With great success and the participation of many businesses from the wider Drama area, who honoured us with their presence, the first event in the series informing businesses about and presenting Digital Transformation solutions concluded, on the theme: “Digital Transformation of Businesses in EMT”.
The event was organised by ena Development Consultants, Supporting Body of the eMT cluster, in collaboration with the Drama Chamber of Commerce and the 18 technology companies that make up the eMT cluster, and took place on Wednesday 1 June 2022 at the modern facilities of the Entrepreneurship Support Unit, Lab.40, of the Drama Chamber of Commerce, in Drama.
A welcome address was given by the President of the Drama Chamber of Commerce, Mr Stefanos Georgiadis, who referred to the development activities of the Chamber and to the contribution of the eMT cluster to the effort to support innovation and entrepreneurship, both in the Drama area and in the wider Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.
The Director of the Lab.40 Unit, Ms Foteini Dimiou, opened the round of talks by presenting the operation and activities of the Entrepreneurship Support Unit and the Business Accelerator, Lab.40.
This was followed by a presentation of the scope and the innovations brought together by the technology ecosystem of the eMT cluster, the first Innovation & Technology cluster in the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, by the project’s Project Manager, Mr Stelios Kotopoulos.
Four (4) of the companies that make up the eMT cluster took part in the event, having the opportunity both to connect with the business community of the Drama area and to present the digital transformation solutions they are developing as part of their participation in the eMT cluster.
More specifically, the following companies took part, with their representatives:
- Act4energy: Its co-founder and manager, Mr Alexandros Eftaxias, presented to participants the potential for reducing businesses’ energy costs through the use of waste.
- Lioncode: Its Managing Partner, Mr Christos Papadakis, referred to the products and services the company has developed to date and to those that will be developed through its participation in the eMT cluster.
- SEEMS: Its co-founder and Advisory Board member, Mr Petros Soukoulias, presented the digital transformation solutions for industrial production in which the company has specialised over the last 5 years.
- FM Epicheirein: Its co-founder and Managing Director, Mr Michalis Pouspourikas, presented the role his company will play as coordinator of the next phase of the eMT cluster.
ena Development Consultants, Supporting Body of the eMT cluster, was represented by its co-founder and Director of Coordination & Development, Mr Stavros Amoiras, who, after a brief reference to the presence and role of ena as a development hub in the Region of E.M.T., presented the available funding instruments that businesses can use to support innovation and entrepreneurship.
At the end of the event, participants had the opportunity to discuss individual issues concerning the digital transformation of their businesses with the speakers, the representatives of the eMT cluster and the member companies that took part, while enjoying a variety of food and fine local wines.
Photos from the Drama event can be found at the link below:
The next stop in the eMT cluster series of information events is the Rodopi Chamber of Professionals & Crafts, on Thursday 16 June in Komotini.
The series concludes with 2 more events, on Wednesday 22 June at the Kavala Chamber of Commerce in Kavala, and on Friday 1 July in Xanthi, at the new multi-purpose venue of ena Development Consultants, #enahub.
The information events and presentations of Digital Transformation solutions are aimed mainly at primary and secondary sector Agri-food businesses, Manufacturing and Industrial businesses, Commercial businesses, Cooperatives and Local Government Organisations.
Participation in all events is free of charge.
