Startup Greece Week
The largest 100% online conference worldwide for startup entrepreneurship, in 2020
The purpose of Startup Greece Week (SGW) was the promotion of entrepreneurial spirit in Greek regions. Every panel session, workshop, and speech focused on important issues around the concepts of entrepreneurship, developing an idea, startups and innovation. Particular emphasis was placed on the key aspects for the growth of the Regions of Greece.
Startup Greece Week took place in May 2020 and it was 100% online. SGW was organized with the voluntary contribution of 60 people in total from the YEC Hubs of Chania, Rethymno, Heraklion, Tripolis, Thessaloniki, and Rhodes, as well as individual teams from the Greek cities of Ioannina, Xanthi, Patras and Kalamata, and other organization's members across Greece.
It was the first of its kind in the Greek scene, with 52 hours in total of live streaming, and included:
Keynote speakers
Steve Vranakis
CCO of Hellenic Republic
Michail Bletsas
Director of computing MIT Lab
Christos Koutras
Journalist of SKAI
Achilleas Gravanis
Professor of pharmacology, Medical School University of Crete, IMBB-FoRTH
Sotiris Karabetsos
Professor UoWA
Giorgos Kolliopoulos
Founder & CEO of Speiron