TF 2024 | Program

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11th Technology Forum

25th April | Thursday
Ioannis Vellidis’ Congress Centre

09:00 -09:30

REGISTRATIONS

09:30 – 09:45

OPENING

Nikolaos Tzollas

Vice-Governor, Region of Central Macedonia

Νικόλαος Τζόλλας

Anastasios Tzikas

President HELEXPO S.A

Anastasios Tzikas

TECHNOLOGY FORUM MAIN SPEECHES

Moderator: Konstantinos Tramantzas

9:45 – 10:15

Selma Prodanovic

Selma Prodanovic

Founder of 1MillionStartups and Invest, Austria

Leveraging Public Investments: The Strategic Edge of Angel Investing in Tech

10:15 – 10:45

Sevdalina Voynova

Sevdalina Voynova

Director of Programmes at Sofia Development Association

Changing the grand narrative of a city

10:45 – 11:15

Tsitsamis Dimitrios

Dr. Dimitris Tsitsamis MSc, PhD

Head of Innovation Department
ThPA S.A. – Port of Thessaloniki

Revolutionizing Ports: The Journey from R&D to Open Innovation

11:15 – 11:30

light lunch

COFFEE BREAK

11:30 – 12:40

OPEN INNOVATION CHALLENGES

Moderator: Periklis Chatzimisios

11:30 – 11:40

Toli Lerios

Toli Lerios

Serial Entrepreneur

The Fundamentals of the Innovation
Challenges Framework

11:40 – 12:40

CONFLUENCE CHALLENGES

11:40 – 12:00

Alumil logo

Alumil Representative

Results and improvements from the open innovation action:
“Confluence Challenges”

12:00 – 12:10

exanta logo
pavlos exanda

Pavlos Sermpezis

Exanta co-founder

Advanced Sales Forecasting

12:10 – 12:20

HazLab
Δήμου Haz

Anastasios Dimou

Postdoctoral Researcher, Visual Computing Lab CERTH/ITI

Smart labelling for Hazardous Substances

12:20 – 12:30

Certh logo
Olympia Kotrotsiou

Olympia Kotrotsiou

Researcher, Laboratory of Polymer Reaction Engineering, CERTH

Improved methods for painting composite materials

12:30 – 12:40

Olympia Kotrotsiou
Q&A

12:40 – 13:40

light lunch
LIGHT LUNCH

13:40 – 15:35

IFS logo

INNOVATION FOR SOCIETY AWARDS (IFS 2024)
NEW CHALLENGES

Moderator: Simeon Veloudis

13:40 – 14:00

OSLO logo
Stavros Mantzanakis

Stavros Mantzanakis

O.S.L.O., Region of Central Macedonia (TBC)

Innovation for Society Awards process description

14:00 – 14:10

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D Loulas Akritas

Dimitris Loulas

Head of Project Management Office in AKRITAS S.A.

Transition of production and management
of product samples to the new digital age

14:10 – 14:20

Alumil logo
Giannis Tsoulfaidis

Giannis Tsoulfaidis

Corporate Production & Safety Director, ALUMIL S.A.

Corrosion Potential Determination
in Extruded Aluminium Profiles

14:20 – 14:30

Bios Agrosystems logo
Giannis Tsoulfaidis

Iraklis Alatsidis

General Manager, BIOS AGROSYSTEMS S.A.

Digital Moisture Measurement
Tools for Seedcotton Mass

14:30 – 14:40

Diopas logo
Giannis Tsoulfaidis

Magdalini Diamantidou

Marketing & Project Coordinator of DIOPAS S.A.

