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Welcome from John McEleney, Cofounder, Onshape Introduction by Lars Rasmussen, Cofounder, Google Maps and Angel investor in Greece   Panel Discussion Moderated by Scott Kirsner, columnist at The Boston Globe ·        Joanne (Yianna) Tzouvalopoulos Beck, CTO, Aerium Therapeutics (Former COO, Boston Pharmaceuticals) John Maraganore, Founding CEO, Alnylam ·        Yiannis Monovoukas, Founding CEO, Helios Cardio (Former Chairman/CEO of TEI Biosciences)   Startups pitch to Judging Panel Andy Cosgrove, President of Saphetor Life Sciences Aris Karanikas, CBO of JadBio Chris Kyriakidis, Co-Founder & CEO of g-mendel    Dimitrios Skaltsas, Co-Founder & CEO Intelligencia Alex Vidras, Executive Director of Vimachem   Judging Panel ·        Joanne (Yianna) Tzouvalopoulos Beck, Aerium Therapeutics ·        Dean Dimizas, Cambridge Associates ·        Kosta Ligris, Stavvy ·        Yiannis Monovoukas, Helios Cardio ·        Dionysios Panagiotopoulos, LDV Partners ·        Lars Rasmussen, Angel investor in Greece (Cofounder, Google Maps)

"𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻", a celebration of Greeks in life sciences!  Fireside chat with: Michel Vounatsos, 𝑪𝑬𝑶 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒏 Nicholas Galakatos, 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚 Moderator: Anna Protopapas, 𝘾𝙀𝙊 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 Following the discussion, several Greek entrepreneurs have pitched their startups which are fundraising for US expansion. We will also have presented the 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝑰𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑨𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 to 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀, entrepreneur and philanthropist. #hellenicinnovationnetwork #HIN

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 - 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀

Fay Makantasi, Research Director of Dianeosis, www.dianeosis.org explains the main challenge that Greece is having - demographic  problem - and the main opportunities - senior & therapeutic tourism.

A Zoom panel discussion about the record  state of venture capital in Greece, which is fueling activity in life  sciences, retail and agritech. According to a report from Found.ation  and EIT Digital, over €500 million in funding was invested in over 70  startups in 2021. Of six exits, three were in the all-time top 10 list  for value. Notably, Greece now lays claim to its first “unicorn”  startups: PeopleCert, Blueground and Viva Wallet. With The Greek  government pledging €200 million for further startup activity, where is  this all heading? George Dimopoulos, Venturefriends Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou, Velocity Partners Myrto Papathanou, Metavallon Katerina Pramatari, Unifund George Tziralis, Marathon Marco Veremis, Big Pi Moderated by Niko Bonatsos, General Catalyst Introduction by Dean Dimizas, Cambridge Associates

A discussion with Professor Emeritus at University of Athens -  Pediatrics - Dr. Christos Bartsocas.  His life journey in medicine and  philanthropy from Boston to Athens.

Join us to hear an overview by Alex Patelis, Chief Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister of Greece, of incentives put in place by the Greek government to induce direct investment and startup activity in Greece. Our panelists, who represent companies in growth phase through large enterprise, will inquire about these changes and discuss their own experience setting up shop in Greece. They will provide their own perspective on how the government can continue to drive Greece forward. We hope the event will inspire entrepreneurs fueling economic growth from within Greece as well as educate those in the diaspora who might provide outside investment into Greece.  ▪️ Alex Patelis, Chief Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister of Greece  ▪️ Chris Mohoney, Orfium  ▪️ Nico Gariboldi, Pfizer   ▪️ Nick Kanopoulos, Brite Solar  Moderated by Michael Tzannes, Accusonus

A conversation about the Greek government’s plans for digitization with Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of State and Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic. Minister Pierrakakis, a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School and MIT, is radically simplifying citizen interactions with the government, from birth through license, marriage and other life transitions, by streamlining access to this data and increasing its utility. The Greek government will issue by the end of 2021 a new digital identity card to allow citizens to access digital services with security, and Greece ranks second among EU member-states in bandwidth concession for 5G telecommunication network licenses. The discussion will be moderated by Michalis Bletsas, Director of Computing at MIT Media Lab and introduced by Alexandra Papadopoulou, Ambassador of Greece to the United States. ▸Introduction by Alexandra Papadopoulou, Ambassador of Greece to the US ▸Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic ▸Moderated by Michalis Bletsas, Director of Computing at MIT Media Lab

A discussion by four Greek-founded companies about fundraising, transitioning from start-up to scale-up, and achieving global growth! Blueground, which has raised $78M from European and US investors, now offers over 3,500 furnished rental properties in 13 cities. Metamaterial, having filed over 150 patents for smart materials and photonics, is about to complete a reverse merger to be listed on NASDAQ. NetData, which troubleshoots slowdowns and anomalies in computer infrastructure, has offices in San Francisco and Athens, with millions of users including at companies like Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, and NVIDIA. Epignosis has over 8,000 customers in 126 countries for its training software which was ranked #1 by Finances Online. While these companies operate in very different markets, we hope to uncover common threads underlying their successes. The conversation will be introduced by Kostas Fragogiannis, Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness for the Hellenic Republic, who will share how economic diplomacy can support Greek business. Introduction by Kostas Fragogiannis, Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness Alex Chatzieleftheriou, Blueground George Palikaras, Metamaterial Costa Tsaousis, NetData Dimitris Tsingos, Epignosis Moderated by Marina Hatsopoulos, Levitronix Technologies

Please join us for a conversation between Constantinos Daskalakis, Professor, EECS, MIT and Fotini Christia, MIT Professor of Political Science and Director, MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC). They will discuss artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, and their implications for education and society. Professor Daskalakis will describe his plans to create an institute of artificial intelligence in Athens for researchers from Greece and abroad, while Professor Christia will explore thoughts about the ethics of machine learning, and its applications in the social sciences. This dialogue between two young Greek academics promises to open our eyes to coming advances in technology that will impact Greece and the world.

Ηear from Dr. George Scangos, CEO of Vir Biotechnology, about how Vir combines immunologic insights with cutting-edge technologies to treat and prevent serious infectious diseases, one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Vir is tackling the world’s largest and most serious infectious diseases, infections that are evasive, challenging, or insufficiently addressed by current approaches, including hepatitis B, influenza A, SARS-CoV-2, HIV, and tuberculosis. Speaker: Dr. George Scangos, CEO, Vir Biotechnology & Former CEO, Biogen Moderator: Anna Protopapas, CEO Mersana Therapeutics

Greece is not simply the land of sunshine and holidays. With the European Investment Fund enabling a €300 million investment in Greek startups, opportunities are taking off in tech entrepreneurship. Six venture capitalists investing in Greek startups will share their experiences in a fast-paced roundtable, demonstrating the opportunity for Greece to create jobs and demonstrating the opportunity for Greece to create jobs and become a regional technology hub supporting successful startups and leading to more and larger exits such as the latest ones of Instashop and Softomotive. Assuming work-from-home remains common post-Covid, Greece could attract non-Greeks as well, which would accelerate the learning curve of the local ecosystem. Speakers: Apostolos Apostolakis, Venturefriends Alexandra Choli, Metavallon Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou, Velocity Partners Katerina Pramatari, Unifund George Tziralis, Marathon Marco Veremis, Big Pi Moderator: Dean Dimizas, Cambridge Associates