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RG Connect18: Where Challenges Meet Solvers
SPEAKERS
Three Content Streams
INSPIRE
Inspiring keynotes
LEARN
Applied and practical sessions
CONNECT
Opportunities for one-to-one interaction and networking
PROGRAMME
9.15
Registration & Coffee
09.30
Welcome
(10 min)
Effie Kyrtata, CEO, Reload Greece
Building The Next Greek Unicorn
(30 min)
Niko Bonatsos, Managing Director, General Catalyst
Chrysanthos Chrysanthou, Partner, Kindred Capital
Moderated by David Rowan, Founding UK Editor-in-Chief Wired Magazine
Behind Greece’s First Smart City: Meet the Man Driving the Change
(10 min)
Dimitris Papastergiou, Mayor of Trikala, Greece
Where Do Good Ideas Come From?
(30 min)
Ella Goldner, Co-Founder & General Manager, Zinc
Francisco Veloso, Dean of Imperial College Business School
Dimitris Papastergiou, Mayor of Trikala, Greece
Moderated by: Michael G. Jacobides, Sir Donald Gordon Chair Of Entrepreneurship & Innovation & Associate Professor Of Strategy, London Business School
Inspire
Learn
Connect
11:10
Breaking New Ground & Building Resilience
(20 min)
Renee Elliott, Founder, Planet Organic & Co-Founder, Beluga Bean
Why Mentoring is a staple for success!
(60 min)
John Burke, Co-Founder & Commercial Director, Craft Gin Club
Simon Horton, Founder, Negotiation Mastery
Alex Petrogiannis, Marketing Director, Craft Gin Club
Grant Powell, CEO, Central Working
Moderated by: Christina Garidi, Head of Mentoring, Reload Greece
(30 min)
Manolis Pratsinakis, Onassis/ SEESOX Fellow, Dept. of Politics & Int. Relations, University of Oxford
Produce Like a Farmer, Sell Like an Entrepreneur
(20 min)
Christos L. Stamatis, CEO, Stevia Hellas Coop & Founder, Mermix
Empowering Civic Entrepreneurs: Daring to Be Entrepreneurial in a Part of Society that Needs it Most
(30 min)
Mete Coban, Chief Executive, My Life My Say & Councillor for Stoke Newington
In conversation with Michael Cottakis, Director of the 1989 Generation Initiative, London School of Economics
12.10
Coffee Break
Inspire
Learn
Connect
12.30
Regulation: Catching up with Technology
(30 min)
Manolis Manassakis, Head of Marketplace of Europe, Middle East & Africa, Uber
Caroline Stroud, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Innovation in the Shipping Industry: Applications of Digitalization for Charters and Owners
(30 min)
Dimitris Tsapoulis, COO, The Signal Group
Graham Piasecki, Director of Account Managment, Veson Nautical
Moderated by: Stergios Zacharakis, Mgmt Ctte Member & Project Mgr, Greek Energy Forum (GEF)
Implementing Tax Measures that Incentivise Business Development
(30 min)
Juanita Gonzalez- Uribe, Asst. Professor in Finance, LSE
Andre Quintanilla, Co-Founder & COO, Gartenzwerg Technologies
Maria Shiao, Business Angel & Advisor
Tourism: When Innovation Takes the Lead
(45 min)
Dimitrios Buhalis, Head of Dpt Tourism and Hospitality & Director, Etourism Lab, Bournemouth University
Yiannis Goulios, Deputy Secretary General & Board Member, Greek National Tourism Organisation
Alexandros Vassilikos, President, Hellenic Chamber of Hotels
Moderated by: George Kyvernitis, Vice President of Kyvernitis Travel S.A.
