When

Thursday, June 13, 2019
from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM PDT

Where

Bay Area Council
353 Sacramento St, 10th floor
San Francisco, CA 94111

Contact

John Robins, EIT Digital
john.robins@eitdigital.eu

With the support of

Consulate General of Greece
in San Francisco

Join us for "Connect with Greece", an investment forum and Silicon Valley networking event on technology and the emerging Greek start-up ecosystem.

The Greek government has taken a proactive role in charting a determined course that is friendly to investment, promotes growth, and welcomes new business. Learn about economic developments, the startup ecosystem, and strategic opportunities in cutting-edge industries in Greece such as ICT, energy, health sciences, food & agricultural products, and logistics.

You will have the opportunity to connect and explore possibilities for cooperation with fast-growing startups from Greece as well as US-based startups with strong ties to Greece. While this event is open to anyone with a general interest in Greece and Europe and the startup ecosystem, executives or entrepreneurs looking to expand to Greece and venture capitalists/angel investors will particularly find this event beneficial.

(Registration closes on Wednesday, June 12 at 12noon)

Program

5:00PM Welcome, Drinks

5:30PM Program

5:30 - 5:35PM Opening Address
Antonios Sgouropoulos - Greek Consul General in San Francisco

5:35 - 5:40PM Welcome Address
Hilda Alisandratou - Investment Promotion Directorate, Enterprise Greece

5:40 - 5:50PM Presentation "High Calibre Greek start-up ecosystem ripe for investment"
Elias Eliades - Director Investment Facilitation, Enterprise Greece

5:50 - 6:00PM Presentation of Greek program "ROOTS"
Socrates Lazaridis - CEO, Athens Exchange Group

6:00 - 6:20PM "The Helic story: a success made in Greece and the US"
Yorgos Koutsoyannopoulos - VP Engineering, ANSYS, Inc.; former CEO, Helic

6:20 - 6:35PM Startup Pitches

Feel Clinic
SpotlightPOS
Syncbnb
ZOME Energy Networks

6:35 - 7:05PM Panel Discussion: "Doing Business in Greece"

Simos Anastasopoulos - President, American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Niko Bonatsos - Managing Director, General Catalyst
Margarita Dompa - Co-founder & COO, SpotlightPOS
George Eleftheriou - Co-founder & CEO, Feel Clinic
Dr. Alex Papalexopoulos - CEO & Board Chairman, ZOME Energy Networks
Petros Ziogas - Co-founder & CTO, SyncBnb
Moderator: Jan Grotenbreg - EIT Digital Silicon Valley Hub

7:05 - 7:15PM Questions and Answers

7:15PM Networking, Drinks and Snacks

8:00PM End