Tech Tour South East 2024

 

Programme

Tuesday 22 Oct
Wednesday 23 Oct
Tuesday 22 October 2024
18:30
Registration & Welcome Drinks
18:30, Room: Athens Old Stock Exchange
19:00
Welcome by Hosts & Partners
19:00, Room: Athens Old Stock Exchange
Speaker:
Haris Lambropoulos, Hellenic Development Bank of Investments (HDBI)
Antigoni Lymperopoulou, Hellenic Development Bank of Investments (HDBI)
Katerina Pramatari, Uni.Fund
William Stevens, Tech Tour Europe
19:15
Keynote Speech
19:15, Room: Athens Old Stock Exchange
Speaker:
Yannis Tsakiris, European Investment Bank
19:20
Panel Discussion
19:20, Room: Athens Old Stock Exchange
Moderator:
Pete Benedetto, Endeavor Catalyst Fund
Speaker:
Aimilios Chalamandaris, Samsung Electronics Greece
Alexis Pantazis, Hellas Direct
Lars Rasmussen, Angel Investor
20:00
Networking Dinner
20:00, Room: Athens Old Stock Exchange
22:00
End of Day 1
Wednesday 23 October 2024
08:15
Registration & Welcome Coffee
08:15, Room: Athens Conservatoire Foyer
09:00
Welcome and Opening
09:00, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Speaker:
Roula Bachtalia, Eurobank egg - enter grow go
Demie Goudoufa, National Bank of Greece (NBG)
Panagiotis Karampinis, Endeavor
Haris Lambropoulos, Hellenic Development Bank of Investments (HDBI)
Panos Lioulias, Uni.Fund
William Stevens, Tech Tour Europe
09:30
Keynote speech
09:30, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Speaker:
Nikos Papathanassis, Ministry of National Economy and Finance
09:45
Panel Discussion
Funding Paths & Opportunities
09:45, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Moderator:
Antigoni Lymperopoulou, Hellenic Development Bank of Investments (HDBI)
Speaker:
Ayesha Alsuwaidi, Mubadala
Dimitris Chatziiakovou, EBRD
Erick Diaz, New York Stock Exchange
Robert Genieser, ETF Partners
Vivi Papasouli, European Investment Fund (EIF)
10:30
Panel Discussion
Innovation & The Greek Big Established Corporates
10:30, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Moderator:
Marco Veremis, Big Pi Ventures
Speaker:
Georgios Danezis, Olympia Group of Companies
Eleni Pentafragka, Elpen Pharmaceutical Co. Inc.
Sevi Vassileva, Visa - Greece, Israel, Malta and Cyprus
11:10
Panel Discussion
Exits & Success Stories
11:10, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Moderator:
Panagiotis Karampinis, Endeavor
Speaker:
Eleni Bathianaki, Halcyon Equity Partners
Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos, DeepSea Technologies
Demitris Memos, hoper
Andrei Pitis, Genezio
George Sidiropoulos, Think Silicon S.A., an Applied Materials company
11:40
Short Coffee Break
11:40, Room: Arts Lounge
11:50
Panel Discussion
The Deeptech Innovation revolution
11:50, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Moderator:
Alexandros Panagiotopoulos, Hellenic Development Bank of Investments (HDBI)
Speaker:
Michael Petychakis, Orfium
Vasilis Stenos, Solmeyea
Filippos Tourlomousis, Biological Lattice Industries Corp.
Angelos Tsereklas, SOTIRIA Technology
Ioanna Zergioti, PHOSPRINT P.C.
12:30
Panel Discussion
The Enablers
12:30, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Moderator:
Katerina Pramatari, Uni.Fund
Speaker:
Spyros Arsenis, NBG Business Seeds
Andrei Geica, Sporos Platform
Nick Kalliagkopoulos, Big Pi Ventures
Giannis Papadopoulos, Hellenic Venture Capital Association
Fragiskos Theofylaktos, Elevate Greece
13:00
Networking Lunch & One2One Meetings
13:00, Room: Arts Lounge
14:15
Fireside chat
EU Funding for Greek tech start-ups
14:15, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Moderator:
William Stevens, Tech Tour Europe
Speaker:
Vasileios Tsiamis, Ernst & Young
14:25
Panel Discussion
VC Funding Opportunities from a Greek perspective
14:25, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Moderator:
Evangelos Lakatzis, Saplegal - A.S. Papadimitriou & Partners Law Firm
Speaker:
Roula Bachtalia, Eurobank egg - enter grow go
Alexis Damalas, Deloitte Greece
George Karantonis, Metavallon VC
Margarita Skarkou, 2150
Nikolas Takas, Thermi VC
15:00
Pitching Session I: Fintech
15:00, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Moderator:
Spyros Arsenis, NBG Business Seeds
Industry Expert:
Nikos Antoniou, Apeiron VC
Marius Ghenea, Catalyst Romania
Antonis Ilias, TECS Capital
Veselina Markova, Eleven Ventures
Tamari Svanidze, EURAZEO
Filippos Tamvakakis, Genesis Ventures
Ion Tsakonas, Piraeus Equity Partners
Presenter:
Dimo Yanchev, Almacena Platform
Martin Mateev, Cloud Tech LTD
Nino Karas, CodeWell AI
Lazaros Penteridis, ComeTogether
Antonis Prentzas, Finloup
Cosmin Curticapean, iFactor
Milan Kuzmanovic, nextesy AG & nextesy d.o.o. Belgrade
Pitching Session II: Digital Platforms, Hospitality tech & Others
15:00, Room: New Stage Breakout Room I
