The U.S. – Greece Incubator Connector was organized by the Economic & Commercial Affairs Office of the Consulate General of Greece in San Francisco, with the cooperation of the Hellenic Emerging Technologies Industry Association, in partnership with the U.S. Commercial Service.

Being on the forefront of innovation and tech development, the United States – and Silicon Valley in particular, stand out as one of the leading destinations for startups around the world in pursuit of knowledge, best practices and opportunities for growth. As Greece continues to strengthen its innovation ecosystem, this event focused on providing Greek startup companies with a better understanding of the services incubators and accelerators based in the West Coast offer.

Agenda:

• Daphne Vitsikounaki, Head of the Economic & Commercial Affairs Office, Consulate General of Greece in San Francisco
• Yuri Arthur, Senior Commercial Officer, United States Embassy in Athens
• Sotiris Bantas, VP, HETIA & CEO, Centaur

The following incubators presented their operations and opportunities:

CoMotion, Seattle, WA, https://comotion.uw.edu

• Ashlee Esteban, Senior Manager 
• Ulysis Rivera, Manager – Life Sciences Incubator 
• Brady Ryan, Manager – Hardware Incubator 

BoomStartup, Salt Lake City, UT, https://boomstartup.com

• Tara Spalding, Managing Director 

Innosphere Ventures, Fort Collins, CO, https://innosphereventures.org

• Mike Freeman, General Partner 
• Federico Gobi, 

Mind the Bridge, San Francisco, CA, https://mindthebridge.com

• Giovanni Martinez, Lead MTB for Governments and LATAM Innovation Advisor 

IndieBio, San Francisco, CA, https://indiebio.co

• Alex Kopelyan, PharmD, Senior Director & Partner 

Plug and Play Tech Center, Sunnyvale, CA, https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/

• Jakob Gaard, International Partnerships 

To contact our organizing partners, please use the following email addresses:

• US Commercial Service (Greece), Yuri Arthur, 
• US Commercial Service (US), Douglas Wallace, 

HETiA is proudly sponsoring this exciting webinar, where leading innovators in sensors and the Internet-of-Things will provide a unique of overview of latest advances for the connected and resilient Industry and Supply Chain. Learn about solutions ready to deploy at your plant or facility, to gain remote visibility, control, efficiency and resiliency against supply chain disruptions brought by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Agenda:

ES Systems S.A.

Theodoros Athanasopoulos, Technical Director

• Smart Sensors and Smart Data Acquisition Systems for industrial and harsh environment applications (Case studies: condition monitoring & environmental sensors)
• Connectivity and data transmission challenges
• Edge processing and data preparation for AI and ML

Centaur Analytics Inc.

Dimitris Halatsis, Chief Engineer

• Cloud data streams and analytics
• Data Security
• Asset Tracking
• Remote Device management – OTA updates

Prisma Electronics SA will provide interesting information for the following activities and services, such as: – PCB Design & Assembly – Cables & Harnessing Design & Assembly – Device/System Manufacture, Assembly, Integration & Testing (MAIT) – On-site Support Services – Test Aid (Devices) Design & Manufacturing.

Agenda:

• Company Profile Presentation – Metaxoudis Eleftherios
• In Depth Approach of EMS – Kalaitzidis Panagiotis
• Future Perspectives – Giordamlis Christos

SIMTEC, the leading certified channel partner of Ansys in SE Europe, presents Ansys Simulation solutions. The webinar is addressed to engineers from Companies in the designing process, or in the Research and Development (R&D) of innovative new products and processes. Join us to learn how engineers use Ansys simulation,

– Computational Fluid Dynamics
– Structures Finite Element Analysis
– High and Low Frequency Electromagnetics and Electronics Simulation

Agenda:

20′ Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Dimitris Papas, Technical Manager Fluids & Structures
20′ Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Dimitris Papas, Technical Manager Fluids & Structures
20′ Electronics, Vasilis Gerakis, Technical Manager Electronics