , συναντήσεις και άλλα που θα βοηθήσουν να δικτυωθούν και να
γνωρίσουν και άλλα άτομα με ίδια ενδιαφέροντα.
Orange Grove
Το Orange Grove είναι ένας ευέλικτος χώρος εργασίας όπου Έλληνες και Ολλανδοί
επιχειρηματίες μπορούν να εργαστούν για τις επιχειρήσεις τους, να δικτυωθούν και να
μοιραστούν γνώση. Το Orange Grove βρίσκεται στο κέντρο της Αθήνας απέναντι από το
Καλλιμάρμαρο Στάδιο.
Το Orange Grove είναι μια πρωτοβουλία της πρεσβείας του Βασίλειου της Ολλανδίας
στην Αθήνα και τους Έλληνες και Ολλανδούς συνεργάτες τους. Σκοπός του είναι να
αντιμετωπίσει τα προβλήματα που δημιουργούνται εξαιτίας της μετακίνησης του
νεανικού ελληνικού δυναμικού στο εξωτερικό και της ανεργίας των νέων.
Η πρεσβεία εργάζεται με ένα μεγάλο γκρουπ από ολλανδικούς και ελληνικούς
οργανισμούς όπως: Ολλανδικές Εταιρείες με μακρά παρουσία στην ελληνική αγορά,

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ελληνικές επιχειρήσεις ,εκπαιδευτικά ιδρύματα. Ενδεικτικά συνεργάτες είναι: Αθηναϊκή
Ζυθοποιία, , Philips, InterAmerican, Coco-Mat, KLM, University of Amsterdam, Delft
University of Technology and Athens Universitity of Economics and Business.
INNOVATHENS
Στο INNOVATHENS υποστηρίζουμε κάθε νέα ιδέα και κάθε απόπειρα ομάδων
επιχειρηματιών και της δίνουμε την ώθηση που χρειάζεται για να σταθεί στην αγορά
της καινοτομίας.
Το INNOVATHENS γεννήθηκε από τη συνεργασία του Δήμου Αθηναίων με 6
συνδέσμους καινοτόμων επιχειρήσεων. Είναι, όμως, ένα σχήμα ανοιχτό σε κάθε
συνεργασία που προέρχεται από τον ακαδημαϊκό και τον επιχειρηματικό κόσμο. Η
ομάδα του INNOVATHENS καθημερινά δικτυώνεται και μεγαλώνει για να φέρνει κοντά
σου όλους τους επαγγελματίες που μπορούν να σου προσφέρουν βοήθεια.
Που στεγάζεται:
Στο κτίριο αεριοφυλάκιο 2 της Τεχνόπολης, το οποίο διαμορφώθηκε ειδικά για να
αποτελεί χώρο έμπνευσης και ερεθισμάτων. Το INNOVATHENS είναι εξοπλισμένο με
προϊόντα State-of-art / τελευταίας τεχνολογίας και γρήγορο ίντερνετ.
Πώς χρηματοδοτείται:
Το INNOVATHENS εντάσσεται στο ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑΚΟ ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΙΑΚΟ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ
«ATTIKH 2007-2013», στον Άξονα Προτεραιότητας (2): «ΑΕΙΦΟΡΟΣ ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗ ΚΑΙ
ΒΕΛΤΙΩΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΠΟΙΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΖΩΗΣ» του Π.Ε.Π. «Αττικής 2007-2013», το οποίο
συγχρηματοδοτείται από το Ε.Τ.Π.Α. (Ευρωπαϊκό Ταμείο Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης).
Εντάσσεται στο πλαίσιο του αναπτυξιακού προγράμματος «Έργο Αθήνα» του Δήμου
Αθηναίων.
Στο INNOVATHENS συμμετέχουν οι εξής σύνδεσμοι:
• Εταιρεία Κινητών Εφαρμογών Ελλάδος (ΣΕΚΕΕ)
• Ένωση Ελληνικής Βιομηχανίας Ημιαγωγών (ΕΝ.Ε.Β.Η.)
• Ελληνική Ένωση Βιοτεχνολογίας (Hbio)
• Ένωση Ελληνικών Βιομηχανιών Διαστημικής Τεχνολογίας &
Εφαρμογών (ΕΒΙΔΙΤΕ)
• Εταιρεία Ελεύθερου Λογισμικού / Λογισμικού Ανοιχτού Κώδικα (ΕΕΛ/ΛΑΚ)
• Ελληνική Ένωση Νεοφυών Επιχειρήσεων (ΕΕΝΕ)
Που απαριθμούν 317 καινοτόμες επιχειρήσεις.

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Και o στρατηγικός συνεργάτης και χορηγός του INNOVATHENS:
• Samsung Electronics, πρωτοπόρο παγκοσμίως εταιρεία στην ανάπτυξη
προϊόντων υψηλής τεχνολογίας, με δυναμική παρουσία στην Ελλάδα και στόχο
την ενεργή και ουσιαστική συνεισφορά της στην ελληνική κοινωνία.