Moderator:
Stergios Anastasiadis, Genesis Ventures
Industry Expert:
Selin Anil, Earlybird Digital East Fund
Eleni Bathianaki, Halcyon Equity Partners
Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou, Apeiron VC
Joshua Levinberg, Jal Ventures
Dimitris Matsakis, TechAngels Romania
Falk Mueller-Veerse, Bryan, Garnier & Co
Sotiris Siagas, TECS Capital
Nikolas Takas, Thermi VC
Petar Tsachev, LAUNCHub Ventures
Nikos Vogiatzis, Corallia Ventures
Branislav Vujovic, New Frontier Group
Presenter:
Miran Antamian, BookWatch.com
Jasna Pejovic, Flourish
Dimitris Komninos, Mood: Music of our desire
Dimitrios Gkaragkounis, Oliveex P.C.
Djordje Jevtic, OTA Sync
Georgi Georgiev, Releva
Pitching Session III: Healthtech
15:00, Room: New Stage Breakout Room II
Moderator:
Valeri Petrov, Eleven Ventures
Industry Expert:
Roula Bachtalia, Eurobank egg - enter grow go
Alexandru Bogdan, ROCA X
Milen Ivanov, Sofia Angels Ventures
Thanos Papaioannou, EIT Health
Sotiris Papantonopoulos-Mantopoulos, Uni.Fund
Agni Photiou, Exerte Partners
George Platanas, Seedraised / Hellenic Impact Investing Network
Nardev Ramanathan, Lux Research Inc.
Guy Spigelman, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Presenter:
Sofia Pomakidou, EVO HUMAN PERFORMANCE
George Eleftheriou, Feel Therapeutics
Dinos Matheou, MEDTL Medical Technologies LTD
george papagiannakis, ORamaVR
Andreea Purcaru, Rayscape
16:30
Coffee Break & One2One Meetings
16:30, Room: Arts Lounge
17:00
Pitching Session IV: Energy, Agritech, Mobility
17:00, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Moderator:
Konstantinos Lafkas, Uni.Fund
Industry Expert:
Stergios Anastasiadis, Genesis Ventures
Darko Arsov, Crimson Capital Corp.
Marie Asano, European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF)
Alexander Sasha Galitsky, Almaz Capital US
Andrei Geica, Sporos Platform
Evangelos Kosmidis, Loggerhead Ventures
Galina Markova, Bulgarian Business Angels Network
Nikolas Takas, Thermi VC
Dimitris Triantafyllidis, Aramco Ventures
Andreas Vardinogiannis, ETF Partners
Presenter:
GERASIMOS ARVANITIS, AviSense.ai
Sotiris Bantas, Centaur Analytics, Inc.
Vlad Grigoriu, Code of Talent
Vasilis Stenos, Solmeyea
Strahinja Vukoicic, TRAKEN TECH
Pitching Session V: SaaS platforms
17:00, Room: New Stage: Breakout Room I
Industry Expert:
Eleni Bathianaki, Halcyon Equity Partners
Gregor Bierent, New Frontier Group
Alex Eleftheriadis, Big Pi Ventures
Baturay Kaya, Earlybird Digital East Fund
Salvator Levis, 5G Ventures S.A. | Phaistos Investment Fund
Misa Lukic, Brand Sapiens
Stoyan Nedin, Vitosha Venture Partners
Michalis Stangos, L-Stone Capital
Filippos Tamvakakis, Genesis Ventures
Yordan Zarev, NEVEQ Capital Partners
Presenter:
Luka Radovanovic, B2Bee
Leon Gavalas, bespot
Nikolay Iliev, CloudCart
Evelina Elena Necula, Kinderpedia
Pitching Session VI: Digital Technologies
17:00, Room: New Stage Breakout Room II
Industry Expert:
Ioannis Agnantiaris, Thermi VC
Angel Angelov, Innovation Capital
Marco Caputo, EBRD Venture Capital
George Karantonis, Metavallon VC
Melina Mai, Big Pi Ventures
George Nikolaou, National Bank of Greece (NBG)
Pavlos Pavlakis, VentureFriends
Jorge Sanchez, ESA BIC Greece
Aleksandar Terziyski, NV3 Fund
Dora Trachana, Uni.Fund
Branislav Vujovic, New Frontier Group
Presenter:
Paolo Fioravanti, Circuits Integrated Hellas
Daphne Tsevreni, Clio Muse Tours
Stavros Vassos, Helvia Technologies IKE
Christos Ioakeimidis, Inteligg
18:25
End of Tech Tour South East 2024
18:29
Specialised Workshop [optional]
The role of National Technology Transfer Hubs: Sharing Best Practices, Challenges and Opportunities
18:29, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
18:30
Welcome Speech
18:30, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Speaker:
Haris Lambropoulos, Hellenic Development Bank of Investments (HDBI)
18:35
Venture Capital Financing in Tech Transfer and the Role of HDBI
18:35, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Speaker:
Antigoni Lymperopoulou, Hellenic Development Bank of Investments (HDBI)
18:45
Supporting Tech Transfer in the Greek Universities and Research Centers
18:45, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Speaker:
Anastasios Gaitanis, Ministry of Development and Investments of Greece
19:00
Expectations and Requirements for the role of Technology Transfer Offices and Hubs from a Tech Transfer Venture Capital Perspective
19:00, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Speaker:
Nikos Vogiatzis, Corallia Ventures
19:35
Opportunities and Challenges for the Greek Technology Transfer Hubs
19:35, Room: Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheater
Moderator:
Katerina Pramatari, Uni.Fund
20:00
End of the Programme