Entrepreneurship and innovation are key drivers of sustainable economic development as well as convergence (high quality growth). Therefore, understanding "what works" and "what fails" in the local as well as in the regional socio-economic context is the key for aspiring entrepreneurs as well as intra-preneurs (all the rest of us). A panel of expert practitioners (entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers) will discuss critical success and failure factors and lessons learned from their entrepreneurial initiatives, successes and failures.
Speakers:
- Mr. Kokorotsikos, CEO, Euroconsultants
- Mr. Iakovou, Lecturer, Aristotle University
- Mr. Venieris, Entrepreneur
- Mr. Arzimanoglou, Entrepreneur and Managing Director, Innovation Zone
- Mr. Hoyt Yee, General Counsellor, US Consulate
- Mr. Eleftheriadis, Regional Director of Central Macedonia, Bank of Pireaus
