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Coworking spaces, social entrepreneurship and the future of Europe      

 
Dear Guest,

We would like to extend an invitation to you for the upcoming #EULesvos Dialogue taking place on Monday, 9 May at the Mytilini Theatre, Lesvos.

It will be our great pleasure to have your good self present, as we have an open discussion around how we collectively create an inclusive and enabling environment for refugees through coworking spaces, with a focus on mHealth.
 
Event Details:

Coworking spaces, social entrepreneurship and the future of Europe
Monday, 9 May from 11am till 18h00

Where:
Mytlini Theatre
Lesvos 

The theme of our event is #EULesvos: Creating an inclusive and enabling environment for refugees


Agenda

 

Time
 
10:30-11:00:
 
11:00-11.30:
 

 
11.30-11.45:
 

11.45-12:15:
 
 
 
 
 

12:15-13:00:
 
 
 
 

13:00-13:20:
 
13:20-14:05:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


14:05-15.00
 
15.00-16:00:



16:00-16.40



16.40-17.00
 
17:00-17.45:


 
 
 
 
 
 
17.45: 
Sunday, May 9th
 
Registration and Coffee
 
Opening remarks: Mayor of Mytilene - Welcome and Introductions
Introduction: Organizers
 
Key note speaker/thought leader insights refugees #refolution
 
(Creating an enabling environment)- Launch of Lesvos Innovation Hub – Paul Keursten / Vasili
- S2M as a platform – Lenneke van Rossum
- A 3 month program - ?
- Competition - entrepreneurial refugees"
 
 
Panel discussion: EU -Refugee Crisis: turning a crisis into an opportunity: Entrepreneurship,
Competitiveness and Local Development
- Weston Hankins – Refugees on Rails,
- Patrizio Nissirio – ANSA
 
Break
 
Panel discussion :Coworking spaces as catalysts for change - creating an enabling environment for cocreation, integration and self sustainable solutions: From Refugee to Entrepreneur
- Michaela Kromer – Delite Labs
- Felipe Goycoolea – Millepiani
- Paul Keursten – Open (Possisbly Skype)
- Basak Saral – UNDP
- Impact Hub Athens
 
Lunch
 
Workshop – Arthur van der Graaf video (kids, artists and refugees – incubator for immigrants)


Pitching of existing solutions (or discussions?) / feel good local examples of people / NGO’s


Break
 
Panel discussion: Building successful corporate / government / NGO partnerships - lessons to build win / win partnerships / access to market (mHealth Solutions)
- Alexander Theodoridis – Boroume
- Ting Shih – ClickMedix
- Hera Hussain – EmpowerHack
- Stavros Messinis – The Cube
 
Concluding remarks 
 
Visions2Ventures is an African-centered venture capital and bespoke advisory firm, focused on investment readiness and market access for high impact tech entrepreneurs. Our vision is to enable socially driven tech start ups to flourish into successful, high impact businesses that shape an inclusive and sustainable future.
Vasili Sofiadellis is a Silicon Cape Board Member and a member of EBAN's European Impact Investment Committee

BeyondCSRNet (Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility Network) London-Athens, is a startup non for profit organization that links today’s enterprises to tomorrow’s business models inspired by UN’s SD/Global Goals, by turning CSR into an Impact Investment Tool for Social Change. Member of: The Finance Lab (UK), ITU's Group on Innovation & Entrepreneurship/Agora (Greek Ecosystem), Impact Hub, Alumni Mentors Network of the University of Warwick, UN Empower Women






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