Discover Greece: invest in an exciting innovation destination with a fast growing tech scene

     After significant reforms, Greece's economy is gaining traction. The ICT industry (IT & business consulting, system integration, network services, custom application development, business process outsourcing (BPO) etc.) is one of the fastest growing in the Greek economy. Such growth combined with access to multiple regional markets have led many US and international ICT companies to choose Greece as a hub for innovation and R&D operations in Southeast Europe.

     In the age of digital transformation and constant markets’ disruption, Greece provides highly-skilled, talented, and innovative R&D at a competitive cost. Deloitte, NOKIA, Tesla, Siemens, Mercedes-Benz, OpenBet (UK) and many others have shown their trust in Greece’s talent and friendly environment by establishing IT Operations divisions and corporate branches there.

The event will focus on the following areas:

• Outbound Innovation - Greek Innovation Marketed Globally
• Inbound Innovation - Global Business with core R&D in Greece
• Foreign Indirect Investment - Outsourcing for added Value Creation
• Global Expansion - Scaling Mature Businesses Globally

      Join us for a Greek Innovation Technology event, to explore an attractive investment destination with the dynamically growing tech scene. This event is organized by the Hellenic Association of Mobile Applications Companies (HAMAC), the Thessaloniki Technopolis Cluster under the auspices of the Region of Central Macedonia (RCM) and the Consulate General of Greece in San Francisco, with the support of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (ΕΙΤ), and the cooperation of the Association of IT Companies of Northern Greece (SEPVE) and Athens Technology Center (ATC).

Agenda

5:00pm-6:00pm
Introduction

• Governor of Central Macedonia - Apostolos Tzitzikostas
• Greek trade office SF - Daphne Vitsikounaki
• Director of EIT Digital Silicon Valley Hub – Eric Thelen
• Chairman of Hellenic Association of Mobile Application Companies (HAMAC) – Pantelis Angelidis
• Chairman of the Association of IT Companies of Northern Greece (SEPVE) - Kostis Kaggelidis

Keynote “The Greek talent experience”

• Jon Vlachogiannis, Co-founder of Tech startup BugSense (acquired by Splunk)

Short Presentations on three themes: “Outsourcing” - “Expansion” - “Outbound Innovation”

• Nokia - video for Nokia success story by Sakis Exarhos, Strategy Manager, Customer Operations Global strategy team / President Nokia Hellas
• Technopolis Cluster - Tasos Tzikas
• Athens Technology Center (ATC) – Yannis Kliafas
• Metis - Dimitris Bouras
• Aristotle – Marios Anapliotis
• Exandia – John Kalogirou

6:00pm-8:00pm
Finger Food and Net working

The event is taking place with the support of 360 Lab San Francisco.