We would like to invite you to the Greek Welcome Barbeque, the first event of the Hellenic Association at Stanford for the current academic year.
The event will take place on Sunday, October 18th at 1p.m., in the area between Studios 5,6 at Escondido Village.
You can find a map here.
We will be happy to see you all there!
Hellenic Association at Stanford
Join us for a farewell/graduation BBQ to celebrate the end of the academic year and the graduation of our fellow students!
The event will take place on Sunday, June 14th at 6:30 p.m. at the lounge between studio 5 & 6 at Escondido Village ( map ).
Please, feel free to bring your family and friends!
We will be happy to see you all there!
All material from the Bridging the Gap Workshop - Entrepreneurship in Greece and Synergies with Silicon Valley (including videos and presentation slides) has been posted online.
You can access it at http://stanford.edu/group/hellas/btg09 .
As part of International Week 2009 please join us for the re-edition of FireOnFireFest, a multinational BBQ party bringing together the outdoor cuisines from Turkey, Greece, Mexico, Germany and Iran. We will have grilling teams from different countries making sure you have the time to relax and talk for hours to people from of all over the world, while you endlessly snack on our delicatessen from the grill, including veggies! We will also have outdoor dancing to the beats of the participating countries.
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Saturday May 16
5pm-11pm
Bechtel I-Center Backyard ( map )
Guests without a Stanford ID are welcome but they MUST RSVP!
Please RSVP & help us plan by replying via the Facebook link below:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=85499368899&ref=nf
Alcohol will be served. 21+ to drink.
This event is brought to you by the Graduate Student Council and the Bechtel International Center.
Join us for the Easter 2009 Celebrations on April 18 & 19!
On Holy Saturday, we will have the “Mageiritsa” event, that will take place in the Elliot Program Center at Stanford University. The event will start around 12:30 am, right after the Pascha Liturgy ( map ).
On Easter Sunday, we will have the Easter event with the traditional roasted lamp, taking place on the back side of the Blackwelder building of the Escondido village in the campus of Stanford University ( map ).
Feel free to contac us if you need further information.
We hope to see you all there!
Update : Videos, presentations and more details are now online! Visit http://stanford.edu/group/hellas/btg09 .
Update : Note Room Change due to high participation! Workshop schedule attached here, Complete list of speakers/panelists below.
There will be a live video stream during the workshop. Register at http://stanford-hellas.eventbrite.com .
RSVP to http://stanford-hellas.eventbrite.com .
A workshop to discuss emerging technology oriented ventures in Greece and potential synergies with Silicon Valley to foster innovation and growth.
Organized by The Hellenic Association at Stanford (Hell.A.S.) in collaboration with the Corallia Clusters Initiative, HSIA (Hellenic Semiconductor Industry Association), TANEO (New Economy Development Fund) and Silicon Valley High Tech Professionals.
Presentation of the current entrepreneurship status in Greece: Entrepreneurial models tested in Greece: Success and Failure stories. Potential sources of capital in Greece: Government, E.U. entities and Private Institutions - Key Players. Industries served, products and services offered and niche markets-opportunities. Typical financing and exit schemes. Emerging collaborative initiatives.
Panel: Visibility, Networking and Collaboration to drive innovation and growth in Greece
Panel includes distinguished academics, industry luminaries, venture capital firms and High Tech Startups from Greece & Silicon Valley that will explore the prospects to support a growing momentum in Greece to innovate locally and compete globally.
( Braun Hall, Room 105, Geology Corner-Lomita and Escondido Mall, map : http://tinyurl.com/dxqfyk )
( Parking directions (free on Saturday) : http://tinyurl.com/d6fkxl http://tinyurl.com/dk7mrz )
Keynote: L. Stavropoulos, Special Secretary for Competitiveness, Ministry of Development
Speakers:
Prof. V. Makios, Managing Director, Corallia Clusters Initiatives
Prof. N. Haritakis, CEO, TANEO (New Economy Development Fund)
Dr. N. Zervas, Member of the Board of HSIA (Hellenic Semiconductor Industry Association), CEO at Alma Technologies S.A.
Dr. Y. Koutsoyannopoulos, CEO at Helic, Inc.
A. Kalekos, President & CEO, Conformiq Inc.
G. Papadopoulos, CEO, Attica Ventures
A. Stavropoulos, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
L. Kourtis, Stanford PhD Student, Co-Founder, Biomimedica Inc.
Prof. C. Polychronopoulos, University of Illinois, Founder, Bytemobile Inc.
Prof. C. Spanos, Associate Chair at EECS, University of California-Berkeley
G. Tziralis, Principal Organizer, OpenCoffee Greece
T. Katsioulas, Management Consultant & Entrepreneur
Links:
www.corallia.org http://www.taneo.gr/welcome-eng_20.htm www.antagonistikotita.gr http://www.hellenic-sia.org/ http://opencoffee.gr/ http://esyne.gr www.stanford.edu/group/hellas Under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Competitiveness and the Consulate General of Greece at San FranciscoHi!
We will host our Tsiknopempti BBQ on Sunday February 22nd, starting at 6 p.m. The event will take place at the lounge between Studio 5-6 at Escondido Village ( map ).
Looking forward to see you there!
Happy 2009!
We will host our annual Vasilopita event on Sunday, January 25th from 5-9 p.m. The event will take place at the lounge between studio 5 & 6 at Escondido Village ( map ).
We will be happy to see you all there!
Update: Photos from the event below!
As every year, we welcomed new students with a greek BBQ! Photos from the event below!
