Programme - Enterprise Europe Network 2012 Annual Conference
Programme - Enterprise Europe Network 2012 Annual Conference
Programme - Enterprise Europe Network 2012 Annual Conference
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Day 1<br />
Opening Session<br />
Monday 22 October <strong>2012</strong> | 10:00 – 12:30<br />
VENUE: CORAL BEACH HOTEL & RESORT, PAPHOS<br />
08:30-10:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee<br />
10:00-10:45 Opening Session (Room AKAMAS)<br />
Welcome Speeches:<br />
Vasileios Tsakalos<br />
Director General, Research Promotion Foundation<br />
Phidias Pilides<br />
President, Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry<br />
Neoklis Sylikiotis<br />
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Cyprus<br />
Joanna Drake<br />
Director and Deputy SME Envoy, <strong>Europe</strong>an Commission,<br />
DG <strong>Enterprise</strong> and Industry<br />
Moderators:<br />
Hussein Sattaf<br />
Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation<br />
Marilena Paraskeva<br />
Research Promotion Foundation<br />
10:45-11:15 <strong>Network</strong>ing Coffee Break<br />
11:15-12:00 Keynote Speech:<br />
Professor Constantinos Markides<br />
Robert Bauman Chair in Strategic Leadership<br />
London Business School<br />
12:00-12:30 <strong>Network</strong> Stars Awards Ceremony<br />
12:30-14:30 <strong>Network</strong>ing Lunch (Armonia Restaurant)<br />
<strong>Network</strong> Stars Awards Nominees<br />
The <strong>Network</strong> Stars Awards honour inspiring examples of how the <strong>Network</strong> helps<br />
companies to make the most of their opportunities in the <strong>Europe</strong>an Union.<br />
New Horizons category<br />
• Giving old tyres a new life<br />
Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Austria<br />
Lublin University of Technology, Poland<br />
• Guided tours for digital age<br />
<strong>Europe</strong>- and Innovation Centre Trier, Germany<br />
Innovation Centre, Iceland<br />
• Cruise ship ceilings offer perfect backdrops for painted skies<br />
Aries, Italy<br />
Economic Chamber of Carinthia, Austria<br />
Money Matters category<br />
• Linking up to save lives<br />
Exemplas, United Kindgom<br />
Europa Institutet, Sweden<br />
• Opportunities mushroom up for imaging firms<br />
Research Promotion Foundation, Cyprus<br />
• Uncorking new possibilities<br />
Acció, Spain<br />
Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum, Germany<br />
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