The European Information Center Europe Direct Xanthi, the DUTh Employment and Career Office, Xanthi Tech Lab and Democritus University of Thrace are organizing the event “Youth and Entrepreneurship”, to be held on Saturday, 23/2/2019, at 17:30, in the Meeting Room of the Elisso Hotel in Xanthi, in the presence of MEP Ms. Eva Kaili.
The event aims to highlight ways of connecting young people's Creative Thinking with Entrepreneurship, without geographical limits or other barriers.
Program
The event will include workshops on developing web and mobile hybrid applications, which the public can sign up for free of charge, and presentations by a series of distinguished speakers, including Ms. Eva Kaili, as well as successful entrepreneurs sharing their success stories.
Saturday's program in detail:
15:00–17:00 Pre-Event Workshops: An introduction to web and mobile application development
17:00–17:30 Arrival – Registration
17:30–17:45 “Medilab Open Innovation Actions”
Prof. Panteleimon Botsaris, Europe Direct Xanthi – President of the Regional Council for Research and Innovation of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
17:45–18:00 “Democritus University of Thrace as a Growth Pole for the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace”
Prof. Maria Michalopoulou, Vice Rector, DUTh
18:00–18:45 “EU Policies for Developing Youth Entrepreneurship”
Ms. Eva Kaili, MEP
18:45–19:00 Break – coffee
19:00–19:15 “The importance of the upcoming European Elections for the Future of Europe”
Mr. Kostas Tsoutsoplidis, Press Officer, European Parliament Office in Greece
19:15–19:30 The success story of Apifon
Mr. Lazaros Tzanetos, representative of Apifon
19:30–19:45 The success story of the Classter platform
Mr. Nikos Nikou, Founder and CEO of Vertitech SA
19:45–20:00 “TechLab & First Lego League Xanthi” Dimitris Giannakoudis, Head of Xanthi TechLab
20:00 Questions – Discussion
Source: Europedirect
