WorkShop on Start-ups,Incubators and Venture Capital in the context of 8th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics Nicosia, Cyprus, November 8-10, 2001

Sponsors

Organizing committee

Dr. Skevos Evripidou: Workshop Chair Assosiate Professor ,Department of Computer Science University of Cyprus Dr. Lida Mardapitta-Hadjipandeli: Manager, Equities & Venture Capital - Technology Investments The Cyprus Development Bank Ltd Andreas Koulinos: CEO CLR Technology Fund Marios Argyris: Head of VC, Sharelink Financial Services Ltd

Friday 9 November 2001 Work Program

Time Speech 14:45 Title: Open Ratings: Founding a technology startup By Giorgos Zacharia Chief Scientist and Founder of Open Ratings 15:15 Title: Venture Capital ,Start-ups and Incubators the Greek experience By George Kintis CEO of the New Economy Development Fund (Greece) 15:45 Title: E-business in Eastern Europe and the challenge of CRM By Theodoros Evgeniou Assistant Professor of Information Systems, INSEAD Business School 16:15 15 minute break 16:30 Panel discussion: Promoting Technological Innovation in Cyprus Chair: Skevos Evripidou Panelist: Opening Statement: Theodoros Theodorou Senior Manager of Direct Investment Division of CDB Key Success factors in Venture Capital Simeon Kassianides CEO of Hyperion Startups in Cyprus the Hyperion experience Olympia Stylianou Director, Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Tourism The incubator program of the Goverment of Cyprus Giorgos Zacharia George Kintis Theodoros Evgeniou   18:00 Launching of the Cyprus Entrepreneurship Competition (CyEC) By Skevos Evripidou and Giorgos Zacharia