Powered by Kyvernitis Travel
(30 min)
Farnam Bigdoli, Tech Fugees
Yannis Sakaridis, Filmmaker
Moderated by: Elinda Labropoulou, Journalist/Broadcaster, Greece Regional Consultant
RG Alumni Startups
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First Served
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Racecheck
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Blakbear
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Simply POS
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Owiwi
Judges
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Myrto Papathanou, Partner, Metavallon VC
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Sotiris Papantonopoulos Mantopoulos, Partner, Uni.Fund
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Grant Powell, CEO, Central Working
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Marcos Veremis, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Upstream, Partner at BigPi Venture Capital
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Moderated by Markos Kiosseoglou, Member of the Board of Trustees, Reload Greece
13.30
Lunch Break
14.30
Greece Beyond the Programmes: Investment & Entrepreneurial Prospects
(40 min)
George Chouliarakis, Alternate Minister of Finance, Greece
In discussion with George Houpis, Chairman of Board of Trustees of Reload Greece & Yiorgos Mylonadis, Adjunct Professor of Strategy & Entrepreenuship LBS
15.15
EquiFund Update: Quality Control
(60 min)
George Kametas, Head for Business Banking Segment, National Bank of Greece
Sotiris Papantonopoulos Mantopoulos, Partner, Uni.Fund
Myrto Papathanou, Partner, Metavallon VC
George Tziralis, Partner, Marathon
Marcos Veremis, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Upstream, Partner at BigPi Venture Capital
Moderated by: Ioannis Tsakiris, Head of Division, Mandate Mgmt, EIF
16.15
Coffee Break
Inspire
Learn
Connect
16.30
Startups That Are Built to Last
(30 min)
Emilios Markou, Co-Founder & Exec. Dir., Hellas Direct
Alexis Pantazis, Co-Founder & Exec. Dir., Hellas Direct
Moderated by: Victoria Seymour-Stathopoulou, Co-Founder, Paved
Young & Mighty: Building Communitites and Uplifting Culture
(30 min)
Leon Veremis, Indie-Pop Star, Leon of Athens
Marina Satti, Atrist
Avgoustinos Galiassos, Global Programme Manager, MC Vitie’s at Pladis
Moderated by Despina Ladi, Journalist & Screenwriter
(30 min)
RG Alumni Startups
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Entomics
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ExpeRoment
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Pobuca
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PushMe
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Tekmon
Judges
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Myrto Papathanou, Partner, Metavallon VC
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Sotiris Papantonopoulos Mantopoulos, Partner, Uni.Fund
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Grant Powell, CEO, Central Working
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Marcos Veremis, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Upstream, Partner at BigPi Venture Capital
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Moderated by Markos Kiosseoglou, Member of the Board of Trustees, Reload Greece
17.10
James A Robinson, Professor, University of Chicago and Co-author of ‘Why Nations Fail’
An Institutional Bailout for Greece
Elias Papaioannou, Professor of Economics, London Business School
In discussion with Yannis Palaiologos, Features Reporter, Kathimerini
In partnership with Wheeler Institute for Business and Development, London Business School
(50 min)
18.00
Closing Remarks
(10 min)
Effie Kyrtata, CEO, Reload Greece
18.30 - 20.00
Networking Reception
CULTURE HACKS
Culture Hacks is a curated exhibition which will feature the stories and the work of inspiring artists of Greek origin who are living and creating both in Greece and abroad. RG is presenting a selection of innovative creative minds who, despite the challenges of diaspora, create new art using materials and inspiration from Greece. We will be presenting artworks ranging from photography to jewellery design and introducing artists whose voice offers a fresh perspective on traditional forms inviting us to see the world under a new light.
Reload Greece is proud to partner with the acclaimed Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival. We welcome to our RG Connect18 conference a selection of films from upcoming filmmakers whose voices offer unique perspectives on contemporary Greece.
A Drowning Man
Director: Mahdi Fleifel
Country: Denmark, UK, Greece
Dur. 15min
Courtesy of the Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival
Heimlich
Director: Kostas Bakouris
Country: Greece
Dur. 19min
Courtesy of the Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival
Hiwa
Director: Jacqueline Lentzou
Country: Greece
Dur. 11min
Courtesy of the Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival
ADVISORS
45
Speakers
3
Content Streams
10
Start-up Pitches
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RG Connect18: Where Challenges Meet Solvers
Saturday, October 6th, 2018
Prince Philip House, London, 09.30 – 20.00 (Registration from 9.30am)
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