Crowdpolicy at the 2nd virtual Panorama of Entrepreneurship and Career Development
|October 7–9, 2021|
The 2nd Virtual Panorama of Entrepreneurship and Career Development was completed on October 9, 2021. It is the largest multi-conference on youth entrepreneurship and career orientation, organised by Professor Iordanis Ladopoulos, Athens University of Economics and Business, and the Research Centre for Strategic Business Administration and Entrepreneurship.
The Virtual Panorama of Entrepreneurship and Career Development is the most important online meeting of young people aged 18–30 and the business world on a very interactive and impressive platform. It is a continuation of the events that took place for nine years at the Athens Concert Hall, enabling young people to attend virtual Career Days with the participation of 40+ leading companies and a rich program of speeches and panel discussions with 200+ speakers, such as Managing Directors, Human Resources Managers, Senior Executives of companies, Technology People, Startuppers etc.
The goal of the Virtual Panorama of Entrepreneurship and Career Development is to inform young people about current and future trends and opportunities in the labour market, to inspire them with success stories and to help them find the career path that suits them best.
In the context of the 2nd Virtual Panorama of Entrepreneurship and Career Development, on Thursday, October 7, 2021, Crowdpolicy organised 2 talk sessions.
1st session: OPEN INNOVATION
Speaker: Vicky Foteinou - Program Manager, Crowdpolicy
Title: “Fintech innovation, the ecosystem and opportunities in Greece”
During the 1st session, the Visa SEE Innovation Program was presented, a collaboration between Visa and Crowdpolicy, which is expanding and growing successfully.
The Visa Innovation Program provides startups (preliminary phase, implementation phase and investment cycle A) with an accelerated program to test, validate, co-create and make available innovative products in collaboration with Visa and its global network of partners, thus significantly reducing the process steps required for a product to reach the market. The Visa Innovation Program was first launched in 2018 and has attracted more than 300 candidate companies to date, while 30 of them have reached the stage of Proof of Concept, pilot testing and market access actions, utilising the customer-centric approach and design thinking methodology.
Expanding to the region of South East Europe, the program is accessible to a broader fintech community and offers participating banks, non-bank financial institutions and merchants access to state-of-the-art innovative solutions proposed by local fintechs. At the same time, it provides startups with first-hand know-how, access to reliable technological resources and guidance for the implementation of paid pilot projects with the partners of the Program.
Watch the video with the presentation of Visa Innovation Program:
2nd session: BLOCKCHAIN PANEL
Blockchain panel speakers:
- Georgios Karamanolis - Co-Founder & CTO/CIO at Crowdpolicy & FintelioX - Chairman of Hellenic Blockchain Hub, Introduction of Financial technology and blockchain technologies
- Marisa Meliou - Group Audit Director, OPAP, The Future of Finance & Crypto talking about CBDCs & Stablecoins, Tokenization, DeFi, CEX vs. DEX, Crypto asset regulation, OR
- Georgios Panou - Head of Innovation Center, Eurobank SA, Blockchain & Digital Identity (R) evolution
Title: “Fintech innovation and blockchain ecosystem in Greece”
The aim of the Blockchain panel was to present the development of blockchain technologies in Greece, to share ideas and proposals, and to highlight business opportunities and digital transformation actions in Greek society and the economy based on decentralised technologies, as well as job opportunities around blockchain technology.
Moderator of the panel: Georgios - Andreas Kougianos, Hellenic Blockchain Hub.
Watch the video of the speeches:
Related Links:
- Panorama of Entrepreneurship and Career Development: https://pan-orama.org/
- Crowdpolicy: https://www.crowdpolicy.com/el/
- Hellenic Blockchain Hub: https://www.blockchain.org.gr/home/
- Visa: https://www.visa.gr/
- Visa Innovation Program: https://visainnovationprogram.com/
