Life Science in Greece: From startups to global scale-ups

4:00 pm   Coffee Reception and Registration

4:30 pm   Opening Remarks

Welcome by Michalis Bletsas, MIT Media Lab

Marina Hatsopoulos, Hellenic Innovation Network

George Demosthenous, Hellenic Innovation Network CEO Group

Vassilis Papakonstantinou, MIT Enterprise Forum Greece

4:40 pm  Panagiotis Karampinis, Endeavor Greece (Gold Sponsor)

4:47 pm  Lampros Kourtis, Velocity Partners (Silver Sponsor)

4:35 pm  Christos Dimas, Deputy Minister of Research and Technology, Hellenic Republic

5:00 pm Panel: Research and Startups

Moderated by Aristos Doxiadis, Partner at Big Pi and Vice Chairman of the Greek
National Council for Research and Innovation (NCRI)

• Achilleas Gravanis, Prof. at Univ. of Crete Medical School & Co-Founder, Bionature EA
• Evi Hatziandreou, Big Pi & 2bullMediΤherapy
• Katia Karalis, EVP for Research at Emulate
• Vagelis Pappas, Founder of RTSafe
• Dimitri Skaltsas, Co-Founder of Intelligencia.ai

5:45 pm Alexandra Touroutoglou from the Hellenic Bioscientific Association of the USA

5:50 pm Greek Startup Pitches

• Stavros Toumpoulis, President of 2bullMediTherapy (Eurobank EGG Scale-Up Program)
• Konstantinos Tzortzakis, Co-Founder of Anodyne Nanotech
• Zoi Giavri, CEO of Advantis (Alumnus of Eurobank EGG and MITEF Greece)

6:00 pm Panel: Global Scale-Ups

Moderated by Anna Protopapas, CEO of Mersana Therapeutics

• Pantelis Angelidis, CEO of Vidavo & Chairman-Elect of SEKEE, Assoc. of Digital Transformation Companies
• John Maraganore, CEO of Alnylam
• Manos Perros, CEO of Entasis

6:45 pm Hellenic Innovation Network Lifetime Achievement Award 
Introduction by Stratos Efthymiou, Consul General of Greece in Boston

• George Behrakis, Hellenic Innovation Network Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Wine & Cheese Reception, including Kleos Mastiha cocktails

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