With a significant development of its activities in the international landscape and more than 80 members, SEKEE, the association of businesses that create applications and services on mobile devices, continues its course.
The members of the Association met at 4th Regular Accounting General Assembly of SEKEE, which took place on Thursday29 May 2014 at the Innovation Hub and Entrepreneurship InnovAthens.
The president of SEKEE,Kostis Papadimitrakopoulos, referred to the progress and perspectives of the Association so far,
The Vice President Markos Veremis, in the international entrepreneurship of the sector,
The Vice-President Haris Karonis, in the problems and opportunities created for new businesses in the sector,
The General SecretaryGiorgos Karantonis, in the initiatives to promote the research and development of new products by the member companies,
The treasurerVangelis Antoniadis, gave the financial review of 2013 and
The head of the committee of new membersStratis Apergis, presented the new members of SEKEE.
From the members of the Board of Directors and the General Manager Yiannis K. Giannarakis, special reference was made to 4 important points of the successful course of SEKEE:
- In the participation for the second year in a row at the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona with a national stand, through which synergies and a successful and distinct presence in the international arena emerged again.
- In the development of the actions of the Hellenic Mobile Cluster, the collaborative formation of businesses, research and other bodies in the sector.
- In the joint actions under the title SYNERGIES, carried out together with other associations of innovative companies, such as the presence in international exhibitions, business missions, with the most important participation in the innovation and extroversion hub InnovAthens.
- In the organization of workshops and informative meetings with topics that concern the members and in which the wider ecosystem of innovation participates.
Adapting the activities of its members in the international market, SEKEE decided to create thematic committees by area of activities of its members (health, electronic transactions, transport, etc.) that will be staffed by specialized executives from the member companies and in which others are invited to participate stakeholders of the wider ecosystem.
At the General Assembly, the inclusion of 8 new members in the Association was ratified. Their representatives presented their activities. The new members of 2014 are the companies:
Softoneandupcom(regular members)
Accusonus, Econais, Jupitee, Pinnatta, Sboing
The General Assembly of SEKEE was greeted by the president of EETTKonstantinos Louropoulos, who highlighted the new landscape of communications and their importance for the development of the economy while at the same time congratulating SEKEE for the His initiatives, especially for the Greek participation in Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona, which received the support of the Greek state and EETT.
Afterwards, a special event was held in which the participation in MWC2014 was presented and there was an exchange of experience by the participants, followed by a presentation of the Strategy & of Innovation and New Entrepreneurship Policies by the Innovation Coordinator of the Ministry of Innovation of ICT for the E.P. REPEAK & Special Advisor of the Ministry of ICT in matters of ICT Ioanni Dimitriadis.
The event closed to the sounds of jazz from the jazz festival that started the same day at the “Technopolis” area.
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