Next Wednesday, November 13, the European Investment Fund organises in Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens, an invite-only event that may be of interest for some of us to watch. The event, starting at 10.00am, will be streamed live via the following link.
Here is the full agenda:
10.00 Keynote Speeches by:
- Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Development & Competitiveness
- Michalis Chrisochoidis, Minister of Infrastructure, Transport & Networks
10.30 Overview of European Private Equity and ICT markets – (a) Greece: Achievements, Vision and Objectives, (b) Sharing EIF experience in other countries
- Hubert Cottogni, Deputy Director & Head of Regional Business Development, EIF
11.00 Panel I : Greek ICT – A modern hub for entrepreneurship – (a) From ideas to commercialisation, (b) Applying international methods for the build-up of the Greek innovation ecosystem
Moderator: Julie Meyer, Chief Executive, MBE Ariadne Capital Ltd
Speakers:
- George Tziralis, Partner, JEREMIE Openfund II
- Loukas Pilitsis, Partner, PJ Catalyst Fund
- Lyuben Belov, Partner, LAUNCHub
- Antonis Fiorakis, Founder, Incrediblue
- Fanis Koutouvelis, CEO, INTALE
12.00 Panel II: Building global champions out of Greece – (a) ICT in Greece, current state and opportunities, (b) Greek ICT going global
Moderator: Julie Meyer, Chief Executive, MBE Ariadne Capital Ltd
Speakers:
- Thanasis Kalekos , Partner, Odyssey JEREMIE Partners
- Panagiotis Solomos, Partner, Elikonos JEREMIE Fund
- Maria Grapsa, Managing Director, Olive Media
- George Spanoudakis, CEO and co-founder, Pinnatta
- Marco Veremis, CEO and co-founder, UpStreamSystems