1. 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

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Program
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Thursday 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

3. 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

4. ‐ 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

5. 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
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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

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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

7.
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

8. 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

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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
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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