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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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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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Video projection

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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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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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Agenda

Thursday
June
23
Friday
June
24
09:30 (45m)
Main Stage

Start Day 1 : Registration and welcome coffee

10:15 (30m)
Main Stage

Opening Ceremony

Organizers:
Panayiotis H. Ketikidis (Co-founder of HeBAN & Board Member of EBAN)
Georgios Filiopoulos (CEO, Enterprise Greece)
Jacopo Losso (Director of Secretariat, EBAN)

10:30 (15m)
Main Stage

Welcome address

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

10:45 (15m)
Main Stage

Keynote : Enterprise Greece

Video projection

11:00 (15m)
Main Stage

EBAN : Business Angels Driving the Future of Europe

Speaker:
Selma Prodanovic (Vice President, EBAN)

11:15 (15m)
Main Stage

HeBAN : The Greek startup ecosystem and investor landscape

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

11:30 (30m)
Main Stage

Panel : Co-investing with governments: Aligning interests for win-win investments

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)

12:00 (20m)
Main Stage

Networking - Coffee Break

12:20 (15m)
Main Stage

Keynote : The sustainable transition - Impact investments and how angels can accelerate positive change

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

12:35 (15m)
Main Stage

Keynote : Enterprise Greece

Video projection

12:50 (45m)
Main Stage

Panel : European impact investing for a better world

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)

13:35 (70m)

Networking Lunch

14:45 (15m)
Main Stage

Keynote : From startup to scaleup – The fundamental role business angels play in the innovation ecosystem

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

15:00 (45m)
Main Stage

Panel : Global champions out of Greece – How they were created, where they are leading to, implications for the country’s entrepreneurship ecosystem

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.)

15:45 (45m)
Main Stage

Panel

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)

16:30 (20m)

Networking - Coffee Break

16:50 (45m)
Room 1

Panel : Tips for mastering deal closing and syndication within BANs

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

16:50 (45m)
Room 2

Panel : The journey from inception to exit and how it can impact an ecosystem

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)

17:35 (45m)
Main Stage

Workshop : InvestEU Portal, Tap into Pan-European Dealflow

Speaker:
Ramona Ocak (Policy Officer, Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission)

18:20 (10m)
Main Stage

Closing Day 1

19:00

Dinner & Networking

Dinner & networking evening for all guests – Zuzu Bar & Restaurant, Caravel Hotel

08:45 (30m)
Main Stage

Opening Day 2 : Registration and welcome coffee

09:15 (120m)
Room 1

Pitching : Investor Breakfast and Innovation Showcase – 10 Greek startups + 1 Mediterranean companies

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

09:15 (120m)
Room 2

Pitching : Investor Breakfast and Innovation Showcase – 10 Greek startups + 1 from Mediterranean region

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

11:15 (20m)

Networking - Coffee Break

11:35 (10m)
Main Stage

Opening : Opening Day 2

Speakers:
Panayiotis H. Ketikidis (Co-founder, HeBAN & Board Member, EBAN)
Jacopo Losso (Director of Secretariat, EBAN)

11:45 (15m)
Main Stage

Opening : Opening address

Speaker:
Yannis Smyrlis (Secretary General for International Economic
Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Chairman of Enterprise
Greece)

12:00 (15m)
Main Stage

Keynote

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

12:15 (15m)
Main Stage

Keynote : Angel Investors as a part of the innovation and entrepreneurship framework – foodchain approach

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

12:30 (45m)
Main Stage

Panel : Angel investing opportunities and challenges in the global turmoil

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)

13:15 (90m)

Networking Lunch

14:45 (15m)
Main Stage

Keynote : Post-COVID trends in angel investing

Speaker:
R. Stewart Thompson (Chairman and CEO, Valhalla Private
Capital & Canadian Business Angel of the year 2014)

15:00 (40m)
Room 1

Panel : Greece as a venture capital destination: partnership opportunities between funds and angels

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)

15:00 (40m)
Room 2

Panel : Promoting gender diversity in angel investing and entrepreneurship communities

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)

15:40 (45m)
Room 1

Panel : Cross-border investments: opportunities and challenges

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

15:40 (45m)
Room 2

Panel : Smart finance: The Role of Angels on Startup Boards

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)

16:25 (20m)

Networking - Coffee Break

16:45 (45m)
Room 1

Panel : Leadership in startups: What is 'CEO' material and how investors help founders to get there

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)

16:45 (45m)
Room 2

Panel : Investment models: Equity, Convertible loans, SAFE, revenue-based financing

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)

17:30 (45m)
Room 1

Workshop : Being a venture catalyst: from co-investing to exiting

Speakers:
Hugo Ramos (Venture Catalyst, Co-Founder and Partner Matching Ventures)
Ricardo Luz (President of Invicta Angels)

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17:30 (45m)
Room 2

Workshop : Demystifying angel investing: an introduction to the world of early stage

Speaker:
Marcia Dawood (Chair, Angel Capital Association)

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18:15 (10m)
Main Stage

Closing Day 2

Organizers:
Panayiotis H. Ketikidis (Co-founder, HeBAN & Board Member, EBAN)
Georgios Filiopoulos (CEO, Enterprise Greece)
Jacopo Losso (Director of Secretariat, EBAN)

19:45

Departing for Dinner from Caravel Hotel (by invitation only)

20:30

Dinner for guests (by invitation only)

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