If stronger connections are beginning to take shape across music, technology and the wider creative industries, what do they actually lead to in practice?<\/p>
Focusing on Greece , this panel explores how these developments translate into real opportunities for SMEs and entrepreneurs. It looks at how ideas evolve into ventures, where early support is found, and how access to funding, infrastructure and networks can enable growth or create barriers.<\/p>
Bringing together voices from innovation, investment, policy and culture, the session examines how cross-sector collaboration is shaping new business models and strengthening emerging ecosystems. From talent development and startup support to internationalisation and market access, it highlights the role of creative industries as a driver of innovation, with music at the core of this transformation.<\/p>
Rather than focusing solely on challenges, the discussion aims to identify concrete pathways, partnerships and tools that can position Greece as an active and competitive hub within the wider regional ecosystem, enabling ventures to scale, collaborate and operate across borders.<\/p>
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Moderated by Kostas Konstatinidis<\/p>
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Kostas Konstantinidis, founder and CEO of PostScriptum, is a strategic consultant and funding advisor for cultural organizations. With specialized experience in cultural management, he and his expert team have designed and implemented numerous projects in the last 3 decades. The all-inclusive goal is to support the work of cultural endeavors that build sustainably social as well as economic capital. He firmly believes in the power of the synergies of the quintuple helix (environment, research, public sector, businesses, civil society).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Nikos Ververidis is a growth hacker and serial entrepreneur, with extensive experience in the cultural field (especially TV productions, advertising and communication) and startup ecosystem. Nikos is the Founder of the cultural platform elculture.gr and the audiovisual productions company elcproductions, which specializes in creating content with a social impact. He is the co-founder of medculture and the Open Farms network, as well as the Aephoria entrepreneurship accelerator that developed the Blue Growth project. Nikos has extensive experience in the field of culture, media and the Greek startup ecosystem.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Nikos Ververidis (GR)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"nikos-ververidis-gr","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-04-24 13:17:06","post_modified_gmt":"2026-04-24 10:17:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=31623","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":32357,"post_author":"2128","post_date":"2026-04-27 18:16:58","post_date_gmt":"2026-04-27 15:16:58","post_content":"","post_title":"Lefteris Katsiadakis (GR)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"lefteris-katsiadakis-gr","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-04-27 18:19:20","post_modified_gmt":"2026-04-27 15:19:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=32357","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":32362,"post_author":"2128","post_date":"2026-04-27 18:19:36","post_date_gmt":"2026-04-27 15:19:36","post_content":"\n
Margarita Panagiotopoulou is AUTODIA\u2019s CEO, responsible for the Society\u2019s strategic direction and oversee the execution of all implemented planning, towards reaching all high objectives. She also reports to the BoD on a periodic basis and on request, assisted by high executives, according to the agenda. She has, also, long experience in providing audit and advisory services to related companies in the industry. She holds a BA in Business Administration (Athens University of Economics and Business) and a PhD from the Department of Business Administration, University of the Aegean in the subject of Audit and Accounting. Among her responsibilities is to provide accounting and consulting services to companies. She is, also, specialized in specific financial audits on capital increases, acquisitions and mergers as well as fraud audits. Her role as Audit Partner includes supervision and guidance of the audit and consulting team, defining the importance of the design of controls and the review of all major deliverables of projects to customers. She also participates in committees to analyze and elaborate various accounting and auditing issues.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Margarita Panagiotopoulou (GR)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"margarita-panagiotopoulou-gr","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-04-27 18:22:19","post_modified_gmt":"2026-04-27 15:22:19","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=32362","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":32365,"post_author":"2128","post_date":"2026-04-27 18:22:38","post_date_gmt":"2026-04-27 15:22:38","post_content":"\n
Periklis is the Entrepreneur Experience Director for Endeavor Greece. On the sideline, Periklis, also, manages the Investor Network of Endeavor Greece, supporting Greek entrepreneurs to raise money from some of the most well-known funds globally. Periklis started getting involved with entrepreneurship during his high school years and since then he is actively involved in the Greek tech ecosystem, by being part of the Board of Directors of multiple youth-led organizations. Before joining Endeavor, Periklis was a Startup Ecosystem Analyst at The Port Global.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Periklis Vasileiadis (GR)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"periklis-vasileiadis-gr","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-04-27 18:22:41","post_modified_gmt":"2026-04-27 15:22:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=32365","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":32881,"post_author":"2128","post_date":"2026-04-30 08:25:25","post_date_gmt":"2026-04-30 05:25:25","post_content":"\n
Afroditi Sevasti has over 25 years of experience in complex digital transformation programs, innovation management, and operational excellence in digital infrastructure and service delivery. She began her career in 1997 at the Computer Technology Institute and Press \u2018Diophantus\u2019 as an R&D Engineer. From 2005 to 2018, she was Activity Leader\/Senior Manager for innovative telecommunication solutions and services of the pan-European communications network G\u00c9ANT. Since 2014, she has served as independent expert on European Research and Innovation for the European Commission. Between November 2017 and August 2019, she held the position of Chief Technology Officer at GRNET S.A., also serving as a member of the company\u2019s Strategy Committee. In 2020, she assumed the role of IT Operations Director at Munich RE HealthTech, after which she served for five years as the Chief Technology Officer of Growthfund, Greece's national Sovereign Wealth Fund. Currently, she is the CEO of Pharos SA, the Greek AI Factory and a Non Executive Member of the Board of Directors of CrediaBank. She holds a PhD in Communication Networks and a Diploma in Computer Engineering and Informatics from the University of Patras. She also holds an MSc in Information Networking from Carnegie Mellon University, USA.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Afroditi Sevasti (GR)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"afroditi-sevasti-gr","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-04-30 08:37:59","post_modified_gmt":"2026-04-30 05:37:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/?post_type=speaker&p=32881","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}]}],"yoast_head":"\n