PRESS RELEASE
Workshop “Openness to Startups”
The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Working Group of the Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCCI) and the Athens Startup Business Incubator (THEAthens Startup Business Incubator), in collaboration with the Enterprise Europe Network-Hellas, invite you on 29/06/2016 at 17:00 to a conference on the topic “Openness to Startups” in the room of the Startup Business Incubator (THEA) at 45 Kefallinias Street, Athens (map).
Business models that use open licenses are an integral part of modern business activity. Given that most startups use open software or produce open content (software, music, images or even content), the conference aims to present the basic principles behind open licenses and open business models.
• Introduction to open licenses – What they are, where they are used, what topics they cover
• What are the advantages of an open license?
• What a startup should pay attention to when choosing open licenses
• What are open business models and why are they necessary?
• What are the key elements of training and evaluating open business models, i.e. models based on open technologies, software, content or data?
• Designing business models (Open Business Model)
• Implementing a business idea based on the Open Business Model
Participation in the conference is free and you can register here.
For the Enterprise Europe Network-Hellas
The National Documentation Center, the Greek hub of the global Enterprise Europe Network (www.enterprise-hellas.gr, http://een.ec.europa.eu), provides comprehensive business support services to businesses with an extroverted and innovative orientation, with the aim of strengthening their competitiveness.
The Enterprise Europe Network-Hellas, which has been operating since 2008, with the support of the European Commission, consists of 12 organizations (research and technology organizations, business associations, chambers, development company), distributed throughout the country, which facilitate businesses' access to new markets, access to private and public financing, technology transfer, innovation management, alignment with European policies and the participation of companies in consultations on new policy initiatives.
The network explores opportunities for Greek businesses in more than 60 countries, without any financial burden. It collaborates with a multitude of national organizations to support businesses.
For the Greek Orthodox Church/Catholic Church
The non-profit Free Software/Open Source Software Association (http://eellak.gr/, EELK/LAK) was founded in 2008 by 25 Universities, Research Centers and Technological Institutes. EELK/LAK's main objective is to contribute to the promotion and development of Free Software, Open Content and Open Architecture Technologies in the fields of education, the public sector and businesses in Greece, while at the same time operating as a knowledge center and dialogue platform for open technologies. It represents Creative Commons, is a founding member of COMMUNIA, FAB LAB ATHENS (http://fablabathens.gr/) and a member of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Network.
