Agenda

Day 1

16 May 2024,
Athens Conservatoire

European & Athenian Ecosystem

Moderator: Dr. Angeliki Karagiannaki, Managing Director, ACEin

09:30 – 10:00  

Registration & Coffee

10:00 – 10:15  

Welcome to Start for Future Summit – Athenian Nexus
Prof. Dimitrios Bourantonis, AUEB Rector

10:15 – 10:30  

Opening Speech
Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports, Greece

10:30 – 11:00  

Policy and Other Initiatives for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Prof. Katerina Pramatari. Scientific Coordinator, ACEin AUEB, Partner, UniFund
Milena Stoycheva, Minister of Innovation & Growth, Bulgaria

11:00 – 11:45  

Igniting the Innovation Ecosystem in Europe 
Moderated by Tom Nugent, Newsletter Editor, Sifted 

Lynne Cadenhead – Professor, Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence Edinburgh Napier University, Chair Women’s Enterprise Scotland
Panos Mitsios
, Co-founder and COO, TEKMON 
Prof. Klaus Sailer – HM Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences and managing director of Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship
Dr. Martin Vendel – Academy Director of ΕΙΤ Urban Mobility

11:45 – 12:00  

Time for a change

12:00 – 12:15  

Coffee Break

12:15 – 12:45  

University Born Startups & Research Commercialization
Moderated by Dr. Stratos Baloutsos, Head of Technology Transfer, AUEB 

Apostolos Papakonstantinou, Co-Founder, Sci Drones
David Photien
, Partner, Freiraum Ventures

Daphne Tsevreni, Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer, Clio Muse
Dr. Mina Kolagar, Co-Founder, PANTOhealth

12:45 – 13:30  

The SFF Network – Building the European Entrepreneurship Ecosystem…Our Way!
Moderated by Dr. Vasiliki Koniakou, Law & Technology Expert, ACEin AUEB

Pavlina Vujovic, Head of Internationalization, Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship and Managing Director, SFF Cooperative

The SFF Cooperative
Dr. Stratos Baloutsos, Head of Technology Transfer, ACEin AUEB, and Head of Operations, SFF Cooperative
Nick Fannin, Head of Enterprise, Edinburgh Napier University and Director of Partnerships, SFF Cooperative
Pavlina Vujovic, Head of Internationalization, Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship and Managing Director, SFF Cooperative

13:30-14:30  

Lunch & Speed Dating

14:30-16:00  

Athenian Nexus Investor Day | Pitches (PART #1)
DeepTech Vertical (Core room) – Moderator: Vasiliki Chronaki
Circular Economy Vertical (Room no.1) – Moderator: Despoina Adamopoulou
Culture & Tourism Vertical (Room no.2) – Moderator: Mara Doukidi

16:00-16:30  

Coffee Break

16:30-18:00  

Athenian Nexus Investor Day | Pitches (PART #2)
DeepTech Vertical (Core room) – Moderator: Vasiliki Chronaki
Circular Economy Vertical (Room no.1) – Moderator: Despoina Adamopoulou
Culture & Tourism Vertical (Room no.2) – Moderator: Mara Doukidi

18:00-18:30  

Closing

Day 2

17 May 2024,
ACEin AUEB Premises

European & Athenian Ecosystem

09:30 – 09:50

Registration & Coffee

09:50 – 10:00

Welcome to DAY 2 – Program Overview
Dr. Angeliki Karagiannaki, Managing Director, ACEin

10:00 – 12:25

Co-Creation & Policy Making Unit (Part 1)

Workshop Phase 1: “Mediterranean in Crisis”

Workshop Phase 2: “Challenge Identification & Prioritization”

Workshop Phase 3: “Island Hopping, pt.1”

12:25 – 12:40

Coffee Break

12:40 – 13:55

Co-Creation & Policy Making Unit (Part 2)

Workshop Phase 4: “Island Hopping, pt. 2”

13:55 – 14:30

14:30 – 15:00

Lunch Break

Research Commercialization: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for the Regional Ecosystem
Moderated by Prof. Katerina Pramatari, Scientific Responsible, ACEin AUEB

Maria Markidou Georgiadou, Managing Director, Cyprus Seeds
Varvara Vasilaki, Innovation Consultant | Innovation Office, NCSR Demokritos
Yannis Skoulikaris, Founder, Managing director, PatentMind LTD
former Director Patent Granting Process, Sector Information & Communications Technologies, European Patent Office

15:00 – 15:15

Co-Creation & Policy Making Unit (Part 3)

Workshop Phase 5: “End of Journey”

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-17:30

International Startup Competition | The “Athenian Agora” Awards
Moderated by Dr. Angeliki Karagiannaki, Managing Director, ACEin

Idea Stage
MVP Stage
Pilot & Launch to Market Stage

17:30-18:00

Wrap-up and Closing Session

Registrations have started! Book your ticket here.

Speakers

Stratos Baloutsos

Head of Technology Transfer, ACEin AUEB, Greece

Lynne Cadenhead

Professor, Entrepreneur, Chair Women’s Enterprise Scotland

Nick Fannin

Head of Enterprise, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Mina Kolagar

Co-Founder, PANTOhealth, Germany

Vasiliki Koniakou

Law & Technology Expert, ACEin AUEB, Athens, Greece

Maria Markidou Georgiadou

Managing Director, Cyprus Seeds

Panos Mitsios

Co-founder & COO of Tekmon, Athens, Greece

Tom Nugent

Newsletter Editor, Sifted, London, England

Apostolos Papakonstantinou

Co-Founder SciDrones, Assistant Professor - CUT

David Photien

Founding Partner, SCE Freiraum Ventures, Germany

Klaus Sailer

Professor, CEO of Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship, Germany

Yannis Skoulikaris

Co-Founder & CEO, Mind the Minds, Athens, Greece

Milena Stoycheva

Minister of Innovation & Growth of Bulgaria, CEO, JA Bulgaria

Daphne Tsevreni

Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer, Clio Muse

Varvara Vasilaki

Innovation Consultant, NCSR Demokritos, Athens, Greece

Martin Vendel

Director Academy, EIT Urban Mobility, Stockholm, Sweden

Pavlina Vujovic

Head of Internationalisation SCE, and Managing Director SFF

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