Finals & Awards Ceremony of MITEF Greece Startup Competition 2017

MIT Enterprise Forum Greece in cooperation with NCSR "Demokritos" have the pleasure of inviting you to the Finals & Awards Ceremony of the MITEF Greece Startup Competition, on Thursday, 6 July 2017, at 17:30, at the Central Amphitheater of NCSR "Demokritos", in the framework of the 5th Hellenic Forum for Science, Technology & Innovation, where this year's emphasis is placed on convergence technologies through multi-faceted workshops, B2B meetings, and updates to research funding tools.

During the event, the top 10 finalists of the competition, will present their ideas to the public and the judging panel will select the 3 winning teams.

Judging Committee

Angelos Angelou, Founder & Principal Executive Officer, Angelou Economics

Aristos Doxiadis, Venture Capital Professional

Maria Hala, Business Angel & Entrepreneurship Consultant

Dimitrios Ioannidis, Partner, Roach, Ioannidis & Megaloudis LLC

Chris Kaskavelis, Entrepreneur & author

Christos Kontellis, General Manager, BU Enterprise Solutions, INTRASOFT International

Nicholas Nanopoulos, Chairman, DIORAMA Investments

Spyros Trachanis, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Odyssey Venture Partners

Marco Veremis, Co-founder & Executive Chairman of Upstream

Furthermore our invited speakers will discuss the opportunities that innovative technology creates.

Conno Christou, Co-founder, Avocarrot, will discuss the subject matter From idea to acquisition in less than 4 years.

Christos Kontellis, General Manager, BU Enterprise Solutions, INTRASOFT International.

Alex Maniatopoulos, CEO, Yodiwo, will share his experience in participating at last year's MITEF Greece Startup Competition and especially the company's progress after winning the 1st prize.

Admission is free but advance registration is required in order to enter the venue.

For more information about the competition please follow the link: MIT Enterprise Forum Greece Startup Competition

Program Overview:

17:30 - 18:00 Registration

18:00 - 18:15 Opening remarks: Vassilis Papakonstantinou, Chairman, MITEF Greece

18:15 - 19:15 Live Pitch Part 1: Active Social Networking (ASN), CityCrop Automated Indoor Farming, Cube RM, Entranet, Exclusivi

19:15 - 19:35 From idea to acquisition in less than 4 years, Conno Christou, Co-founder, Avocarrot

19:35 - 20:35 Live Pitch Part 2: Fresh Strips, OpenIchnos, SentiGeek, Spotawheel, Tesibit

20:35 - 20:50 INTRASOFT International – 2017 Year of Innovation, Christos Kontellis, General Manager, BU Enterprise Solutions, INTRASOFT International

20:50 - 21:00 One Year After Winning the MITEF Greece Startup Competition 2016, Alex Maniatopoulos, CEO, Yodiwo

21:00 - 21:30 Award Ceremony

21:30 - 22:00 Light cocktail