The actions of the SEKEE for extroversion and development have been announced
Within the first year of operation of the Association, the number of its members was doubled, from 32 to 64, developing cooperative initiatives that serve three main objectives:
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Expanding the presence – activities of members in the international market
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Facilitate access to venture capital
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Collaborative networking with each other
In the context of the General Assembly, three substitute members were nominated for the further staffing of the Board of Directors, with an electronic voting process. Messrs.: Vatikiotis Municipality (ATCOM), Koskinas Nikos (LOCOTEL) and Stathakopoulos Yiannis (AUDIOTEX) were elected.
After the end of the formal procedure of the General Assembly, an open presentation of the activities of the Association followed, with the coordinator of the General Director, Mr. Yiannis K. Giannarakis and invited organizations participating in the wider “ecosystem” of the SEKEE, as well as press representatives. The participants come from the mobile industry, investment funds (funds) and consulting companies, who actively participated in a dialogue to formulate the next steps of the Association. Mr. Giorgos Stephanopoulos, General Director of EEKT, addressed a greeting.
The president of SEKEE, Mr. Kostis Papadimitrakopoulos, presenting the actions of the Association, described him as the “generator” of a cluster, as its main axis consists in the interface of the companies and the hatching of new collaborations proposed by the Association.
Mr. Christos Georgopoulos, member of the Board of Directors, referred to the extroverted orientation of the Association, which was marked with workshops, the business mission and the creation of membership offices in Silicon Valley, as well as the planning of their wider presence in Other interesting foreign markets through business missions and coordinated presence at selected exhibitions.
Mr. Haris Karonis, member of the Board of Directors, presented the Association’s interventions for electronic transactions, electronic invoicing and other institutional actions.
Mr. G. Karantonis and D. Christakos referred to the interventions of SEKEE to facilitate the financing of its members from development funds, from the banking area and from venture capital.
Finally, Mr. A. Maglis, President & CEO of Atlantis Consulting SA, presented the Hellenic Mobile Cluster (HMC) which is being developed in collaboration with SEKEE and aims to serve the needs of businesses, which already participate in the Association. This planning focuses on the development of the competitiveness of the Ecosystem of the SEKEE businesses.
