10.30
Welcome Address

CCC’S INNOVATION & STARTUPS JOURNEY

Aref Boualwan, Event Chairperson & Senior Manager Digital Transformation & Startups, CCC, Greece

10.45
Keynote Speech

Isidora Kosta, Cities Infrastructure & Urban Services Community Lead, World Economic Forum

11.00
Government Incentives for Startups & Investors: How governments are building a startup ecosystem to spark in-country & to nurture out-of-country Startups’ activity

Christos Dimas, Deputy Minister for Research and Technology, Greece 

Aref Boualwan, Senior Manager Digital Transformation & Startups CCC, Lebanon

Jimmy Athanasopoulos, Chairman, Envolve Entrepreneurship, Greece

Maan Eshgi, Head of Investments at BIAC, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Shanaa, Co-Founder & CEO at Morta, UK

Chair:   Haris Lambropoulos, Member of the BoD, Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry

11.45
What You Don't Know About the Arab Startup Ecosystem: Startup’s evolvement, a path to success, and key factors looked at in-depth by Startup Hubs and Parks

Hussain Al Mahmoudi, CEO, Sharjah Research Technology & Innovation Park, Sharjah 

Ahmed Osman, Managing Director, Global Entrepreneurship Network, Egypt

Mohamed Wefati, Founder & CEO at MIZA, UAE & Bahrain

Tammer Qaddumi, Partner at VentureSouq, GCC

Alexander Xydas, Co-founder at FlugAuto, Dubai 

Chair:  Carla Tanas, Co-Founder Industry Disruptors - Game Changers, Greece 

12.25
Financing Startups in EU

Ioannis Tsakiris, Deputy Minister of Development and Investments, Greece

12.35
Arab Investment Opportunities for EU Startups

Tammer Qaddumi, Partner at VentureSouq, United Arab Emirates

12.45
Coffee Break
13.00
The Role of Education in Entrepreneurship

Peggy Pelonis, Acting President American Community Schools, Greece

13.10
Cross Continent Entrepreneurship Discussion: A fireside chat on varying perspectives of startups involvement and evolvement

Apostolos Apostolakis, Founding Partner at VentureFriends.vc, Greece

Myriam Kacimi Fournier, Founder & CEO of SunGy, France & Algeria 

Konstantinos Synodinos, Founder & CEO of ChampionsID, Greece 

Farah Charafeddine, President & CEO of Modeus Inc., Silicon Valley & Lebanon

Chair:  Filippos Zakopoulos, Managing Partner at Found.ation, Greece

13.45
Keynote Speech

Christos Dimas, Deputy Minister for Research and Technology, Greece

13.55
Wrap Up and Closing Remarks
14.00
NETWORKING LIGHT BUFFET LUNCH