New Ecological Material for the impregnation
of Aquaculture Nets to replace antifouling

14:40 – 14:50

InfoTeam logo
Dr. Alex Papadimitriou Managing Director, Infoteam

Dr. Alex Papadimitriou

Managing Director, Infoteam HELLAS MIKE

Bridging the Gap: A Challenge to Transform
Junior Programmers into High-Performing Developers

14:50 – 15:05

Innovation for society awards
Olympia Kotrotsiou
Q&A

15:05 – 15:35

light lunch
COFFEE BREAK

15:35 – 17:00

IFS logo

INNOVATION FOR SOCIETY AWARDS (IFS 2024)
NEW CHALLENGES

15:35 – 15:45

isomat
ISOMAT_Valais Efthimis

Efthymis Valais

Assistant Technical Director, Isomat S.A.

Energy mix management planning aimed
at reducing the company’s carbon footprint

15:45 – 15:55

K and N Eftymiadis logo
Georgios Mavridis Operations Director, K&N Efthimiadis

Georgios Mavridis

Operations Director,
K&N Efthymiadis S.A.

Factory Avatar

15:55 – 16:05

Olympia electronics logo
Lena Maravellia

Elena Maravelia

Investment Project Manager, Olympia Electronics S.A.

Automatization and productivity enhancement
with a focus on automated assembly components

16:05 – 16:15

Siemens logo
Semira Maria Evangelou

Semira Maria Evangelou

Senior Software Engineer,
Siemens S.A.

Mobile Tenant App: Enhancing Tenant Experience and Energy Efficiency

16:15 – 16:25

ThPA logo
Dr Dimitris Tsitsamis

Dr. Dimitris Tsitsamis MSc, PhD

Head of Innovation Department Thpa S.A. – Port of Thessaloniki

Dynamic and Collaborative Truck appointment
System in Container Terminals and Warehouses

16:25 – 16:40

Innovation for society awards
Olympia Kotrotsiou
Q&A

16:40 – 17:00

light lunch
COFFEE BREAK

17:00 – 18:30

OPEN INNOVATION CHALLENGES: ROUND TABLE

Round Table 1

17:00 – 17:45

Moderator:
Toli Lerios
The tactical perspective of Open Innovation: how business, research, and academia turn policies into added value
  1. Simos Diamantidis
    President, Greek Exporters Association
  2. Dimitrios Tzovaras
    President, CERTH
  3.  Nikos Efthymiadis
    President, Thess INTEC (TBC)
  4.  Kyriakos Yakinthos
    Vice-Rector of Research & Innovation, AUTH
  5.  Theofilos Mylonas
    President, SEPVE
  6.  Alumil representative

Round Table 2

17:45 – 18:30

Moderator:
Stavros Mantzanakis

The strategic perspective of Open Innovation: defining national, regional, and local policies 

  1. Dimitrios Papastergiou
    Minister, Digital Governance of Greece
  2. Stelios Aggeloudis
    Mayor, Thessaloniki Municipality
  3.  Nikolaos Tzollas
    Vice-Governor, Region of Central Macedonia
  4.  Anastasios Tzikas
    President, HELEXPO S.A.
  5. Panagiotis Ketikidis
    President, Alexander Innovation Zone

18:30 – 19:00

 Unveiling Innovation Funding: A Catalyst for Breakthroughs

18:30 – 18:50

Dr Vangelis Kosmidis

Dr Vangelis Kosmidis

CEO and General Partner, Loggerhead Ventures VC

Loggerhead: First Climate-Focused Venture Capital
in the Greek Ecosystem for Deep Tech Startups
Locally and Globally

Antigoni Lymperopoulou

Antigoni Lymperopoulou

Chief Executive Officer, HDBI S.A.

Panayiotis Hassapis

Panayiotis Hassapis

Investment Committee Member, Loggerhead Ventures VC

18:50 – 19:00

Chatzikostas

Grigoris Chatzikostas

 General Partner, Loggerhead Ventures VC

Flow and Selection Criteria

19:00

light lunch

 Official Launch – Cocktail & Light Snack

Silver Sponsors

National Bank of Greece
Loggerhead Ventures VC
First Spark Ventures Text Logo
The Lerios Family

Sponsors

infoteam