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Hellenic International Business Angels Summit

Where global investors come together to drive change

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Organizers:

Panayiotis H. Ketikidis (Co-founder of HeBAN & Board Member of EBAN)

Georgios Filiopoulos (CEO, Enterprise Greece)

Jacopo Losso (Director of Secretariat, EBAN)
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Speaker:

Kostas Fragogiannis (Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
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Video projection
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Speaker:

Selma Prodanovic (Vice President, EBAN)
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Speaker:

Dimitris Tsingos (President, Hellenic Business Angel Network – HeBAN)
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Moderator:

Rudy Aernoudt (Senior Economist, European Commission)
Panelists:

1. Aristos Doxiadis (Partner, BigPi Ventures)

2. Athina Chatzipetrou (​CEO and Chairwoman of the Hellenic Development Bank)

3. Haris Lambropoulos (President, Hellenic Development Bank of Investments)

4. Ricardo Luz, (President of Invicta Angels)
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Speaker:

Marcia Dawood (Angel Capital Association, ACA- USA)
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Moderator:

Juan Alvarez de Lara (Chair, EBAN Impact)
Panelists:

1. Annukka Mickelsson (Chair, FiBAN)

2. Bernard Kirsch (President, Angels Santé)

3. Tom Horsey (Board member, BIGBAN Board & CEO of StartupLabs)

4. Huseyin Demirhisar (CEO, Co-founder BiD Capital Partners)

5. Thierry de Poerck (Chair, Luxembourg BAN)

6. Marco Veremis (Partner, BigPi)
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Speaker:

Simone Brummelhuis (Europe’s Female Business Angel of the year 2021, Fund Director and Partner, Borski Fund)
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Moderator:

Dimitris Tsingos (President, HeBAN)
Panelists:

1. Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou (Partner, Velocity Partners)

2. Nikos Psaltopoulos (COO, MarineTraffic)

3. Panos Siozos (CEO, LearnWorlds)

4. Thanos Papagelis (Founding Member, HeBAN & CEO, Epignosis)

5. Vangelis Mihalopoulos (Founding Member, HeBAN & Co-founder, Yodeck)

6. Yorgos Koutsoyannopoulos (Founding Member, HeBAN & Vice President of Engineering, ANSYS Inc.)
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Moderator:

Selma Prodanovic (Vice President, EBAN)
Panelists:

1. Ali Omar (Finnish Business Angel of the year)

2. Dimitris Tsingos (President, Hellenic Business Angel Network)

3. Marcia Dawood (Angel Capital Association, ACA- USA)

4. Nikolaus Futter (President, Austrian Angel Investors Association)

5. R. Stewart Thompson (Canadian Business Angel of the year)

6. Simone Brummelhuis (Europe’s Female Business Angel of the year)
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Moderator:

Tarek El Kady (Founder & Chair, Med Angels)
Panelists:

1. Lev Dolgatsjov (President, EstBAN)

2. Niamh Sterling (International Syndicates Manager, Halo BAN)

3. Nina Dremelj (President, Business Angels of Slovenia)

4. Reima Linnanvirta, Triind VC
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Moderator:

Andreas Baresel-Bofinger (Founding Member, HeBAN)
Panelists:

1. Emmanouil Moschous (Founding Member, HeBAN & Angel investor)

2. Juan Alvarez de Lara (Chair, EBAN Impact & Founder, GP Origen Ventures Fund)

3. Pedro Lourenço (Early Stage Investor)

4. Christine Bjärkby (Investor and Board Member of EBAN)

5. Ali Omar (Angel investor)

6. Soumaya Ben Beya Dridje (Venture Capitalist, imVentures)
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Speaker:

Ramona Ocak (Policy Officer, Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission)
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Dinner & networking evening for all guests – Zuzu Bar & Restaurant, Caravel Hotel
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Speaker:

Nikolaos Tsoniotis ((Founding Member, HeBAN & Partner, Ideas Forward)
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Speaker:

Dimitrios Kourtesis (Founding Member, HeBAN & Partner, Ideas Forward)
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Speakers:

Panayiotis H. Ketikidis (Co-founder, HeBAN & Board Member, EBAN)

Jacopo Losso (Director of Secretariat, EBAN)
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Speaker:

Yannis Smyrlis (Secretary General for International Economic

Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Chairman of Enterprise

Greece)
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Speaker:

