yes execom athens program

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YES EXECOM ATHENS

YES – European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs

“Turning the global crisis to an opportunity for United Europe: Competitiveness through entrepreneurship”

April 14 – 16, 2011

Athens, Greece

Under the Auspices of:

HELLENIC REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

MAME YE Network Conference Mediterranean, Africa and Middle East Young Entrepreneurs

Program

Thursday, April 14th – Access to Capital Venue: Stratos Vassilikos Hotel, 114 Michalakopoulou Str, Athens 16:00 – 17:00 YES Presidency Meeting 16:00 – 17:00 Registration 17:00 – 17:30 Evangelos Simoudis Managing Director, Trident Capital “What can make a US VC Fund to invest in a European startup” 17:30 – 18:00 Jean Xtophe Ordonneau Entrepreneur Commons



“Alternative way to finance Entrepreneurs – The Entrepreneur Commons Mutual Guarantee Fund”

18:00 – 18:15 Evangelos Achillopoulos iDea Framework Founder

“A novel framework proposed for State Funded seed and start-up capital, based on Crowd Sourced peer selection process and development.”

18:15 – 18:45 Dr. Antonios Markopoulos

Special Secretary of Digital Planning, Hellenic Ministry of Regional Development & Competitiveness “The JEREMIE initiative and its implementation in Greece in cooperation with the European Investment Fund”

18:45 – 20:00 Startup Pitching Session Presentation of eight high-tech startups 20:00 – 20:30 Networking Session

Speed networking session among presenting startups and participating angel investors / VC Funds

21:00 Welcome Dinner “Giantes” Restaurant Valtetsiou 44, Exarchia, Athens

[Group transfer for EXECOM participants, departing from Stratos Vassilikos Hotel]

Friday, April 15th – Access to Market Venue: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1 Akadimias Str, Athens 9:00 – 10:00 Registration 10:00 – 10:30 Opening Session

Spyros Kouvelis Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic Michalis Chrisochoidis Minister of Regional Development & Competitiveness, Hellenic Republic



Dimitris Assimakopoulos President The Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen and Merchants (GSEVEE) Simone Santi & Robert Jreissati Mediterranean, Middle East & Africa Young Entrepreneurs Network Dimitris Tsigos President YES – European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs

10:30 – 11:30 Key Note Talk

Dr. Burton Lee PhD MBA Lecturer, European Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Stanford School of Engineering; Managing Director, Innovarium Ventures “Promoting high-growth and innovative entrepreneurship in Europe”

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break 12:00 – 12:30 Dr. John M. Kalogerakis,

CEO of JMK Ltd - Anthropocentric Corporate Training & Development “YES we can”

12:30 – 13:30 Key Note Talk

Alan Moore

Founder SMLXL, Entrepreneur, Author, Blogger

“Entrepreneurs, innovation and the future of the European economy"

13:30 – 14:00 Arne-G. Hostrup

Managing Director at f.u.n. Netzwerk Nordbayern GmbH

EBAN – European Business Angels Network



“Angel Investments and Seed Financing in Europe” 14:00 – 14:30 Yannis Tsakiris

Head of Region, European Investment Fund “The JEREMIE initiative and other EIF actions for supporting startup entrepreneurship”

14:30 – 16:00 Lunch 16:00 – 17:00 YES EXECOM Meeting 17:00 – 18:00 MAME YE Network Meeting 18:00 – 20:00 B2B Networking Session Konstantinos Karamanis

Enterprise Europe Network 21:30 Gala Dinner “Oro Toro” Restaurant 73 Varis – Koropiou Ave, Vari

[Transfer for EXECOM participants, departing from Stratos Vassilikos Hotel]

Saturday, April 16th – Entrepreneurial Education Venue: Alexandros Hotel, 8 Vassou Timoleontos, Athens 10:00 – 12:00 Seminar

Michalis Charalambidis Political Scientist – Sociologist “The concept of the Symbolic Capital and how can it boost the competitiveness of European Enterprises”

12:00 – 14:00 Visit to the Acropolis Museum 14:00 – 16:00 Lunch at the Acropolis Museum