Thessaloniki Innovation Internationalization FORUMED

18 October 2012

TCCI – Thessaloniki

Morning Session– TCCI conferences room-  Open event on Innovation

• Innovation and SMEs ,  Eleftherios Iakovou,  Professor of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Director of the Division of Industrial management /  President of Alexandrian Innovation Zone S.A.

• Co-working spaces as a leverage for the development of innovative SMEs– Spiros Capetanakis, Entrepreneur co-creator of CoLab  Workspace

• The context  as a crucial factor of Innovation, Nikos Katsiadakis, Head of the Liaison Ofiice of the Centre of Research and Technology Hellas

• Enhancing Innovation, Georgios Gatos, Business Developer , Investment Officer at Thermi Ventures (Venture Capital) – to be confirmed

• Presentation of the experience of  one or two SMEs participating in the pilot project  as  a best practice on innovation 

Morning Session– TCCI conferences room-  Open event on Internationalization

• Networking of SMEs: the way of Internationalization, Emmanuel Vlachogiannis, 1^st Vice – President of the TCCI / Member of the General Council of World Chambers Federation

• Internationalization and global crisis, Ioannis Chatzidimitriou, Rector of the University of Macedonia, professor of Business Economics

• The Continuous Vocational Training as a tool for SME’s Internationalization, Expert of the European Center for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) – to be confirmed

• Trade Fairs as a means for SMEs Internationalization, Kiriakos Pozrikidis, General Director of the International Trade Faire of Thessaloniki S.a.

• Presentation of the experience of  one or two SMEs participating in the pilot project  as  a best practice on internationalization 

Buffet lunch for all participants at the TCCI premises

Afternoon Session, B2B

–  Pre – arranged business meetings among participating companies

Coffee break

Afternoon Session , B2B

–  Pre – arranged business meetings among participating companies

21:00

Networking dinner for all participants offered by the TCCI (restaurant)

19 October 2012

Study visit at the premises of the Company ‘’BETA CAE SYSTEMS’’ (http://www.beta-cae.gr), which creates software for big automotive European industries and represents a significant case of innovative and extrovert SME in the Region of Central Macedonia, based in Thessaloniki

Buffet Lunch at the TCCI premises

Coffee break

17:00 -19:00

Steering Committee Meeting