Mr. Christos Dimas (Deputy Minister for Research and Technology, Ministry of Development and Investments)
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Speaker:

Peter Jungen (Emeritus President, EBAN & Founding President of BAND)
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Moderator:

Charles Sidman (Managing Partner, ECS Capital Partner)
Panelists:

1. Apostolos Apostolakis (Partner, VentureFriends)

2. Candace Johnson (Emeritus President, EBAN)

3. Israel Pons (CEO and Co-founder, Angels NEST Global)

4. Peter Jungen (Emeritus President, EBAN & Founding President of BAND)

5. Robert Ługowski (Founder & Managing Partner, CobinAngels)

6. Tomi Davies (TD), President – African Business Angels Network (ABAN)
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Speaker:

R. Stewart Thompson (Chairman and CEO, Valhalla Private

Capital & Canadian Business Angel of the year 2014)
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Moderator:

Agis Chiliarchopoulos (HeBAN Founding Member)
Panelists:

1. Apostolos Apostolakis (Partner, VentureFriends)

2. Dimitris Maroulis (Partner, Genesis Ventures)

3. Giorgos Karantonis (Partner, Metavallon)

4. Katerina Pramatari (Partner, Uni.fund)

5. Panos Papadopoulos (Partner, Marathon VC)
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        ["title"]=>
        string(79) "Promoting gender diversity in angel investing and entrepreneurship communities "
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Moderator:

Elina Koutsouradi (Executive Board Member of HeBAN)
Panelists:

1. Alexandra Nitzlader (Regional Manager Austria, FASE)

2. Anna Fedulow (Founder, Croton Capital)

3. Nina Portier Reinhart (Co-Founder, Reinhart Capital VC)

4. Marcel Dridje (EBAN Board Member)

5. Maria Hala (Head, Female Founders’ Startups Cluster, ICC Women Hellas)
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Moderator:

Peter Braun (Board Member, EBAN)
Panelists:

1. Arif Akdag (Board Member, Galata Business Angels)

2. Gytenis Galkis (President, Lithuanian BAN)

3. Helmuts Lejnieks, (President, LatBAN)

4. Marcel Dridje (EBAN Board Member)

5. Nick Gonios, Angel Investor & Serial Tech Entrepreneur

6. Rui Falcao Escorrega, Angel Investor & Founder of COREangels
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Moderator:

Amparo de San José Riestra (Entrepreneurship Program Manager, EIT Food)
Panelists:

1. Annukka Mickelsson (Chair, Finnish Business Angels Network)

2. Christine Bjärkby (Investor and Board member of EBAN)

3. Dimitrios Kourtesis (Founding Member, HeBAN & Partner, Ideas Forward)

4. Milen Ivanov (Founder, CEO Angels Club)

5. Pedro Bandeira (Vice President Investors Portugal)

6. Stergios Anastasiadis (Partner, Genesis Ventures)
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Moderator:

Sotiris Karagiannis, (HeBAN Founding member)
Panelists:

1. Albert Colomer i Espinet (President and Founder, Catalonia BAN)

2. Guri Koiava (Co-Founder Axel – Georgian BAN)

3. Kostas Fouskas (HeBAN member & Associate Prof. at UoM)

4. Marco Veremis (Partner, BigPi)

5. Selma Prodanovic (Vice President, EBAN)
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Moderator:

Ricardo Luz, (President of Invicta Angels)
Panelists:

1. Argyrios Spyridis (CEO at Anthology Ventures & Founding member of HeBAN)

2. Nicolas Rouhana (General Manager, IM Capital)

3. Peter Csillag (President, Hungarian BAN)

4. Reima Linnanvirta, Triind VC

5. Petr Šíma (Investor & Partner at DEPO Angels)
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Speakers:

Hugo Ramos (Venture Catalyst, Co-Founder and Partner Matching Ventures)

Ricardo Luz (President of Invicta Angels)
View Workshop Overview
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Speaker:

Marcia Dawood (Chair, Angel Capital Association)
View Workshop Overview
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Organizers:

Panayiotis H. Ketikidis (Co-founder, HeBAN & Board Member, EBAN)

Georgios Filiopoulos (CEO, Enterprise Greece)

Jacopo Losso (Director of Secretariat, EBAN)
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