STARTSMART GREECE 2015

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StartSmart is a one-day MIT Enterprise Forum conference that inspires, connects, coaches, and informs technology entrepreneurs to succeed faster and smarter. Through curated, relevant, and experience-based programming, entrepreneurs gain the knowledge that will help them take their venture to the next step. StartSmart offers versatile learning opportunities, crafted on the premise that successful entrepreneurship is a learned art, when supported with a practical and proven methodology.

The second annual StartSmart is organized and produced by MIT Enterprise Forum Greece, with an objective to grow, refine, and nurture the Greek entrepreneurial ecosystem. This program invites stakeholders to engage on a local and regional level, while integrating world-class tools and techniques to foster research-to-market idea and startup growth, pushing them to the next step. Stakeholders include entrepreneurs, thought leaders, subject matter experts, investors, industry, academia and members of the MIT community, who are helping to tackle the world’s biggest challenges.

Successful technology entrepreneurs have two things in common: they create great products or services, and they don’t let failure deter them. In fact, oftentimes, failure is the catalyst for future success. How do they do it, where does one begin, and what is the “secret sauce,” that defines a successful start-up?

StartSmart answers these tough questions through a variety of expert perspectives and participatory opportunities, including:

• Case studies and lessons from the field
• Interactive learning sessions (workshops)
• Pitch platform presenting the 3 winners of MITEF Greece Startup Competition
• Startup Expo that showcases the 10 finalists of MITEF Greece Startup Competition
• Exclusive networking

The 2014 StartSmart program in Greece was a highly successful event; attracting hundreds of attendees. This event gave us a better understanding of the challenges our fledging technology entrepreneurial community faces, and is committed to the purpose of transforming these obstacles into opportunities.
09:00-10:00 Registration, Welcome Coffee

Morning Sessions: PIERCE Theater

10:00-10:30 Save the World and Get Rich
Chris Shipley, Executive Producer, SOLVE, MIT Technology Review

10:30-11:00 Pulling the String
Steve Papa, Founder & CEO, Parallel Wireless; Cazena, Technology Ventures

11:00-11:30 The Process to Authenticate the Human Heart
Foteini Agrafioti, Chief Innovation Officer, Architech

11:30-12:00 Coffee Break

12:00-12:30 Αn Entrepreneur’s Hardware-as-a-Service
Alfonso Perez, CEO, NVΒOTS

12:30-13:30 Panel discussion
moderated by Antoinette Matthews, Executive Director, MITEF Global

Afternoon Sessions: DEREE

13:30-14:45 Lunch Break & Startup Expo
(Restaurant, Student Lounge)

15:00-16:30 Interactive Learning Sessions (parallel sessions)

Session 1:
Controlling One’s Destiny in the Journey from Research-to-Market
Foteini Agrafioti, Chief Innovation Officer, Architech & Founder, Architect Labs
(Room: 7th Level Auditorium)

Session 2:
The Story of Endeca
Steve Papa, Founder & CEO, Parallel Wireless; Cazena, Technology Ventures
(Room: 6th Level Auditorium)

Session 3:
How to Think Like a 3D Designer: A Practical Guide to the New Manufacturing
Alfonso Perez, CEO, NVBOTS
(Room: Center for the Arts Auditorium)

Session 4:
Position, Pitch & Polish
Chris Shipley, Executive Producer, SOLVE, MIT Technology Review
(Room: John S. Bailey Library – Upper Level)

16:30-17:00 Coffee Break & Startup Expo
(Restaurant, Student Lounge)

17:00-17:45 Pitch Platform & Competition Announcement for 2016
(Room: John S. Bailey Library – Upper Level)

– Announcing the MITEF Greece Startup Competition 2016
Vassilis Papakonstantinou, Chairman, MIT Enterprise Forum Greece

– MITEF Greece Startup Competition 2015 winners:
• RTsafe
• reportbrain Limited
• TomoTECH

17:45-18:30 10 Breakthrough Technologies
Antoinette Matthews, Executive Director, MITEF Global
(Room: John S. Bailey Library – Upper Level)

18:30-19:30 Networking & Startup Expo
(Restaurant, Student Lounge)

*The conference will be conducted in English. Interpretation in Greek will not be available
Foteini Agrafioti, Chief Innovation Officer, Architech & Founder, Architech Labs

Antoinette Matthews, Executive Director, MITEF Global

Steve Papa, Founder & CEO, Parallel Wireless, Cazena, Technology Ventures

Alfonso (AJ) Perez, CEO, NVBOTS

Chris Shipley, Executive Producer SOLVE, MIT Technology Review
Through the 5 presentations on generated prospects, the analysis of inspiring case studies, the subsequent panel discussion, and the 4 interactive learning sessions, the more than 200 participants explored the global developments in technology, the current challenges and the dominant strategies for establishing, developing, promoting and fostering technology-based entrepreneurship in Greece.

All presentations were delivered by MITEF Greece’s distinguished guest speakers:

Marina Hatsopoulos, Entrepreneur, Windystreet & Angel Investor,

Hind Hobeika, Founder, Instabeat,

Roozbeh Ghaffari, Co-Founder, Director of Advanced Technology, MC10 Inc.,

Hussein Kanji, Founding Partner, Hoxton Ventures,

Anmol Madan, Co-founder & CEO, Ginger.io,

Antoinette Matthews, Executive Director, ΜIT Enterprise Forum,

Alec Karys, CEO Genesis Inc.,

Xenophon Paparrigopoulos, Partner, POTAMITISVEKRIS Law

and Alexia Tzouni, POTAMITISVEKRIS Law

You are invited to watch the highlights by following this link

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Organized with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece

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